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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 185 148
Rank change year-on-year -61 -37 +25
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 571 504 647
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.53% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.68% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 222 329
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £512 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £583
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -3.00% +10.95%
75th Percentile £663 £649 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £85.18 £40.93 £53.95
25th Percentile £86.06 £47.56 £60.36
Median hourly rate £87.50 £57.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -6.66% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.31 £62.46
90th Percentile £88.88 £68.13 £72.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -7.28%

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 49,691 30,076 35,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.26% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,638 19,002 22,670
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,580 1,568 1,839
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.51 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.96%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.78 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.41 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £44.04
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.89% +13.95%

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 31 August 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 14 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 31 August 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 -68 416 £550 -3.55% 73
UK excluding London -16 274 £550 - 47
Work from Home -21 237 £575 +4.55% 40
London -78 131 £600 +3.36% 23
South East -34 102 £540 +1.79% 14
Midlands +7 91 £475 -17.39% 10
West Midlands +14 78 £446 -18.86% 7
North of England -80 48 £625 +4.17% 9
North West -43 44 £625 -2.34% 8
Wales -2 16 £550 -
South West -34 14 £525 -12.50% 1
East Midlands -14 10 £613 -0.41% 2
East of England -24 10 £604 +4.15% 13
Yorkshire -52 4 £400 -31.91% 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 August 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.

1 571 (100.00%) SAP
2 251 (43.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 146 (25.57%) Security Cleared
4 110 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 105 (18.39%) SC Cleared
6 82 (14.36%) User Acceptance Testing
7 77 (13.49%) Migration
7 77 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (11.91%) SuccessFactors
9 66 (11.56%) SAP FI
10 64 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
11 56 (9.81%) Ariba
11 56 (9.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 55 (9.63%) Data Migration
12 55 (9.63%) Logistics
13 53 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 48 (8.41%) SAP PSCD
16 45 (7.88%) SAP Fiori
17 42 (7.36%) ABAP
18 41 (7.18%) ERP
18 41 (7.18%) SAP MM
19 38 (6.65%) SAP HANA
20 37 (6.48%) SAP SD
21 36 (6.30%) Order to Cash
21 36 (6.30%) Validation
22 35 (6.13%) SAP CO
23 34 (5.95%) SAP BW
24 32 (5.60%) Analytics
25 31 (5.43%) Project Delivery

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 (0.53%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 251 (43.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 66 (11.56%) SAP FI
3 48 (8.41%) SAP PSCD
4 41 (7.18%) SAP MM
5 37 (6.48%) SAP SD
6 35 (6.13%) SAP CO
7 30 (5.25%) SAP BRIM
8 29 (5.08%) SAP PP
9 28 (4.90%) SAP FI-CA
10 26 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
11 24 (4.20%) SAP EWM
12 23 (4.03%) SAP QM
13 22 (3.85%) SAP IBP
13 22 (3.85%) SAP PM
14 19 (3.33%) SAP HCM
15 18 (3.15%) SAP Payroll
16 17 (2.98%) SAP HR
17 15 (2.63%) SAP GRC
18 13 (2.28%) SAP ERP
19 11 (1.93%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.91%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (1.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.58%) AWS
3 9 (1.58%) Azure
4 7 (1.23%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.70%) GCP
6 2 (0.35%) Boomi
6 2 (0.35%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.35%) GitHub
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.65%) SAP HANA
2 34 (5.95%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.28%) BusinessObjects
4 12 (2.10%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (1.23%) Power BI
6 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.88%) Tableau
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.05%) JIRA
2 5 (0.88%) Hudson
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.35%) LSMW
General
1 153 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 115 (20.14%) Finance
3 62 (10.86%) Manufacturing
4 55 (9.63%) Billing
5 41 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.80%) General Ledger
9 16 (2.80%) Retail
10 9 (1.58%) Legal
11 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.23%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.23%) Automotive
13 6 (1.05%) Banking
13 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.35%) Advertising
15 2 (0.35%) German Language
15 2 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.88%) SAP Fiori
2 21 (3.68%) BAPI
2 21 (3.68%) SAP Basis
3 18 (3.15%) SAP PI
4 12 (2.10%) IDoc
5 10 (1.75%) REST
5 10 (1.75%) SAP Core Interface
5 10 (1.75%) SOAP
6 7 (1.23%) EDI
6 7 (1.23%) Web Services
7 6 (1.05%) JDBC
7 6 (1.05%) Middleware
7 6 (1.05%) XML
8 5 (0.88%) SAP TM
9 4 (0.70%) SAP ALE
9 4 (0.70%) SAPUI5
10 3 (0.53%) OLE
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.35%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.80%) Public Cloud
2 14 (2.45%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.45%) Replication
3 13 (2.28%) FMCG
4 12 (2.10%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
5 10 (1.75%) Life Science
6 9 (1.58%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.18%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.18%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.23%) VMS
2 6 (1.05%) Unix
3 4 (0.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 82 (14.36%) User Acceptance Testing
3 77 (13.49%) Migration
3 77 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
5 55 (9.63%) Data Migration
5 55 (9.63%) Logistics
6 53 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (7.18%) ERP
9 36 (6.30%) Order to Cash
9 36 (6.30%) Validation
10 32 (5.60%) Analytics
11 31 (5.43%) Project Delivery
11 31 (5.43%) System Integration Testing
11 31 (5.43%) Translating Business Requirements
12 29 (5.08%) Process Improvement
12 29 (5.08%) SAP Security
13 27 (4.73%) Integration Testing
14 25 (4.38%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.36%) ABAP
2 10 (1.75%) SQL
3 7 (1.23%) Java
3 7 (1.23%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 146 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 105 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.75%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.88%) CCA
8 3 (0.53%) Degree
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.45%) GRC
2 12 (2.10%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.05%) GxP
3 6 (1.05%) PMO
4 3 (0.53%) GDPR
4 3 (0.53%) IFRS
4 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.35%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (1.75%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 571 (100.00%) SAP
2 56 (9.81%) Ariba
3 17 (2.98%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.58%) OpenText
5 7 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.05%) webMethods
7 5 (0.88%) Adobe
7 5 (0.88%) Oracle
8 4 (0.70%) Databricks
9 2 (0.35%) Concur
9 2 (0.35%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.18%) Conga
10 1 (0.18%) Dell
10 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.18%) Palantir
10 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.18%) Sage
10 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow