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 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 174 152
Rank change year-on-year -94 -22 +15
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 534 554 622
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.70% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.87% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 265 301
10th Percentile £414 £457 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £671
90th Percentile £716 £725 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £580 £582
% change year-on-year -5.34% -0.34% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile £84.35 £39.45 £57.15
25th Percentile £86.00 £43.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -14.77% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £75.50 £66.27
90th Percentile £89.00 £88.55 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -9.08%

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 50,372 29,667 35,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 91.00% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,736 18,751 21,351
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,923 1,598 1,565
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.61 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.69% -2.82%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -114 384 £550 -5.17% 216
UK excluding London -64 260 £549 -5.34% 139
Work from Home -62 213 £540 -3.57% 151
London -117 119 £578 -0.34% 68
South East -33 103 £500 -4.76% 52
Midlands -14 69 £481 -14.49% 27
West Midlands -8 60 £481 -12.55% 20
North of England -110 46 £625 -7.41% 30
North West -72 43 £625 -11.03% 15
East of England -29 19 £566 -1.99% 12
Wales -1 16 £550 - 8
South West -36 12 £525 -12.50% 3
East Midlands -23 7 £544 -6.25% 7
Yorkshire -48 3 - - 12
Scotland - 2 £650 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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.

1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 248 (46.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 139 (26.03%) Security Cleared
4 120 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (17.79%) SC Cleared
6 86 (16.10%) Migration
7 82 (15.36%) User Acceptance Testing
8 74 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (13.30%) SAP FI
10 62 (11.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 62 (11.61%) SuccessFactors
11 60 (11.24%) Data Migration
12 57 (10.67%) Ariba
13 56 (10.49%) Workshop Facilitation
14 51 (9.55%) ABAP
15 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
16 47 (8.80%) Logistics
16 47 (8.80%) SAP Fiori
17 44 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (7.49%) Analytics
19 38 (7.12%) ERP
19 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
19 38 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 37 (6.93%) Validation
21 36 (6.74%) Time Management
22 34 (6.37%) SAP Payroll
23 33 (6.18%) SAP BRIM
23 33 (6.18%) SAP BW
23 33 (6.18%) SAP HANA
23 33 (6.18%) 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 (0.56%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 248 (46.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 71 (13.30%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
4 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
5 34 (6.37%) SAP Payroll
6 33 (6.18%) SAP BRIM
6 33 (6.18%) SAP SD
7 31 (5.81%) SAP HCM
8 29 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 28 (5.24%) SAP MM
9 28 (5.24%) SAP PP
10 25 (4.68%) SAP FI-CA
11 24 (4.49%) SAP HR
12 22 (4.12%) SAP QM
13 21 (3.93%) SAP PM
14 17 (3.18%) SAP EWM
15 16 (3.00%) SAP GRC
16 14 (2.62%) SAP ERP
16 14 (2.62%) SAP IBP
17 13 (2.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 62 (11.61%) SuccessFactors
2 15 (2.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.50%) Azure
4 7 (1.31%) AWS
5 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.56%) GCP
7 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
8 2 (0.37%) Boomi
8 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.37%) GitHub
9 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.18%) SAP BW
1 33 (6.18%) SAP HANA
2 13 (2.43%) BusinessObjects
3 8 (1.50%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.12%) Power BI
5 5 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Hudson
2 3 (0.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 148 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 125 (23.41%) Finance
3 60 (11.24%) Manufacturing
4 57 (10.67%) Billing
5 54 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.68%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.56%) Retail
9 18 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (2.62%) Legal
11 13 (2.43%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.12%) Automotive
13 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.56%) German Language
16 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.80%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.37%) SAP PI
3 17 (3.18%) BAPI
4 13 (2.43%) SAP Basis
5 11 (2.06%) REST
5 11 (2.06%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.06%) SOAP
6 9 (1.69%) IDoc
6 9 (1.69%) Web Services
7 8 (1.50%) Middleware
7 8 (1.50%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.31%) EDI
8 7 (1.31%) XML
9 6 (1.12%) JDBC
10 5 (0.94%) SAP TM
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.37%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) Flash
12 1 (0.19%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.81%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.87%) FMCG
5 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.50%) Life Science
6 8 (1.50%) Replication
7 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.37%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.12%) Unix
2 5 (0.94%) VMS
3 1 (0.19%) AIX
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 86 (16.10%) Migration
3 82 (15.36%) User Acceptance Testing
4 74 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (11.24%) Data Migration
6 56 (10.49%) Workshop Facilitation
7 47 (8.80%) Logistics
8 44 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (7.49%) Analytics
10 38 (7.12%) ERP
10 38 (7.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (6.93%) Validation
12 36 (6.74%) Time Management
13 32 (5.99%) Process Improvement
14 31 (5.81%) Order to Cash
14 31 (5.81%) Project Delivery
14 31 (5.81%) Revenue Management
15 30 (5.62%) Requirements Gathering
15 30 (5.62%) System Integration Testing
16 29 (5.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 51 (9.55%) ABAP
2 9 (1.69%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 5 (0.94%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Groovy
5 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 139 (26.03%) Security Cleared
2 95 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.68%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.50%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.31%) Degree
7 5 (0.94%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.81%) GRC
2 6 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.94%) PMO
4 4 (0.75%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) GxP
5 3 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 2 (0.37%) QA
6 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (1.87%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.67%) Ariba
3 16 (3.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.50%) Concur
4 8 (1.50%) OpenText
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.12%) Oracle
6 6 (1.12%) webMethods
7 5 (0.94%) Adobe
8 3 (0.56%) Databricks
8 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.19%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.19%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.19%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics