SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 166 167
Rank change year-on-year -78 +1 +50
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 522 502 623
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.71% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.85% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 202 313
10th Percentile £413 £451 £425
25th Percentile £479 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £673 £661 £688
90th Percentile £733 £709 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £590
% change year-on-year +0.56% -8.98% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 14
10th Percentile £83.15 £56.30 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.06 £70.00 £55.08
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile £88.88 - £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.25 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -0.87% +39.61% -4.75%

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 46,156 27,173 40,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.32% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,087 17,480 26,089
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,077 1,137 2,938
10th Percentile £15.19 £13.94 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.64 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.57% -26.29% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.71
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -4.76%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -78 371 £590 +1.55% 42
Work from Home -24 238 £586 +1.01% 25
UK excluding London -49 218 £540 +0.56% 27
London -68 133 £660 +6.97% 20
South East -48 78 £540 +1.79% 9
Midlands -35 66 £463 -11.06% 11
West Midlands -27 49 £425 -20.93% 11
North of England -82 48 £525 -2.42% 5
North West -35 38 £588 +5.10% 4
Wales -4 15 £550 - 1
East Midlands -22 14 £625 +25.00%
South West -19 10 £525 - 1
Yorkshire -54 8 £500 -
East of England -35 6 £604 +5.27%
North East -39 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 522 (100.00%) SAP
2 253 (48.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 89 (17.05%) Security Cleared
4 85 (16.28%) Migration
5 76 (14.56%) SC Cleared
6 71 (13.60%) Workshop Facilitation
7 67 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 62 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 61 (11.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
12 57 (10.92%) Data Migration
13 53 (10.15%) SAP FI
14 52 (9.96%) Logistics
15 51 (9.77%) ERP
16 50 (9.58%) Ariba
16 50 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (8.24%) SAP PSCD
18 42 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 42 (8.05%) Validation
19 39 (7.47%) SAP MM
20 34 (6.51%) SAP HANA
21 33 (6.32%) ABAP
22 32 (6.13%) SAP BRIM
23 31 (5.94%) SAP TM
23 31 (5.94%) SAP Travel Management
24 29 (5.56%) SAP EWM
24 29 (5.56%) SAP SD
25 28 (5.36%) GAP Analysis
25 28 (5.36%) SAP Fiori

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 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.38%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 253 (48.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (10.15%) SAP FI
3 43 (8.24%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.47%) SAP MM
5 32 (6.13%) SAP BRIM
6 31 (5.94%) SAP Travel Management
7 29 (5.56%) SAP EWM
7 29 (5.56%) SAP SD
8 26 (4.98%) SAP FI-CA
9 25 (4.79%) SAP CO
10 24 (4.60%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (4.41%) SAP PP
12 22 (4.21%) SAP IBP
13 18 (3.45%) SAP HCM
14 16 (3.07%) SAP PM
15 12 (2.30%) SAP QM
16 11 (2.11%) SAP HR
17 10 (1.92%) SAP Hybris
17 10 (1.92%) SAP Payroll
18 9 (1.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (2.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.15%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.96%) Azure
5 4 (0.77%) AWS
6 3 (0.57%) Boomi
6 3 (0.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.51%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.68%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (1.34%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.15%) Power BI
5 5 (0.96%) Tableau
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.72%) JIRA
2 8 (1.53%) Hudson
3 1 (0.19%) LSMW
General
1 141 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 99 (18.97%) Finance
3 51 (9.77%) Billing
4 50 (9.58%) Manufacturing
5 41 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (7.28%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.49%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.30%) Banking
10 10 (1.92%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.72%) Legal
12 8 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.53%) Automotive
12 8 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.53%) Retail
13 5 (0.96%) German Language
14 4 (0.77%) Local Government
15 3 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.94%) SAP TM
2 28 (5.36%) SAP Fiori
3 26 (4.98%) BAPI
4 15 (2.87%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.92%) IDoc
6 8 (1.53%) Web Services
7 7 (1.34%) EDI
8 6 (1.15%) SAP Core Interface
8 6 (1.15%) XML
9 4 (0.77%) Middleware
9 4 (0.77%) OLE
9 4 (0.77%) SAP ALE
10 3 (0.57%) SOAP
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.38%) REST
11 2 (0.38%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.38%) SAPUI5
11 2 (0.38%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) JDBC
12 1 (0.19%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (2.30%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.30%) Replication
3 10 (1.92%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.72%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.53%) FMCG
5 8 (1.53%) Life Science
6 6 (1.15%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.38%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.72%) VMS
2 5 (0.96%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) AIX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.28%) Migration
2 71 (13.60%) Workshop Facilitation
3 67 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (11.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 57 (10.92%) Data Migration
7 52 (9.96%) Logistics
8 51 (9.77%) ERP
9 50 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (8.05%) Validation
11 28 (5.36%) GAP Analysis
12 26 (4.98%) Order to Cash
12 26 (4.98%) Project Management
12 26 (4.98%) System Integration Testing
13 25 (4.79%) Time Management
14 23 (4.41%) Translating Business Requirements
15 22 (4.21%) Change Management
15 22 (4.21%) Project Delivery
16 19 (3.64%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.32%) ABAP
2 11 (2.11%) SQL
3 7 (1.34%) Python
4 2 (0.38%) Groovy
4 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (17.05%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.11%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.38%) AAT
7 2 (0.38%) ACCA
7 2 (0.38%) CIMA
7 2 (0.38%) Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) CISM
8 1 (0.19%) CISSP
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.72%) GRC
3 7 (1.34%) GxP
4 4 (0.77%) GDPR
4 4 (0.77%) PMO
5 2 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.38%) NCSC
5 2 (0.38%) QA
5 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (0.96%) IAG
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 522 (100.00%) SAP
2 50 (9.58%) Ariba
3 13 (2.49%) Sage
4 11 (2.11%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.34%) Adobe
5 7 (1.34%) OpenText
6 5 (0.96%) Oracle
7 2 (0.38%) Concur
7 2 (0.38%) Databricks
7 2 (0.38%) Dell
7 2 (0.38%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.19%) Conga
8 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.19%) Planon
8 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER