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 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 173 173
Rank change year-on-year -44 0 +50
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 524 468 587
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.61% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.73% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 195 284
10th Percentile £413 £450 £433
25th Percentile £483 £506 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £688
90th Percentile £735 £741 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £544 £538 £587
% change year-on-year +1.16% -8.35% +2.00%
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 £88.75 £94.05 £78.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -6.40% +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 41,358 26,984 40,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.80% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,778 17,737 26,805
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% -3.45%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,581 943 2,528
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.85 £20.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -75 360 £600 +3.45% 91
Work from Home -12 234 £600 +4.35% 53
UK excluding London -48 217 £544 +1.16% 71
London -73 119 £665 +6.40% 32
Midlands -39 62 £438 -17.06% 18
South East -33 57 £506 -5.64% 30
North of England -75 53 £550 +2.23% 16
West Midlands -34 47 £425 -25.11% 12
North West -58 38 £550 +2.23% 12
East of England -28 24 £590 +7.27%
South West -17 14 £550 -15.38%
East Midlands -30 13 £638 +22.60% 6
Yorkshire -52 13 £538 - 4
Wales +2 12 £550 - 7
North East -17 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 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.

1 524 (100.00%) SAP
2 260 (49.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 97 (18.51%) Security Cleared
4 82 (15.65%) Workshop Facilitation
5 79 (15.08%) Migration
5 79 (15.08%) SC Cleared
6 68 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (12.40%) SAP FI
8 64 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (11.07%) SuccessFactors
10 56 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 54 (10.31%) ERP
12 53 (10.11%) Ariba
13 52 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 50 (9.54%) ABAP
14 50 (9.54%) BPSS Clearance
15 47 (8.97%) Data Migration
15 47 (8.97%) SAP MM
16 46 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (8.40%) Logistics
18 42 (8.02%) Time Management
18 42 (8.02%) Validation
19 41 (7.82%) SAP PP
20 40 (7.63%) SAP Fiori
21 36 (6.87%) SAP CO
21 36 (6.87%) SAP PSCD
22 35 (6.68%) Production Planning
22 35 (6.68%) SAP HCM
23 34 (6.49%) SAP FI/CO
24 33 (6.30%) SAP HANA

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 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.38%) MTS
2 2 (0.38%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 260 (49.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (12.40%) SAP FI
3 47 (8.97%) SAP MM
4 41 (7.82%) SAP PP
5 36 (6.87%) SAP CO
5 36 (6.87%) SAP PSCD
6 35 (6.68%) SAP HCM
7 34 (6.49%) SAP FI/CO
8 32 (6.11%) SAP EWM
9 27 (5.15%) SAP Travel Management
10 26 (4.96%) SAP SD
11 24 (4.58%) SAP BRIM
12 20 (3.82%) SAP FI-CA
13 17 (3.24%) SAP IBP
13 17 (3.24%) SAP Payroll
14 16 (3.05%) SAP Hybris
14 16 (3.05%) SAP PM
15 13 (2.48%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 12 (2.29%) SAP QM
16 12 (2.29%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 58 (11.07%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.24%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.34%) Azure
4 5 (0.95%) AWS
5 3 (0.57%) GCP
6 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.19%) Boomi
7 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.19%) OCI
7 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
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 33 (6.30%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.72%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.15%) Metadata
3 6 (1.15%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) DB2
5 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.91%) JIRA
2 7 (1.34%) Hudson
3 4 (0.76%) LSMW
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 169 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.18%) Finance
3 72 (13.74%) Manufacturing
4 49 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 42 (8.02%) Billing
7 18 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.86%) Retail
9 13 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (2.10%) Banking
11 7 (1.34%) Automotive
11 7 (1.34%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.34%) German Language
12 6 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.15%) Legal
13 5 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.76%) Local Government
14 4 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.57%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.63%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (5.53%) SAP TM
3 19 (3.63%) BAPI
4 18 (3.44%) SAP Basis
5 14 (2.67%) IDoc
6 12 (2.29%) Web Services
7 11 (2.10%) SAP PI
8 10 (1.91%) SAP ALE
9 9 (1.72%) EDI
9 9 (1.72%) SOAP
9 9 (1.72%) XML
10 6 (1.15%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.95%) Middleware
12 4 (0.76%) OLE
13 3 (0.57%) SAPUI5
14 2 (0.38%) REST
14 2 (0.38%) SAP Core Interface
15 1 (0.19%) JDBC
15 1 (0.19%) JMS
15 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.39%) Replication
2 14 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.91%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.34%) FMCG
6 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.15%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.95%) Life Science
8 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.57%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.57%) Tandem
9 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.38%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.19%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.95%) VMS
2 4 (0.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (15.65%) Workshop Facilitation
2 79 (15.08%) Migration
3 68 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 54 (10.31%) ERP
7 52 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 47 (8.97%) Data Migration
9 46 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (8.40%) Logistics
11 42 (8.02%) Time Management
11 42 (8.02%) Validation
12 35 (6.68%) Production Planning
13 29 (5.53%) Project Management
14 27 (5.15%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.15%) Knowledge Transfer
15 26 (4.96%) Translating Business Requirements
16 23 (4.39%) Project Delivery
16 23 (4.39%) Requirements Gathering
16 23 (4.39%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.54%) ABAP
2 9 (1.72%) Groovy
2 9 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.57%) Python
3 3 (0.57%) SQL
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.19%) Java
4 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (18.51%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.08%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.48%) SAP Certification
5 10 (1.91%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.76%) Degree
8 2 (0.38%) AAT
8 2 (0.38%) ACCA
8 2 (0.38%) CCA
8 2 (0.38%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.34%) GRC
3 6 (1.15%) QA
4 5 (0.95%) GDPR
5 4 (0.76%) GxP
6 3 (0.57%) PMO
6 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) IFRS
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.57%) IAG
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 524 (100.00%) SAP
2 53 (10.11%) Ariba
3 13 (2.48%) Sage
4 11 (2.10%) OpenText
5 9 (1.72%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.76%) Adobe
7 4 (0.76%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.57%) Concur
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle
9 2 (0.38%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Databricks
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