SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 168 172
Rank change year-on-year -68 +4 +54
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 502 493 604
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.70% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.84% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 211 298
10th Percentile £413 £458 £425
25th Percentile £475 £511 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £666 £688
90th Percentile £750 £713 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £537 £582
% change year-on-year -0.84% -7.73% +6.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 15
10th Percentile £73.48 £56.30 £52.90
25th Percentile £84.31 £70.00 £56.86
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.88
90th Percentile - - £64.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -4.07% +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 43,905 26,796 39,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.46% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,903 17,460 25,789
10th Percentile £320 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,866 1,033 2,665
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.43 £28.18 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.13% -24.85% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.24 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.21% -31.91% -4.94%

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 14 May 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 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant 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 14 May 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 -89 359 £600 +3.27% 73
Work from Home -21 222 £604 +4.16% 38
UK excluding London -71 205 £533 -0.84% 47
London -60 134 £665 +6.40% 27
South East -41 68 £490 -8.75% 22
Midlands -29 67 £438 -15.87% 11
West Midlands -23 51 £425 -25.11% 10
North of England -87 41 £513 -4.74% 6
North West -51 30 £538 -0.09% 3
Wales 0 15 £550 - 2
South West -25 14 £525 - 3
East Midlands -28 14 £556 +6.97% 1
Yorkshire -55 9 £500 - 3
East of England -47 6 £604 +9.83% 2
North East -22 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 502 (100.00%) SAP
2 227 (45.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 93 (18.53%) Security Cleared
4 85 (16.93%) Migration
5 81 (16.14%) SC Cleared
6 72 (14.34%) Workshop Facilitation
7 66 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (11.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 56 (11.16%) Data Migration
11 55 (10.96%) SAP FI
11 55 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 54 (10.76%) ERP
12 54 (10.76%) SuccessFactors
13 52 (10.36%) Ariba
14 43 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (8.57%) SAP PSCD
15 42 (8.37%) Logistics
16 41 (8.17%) SAP MM
17 38 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 33 (6.57%) Validation
19 31 (6.18%) SAP HANA
19 31 (6.18%) SAP PP
20 30 (5.98%) GAP Analysis
20 30 (5.98%) SAP BRIM
21 29 (5.78%) SAP CO
22 28 (5.58%) ABAP
22 28 (5.58%) SAP EWM
22 28 (5.58%) SAP TM
23 27 (5.38%) Project Management

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 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 227 (45.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (10.96%) SAP FI
3 43 (8.57%) SAP PSCD
4 41 (8.17%) SAP MM
5 31 (6.18%) SAP PP
6 30 (5.98%) SAP BRIM
7 29 (5.78%) SAP CO
8 28 (5.58%) SAP EWM
9 27 (5.38%) SAP FI/CO
9 27 (5.38%) SAP Travel Management
10 25 (4.98%) SAP FI-CA
11 24 (4.78%) SAP SD
12 22 (4.38%) SAP IBP
13 21 (4.18%) SAP HCM
14 15 (2.99%) SAP PM
15 11 (2.19%) SAP Hybris
15 11 (2.19%) SAP QM
16 9 (1.79%) SAP HR
17 8 (1.59%) SAP APO
18 7 (1.39%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.76%) SuccessFactors
2 12 (2.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.20%) Azure
3 6 (1.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.80%) AWS
5 3 (0.60%) Boomi
5 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.20%) OCI
7 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.18%) SAP HANA
2 12 (2.39%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.20%) Power BI
3 6 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (1.00%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.79%) JIRA
2 7 (1.39%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 141 (28.09%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.33%) Finance
3 47 (9.36%) Billing
4 46 (9.16%) Manufacturing
5 41 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (7.17%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.19%) Banking
9 8 (1.59%) Retail
10 7 (1.39%) Automotive
10 7 (1.39%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.00%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.00%) German Language
11 5 (1.00%) Legal
12 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.60%) French Language
13 3 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.40%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.58%) SAP TM
2 22 (4.38%) BAPI
3 20 (3.98%) SAP Fiori
4 15 (2.99%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.99%) IDoc
6 6 (1.20%) SAP PI
7 5 (1.00%) EDI
7 5 (1.00%) Middleware
7 5 (1.00%) SAP ALE
7 5 (1.00%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (1.00%) XML
8 4 (0.80%) OLE
8 4 (0.80%) Web Services
9 3 (0.60%) REST
9 3 (0.60%) SAPUI5
9 3 (0.60%) SOAP
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) JDBC
11 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
11 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
1 13 (2.59%) Replication
2 10 (1.99%) Algorithms
3 9 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 9 (1.79%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.39%) Life Science
6 6 (1.20%) FMCG
7 4 (0.80%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.39%) VMS
2 4 (0.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.93%) Migration
2 72 (14.34%) Workshop Facilitation
3 66 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (11.16%) Data Migration
6 55 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
7 54 (10.76%) ERP
8 43 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (8.37%) Logistics
10 38 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (6.57%) Validation
12 30 (5.98%) GAP Analysis
13 27 (5.38%) Project Management
13 27 (5.38%) Translating Business Requirements
14 26 (5.18%) Production Planning
14 26 (5.18%) System Integration Testing
14 26 (5.18%) Time Management
15 24 (4.78%) Project Delivery
16 21 (4.18%) Inventory Management
17 19 (3.78%) Data Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.58%) ABAP
2 9 (1.79%) SQL
3 7 (1.39%) Python
4 6 (1.20%) Groovy
5 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (18.53%) Security Cleared
2 81 (16.14%) SC Cleared
3 58 (11.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.59%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.60%) Degree
8 2 (0.40%) AAT
8 2 (0.40%) ACCA
8 2 (0.40%) CCA
8 2 (0.40%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.58%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.59%) GRC
3 5 (1.00%) GDPR
3 5 (1.00%) GxP
4 4 (0.80%) PMO
5 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.40%) IFRS
6 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.40%) NCSC
6 2 (0.40%) QA
7 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.60%) IAG
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 502 (100.00%) SAP
2 52 (10.36%) Ariba
3 13 (2.59%) Sage
4 10 (1.99%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.39%) OpenText
6 5 (1.00%) Oracle
7 4 (0.80%) Adobe
8 3 (0.60%) Concur
9 2 (0.40%) Databricks
9 2 (0.40%) Dell
9 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.20%) Conga
10 1 (0.20%) Google
10 1 (0.20%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.20%) Planon
10 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER
10 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow