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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 167 153
Rank change year-on-year -99 -14 -2
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 534 558 630
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.68% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.85% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 266 306
10th Percentile £413 £456 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £671
90th Percentile £716 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £580 £581
% change year-on-year -6.90% -0.17% +12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 12
10th Percentile £72.68 £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 £88.88 £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 50,598 30,120 35,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 90.94% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,800 19,028 21,472
10th Percentile £325 £278 £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 £631 £623 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,975 1,619 1,553
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.88
25th Percentile £19.78 £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 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.31 £74.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.87 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.97% -41.69% -1.88%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -109 389 £550 -5.17% 254
UK excluding London -61 257 £540 -6.90% 167
Work from Home -67 215 £545 -2.68% 170
London -111 121 £563 -2.60% 84
South East -34 103 £500 -4.76% 65
Midlands -23 70 £481 -14.49% 28
West Midlands -3 61 £470 -14.55% 21
North of England -105 47 £625 -7.41% 41
North West -75 43 £625 -11.03% 21
East of England -27 19 £566 -1.99% 13
South West -32 12 £525 -12.50% 3
Wales -6 10 £550 - 8
East Midlands -20 7 £605 +4.35% 6
Yorkshire -38 4 - - 14
Scotland - 3 £650 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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
2 252 (47.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 141 (26.40%) Security Cleared
4 123 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 97 (18.16%) SC Cleared
6 88 (16.48%) Migration
7 85 (15.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 73 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (13.48%) SAP FI
10 66 (12.36%) SuccessFactors
11 62 (11.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 61 (11.42%) Data Migration
13 57 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
14 55 (10.30%) ABAP
15 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
16 48 (8.99%) Ariba
17 46 (8.61%) SAP Fiori
18 42 (7.87%) Analytics
19 41 (7.68%) Logistics
19 41 (7.68%) Time Management
19 41 (7.68%) Validation
20 39 (7.30%) SAP Payroll
21 38 (7.12%) ERP
21 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
22 36 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 35 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
23 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
23 35 (6.55%) SAP HCM
24 34 (6.37%) Requirements Gathering
25 33 (6.18%) SAP BRIM

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 2 (0.37%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 252 (47.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (13.48%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.30%) SAP Payroll
5 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
6 35 (6.55%) SAP HCM
7 33 (6.18%) SAP BRIM
8 31 (5.81%) SAP SD
9 29 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO
10 27 (5.06%) SAP HR
10 27 (5.06%) SAP MM
10 27 (5.06%) SAP PP
11 26 (4.87%) SAP FI-CA
12 22 (4.12%) SAP PM
13 20 (3.75%) SAP QM
14 17 (3.18%) SAP EWM
15 15 (2.81%) SAP GRC
16 14 (2.62%) SAP IBP
16 14 (2.62%) SAP PS
17 13 (2.43%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 66 (12.36%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (3.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.50%) Azure
4 7 (1.31%) AWS
5 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.56%) GCP
7 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
8 2 (0.37%) Boomi
8 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.37%) GitHub
9 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.99%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.62%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.12%) Power BI
6 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.94%) Tableau
7 1 (0.19%) Db2
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Hudson
1 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.37%) JIRA
1 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 149 (27.90%) Social Skills
2 127 (23.78%) Finance
3 61 (11.42%) Manufacturing
4 57 (10.67%) Billing
4 57 (10.67%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.87%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.37%) Legal
7 18 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (3.37%) Retail
8 13 (2.43%) General Ledger
9 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.12%) Automotive
10 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.94%) Banking
11 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.56%) German Language
13 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.61%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.37%) SAP PI
3 16 (3.00%) BAPI
4 13 (2.43%) SAP Basis
4 13 (2.43%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.06%) REST
5 11 (2.06%) SOAP
6 9 (1.69%) IDoc
6 9 (1.69%) Web Services
7 8 (1.50%) Middleware
7 8 (1.50%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.31%) EDI
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%) SAP Business Workflow
11 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.37%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.00%) Data Structures
2 15 (2.81%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.69%) FMCG
4 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (1.69%) Replication
5 7 (1.31%) Life Science
5 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
6 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.56%) Learning Management System
8 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) NHS
10 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Unix
2 5 (0.94%) VMS
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) AIX
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) SUSE
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 88 (16.48%) Migration
3 85 (15.92%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (11.42%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 42 (7.87%) Analytics
8 41 (7.68%) Logistics
8 41 (7.68%) Time Management
8 41 (7.68%) Validation
9 38 (7.12%) ERP
10 36 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 35 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (6.37%) Requirements Gathering
13 32 (5.99%) Project Delivery
13 32 (5.99%) System Integration Testing
14 31 (5.81%) Process Improvement
14 31 (5.81%) Revenue Management
15 30 (5.62%) Order to Cash
15 30 (5.62%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.30%) 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
1 141 (26.40%) Security Cleared
2 97 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.68%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.50%) Degree
6 7 (1.31%) SAP Certification
7 5 (0.94%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.62%) GRC
2 7 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.94%) GDPR
3 5 (0.94%) PMO
4 3 (0.56%) GxP
4 3 (0.56%) IFRS
5 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.37%) NCSC
5 2 (0.37%) QA
5 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 9 (1.69%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 48 (8.99%) Ariba
3 15 (2.81%) Microsoft
4 10 (1.87%) Concur
5 7 (1.31%) OpenText
5 7 (1.31%) Oracle
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
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%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) IBM
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics