SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 175 177
Rank change year-on-year -52 +2 +53
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 512 464 600
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.60% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.72% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 191 283
10th Percentile £413 £425 £438
25th Percentile £477 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £581 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% -3.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £687 £675 £688
90th Percentile £726 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £590
% change year-on-year -2.42% -8.81% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 16
10th Percentile £59.98 £68.25 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £70.00 £58.84
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.28 £94.05 £78.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.51% -4.68%

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 40,577 26,954 41,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 92.86% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,287 17,764 26,916
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.18%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,523 918 2,518
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.19 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.41 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.20% -24.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.74 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.73 £76.53 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £31.88 £32.90
% change year-on-year +21.17% -3.09% -21.31%

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 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 16 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 March 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 -77 361 £600 +3.18% 91
Work from Home -24 230 £595 +3.48% 53
UK excluding London -42 205 £525 -2.42% 71
London -74 121 £665 +6.40% 32
Midlands -45 59 £425 -19.05% 18
South East -24 58 £513 -1.44% 30
North of England -70 53 £575 +6.88% 16
West Midlands -31 45 £425 -19.05% 12
North West -46 39 £605 +12.45% 12
East of England -24 24 £590 +9.77%
South West -12 14 £550 -15.38%
East Midlands -33 12 £650 +25.00% 6
Yorkshire -44 12 £538 - 4
Wales -8 2 - - 7
North East -11 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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.

1 512 (100.00%) SAP
2 263 (51.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 97 (18.95%) Security Cleared
4 81 (15.82%) Migration
5 80 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
6 79 (15.43%) SC Cleared
7 72 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (11.91%) SAP FI
10 56 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
11 55 (10.74%) ERP
11 55 (10.74%) SuccessFactors
12 53 (10.35%) ABAP
13 52 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (9.77%) Data Migration
15 48 (9.38%) SAP MM
16 45 (8.79%) BPSS Clearance
16 45 (8.79%) Time Management
17 44 (8.59%) Logistics
17 44 (8.59%) Validation
18 41 (8.01%) Ariba
19 38 (7.42%) SAP Fiori
19 38 (7.42%) SAP PP
20 37 (7.23%) SAP HCM
21 35 (6.84%) SAP HANA
22 34 (6.64%) SAP PSCD
23 33 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
23 33 (6.45%) SAP CO
24 32 (6.25%) Production Planning
24 32 (6.25%) SAP EWM

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 2 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.39%) MTS
1 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 263 (51.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (11.91%) SAP FI
3 48 (9.38%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.42%) SAP PP
5 37 (7.23%) SAP HCM
6 34 (6.64%) SAP PSCD
7 33 (6.45%) SAP CO
8 32 (6.25%) SAP EWM
9 31 (6.05%) SAP FI/CO
10 28 (5.47%) SAP Travel Management
11 24 (4.69%) SAP SD
12 23 (4.49%) SAP BRIM
13 21 (4.10%) SAP FI-CA
14 19 (3.71%) SAP Payroll
15 16 (3.13%) SAP Hybris
16 14 (2.73%) SAP IBP
16 14 (2.73%) SAP PM
17 12 (2.34%) SAP VC
18 11 (2.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
18 11 (2.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 55 (10.74%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.56%) Azure
4 4 (0.78%) AWS
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
5 2 (0.39%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.20%) Boomi
6 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.20%) OCI
6 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.84%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.76%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.17%) Metadata
3 6 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.39%) Power BI
4 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) DB2
5 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.76%) JIRA
2 5 (0.98%) Hudson
3 4 (0.78%) LSMW
4 1 (0.20%) Git
4 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 171 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 110 (21.48%) Finance
3 68 (13.28%) Manufacturing
4 50 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 40 (7.81%) Billing
7 17 (3.32%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.54%) Retail
10 11 (2.15%) Banking
11 7 (1.37%) Automotive
11 7 (1.37%) German Language
12 6 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.17%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.17%) Legal
13 5 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Local Government
14 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.59%) French Language
15 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.42%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (5.86%) SAP TM
3 20 (3.91%) BAPI
4 17 (3.32%) SAP Basis
5 16 (3.13%) IDoc
6 14 (2.73%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.73%) Web Services
7 10 (1.95%) EDI
7 10 (1.95%) SAP ALE
8 9 (1.76%) SOAP
8 9 (1.76%) XML
9 6 (1.17%) Middleware
9 6 (1.17%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (0.78%) OLE
11 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.39%) REST
12 2 (0.39%) SAP Core Interface
13 1 (0.20%) JDBC
13 1 (0.20%) JMS
13 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.49%) Replication
2 15 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.95%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.17%) FMCG
5 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.98%) Life Science
7 4 (0.78%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.59%) Tandem
8 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.98%) Linux
1 5 (0.98%) VMS
2 2 (0.39%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (15.82%) Migration
2 80 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
3 72 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
6 55 (10.74%) ERP
7 52 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (9.77%) Data Migration
9 45 (8.79%) Time Management
10 44 (8.59%) Logistics
10 44 (8.59%) Validation
11 33 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (6.25%) Production Planning
13 30 (5.86%) Project Management
14 28 (5.47%) Knowledge Transfer
14 28 (5.47%) Translating Business Requirements
15 27 (5.27%) GAP Analysis
16 24 (4.69%) Requirements Gathering
17 22 (4.30%) System Integration Testing
18 21 (4.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.35%) ABAP
2 11 (2.15%) Groovy
2 11 (2.15%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.59%) SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Python
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.20%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.54%) SAP Certification
5 10 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.78%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) CCA
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.30%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.17%) GRC
3 5 (0.98%) GDPR
3 5 (0.98%) QA
4 3 (0.59%) GxP
4 3 (0.59%) PMO
5 2 (0.39%) IFRS
5 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.39%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 512 (100.00%) SAP
2 41 (8.01%) Ariba
3 13 (2.54%) Sage
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.76%) OpenText
5 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.78%) Adobe
6 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.59%) Concur
8 2 (0.39%) Databricks
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle
8 2 (0.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Dell
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER