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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 170 169
Rank change year-on-year -67 -1 +57
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 507 490 606
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.68% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.82% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 209 302
10th Percentile £413 £461 £425
25th Percentile £481 £511 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £669 £688
90th Percentile £739 £714 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £600
% change year-on-year +0.65% -10.58% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 13
10th Percentile £82.55 £56.30 -
25th Percentile £86.00 £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 £84.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -1.74% +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 44,544 26,886 39,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.37% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,258 17,494 25,719
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,057 2,674
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.88% -34.16% -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 21 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
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 21 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 -74 363 £586 +1.01% 105
Work from Home -22 226 £600 +3.36% 48
UK excluding London -71 207 £540 +0.65% 61
London -56 136 £660 +5.60% 51
South East -37 69 £520 -2.99% 24
Midlands -28 65 £438 -15.87% 14
West Midlands -27 49 £425 -25.11% 13
North of England -86 44 £513 -4.74% 10
North West -49 33 £538 -0.09% 8
Wales +2 15 £550 - 5
South West -25 15 £525 - 5
East Midlands -24 14 £556 +9.07% 1
Yorkshire -53 9 £500 - 1
East of England -36 5 £604 +9.82%
North East -28 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 87 (17.16%) Migration
3 87 (17.16%) Security Cleared
4 76 (14.99%) SC Cleared
5 72 (14.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 68 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (11.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 58 (11.44%) Data Migration
10 56 (11.05%) SAP FI
11 55 (10.85%) User Acceptance Testing
12 53 (10.45%) ERP
13 51 (10.06%) Ariba
13 51 (10.06%) SuccessFactors
14 44 (8.68%) Logistics
15 43 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 41 (8.09%) SAP MM
17 41 (8.09%) SAP PSCD
18 36 (7.10%) Validation
19 33 (6.51%) SAP HANA
20 32 (6.31%) GAP Analysis
21 30 (5.92%) SAP BRIM
22 29 (5.72%) SAP EWM
23 28 (5.52%) ABAP
23 28 (5.52%) SAP CO
23 28 (5.52%) SAP PP
23 28 (5.52%) SAP TM
24 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 56 (11.05%) SAP FI
3 41 (8.09%) SAP MM
3 41 (8.09%) SAP PSCD
4 30 (5.92%) SAP BRIM
5 29 (5.72%) SAP EWM
6 28 (5.52%) SAP CO
6 28 (5.52%) SAP PP
7 27 (5.33%) SAP FI-CA
7 27 (5.33%) SAP Travel Management
8 26 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 26 (5.13%) SAP SD
9 24 (4.73%) SAP IBP
10 18 (3.55%) SAP HCM
11 14 (2.76%) SAP PM
12 12 (2.37%) SAP QM
13 9 (1.78%) SAP HR
13 9 (1.78%) SAP Hybris
14 8 (1.58%) SAP ERP
15 7 (1.38%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 51 (10.06%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (1.97%) 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 33 (6.51%) SAP HANA
2 13 (2.56%) 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
1 144 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 91 (17.95%) Finance
3 47 (9.27%) Billing
4 45 (8.88%) Manufacturing
5 41 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (2.37%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.17%) Banking
10 9 (1.78%) Automotive
11 8 (1.58%) Retail
12 7 (1.38%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.99%) German Language
14 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.99%) Legal
15 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.59%) French Language
15 3 (0.59%) Local Government
16 2 (0.39%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.52%) SAP TM
2 24 (4.73%) BAPI
3 23 (4.54%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (3.16%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.97%) IDoc
6 6 (1.18%) XML
7 5 (0.99%) EDI
7 5 (0.99%) SAP ALE
7 5 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (0.99%) SAP PI
7 5 (0.99%) Web Services
8 4 (0.79%) Middleware
8 4 (0.79%) OLE
9 3 (0.59%) REST
9 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
9 3 (0.59%) SOAP
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.39%) XSLT
11 1 (0.20%) JDBC
11 1 (0.20%) JMS
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%) FMCG
6 7 (1.38%) Life Science
7 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.78%) VMS
2 5 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) AIX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (17.16%) Migration
2 72 (14.20%) Workshop Facilitation
3 68 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (11.44%) Data Migration
6 55 (10.85%) User Acceptance Testing
7 53 (10.45%) ERP
8 44 (8.68%) Logistics
9 43 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (7.10%) Validation
12 32 (6.31%) GAP Analysis
13 27 (5.33%) Project Management
14 26 (5.13%) Translating Business Requirements
15 25 (4.93%) Project Delivery
15 25 (4.93%) System Integration Testing
15 25 (4.93%) Time Management
16 22 (4.34%) Production Planning
17 21 (4.14%) Inventory Management
18 19 (3.75%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.52%) ABAP
2 10 (1.97%) SQL
3 7 (1.38%) Python
4 5 (0.99%) Groovy
4 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.20%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 87 (17.16%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.99%) SC Cleared
3 60 (11.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.37%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.39%) AAT
7 2 (0.39%) ACCA
7 2 (0.39%) CCA
7 2 (0.39%) CIMA
7 2 (0.39%) Degree
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 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 4 (0.79%) 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 51 (10.06%) Ariba
3 13 (2.56%) Sage
4 11 (2.17%) 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