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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 163 165
Rank change year-on-year -72 +2 +62
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 507 497 605
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.70% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.84% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 212 300
10th Percentile £413 £458 £425
25th Percentile £477 £511 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £664 £688
90th Percentile £741 £712 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £537 £590
% change year-on-year -0.84% -8.98% +8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 13
10th Percentile £73.48 £56.30 -
25th Percentile £84.31 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £64.35
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 44,361 26,969 39,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.35% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,167 17,560 25,723
10th Percentile £325 £294 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -3.40%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,886 1,047 2,672
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.31 £18.13 £16.29
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.45% -23.29% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -79 364 £595 +2.59% 54
Work from Home -22 225 £602 +3.80% 28
UK excluding London -71 209 £533 -0.84% 35
London -65 135 £663 +6.00% 19
South East -46 70 £495 -7.74% 20
Midlands -31 67 £438 -15.87% 4
West Midlands -24 51 £425 -25.11% 4
North of England -85 44 £513 -4.74% 4
North West -51 33 £538 -0.09% 3
Wales 0 15 £550 - 2
South West -18 14 £525 - 2
East Midlands -27 14 £556 +9.07%
Yorkshire -53 9 £500 - 1
East of England -42 5 £604 +9.82% 2
North East -26 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 507 (100.00%) SAP
2 232 (45.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 93 (18.34%) Security Cleared
4 87 (17.16%) Migration
5 81 (15.98%) SC Cleared
6 74 (14.60%) Workshop Facilitation
7 67 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (11.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 57 (11.24%) Data Migration
11 56 (11.05%) User Acceptance Testing
12 55 (10.85%) SAP FI
13 54 (10.65%) ERP
14 52 (10.26%) Ariba
14 52 (10.26%) SuccessFactors
15 44 (8.68%) Logistics
16 43 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (8.48%) SAP PSCD
17 42 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 41 (8.09%) SAP MM
19 34 (6.71%) Validation
20 32 (6.31%) SAP HANA
21 31 (6.11%) GAP Analysis
21 31 (6.11%) SAP PP
22 30 (5.92%) SAP BRIM
23 29 (5.72%) ABAP
23 29 (5.72%) SAP CO
24 28 (5.52%) SAP EWM
24 28 (5.52%) SAP TM
25 27 (5.33%) 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 (0.59%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 232 (45.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (10.85%) SAP FI
3 43 (8.48%) SAP PSCD
4 41 (8.09%) SAP MM
5 31 (6.11%) SAP PP
6 30 (5.92%) SAP BRIM
7 29 (5.72%) SAP CO
8 28 (5.52%) SAP EWM
9 27 (5.33%) SAP FI/CO
9 27 (5.33%) SAP Travel Management
10 25 (4.93%) SAP FI-CA
10 25 (4.93%) SAP SD
11 23 (4.54%) SAP IBP
12 20 (3.94%) SAP HCM
13 15 (2.96%) SAP PM
14 12 (2.37%) SAP QM
15 11 (2.17%) SAP Hybris
16 9 (1.78%) SAP HR
17 7 (1.38%) SAP APO
17 7 (1.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 52 (10.26%) SuccessFactors
2 12 (2.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.18%) Azure
3 6 (1.18%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.99%) AWS
5 3 (0.59%) Boomi
5 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.59%) GCP
6 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
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 32 (6.31%) SAP HANA
2 12 (2.37%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.18%) Power BI
3 6 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (0.99%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.78%) JIRA
2 7 (1.38%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 142 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 93 (18.34%) Finance
3 47 (9.27%) Billing
4 46 (9.07%) Manufacturing
5 41 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (7.10%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.17%) Banking
9 8 (1.58%) Retail
10 7 (1.38%) Automotive
10 7 (1.38%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.18%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.99%) German Language
12 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.99%) Legal
13 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Local Government
15 2 (0.39%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.52%) SAP TM
2 22 (4.34%) BAPI
3 21 (4.14%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (3.16%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.97%) IDoc
6 6 (1.18%) SAP PI
7 5 (0.99%) EDI
7 5 (0.99%) SAP ALE
7 5 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (0.99%) XML
8 4 (0.79%) Middleware
8 4 (0.79%) OLE
8 4 (0.79%) Web Services
9 3 (0.59%) REST
9 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
9 3 (0.59%) SOAP
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) JDBC
11 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
11 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (2.37%) Replication
3 10 (1.97%) Algorithms
4 9 (1.78%) Data Structures
4 9 (1.78%) Public Cloud
5 8 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.38%) Life Science
7 6 (1.18%) FMCG
8 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.20%) LIMS
11 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.58%) VMS
2 5 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) AIX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (17.16%) Migration
2 74 (14.60%) Workshop Facilitation
3 67 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (11.24%) Data Migration
6 56 (11.05%) User Acceptance Testing
7 54 (10.65%) ERP
8 44 (8.68%) Logistics
9 43 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 34 (6.71%) Validation
12 31 (6.11%) GAP Analysis
13 27 (5.33%) Project Management
13 27 (5.33%) Time Management
14 26 (5.13%) System Integration Testing
14 26 (5.13%) Translating Business Requirements
15 25 (4.93%) Production Planning
15 25 (4.93%) Project Delivery
16 21 (4.14%) Inventory Management
17 20 (3.94%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.72%) ABAP
2 9 (1.78%) SQL
3 7 (1.38%) Python
4 6 (1.18%) Groovy
5 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 81 (15.98%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.56%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.59%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CCA
8 2 (0.39%) 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 (4.54%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.58%) GRC
3 5 (0.99%) GxP
4 4 (0.79%) GDPR
4 4 (0.79%) PMO
5 2 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.39%) IFRS
5 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.39%) NCSC
5 2 (0.39%) QA
5 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.59%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 507 (100.00%) SAP
2 52 (10.26%) Ariba
3 13 (2.56%) Sage
4 10 (1.97%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.38%) OpenText
6 5 (0.99%) Oracle
7 4 (0.79%) Adobe
8 2 (0.39%) Concur
8 2 (0.39%) Databricks
8 2 (0.39%) Dell
8 2 (0.39%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) Conga
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER
9 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow