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 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 168 177
Rank change year-on-year -57 +9 +51
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 515 466 593
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.60% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.73% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 191 284
10th Percentile £413 £425 £433
25th Percentile £482 £501 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £687 £670 £688
90th Percentile £744 £720 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £595
% change year-on-year -2.33% -9.66% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 16
10th Percentile £59.98 £68.25 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £70.00 £58.84
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.28 £94.05 £78.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.51% -4.68%

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 40,988 26,987 41,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 92.82% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,540 17,745 26,925
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,566 944 2,532
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.72 £20.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.91 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.88 £32.90
% change year-on-year +25.47% -3.09% -21.32%

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 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 31 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 31 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 -83 362 £600 +3.27% 91
Work from Home -9 235 £600 +4.35% 53
UK excluding London -51 205 £525 -2.33% 71
London -65 123 £665 +6.40% 32
Midlands -40 61 £438 -16.67% 18
South East -31 57 £506 -5.64% 30
North of England -75 52 £575 +6.88% 16
West Midlands -25 46 £425 -27.35% 12
North West -47 38 £605 +12.45% 12
East of England -28 24 £590 +9.77%
South West -16 14 £550 -15.38%
East Midlands -38 13 £638 +22.60% 6
Yorkshire -44 12 £538 - 4
Wales -9 2 - - 7
North East -14 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 515 (100.00%) SAP
2 262 (50.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 99 (19.22%) Security Cleared
4 81 (15.73%) SC Cleared
4 81 (15.73%) Workshop Facilitation
5 79 (15.34%) Migration
6 70 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 64 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (12.04%) SAP FI
9 56 (10.87%) SuccessFactors
9 56 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
10 53 (10.29%) ERP
10 53 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 52 (10.10%) ABAP
12 49 (9.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 49 (9.51%) SAP MM
13 48 (9.32%) Data Migration
14 44 (8.54%) Logistics
14 44 (8.54%) Time Management
15 42 (8.16%) Validation
16 40 (7.77%) Ariba
17 39 (7.57%) SAP Fiori
18 38 (7.38%) SAP PP
19 37 (7.18%) SAP HCM
20 36 (6.99%) SAP PSCD
21 34 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
21 34 (6.60%) SAP HANA
22 33 (6.41%) SAP CO
23 32 (6.21%) Production Planning
23 32 (6.21%) SAP EWM

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%) MTS
2 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 262 (50.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 62 (12.04%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.51%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.38%) SAP PP
5 37 (7.18%) SAP HCM
6 36 (6.99%) SAP PSCD
7 33 (6.41%) SAP CO
8 32 (6.21%) SAP EWM
9 31 (6.02%) SAP FI/CO
10 28 (5.44%) SAP Travel Management
11 26 (5.05%) SAP SD
12 24 (4.66%) SAP BRIM
13 20 (3.88%) SAP FI-CA
14 18 (3.50%) SAP Payroll
15 16 (3.11%) SAP Hybris
16 15 (2.91%) SAP IBP
17 14 (2.72%) SAP PM
18 12 (2.33%) SAP VC
19 11 (2.14%) OpenText VIM for SAP
19 11 (2.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 56 (10.87%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.36%) Azure
4 5 (0.97%) AWS
5 3 (0.58%) GCP
6 2 (0.39%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.19%) Boomi
7 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.19%) OCI
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.60%) SAP HANA
2 10 (1.94%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.17%) Metadata
3 6 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.39%) Power BI
4 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) DB2
5 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.17%) Hudson
3 4 (0.78%) LSMW
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 168 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.17%) Finance
3 69 (13.40%) Manufacturing
4 50 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 40 (7.77%) Billing
7 17 (3.30%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.72%) Retail
9 13 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (2.14%) Banking
11 7 (1.36%) Automotive
11 7 (1.36%) German Language
12 6 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.17%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.17%) Legal
13 5 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Local Government
14 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.58%) French Language
15 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.57%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (5.83%) SAP TM
3 19 (3.69%) BAPI
4 17 (3.30%) SAP Basis
5 14 (2.72%) IDoc
6 12 (2.33%) SAP PI
6 12 (2.33%) Web Services
7 10 (1.94%) SAP ALE
8 9 (1.75%) EDI
8 9 (1.75%) SOAP
8 9 (1.75%) XML
9 6 (1.17%) Middleware
9 6 (1.17%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (0.78%) OLE
11 3 (0.58%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.39%) REST
12 2 (0.39%) SAP Core Interface
13 1 (0.19%) JDBC
13 1 (0.19%) JMS
13 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.47%) Replication
2 15 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.94%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.17%) FMCG
5 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.97%) Algorithms
6 5 (0.97%) Life Science
7 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.58%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.58%) Tandem
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.19%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.19%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) VMS
2 4 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (15.73%) Workshop Facilitation
2 79 (15.34%) Migration
3 70 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
6 53 (10.29%) ERP
6 53 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 48 (9.32%) Data Migration
8 44 (8.54%) Logistics
8 44 (8.54%) Time Management
9 42 (8.16%) Validation
10 34 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (6.21%) Production Planning
12 30 (5.83%) Project Management
13 29 (5.63%) Translating Business Requirements
14 27 (5.24%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.24%) Knowledge Transfer
15 22 (4.27%) Project Delivery
15 22 (4.27%) Requirements Gathering
15 22 (4.27%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (10.10%) ABAP
2 10 (1.94%) Groovy
2 10 (1.94%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.58%) SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 99 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 81 (15.73%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.52%) SAP Certification
5 10 (1.94%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.78%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.27%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.36%) GRC
3 5 (0.97%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) QA
4 3 (0.58%) GxP
4 3 (0.58%) PMO
5 2 (0.39%) IFRS
5 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.58%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 515 (100.00%) SAP
2 40 (7.77%) Ariba
3 13 (2.52%) Sage
4 10 (1.94%) Microsoft
5 9 (1.75%) OpenText
6 8 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.78%) Adobe
7 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.58%) Concur
9 2 (0.39%) Databricks
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle
9 2 (0.39%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) Google
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) Planon
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER