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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 178 153
Rank change year-on-year -87 -25 +4
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 535 549 636
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.66% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.82% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 259 306
10th Percentile £415 £468 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £669
90th Percentile £716 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £600 £581
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.27% +12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £27.00 £40.93 £57.15
25th Percentile £79.81 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £86.75 £69.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.27% +12.42% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £88.81 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £93.88 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.25 £69.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.22% +12.42% -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 50,176 30,117 35,319
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 90.80% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,458 18,999 21,350
10th Percentile £325 £275 £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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,042 1,639 1,491
10th Percentile £14.32 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.96
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.80% -3.47%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -103 390 £550 -5.46% 256
UK excluding London -58 256 £540 -10.00% 151
Work from Home -78 210 £550 -1.79% 161
London -119 120 £550 -5.17% 91
South East -24 107 £500 -5.84% 55
Midlands -16 66 £481 -16.35% 26
West Midlands -10 58 £470 -18.26% 20
North of England -100 47 £625 -7.41% 45
North West -75 43 £625 -11.03% 23
East of England -28 20 £566 -1.57% 11
South West -28 11 £525 -12.50% 4
Wales -5 9 £625 - 7
East Midlands -25 6 £613 +5.60% 6
Yorkshire -41 4 - - 11
Scotland - 3 £650 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 535 (100.00%) SAP
2 263 (49.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 141 (26.36%) Security Cleared
4 124 (23.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 97 (18.13%) SC Cleared
6 93 (17.38%) Migration
7 85 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
8 74 (13.83%) SAP FI
9 72 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (12.52%) SuccessFactors
11 65 (12.15%) Data Migration
12 64 (11.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 60 (11.21%) ABAP
14 58 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
15 50 (9.35%) SAP PSCD
16 48 (8.97%) Time Management
17 46 (8.60%) SAP Fiori
18 45 (8.41%) Validation
19 44 (8.22%) Ariba
20 43 (8.04%) Analytics
20 43 (8.04%) SAP Payroll
21 42 (7.85%) SAP HCM
22 40 (7.48%) Logistics
23 39 (7.29%) SAP CO
24 37 (6.92%) ERP
24 37 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 36 (6.73%) Requirements Gathering
26 34 (6.36%) SAP BRIM
26 34 (6.36%) SAP HANA
27 33 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement

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
1 3 (0.56%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 263 (49.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (13.83%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.35%) SAP PSCD
4 43 (8.04%) SAP Payroll
5 42 (7.85%) SAP HCM
6 39 (7.29%) SAP CO
7 34 (6.36%) SAP BRIM
8 33 (6.17%) SAP SD
9 30 (5.61%) SAP FI/CO
10 27 (5.05%) SAP FI-CA
11 26 (4.86%) SAP HR
11 26 (4.86%) SAP PP
12 24 (4.49%) SAP MM
13 23 (4.30%) SAP PM
14 22 (4.11%) SAP EWM
15 21 (3.93%) SAP QM
16 15 (2.80%) SAP GRC
17 14 (2.62%) SAP PS
18 13 (2.43%) SAP Hybris
18 13 (2.43%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.52%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.31%) AWS
3 7 (1.31%) Azure
4 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.56%) GCP
6 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (0.37%) Boomi
7 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.37%) GitHub
8 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.36%) SAP HANA
2 31 (5.79%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.62%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.68%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.12%) Power BI
6 5 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.93%) 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
1 154 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 127 (23.74%) Finance
3 69 (12.90%) Manufacturing
4 59 (11.03%) Public Sector
5 58 (10.84%) Billing
6 37 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.86%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.74%) Legal
9 19 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (3.55%) Retail
10 12 (2.24%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.12%) Automotive
12 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.93%) Banking
13 5 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.56%) German Language
14 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.60%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.36%) SAP PI
3 16 (2.99%) BAPI
4 14 (2.62%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.06%) REST
5 11 (2.06%) SAP Basis
5 11 (2.06%) SOAP
6 9 (1.68%) IDoc
6 9 (1.68%) Web Services
7 8 (1.50%) EDI
7 8 (1.50%) Middleware
8 7 (1.31%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.31%) XML
9 6 (1.12%) JDBC
9 6 (1.12%) SAP TM
10 3 (0.56%) SAP Business Workflow
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.37%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.18%) Data Structures
2 16 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.24%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.68%) FMCG
4 9 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (1.68%) Replication
5 7 (1.31%) Life Science
5 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.75%) Algorithms
6 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.56%) Learning Management System
7 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.19%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Unix
2 5 (0.93%) 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
1 124 (23.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 93 (17.38%) Migration
3 85 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
4 72 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (12.15%) Data Migration
6 58 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
7 48 (8.97%) Time Management
8 45 (8.41%) Validation
9 43 (8.04%) Analytics
10 40 (7.48%) Logistics
11 37 (6.92%) ERP
11 37 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (6.73%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (6.17%) Process Improvement
13 33 (6.17%) Project Delivery
13 33 (6.17%) System Integration Testing
14 31 (5.79%) Order to Cash
14 31 (5.79%) Revenue Management
15 29 (5.42%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.21%) ABAP
2 8 (1.50%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 4 (0.75%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Groovy
5 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 141 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 97 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 64 (11.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (5.05%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.50%) Degree
6 6 (1.12%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.75%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.62%) GRC
2 8 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.93%) GDPR
3 5 (0.93%) PMO
4 3 (0.56%) GxP
4 3 (0.56%) IFRS
5 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.19%) QA
6 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.68%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 535 (100.00%) SAP
2 44 (8.22%) Ariba
3 15 (2.80%) Microsoft
4 11 (2.06%) Concur
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.12%) OpenText
6 6 (1.12%) Oracle
6 6 (1.12%) webMethods
7 5 (0.93%) 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%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.19%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.19%) Workday