SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 172 146
Rank change year-on-year -97 -26 +22
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 534 563 629
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.70% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.87% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 269 306
10th Percentile £415 £457 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £726 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £575 £582
% change year-on-year -4.52% -1.25% +12.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile £84.35 £39.45 £57.15
25th Percentile £86.00 £43.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -14.77% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £75.50 £66.27
90th Percentile £89.00 £88.55 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -9.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,385 30,076 35,581
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 91.01% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,746 18,991 21,622
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,923 1,619 1,598
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -1.71%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 27 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -111 382 £550 -4.76% 205
UK excluding London -64 257 £549 -4.52% 130
Work from Home -62 218 £550 -1.79% 145
London -107 120 £581 +0.17% 62
South East -38 100 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -8 69 £481 -14.49% 27
West Midlands -10 60 £481 -12.55% 20
North of England -106 46 £625 -7.41% 30
North West -72 43 £625 -11.03% 15
East of England -22 19 £566 -1.99% 13
Wales 0 16 £550 - 5
South West -29 12 £525 -12.50% 3
East Midlands -21 7 £544 -6.25% 7
Yorkshire -54 3 - - 12
Scotland - 2 £650 - 5

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 September 2026, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 247 (46.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 138 (25.84%) Security Cleared
4 118 (22.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 96 (17.98%) SC Cleared
6 84 (15.73%) Migration
7 81 (15.17%) User Acceptance Testing
8 70 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (13.11%) SAP FI
9 63 (11.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 63 (11.80%) SuccessFactors
10 60 (11.24%) Data Migration
11 56 (10.49%) Ariba
12 55 (10.30%) Workshop Facilitation
13 51 (9.55%) ABAP
14 49 (9.18%) SAP PSCD
15 47 (8.80%) Logistics
15 47 (8.80%) SAP Fiori
16 43 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (7.30%) Analytics
17 39 (7.30%) ERP
18 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
18 38 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 36 (6.74%) Time Management
19 36 (6.74%) Validation
20 34 (6.37%) SAP HANA
20 34 (6.37%) SAP Payroll
21 33 (6.18%) SAP SD
22 32 (5.99%) SAP BRIM
22 32 (5.99%) SAP BW

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.56%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 247 (46.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 70 (13.11%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.18%) SAP PSCD
4 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
5 34 (6.37%) SAP Payroll
6 33 (6.18%) SAP SD
7 32 (5.99%) SAP BRIM
8 31 (5.81%) SAP HCM
9 29 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO
10 28 (5.24%) SAP MM
10 28 (5.24%) SAP PP
11 25 (4.68%) SAP HR
12 24 (4.49%) SAP FI-CA
13 22 (4.12%) SAP QM
14 21 (3.93%) SAP PM
15 17 (3.18%) SAP EWM
16 16 (3.00%) SAP GRC
17 15 (2.81%) SAP IBP
18 14 (2.62%) SAP ERP
19 13 (2.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.80%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.62%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.69%) Azure
4 8 (1.50%) AWS
5 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.75%) GCP
8 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
9 2 (0.37%) Boomi
9 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.37%) GitHub
10 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.37%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.99%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.43%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (1.50%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.12%) Power BI
6 5 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Hudson
2 3 (0.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 147 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 124 (23.22%) Finance
3 59 (11.05%) Manufacturing
4 55 (10.30%) Billing
5 53 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 33 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (3.18%) Retail
10 14 (2.62%) Legal
11 13 (2.43%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.12%) Automotive
13 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.56%) German Language
16 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.80%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.37%) SAP PI
3 17 (3.18%) BAPI
4 15 (2.81%) SAP Basis
5 11 (2.06%) REST
5 11 (2.06%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.06%) SOAP
6 9 (1.69%) IDoc
6 9 (1.69%) Web Services
7 8 (1.50%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.31%) EDI
8 7 (1.31%) Middleware
8 7 (1.31%) XML
9 6 (1.12%) JDBC
10 5 (0.94%) SAP TM
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.37%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) Flash
12 1 (0.19%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.81%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.87%) FMCG
5 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.50%) Life Science
7 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.31%) Replication
8 6 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.37%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.19%) NHS
12 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.12%) Unix
2 5 (0.94%) VMS
3 1 (0.19%) AIX
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (22.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 84 (15.73%) Migration
3 81 (15.17%) User Acceptance Testing
4 70 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (11.24%) Data Migration
6 55 (10.30%) Workshop Facilitation
7 47 (8.80%) Logistics
8 43 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (7.30%) Analytics
9 39 (7.30%) ERP
10 38 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (6.74%) Time Management
11 36 (6.74%) Validation
12 31 (5.81%) Order to Cash
12 31 (5.81%) Project Delivery
13 30 (5.62%) Process Improvement
13 30 (5.62%) Revenue Management
13 30 (5.62%) System Integration Testing
14 29 (5.43%) Requirements Gathering
14 29 (5.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 51 (9.55%) ABAP
2 9 (1.69%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 5 (0.94%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Groovy
5 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 138 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 96 (17.98%) SC Cleared
3 63 (11.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (4.31%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.31%) SAP Certification
6 6 (1.12%) Degree
7 5 (0.94%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.81%) GRC
2 6 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.94%) PMO
4 4 (0.75%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) GxP
5 3 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 2 (0.37%) QA
6 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (1.87%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 56 (10.49%) Ariba
3 16 (3.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.50%) Concur
4 8 (1.50%) OpenText
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.12%) Oracle
6 6 (1.12%) webMethods
7 5 (0.94%) Adobe
8 3 (0.56%) Databricks
8 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.19%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.19%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.19%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics