SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 148 169
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 +111
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 555 642 757
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.67% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.79% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 319 310
10th Percentile £454 £425 £450
25th Percentile £513 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +10.48% -9.48%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £625
90th Percentile £728 £765 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £582 £518
% change year-on-year -1.25% +12.31% -10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 4
10th Percentile £42.40 £55.50 £54.14
25th Percentile £51.25 - £60.36
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.60 £66.44
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -7.28% -6.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.17 £67.75
90th Percentile £86.35 £73.41 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.25 £61.60 £67.75
% change year-on-year -0.57% -9.08% -3.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Consultant 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant 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 18 September 2025. 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 -28 406 £580 +0.87% 210
Work from Home +37 227 £566 -1.52% 163
UK excluding London -51 226 £575 -1.25% 161
London +35 148 £581 +16.20% 59
North of England +13 81 £675 +13.92% 51
South East -37 75 £525 -12.21% 57
North West +9 62 £704 +17.29% 34
Midlands -40 39 £563 +0.45% 22
West Midlands -26 23 £550 +5.77% 10
East of England +1 20 £580 +28.89% 13
East Midlands -16 13 £580 +0.87% 11
Yorkshire -15 11 £588 +6.82% 15
South West +23 10 £600 -5.91% 9
North East +2 8 £540 -10.00% 2
Wales +5 4 - - 2

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 555 (100.00%) SAP
2 276 (49.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 173 (31.17%) Social Skills
4 143 (25.77%) Security Cleared
5 120 (21.62%) SC Cleared
6 116 (20.90%) Finance
7 95 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (14.23%) Migration
9 66 (11.89%) Data Migration
10 64 (11.53%) SAP Fiori
11 63 (11.35%) Logistics
12 61 (10.99%) Manufacturing
12 61 (10.99%) ABAP
13 60 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
15 55 (9.91%) BPSS Clearance
15 55 (9.91%) SAP FI
16 54 (9.73%) Analytics
17 53 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
18 46 (8.29%) SAP CO
18 46 (8.29%) Validation
19 43 (7.75%) SAP FI/CO
20 42 (7.57%) Ariba
21 39 (7.03%) SAP HANA
22 38 (6.85%) SAP PP
22 38 (6.85%) Pharmaceutical
23 36 (6.49%) Agile
23 36 (6.49%) SAP EWM
24 35 (6.31%) SAP HCM
24 35 (6.31%) SAP MM

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.80%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.18%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 276 (49.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (9.91%) SAP FI
3 46 (8.29%) SAP CO
4 43 (7.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 38 (6.85%) SAP PP
6 36 (6.49%) SAP EWM
7 35 (6.31%) SAP HCM
7 35 (6.31%) SAP MM
8 33 (5.95%) SAP SD
9 27 (4.86%) SAP WM
10 24 (4.32%) SAP PS
11 23 (4.14%) SAP HR
12 22 (3.96%) SAP Payroll
13 19 (3.42%) SAP MDG
13 19 (3.42%) SAP QM
14 16 (2.88%) SAP IBP
14 16 (2.88%) SAP VC
15 14 (2.52%) SAP PSCD
16 10 (1.80%) SAP BRIM
17 9 (1.62%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 24 (4.32%) SuccessFactors
2 15 (2.70%) Azure
3 11 (1.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (1.26%) GCP
4 7 (1.26%) SaaS
5 6 (1.08%) AWS
6 5 (0.90%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.72%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.36%) PaaS
8 2 (0.36%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.18%) IaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) HTTP
1 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.03%) SAP HANA
2 18 (3.24%) SAP BW
3 15 (2.70%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.90%) Power BI
5 3 (0.54%) Metadata
5 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.18%) DB2
7 1 (0.18%) DTS
7 1 (0.18%) Lumira
7 1 (0.18%) MySQL
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.26%) JIRA
1 7 (1.26%) LSMW
2 2 (0.36%) Git
General
1 173 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 116 (20.90%) Finance
3 61 (10.99%) Manufacturing
4 53 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 27 (4.86%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (4.32%) Billing
9 18 (3.24%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.16%) Banking
12 11 (1.98%) Legal
13 10 (1.80%) General Ledger
14 9 (1.62%) French Language
15 8 (1.44%) Automotive
15 8 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.90%) Retail
17 4 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.54%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.53%) SAP Fiori
2 20 (3.60%) BAPI
3 18 (3.24%) SAP TM
4 17 (3.06%) SAP Basis
5 13 (2.34%) IDoc
6 11 (1.98%) EDI
7 10 (1.80%) Web Services
8 9 (1.62%) SAP ALE
9 8 (1.44%) SAP PI
10 6 (1.08%) REST
10 6 (1.08%) SAPUI5
11 5 (0.90%) SOAP
11 5 (0.90%) XML
12 4 (0.72%) JSON
12 4 (0.72%) Middleware
13 2 (0.36%) HTML
13 2 (0.36%) HTML5
13 2 (0.36%) Node.js
13 2 (0.36%) SAP Core Interface
14 1 (0.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.16%) Private Cloud
3 11 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (1.80%) Life Science
4 10 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.08%) LIMS
6 6 (1.08%) PACS
6 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.54%) FMCG
10 2 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.36%) Replication
11 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.62%) Linux
2 6 (1.08%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) VMS
3 2 (0.36%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (14.23%) Migration
3 66 (11.89%) Data Migration
4 63 (11.35%) Logistics
5 60 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 58 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
7 54 (9.73%) Analytics
8 46 (8.29%) Validation
9 36 (6.49%) Agile
10 32 (5.77%) ERP
10 32 (5.77%) Translating Business Requirements
11 31 (5.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (5.59%) User Acceptance Testing
12 30 (5.41%) Integration Testing
12 30 (5.41%) Quality Management
13 29 (5.23%) Change Management
13 29 (5.23%) Process Improvement
14 27 (4.86%) Performance Tuning
15 26 (4.68%) Inventory Management
16 25 (4.50%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.99%) ABAP
2 10 (1.80%) SQL
3 7 (1.26%) Java
4 6 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.90%) Python
6 2 (0.36%) R
7 1 (0.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 143 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 120 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (5.23%) Degree
4 29 (5.23%) SAP Certification
5 12 (2.16%) ACCA
5 12 (2.16%) CIMA
6 8 (1.44%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.72%) CCA
9 2 (0.36%) CISA
9 2 (0.36%) CISM
10 1 (0.18%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.24%) IFRS
2 13 (2.34%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.80%) IFRS 9
4 8 (1.44%) QA
5 6 (1.08%) GxP
6 5 (0.90%) GRC
6 5 (0.90%) SLA
7 4 (0.72%) Basel III
7 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.54%) GMP
8 3 (0.54%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.36%) GAAP
9 2 (0.36%) GDPR
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) HL7
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 555 (100.00%) SAP
2 42 (7.57%) Ariba
3 11 (1.98%) Adobe
4 10 (1.80%) Microsoft
5 9 (1.62%) Oracle
6 6 (1.08%) Workday
7 5 (0.90%) Concur
7 5 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.54%) OpenText
8 3 (0.54%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.36%) Google
9 2 (0.36%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.18%) Cognos
10 1 (0.18%) HP
10 1 (0.18%) Kronos
10 1 (0.18%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.18%) RightFax
10 1 (0.18%) Sybase