SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 171 168
Rank change year-on-year -35 -3 +78
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 524 476 616
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.27% 1.58% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.70% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 207 260
10th Percentile £454 £425 £431
25th Percentile £501 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £582 £590
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -1.36% +2.61%
75th Percentile £700 £671 £664
90th Percentile £720 £731 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £540 £582
% change year-on-year +6.48% -7.22% +0.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 12
10th Percentile £59.98 £79.60 £53.69
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.99
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +36.19% -3.36%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £64.97
90th Percentile £87.13 £102.10 £84.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.50 £86.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -1.74% +39.18% -4.46%

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 38,005 28,021 41,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.83% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,844 17,678 27,270
10th Percentile £310 £288 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,343 846 2,411
10th Percentile £14.82 £16.25 £13.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.50 £34.06 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -0.57% -14.38%
75th Percentile £64.00 £64.74 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.38 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -7.03%

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 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 2 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 2 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 -49 376 £600 +3.09% 160
Work from Home 0 242 £575 +2.68% 68
UK excluding London -37 203 £575 +6.48% 138
London -38 136 £650 +5.01% 32
North of England -40 78 £703 +26.92% 27
North West -20 65 £703 +30.09% 13
South East -20 50 £513 -0.34% 37
Midlands -71 38 £463 -14.35% 35
West Midlands -52 28 £463 -14.35% 20
East of England -23 24 £525 -4.55% 14
South West -6 16 £600 -7.69% 13
Yorkshire -51 11 £575 - 12
East Midlands -41 9 £480 -7.69% 15
Wales -6 2 - - 9
North East -15 2 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £538 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 524 (100.00%) SAP
2 294 (56.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 132 (25.19%) Security Cleared
4 109 (20.80%) SC Cleared
5 78 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 78 (14.89%) Workshop Facilitation
6 77 (14.69%) Migration
7 70 (13.36%) ABAP
8 65 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (12.21%) Logistics
10 62 (11.83%) SAP FI
11 57 (10.88%) ERP
11 57 (10.88%) SAP Fiori
12 53 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 48 (9.16%) Data Migration
13 48 (9.16%) SAP MM
14 46 (8.78%) Time Management
15 43 (8.21%) Ariba
16 42 (8.02%) SAP HANA
16 42 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 42 (8.02%) SuccessFactors
17 41 (7.82%) BPSS Clearance
18 39 (7.44%) SAP HCM
18 39 (7.44%) SAP PP
19 38 (7.25%) SAP CO
20 37 (7.06%) SAP TM
20 37 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
20 37 (7.06%) Validation
21 36 (6.87%) SAP EWM
22 35 (6.68%) SAP FI/CO

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 4 (0.76%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.38%) MTS
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 294 (56.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 62 (11.83%) SAP FI
3 48 (9.16%) SAP MM
4 39 (7.44%) SAP HCM
4 39 (7.44%) SAP PP
5 38 (7.25%) SAP CO
6 36 (6.87%) SAP EWM
7 35 (6.68%) SAP FI/CO
8 32 (6.11%) SAP PSCD
9 31 (5.92%) SAP Travel Management
10 25 (4.77%) SAP Payroll
11 21 (4.01%) SAP BRIM
12 19 (3.63%) SAP FI-CA
13 18 (3.44%) SAP Hybris
13 18 (3.44%) SAP QM
13 18 (3.44%) SAP SD
13 18 (3.44%) SAP VC
14 16 (3.05%) SAP WM
15 12 (2.29%) SAP PM
16 11 (2.10%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 42 (8.02%) SuccessFactors
2 18 (3.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.72%) Azure
4 3 (0.57%) AWS
4 3 (0.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.38%) GCP
5 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.19%) Boomi
6 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) SaaS
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.19%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.02%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.53%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.15%) Metadata
4 4 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (0.57%) Power BI
6 2 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) DB2
7 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.53%) JIRA
2 4 (0.76%) LSMW
3 3 (0.57%) Hudson
4 2 (0.38%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 167 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.66%) Finance
3 63 (12.02%) Manufacturing
4 51 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (7.44%) Billing
7 18 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.48%) Retail
10 12 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.72%) Banking
12 8 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Automotive
14 6 (1.15%) German Language
15 4 (0.76%) Legal
16 3 (0.57%) Dutch Language
16 3 (0.57%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.57%) Law
16 3 (0.57%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.88%) SAP Fiori
2 37 (7.06%) SAP TM
3 28 (5.34%) BAPI
4 24 (4.58%) Web Services
5 19 (3.63%) SAP PI
6 15 (2.86%) IDoc
7 13 (2.48%) SAP Basis
8 12 (2.29%) SOAP
9 11 (2.10%) EDI
9 11 (2.10%) XML
10 9 (1.72%) SAP ALE
11 6 (1.15%) Middleware
11 6 (1.15%) SAP Business Workflow
12 5 (0.95%) SAPUI5
13 4 (0.76%) REST
14 2 (0.38%) JSON
15 1 (0.19%) JDBC
15 1 (0.19%) JMS
15 1 (0.19%) OLE
15 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (2.48%) Replication
3 11 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.15%) Life Science
4 6 (1.15%) Public Cloud
5 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.57%) FMCG
6 3 (0.57%) Tandem
6 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.38%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.19%) Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.19%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.19%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.19%) LIMS
8 1 (0.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.57%) Linux
1 3 (0.57%) VMS
2 2 (0.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
1 78 (14.89%) Workshop Facilitation
2 77 (14.69%) Migration
3 65 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (12.21%) Logistics
5 57 (10.88%) ERP
6 53 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 48 (9.16%) Data Migration
8 46 (8.78%) Time Management
9 42 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 37 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
10 37 (7.06%) Validation
11 31 (5.92%) Production Planning
12 30 (5.73%) Project Management
13 29 (5.53%) Knowledge Transfer
13 29 (5.53%) Requirements Gathering
14 28 (5.34%) Process Improvement
15 25 (4.77%) GAP Analysis
16 23 (4.39%) Inventory Management
17 22 (4.20%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 70 (13.36%) ABAP
2 14 (2.67%) Groovy
2 14 (2.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.57%) SQL
4 2 (0.38%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 132 (25.19%) Security Cleared
2 109 (20.80%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (3.24%) SAP Certification
5 14 (2.67%) Degree
6 7 (1.34%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.57%) ACCA
7 3 (0.57%) CIMA
8 2 (0.38%) AAT
8 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.95%) GDPR
2 5 (0.95%) GRC
3 4 (0.76%) QA
4 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.38%) IFRS
4 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.38%) PMO
5 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.19%) GxP
5 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.19%) IAG
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 524 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (8.21%) Ariba
3 14 (2.67%) Adobe
4 11 (2.10%) Sage
5 8 (1.53%) OpenText
5 8 (1.53%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.34%) Microsoft
7 4 (0.76%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.57%) Concur
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle
9 2 (0.38%) IFS
9 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.38%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Databricks
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) Google
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) Planon
10 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER