SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 164 166
Rank change year-on-year -73 +2 +61
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 504 497 617
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.71% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.85% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 208 305
10th Percentile £413 £460 £425
25th Percentile £475 £511 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £673 £656 £688
90th Percentile £730 £709 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £585
% change year-on-year +0.56% -8.21% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
10th Percentile £82.55 £56.30 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.00 £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 - - £64.00
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 45,172 26,906 39,903
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.35% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,538 17,432 25,857
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £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 3,009 1,072 2,824
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.51 £17.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £59.23 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.80 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £25.32 £40.00
% change year-on-year +72.55% -36.70% -6.98%

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 1 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 1 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 -91 359 £582 +0.30% 131
Work from Home -27 223 £595 +3.48% 73
UK excluding London -53 218 £540 +0.56% 67
London -71 128 £660 +6.62% 66
South East -39 76 £540 +1.79% 19
Midlands -23 67 £456 -12.26% 22
West Midlands -24 49 £425 -22.73% 20
North of England -88 46 £513 -4.74% 18
North West -53 35 £538 -0.09% 14
Wales 0 15 £550 -
South West -18 15 £525 - 3
East Midlands -25 15 £625 +22.55% 2
Yorkshire -60 9 £500 - 3
East of England -45 5 £604 +5.27%
North East -31 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 504 (100.00%) SAP
2 232 (46.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 88 (17.46%) Security Cleared
4 85 (16.87%) Migration
5 77 (15.28%) SC Cleared
6 72 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 66 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (11.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 57 (11.31%) Data Migration
10 54 (10.71%) Ariba
10 54 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 53 (10.52%) SAP FI
11 53 (10.52%) User Acceptance Testing
12 51 (10.12%) ERP
12 51 (10.12%) SuccessFactors
13 45 (8.93%) Logistics
13 45 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (8.73%) SAP PSCD
15 43 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (7.94%) Validation
17 39 (7.74%) SAP MM
18 31 (6.15%) GAP Analysis
18 31 (6.15%) SAP BRIM
18 31 (6.15%) SAP HANA
19 29 (5.75%) SAP TM
20 28 (5.56%) SAP EWM
20 28 (5.56%) SAP Travel Management
21 27 (5.36%) Project Management
21 27 (5.36%) SAP FI-CA
21 27 (5.36%) SAP SD

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 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 232 (46.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (10.52%) SAP FI
3 44 (8.73%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.74%) SAP MM
5 31 (6.15%) SAP BRIM
6 28 (5.56%) SAP EWM
6 28 (5.56%) SAP Travel Management
7 27 (5.36%) SAP FI-CA
7 27 (5.36%) SAP SD
8 24 (4.76%) SAP CO
8 24 (4.76%) SAP PP
9 23 (4.56%) SAP FI/CO
10 21 (4.17%) SAP IBP
11 17 (3.37%) SAP HCM
12 13 (2.58%) SAP PM
13 12 (2.38%) SAP QM
14 10 (1.98%) SAP Hybris
15 9 (1.79%) SAP HR
16 8 (1.59%) SAP ERP
16 8 (1.59%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 51 (10.12%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (2.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.19%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.99%) Azure
5 4 (0.79%) AWS
6 3 (0.60%) Boomi
6 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.40%) GCP
8 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 31 (6.15%) SAP HANA
2 13 (2.58%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.19%) Power BI
4 6 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (0.99%) Tableau
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Hudson
1 8 (1.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 142 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.25%) Finance
3 49 (9.72%) Billing
4 45 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 41 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.34%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.38%) Banking
10 9 (1.79%) Automotive
10 9 (1.79%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.39%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.39%) Retail
12 5 (0.99%) German Language
12 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.99%) Legal
13 4 (0.79%) Local Government
14 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) French Language
15 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.75%) SAP TM
2 22 (4.37%) BAPI
2 22 (4.37%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (2.98%) SAP Basis
4 9 (1.79%) IDoc
5 6 (1.19%) XML
6 5 (0.99%) EDI
6 5 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
6 5 (0.99%) Web Services
7 4 (0.79%) Middleware
7 4 (0.79%) OLE
7 4 (0.79%) SAP ALE
8 3 (0.60%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.60%) SOAP
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.40%) REST
9 2 (0.40%) SAPUI5
9 2 (0.40%) XSLT
10 1 (0.20%) JMS
10 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (2.38%) Replication
3 11 (2.18%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.98%) Algorithms
5 8 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.59%) Life Science
6 6 (1.19%) FMCG
6 6 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.79%) VMS
2 5 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) AIX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.87%) Migration
2 72 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 66 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (11.31%) Data Migration
5 54 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (10.52%) User Acceptance Testing
7 51 (10.12%) ERP
8 45 (8.93%) Logistics
8 45 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (7.94%) Validation
11 31 (6.15%) GAP Analysis
12 27 (5.36%) Project Management
13 25 (4.96%) System Integration Testing
13 25 (4.96%) Time Management
14 24 (4.76%) Project Delivery
15 22 (4.37%) Translating Business Requirements
16 21 (4.17%) Order to Cash
17 19 (3.77%) Data Design
17 19 (3.77%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.96%) ABAP
2 10 (1.98%) SQL
3 7 (1.39%) Python
4 3 (0.60%) Groovy
4 3 (0.60%) 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 88 (17.46%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.38%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.40%) AAT
7 2 (0.40%) ACCA
7 2 (0.40%) CIMA
7 2 (0.40%) Degree
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) CCA
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.79%) GRC
3 5 (0.99%) GxP
4 4 (0.79%) GDPR
4 4 (0.79%) PMO
5 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.40%) NCSC
5 2 (0.40%) QA
5 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.20%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (0.99%) IAG
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 504 (100.00%) SAP
2 54 (10.71%) Ariba
3 13 (2.58%) Sage
4 11 (2.18%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.39%) OpenText
6 5 (0.99%) Oracle
7 4 (0.79%) Adobe
8 2 (0.40%) Concur
8 2 (0.40%) Databricks
8 2 (0.40%) Dell
8 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) Conga
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