SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £568, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 165 167
Rank change year-on-year -78 +2 +48
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 518 500 631
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.70% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.84% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 199 313
10th Percentile £413 £456 £425
25th Percentile £477 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £673 £657 £688
90th Percentile £724 £709 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £588
% change year-on-year +0.56% -8.60% +8.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 14
10th Percentile £83.15 £56.30 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.06 £70.00 £55.08
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile £88.88 - £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.25 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -0.87% +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 46,065 27,116 40,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.32% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,032 17,461 26,079
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -4.76% -2.60%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,078 1,132 2,932
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.87 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.23% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -84 369 £586 +1.01% 57
Work from Home -28 234 £586 +1.01% 41
UK excluding London -58 218 £540 +0.56% 40
London -73 131 £660 +6.97% 22
South East -34 77 £540 +1.79% 10
Midlands -37 66 £463 -11.06% 16
West Midlands -28 49 £425 -20.93% 16
North of England -87 49 £525 -2.42% 11
North West -46 39 £588 +9.20% 10
Wales -1 15 £550 - 1
East Midlands -27 14 £625 +25.00%
South West -19 10 £525 - 1
Yorkshire -54 8 £500 -
East of England -37 6 £604 +5.27%
North East -33 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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.

1 518 (100.00%) SAP
2 252 (48.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 89 (17.18%) Security Cleared
4 85 (16.41%) Migration
5 76 (14.67%) SC Cleared
6 71 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
7 68 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 62 (11.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 61 (11.78%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (11.20%) SuccessFactors
12 57 (11.00%) Data Migration
13 53 (10.23%) SAP FI
14 51 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (9.85%) ERP
14 51 (9.85%) Logistics
15 50 (9.65%) Ariba
16 43 (8.30%) SAP PSCD
17 42 (8.11%) Validation
18 41 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 39 (7.53%) SAP MM
20 34 (6.56%) SAP HANA
21 32 (6.18%) ABAP
21 32 (6.18%) SAP BRIM
22 31 (5.98%) SAP TM
22 31 (5.98%) SAP Travel Management
23 29 (5.60%) SAP EWM
23 29 (5.60%) SAP SD
24 28 (5.41%) GAP Analysis
24 28 (5.41%) SAP Fiori

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 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 252 (48.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (10.23%) SAP FI
3 43 (8.30%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.53%) SAP MM
5 32 (6.18%) SAP BRIM
6 31 (5.98%) SAP Travel Management
7 29 (5.60%) SAP EWM
7 29 (5.60%) SAP SD
8 26 (5.02%) SAP FI-CA
9 25 (4.83%) SAP CO
10 24 (4.63%) SAP FI/CO
11 22 (4.25%) SAP IBP
12 21 (4.05%) SAP PP
13 18 (3.47%) SAP HCM
14 16 (3.09%) SAP PM
15 12 (2.32%) SAP QM
16 11 (2.12%) SAP HR
17 10 (1.93%) SAP Hybris
17 10 (1.93%) SAP Payroll
18 9 (1.74%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (11.20%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (2.12%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.16%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.97%) Azure
5 4 (0.77%) AWS
6 3 (0.58%) Boomi
6 3 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.56%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.70%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (1.35%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.16%) Power BI
5 5 (0.97%) Tableau
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.74%) JIRA
2 8 (1.54%) Hudson
3 1 (0.19%) LSMW
General
1 142 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 98 (18.92%) Finance
3 51 (9.85%) Billing
4 48 (9.27%) Manufacturing
5 41 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (7.34%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.51%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.32%) Banking
10 10 (1.93%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.74%) Legal
12 8 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.54%) Automotive
12 8 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.54%) Retail
13 5 (0.97%) German Language
14 4 (0.77%) Local Government
15 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.39%) Dutch Language
16 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.98%) SAP TM
2 28 (5.41%) SAP Fiori
3 26 (5.02%) BAPI
4 15 (2.90%) SAP Basis
5 9 (1.74%) IDoc
6 8 (1.54%) Web Services
7 6 (1.16%) EDI
7 6 (1.16%) SAP Core Interface
7 6 (1.16%) XML
8 4 (0.77%) Middleware
8 4 (0.77%) OLE
8 4 (0.77%) SAP ALE
9 3 (0.58%) SOAP
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.39%) REST
10 2 (0.39%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.39%) SAPUI5
10 2 (0.39%) XSLT
11 1 (0.19%) JDBC
11 1 (0.19%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (2.32%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.32%) Replication
3 10 (1.93%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.93%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.74%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.54%) FMCG
5 8 (1.54%) Life Science
6 6 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.39%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.74%) VMS
2 5 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) AIX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.41%) Migration
2 71 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
3 68 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (11.78%) User Acceptance Testing
6 57 (11.00%) Data Migration
7 51 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (9.85%) ERP
7 51 (9.85%) Logistics
8 42 (8.11%) Validation
9 41 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (5.41%) GAP Analysis
11 26 (5.02%) Order to Cash
11 26 (5.02%) Project Management
11 26 (5.02%) System Integration Testing
12 25 (4.83%) Time Management
13 23 (4.44%) Translating Business Requirements
14 22 (4.25%) Change Management
14 22 (4.25%) Project Delivery
15 19 (3.67%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.18%) ABAP
2 11 (2.12%) SQL
3 7 (1.35%) Python
4 2 (0.39%) Groovy
4 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (17.18%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.12%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.39%) AAT
7 2 (0.39%) ACCA
7 2 (0.39%) CIMA
7 2 (0.39%) Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) CISM
8 1 (0.19%) CISSP
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.63%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.74%) GRC
3 5 (0.97%) GxP
4 4 (0.77%) GDPR
4 4 (0.77%) PMO
5 2 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.39%) NCSC
5 2 (0.39%) QA
5 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (0.97%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 518 (100.00%) SAP
2 50 (9.65%) Ariba
3 13 (2.51%) Sage
4 11 (2.12%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.35%) Adobe
5 7 (1.35%) OpenText
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle
7 2 (0.39%) Concur
7 2 (0.39%) Databricks
7 2 (0.39%) Dell
7 2 (0.39%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.19%) Conga
8 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.19%) Planon
8 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER