SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 176 172
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 +57
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 506 459 605
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.58% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.69% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 188 279
10th Percentile £413 £425 £436
25th Percentile £483 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -3.75% +3.45%
75th Percentile £687 £672 £686
90th Percentile £726 £729 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -2.42% -7.72% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 15
10th Percentile £57.20 £70.00 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £82.00 £60.93
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.25 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.00 £98.08 £79.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.34% -4.57%

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 40,297 27,081 41,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.96% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,161 17,787 26,923
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £411 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £724 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,500 900 2,514
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% - -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.34 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.94% - -21.53%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -78 359 £600 +3.27% 119
Work from Home -24 227 £581 +1.93% 54
UK excluding London -39 199 £525 -2.42% 94
London -58 126 £665 +7.43% 28
South East -23 58 £513 -2.24% 37
Midlands -49 55 £450 -14.29% 21
North of England -71 52 £575 +6.88% 20
West Midlands -37 41 £425 -19.05% 13
North West -47 38 £640 +18.96% 13
East of England -21 24 £590 +7.27% 6
South West -19 13 £552 -15.08% 6
East Midlands -34 12 £650 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire -50 12 £538 - 6
Wales -9 2 - - 3
North East -17 2 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £538 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 506 (100.00%) SAP
2 262 (51.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 99 (19.57%) Security Cleared
4 81 (16.01%) Migration
5 80 (15.81%) SC Cleared
6 78 (15.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 76 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 62 (12.25%) SAP FI
9 61 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (11.07%) User Acceptance Testing
11 55 (10.87%) ABAP
12 54 (10.67%) SuccessFactors
13 52 (10.28%) ERP
13 52 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (9.88%) Data Migration
15 46 (9.09%) Time Management
16 45 (8.89%) SAP MM
16 45 (8.89%) Validation
17 44 (8.70%) Logistics
18 41 (8.10%) BPSS Clearance
19 39 (7.71%) Ariba
20 38 (7.51%) SAP Fiori
20 38 (7.51%) SAP HCM
21 37 (7.31%) SAP PP
22 35 (6.92%) SAP HANA
23 34 (6.72%) SAP CO
23 34 (6.72%) SAP PSCD
24 32 (6.32%) SAP FI/CO
25 31 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
25 31 (6.13%) Production Planning

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 2 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.40%) MTS
1 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 262 (51.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 62 (12.25%) SAP FI
3 45 (8.89%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.51%) SAP HCM
5 37 (7.31%) SAP PP
6 34 (6.72%) SAP CO
6 34 (6.72%) SAP PSCD
7 32 (6.32%) SAP FI/CO
8 30 (5.93%) SAP EWM
9 28 (5.53%) SAP Travel Management
10 23 (4.55%) SAP BRIM
11 22 (4.35%) SAP Payroll
11 22 (4.35%) SAP SD
12 21 (4.15%) SAP FI-CA
13 16 (3.16%) SAP Hybris
14 13 (2.57%) SAP PM
15 12 (2.37%) SAP MDG
15 12 (2.37%) SAP VC
16 11 (2.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 11 (2.17%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 54 (10.67%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.58%) Azure
4 4 (0.79%) AWS
5 2 (0.40%) GCP
5 2 (0.40%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.20%) Boomi
6 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.20%) OCI
6 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.92%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.78%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.19%) Metadata
3 6 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.40%) Power BI
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) DB2
5 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 8 (1.58%) JIRA
2 5 (0.99%) Hudson
3 4 (0.79%) LSMW
4 1 (0.20%) Git
4 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 169 (33.40%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.94%) Finance
3 67 (13.24%) Manufacturing
4 49 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 40 (7.91%) Billing
7 17 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.57%) Retail
10 11 (2.17%) Banking
11 7 (1.38%) German Language
12 6 (1.19%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.19%) Automotive
12 6 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.19%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.79%) Legal
13 4 (0.79%) Local Government
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.51%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (5.93%) SAP TM
3 20 (3.95%) BAPI
4 16 (3.16%) SAP Basis
5 15 (2.96%) IDoc
5 15 (2.96%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.77%) Web Services
7 9 (1.78%) EDI
7 9 (1.78%) SAP ALE
7 9 (1.78%) SOAP
7 9 (1.78%) XML
8 6 (1.19%) Middleware
8 6 (1.19%) SAP Business Workflow
9 4 (0.79%) OLE
10 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
11 2 (0.40%) REST
12 1 (0.20%) JDBC
12 1 (0.20%) JMS
12 1 (0.20%) SAP Core Interface
12 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.55%) Replication
2 15 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
4 6 (1.19%) FMCG
4 6 (1.19%) Life Science
4 6 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (0.59%) Tandem
6 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.20%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.99%) Linux
1 5 (0.99%) VMS
2 2 (0.40%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (16.01%) Migration
2 78 (15.42%) Workshop Facilitation
3 76 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (11.07%) User Acceptance Testing
6 52 (10.28%) ERP
6 52 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (9.88%) Data Migration
8 46 (9.09%) Time Management
9 45 (8.89%) Validation
10 44 (8.70%) Logistics
11 31 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (6.13%) Production Planning
11 31 (6.13%) Project Management
12 29 (5.73%) Knowledge Transfer
13 28 (5.53%) Translating Business Requirements
14 27 (5.34%) GAP Analysis
15 22 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (4.15%) Inventory Management
16 21 (4.15%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.87%) ABAP
2 12 (2.37%) Groovy
2 12 (2.37%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.59%) SQL
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 99 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 80 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.57%) SAP Certification
5 9 (1.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.79%) Degree
8 2 (0.40%) AAT
8 2 (0.40%) ACCA
8 2 (0.40%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) CCA
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.19%) GRC
3 5 (0.99%) GDPR
3 5 (0.99%) QA
4 3 (0.59%) PMO
5 2 (0.40%) GxP
5 2 (0.40%) IFRS
5 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.40%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 506 (100.00%) SAP
2 39 (7.71%) Ariba
3 13 (2.57%) Sage
4 9 (1.78%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.78%) OpenText
5 8 (1.58%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.79%) Adobe
6 4 (0.79%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.59%) Concur
7 3 (0.59%) Oracle
8 2 (0.40%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Databricks
9 1 (0.20%) Dell
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) IFS
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER