SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 176 175
Rank change year-on-year -57 -1 +53
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 500 461 605
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.59% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.71% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 190 279
10th Percentile £413 £425 £436
25th Percentile £479 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £581 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% -3.25% +3.45%
75th Percentile £687 £675 £686
90th Percentile £727 £726 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -2.42% -7.72% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 15
10th Percentile £57.20 £68.25 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £70.00 £60.93
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.25 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.00 £94.05 £79.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.34% -4.57%

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 40,363 27,024 41,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.92% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,200 17,764 26,931
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £412 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.47% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,503 906 2,513
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £12.87
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% - -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.25 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.86 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.40% - -20.36%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -86 351 £600 +3.18% 91
Work from Home -17 227 £581 +1.93% 53
UK excluding London -48 197 £525 -2.42% 71
London -78 120 £665 +6.40% 32
South East -22 56 £513 -2.38% 30
Midlands -50 56 £438 -16.67% 18
North of England -70 51 £575 +6.88% 16
West Midlands -28 42 £425 -19.05% 12
North West -49 37 £605 +12.45% 12
East of England -25 24 £590 +7.27%
South West -11 13 £552 -15.08%
East Midlands -35 12 £650 +25.00% 6
Yorkshire -49 12 £538 - 4
Wales -9 2 - - 7
North East -10 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 500 (100.00%) SAP
2 258 (51.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 96 (19.20%) Security Cleared
4 81 (16.20%) Migration
5 78 (15.60%) SC Cleared
5 78 (15.60%) Workshop Facilitation
6 74 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (12.00%) SAP FI
9 56 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
10 54 (10.80%) ABAP
10 54 (10.80%) SuccessFactors
11 51 (10.20%) ERP
12 50 (10.00%) Data Migration
12 50 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 46 (9.20%) SAP MM
13 46 (9.20%) Time Management
14 44 (8.80%) Logistics
14 44 (8.80%) Validation
15 41 (8.20%) BPSS Clearance
16 39 (7.80%) Ariba
17 38 (7.60%) SAP Fiori
17 38 (7.60%) SAP HCM
18 37 (7.40%) SAP PP
19 35 (7.00%) SAP HANA
20 34 (6.80%) SAP PSCD
21 32 (6.40%) SAP CO
22 31 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
22 31 (6.20%) Production Planning
23 30 (6.00%) 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 2 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.40%) MTS
1 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 258 (51.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (12.00%) SAP FI
3 46 (9.20%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.60%) SAP HCM
5 37 (7.40%) SAP PP
6 34 (6.80%) SAP PSCD
7 32 (6.40%) SAP CO
8 30 (6.00%) SAP EWM
8 30 (6.00%) SAP FI/CO
9 28 (5.60%) SAP Travel Management
10 23 (4.60%) SAP BRIM
10 23 (4.60%) SAP SD
11 21 (4.20%) SAP FI-CA
12 20 (4.00%) SAP Payroll
13 16 (3.20%) SAP Hybris
14 14 (2.80%) SAP PM
15 12 (2.40%) SAP VC
16 11 (2.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 11 (2.20%) SAP QM
17 10 (2.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.80%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.60%) Azure
4 4 (0.80%) AWS
5 2 (0.40%) GCP
5 2 (0.40%) 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
6 1 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.00%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.80%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.20%) Metadata
3 6 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.40%) Power BI
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) DB2
5 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.80%) JIRA
2 5 (1.00%) Hudson
3 4 (0.80%) LSMW
4 1 (0.20%) Git
4 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 168 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 107 (21.40%) Finance
3 67 (13.40%) Manufacturing
4 49 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 40 (8.00%) Billing
7 17 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.60%) Retail
9 11 (2.20%) Banking
10 7 (1.40%) German Language
11 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.20%) Automotive
11 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.20%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.80%) Legal
12 4 (0.80%) Local Government
13 3 (0.60%) French Language
13 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.60%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (6.00%) SAP TM
3 20 (4.00%) BAPI
4 16 (3.20%) SAP Basis
5 15 (3.00%) IDoc
5 15 (3.00%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.80%) Web Services
7 9 (1.80%) EDI
7 9 (1.80%) SAP ALE
7 9 (1.80%) SOAP
7 9 (1.80%) XML
8 6 (1.20%) Middleware
8 6 (1.20%) SAP Business Workflow
9 4 (0.80%) OLE
10 3 (0.60%) SAPUI5
11 2 (0.40%) REST
12 1 (0.20%) JDBC
12 1 (0.20%) JMS
12 1 (0.20%) SAP Core Interface
12 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.60%) Replication
2 15 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.20%) FMCG
5 6 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.00%) Life Science
7 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (0.60%) Tandem
8 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) IoT
10 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.00%) Linux
1 5 (1.00%) VMS
2 2 (0.40%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (16.20%) Migration
2 78 (15.60%) Workshop Facilitation
3 74 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
6 51 (10.20%) ERP
7 50 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 50 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 46 (9.20%) Time Management
9 44 (8.80%) Logistics
9 44 (8.80%) Validation
10 31 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (6.20%) Production Planning
11 30 (6.00%) Project Management
12 29 (5.80%) Knowledge Transfer
13 28 (5.60%) Translating Business Requirements
14 27 (5.40%) GAP Analysis
15 22 (4.40%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (4.20%) System Integration Testing
17 20 (4.00%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.80%) ABAP
2 12 (2.40%) Groovy
2 12 (2.40%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.60%) SQL
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 96 (19.20%) Security Cleared
2 78 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.60%) SAP Certification
5 9 (1.80%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.80%) Degree
8 2 (0.40%) AAT
8 2 (0.40%) ACCA
8 2 (0.40%) 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 (4.40%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.20%) GRC
3 5 (1.00%) GDPR
3 5 (1.00%) QA
4 3 (0.60%) GxP
4 3 (0.60%) PMO
5 2 (0.40%) IFRS
5 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.40%) 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 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.40%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 500 (100.00%) SAP
2 39 (7.80%) Ariba
3 13 (2.60%) Sage
4 9 (1.80%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.80%) OpenText
5 8 (1.60%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.80%) Adobe
6 4 (0.80%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.60%) Concur
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle
8 2 (0.40%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Databricks
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