SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 163 162
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 +92
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 559 571 758
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.57% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.69% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 268 296
10th Percentile £454 £435 £450
25th Percentile £510 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £666 £646
90th Percentile £725 £750 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £580 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% +10.48% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile £46.38 £55.83 £61.04
25th Percentile £59.88 £59.99 £62.51
Median hourly rate £70.50 £71.62 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +13.17% -6.93%
75th Percentile £83.94 £84.34 £67.75
90th Percentile £89.38 £106.88 £84.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.50 £65.77 £63.29
% change year-on-year +7.19% +3.92% -4.83%

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 32,783 33,839 42,964
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.83% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,795 20,464 29,004
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £649
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,905 1,235 1,530
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.63 £19.08
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -25.84% +78.00%

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 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -26 414 £580 +0.87% 28
Work from Home +13 241 £555 -3.48% 25
UK excluding London -46 224 £600 +3.45% 21
London +20 147 £555 +5.71% 12
North of England +10 89 £675 +12.50% 2
North West +29 80 £703 +17.08% 1
South East -47 62 £525 -9.79% 15
Midlands -60 36 £575 - 4
East of England -11 29 £525 +16.67%
West Midlands -29 26 £575 +6.48% 3
South West +10 9 £600 -4.78%
East Midlands -36 9 £545 -5.22% 1
Yorkshire -24 7 £600 +6.67% 1
North East -9 2 £575 -4.17%
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, 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.

1 559 (100.00%) SAP
2 311 (55.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 169 (30.23%) Security Cleared
4 136 (24.33%) SC Cleared
5 78 (13.95%) Logistics
6 77 (13.77%) SAP Fiori
7 76 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (12.70%) ABAP
9 70 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (12.52%) Workshop Facilitation
10 65 (11.63%) Migration
11 56 (10.02%) SAP FI
12 49 (8.77%) Data Migration
12 49 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (8.59%) SAP MM
14 47 (8.41%) Analytics
14 47 (8.41%) SAP HCM
15 46 (8.23%) ERP
15 46 (8.23%) Validation
16 45 (8.05%) SuccessFactors
17 44 (7.87%) User Acceptance Testing
18 43 (7.69%) Ariba
19 42 (7.51%) BPSS Clearance
20 41 (7.33%) SAP EWM
21 40 (7.16%) SAP HANA
22 39 (6.98%) Production Planning
22 39 (6.98%) SAP CO
22 39 (6.98%) Translating Business Requirements
23 36 (6.44%) SAP FI/CO
24 34 (6.08%) SAP PP

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 4 (0.72%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.36%) MTS
2 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
3 1 (0.18%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 311 (55.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (10.02%) SAP FI
3 48 (8.59%) SAP MM
4 47 (8.41%) SAP HCM
5 41 (7.33%) SAP EWM
6 39 (6.98%) SAP CO
7 36 (6.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 34 (6.08%) SAP PP
9 32 (5.72%) SAP Payroll
10 31 (5.55%) SAP WM
11 24 (4.29%) SAP QM
12 23 (4.11%) SAP SD
13 22 (3.94%) SAP VC
14 20 (3.58%) SAP HR
14 20 (3.58%) SAP PSCD
15 18 (3.22%) SAP PS
16 16 (2.86%) SAP MDG
17 14 (2.50%) SAP Hybris
18 13 (2.33%) SAP BRIM
19 11 (1.97%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 45 (8.05%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 12 (2.15%) Azure
4 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.07%) SaaS
5 4 (0.72%) GCP
6 3 (0.54%) AWS
6 3 (0.54%) Snowflake
6 3 (0.54%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.18%) IaaS
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.18%) OCI
8 1 (0.18%) PaaS
8 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.18%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) HTTP
1 1 (0.18%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.16%) SAP HANA
2 17 (3.04%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.15%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (1.61%) Metadata
5 6 (1.07%) Power BI
6 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.36%) DB2
8 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.18%) Lumira
8 1 (0.18%) MaxDB
8 1 (0.18%) MySQL
8 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (1.61%) JIRA
2 7 (1.25%) LSMW
3 3 (0.54%) Git
4 2 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 164 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.50%) Finance
3 83 (14.85%) Manufacturing
4 44 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (6.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (5.01%) Billing
9 17 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.50%) Retail
11 9 (1.61%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.43%) Automotive
12 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.07%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.72%) Banking
14 4 (0.72%) German Language
14 4 (0.72%) Legal
15 3 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.54%) Law
16 2 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.77%) SAP Fiori
2 25 (4.47%) BAPI
3 21 (3.76%) Web Services
4 18 (3.22%) SAP Basis
4 18 (3.22%) SAP TM
5 17 (3.04%) SAP PI
6 15 (2.68%) IDoc
7 13 (2.33%) SOAP
8 12 (2.15%) EDI
8 12 (2.15%) SAP ALE
9 11 (1.97%) XML
10 7 (1.25%) REST
11 6 (1.07%) Middleware
11 6 (1.07%) SAP Business Workflow
12 4 (0.72%) JSON
12 4 (0.72%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.36%) HTML
13 2 (0.36%) HTML5
13 2 (0.36%) SAP Core Interface
14 1 (0.18%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (2.68%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.33%) Replication
4 10 (1.79%) Life Science
5 8 (1.43%) Private Cloud
6 7 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.07%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.72%) LIMS
8 4 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.54%) FMCG
9 3 (0.54%) PACS
9 3 (0.54%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.54%) Tandem
10 2 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.18%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.18%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.07%) Linux
2 4 (0.72%) Windows
3 3 (0.54%) Unix
4 2 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (13.95%) Logistics
2 76 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 70 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (12.52%) Workshop Facilitation
4 65 (11.63%) Migration
5 49 (8.77%) Data Migration
5 49 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (8.41%) Analytics
7 46 (8.23%) ERP
7 46 (8.23%) Validation
8 44 (7.87%) User Acceptance Testing
9 39 (6.98%) Production Planning
9 39 (6.98%) Translating Business Requirements
10 32 (5.72%) Knowledge Transfer
10 32 (5.72%) Time Management
11 31 (5.55%) Requirements Gathering
12 30 (5.37%) Process Improvement
13 28 (5.01%) Quality Management
14 26 (4.65%) Mentoring
15 25 (4.47%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.70%) ABAP
2 16 (2.86%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.15%) Groovy
4 6 (1.07%) Java
5 4 (0.72%) SQL
6 2 (0.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 169 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 136 (24.33%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (5.01%) Degree
5 27 (4.83%) SAP Certification
6 13 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.97%) ACCA
7 11 (1.97%) CIMA
8 5 (0.89%) CCA
9 4 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.36%) CISA
10 2 (0.36%) CISM
10 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.43%) QA
3 6 (1.07%) GRC
3 6 (1.07%) GxP
4 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.72%) IFRS
5 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.54%) GMP
7 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.18%) Docker
1 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 559 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (7.69%) Ariba
3 12 (2.15%) Adobe
4 11 (1.97%) OpenText
5 10 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.61%) Oracle
7 8 (1.43%) Microsoft
8 7 (1.25%) Workday
9 5 (0.89%) Concur
10 4 (0.72%) Computacenter
11 3 (0.54%) Google
11 3 (0.54%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.36%) IFS
12 2 (0.36%) TOWER Software
13 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
13 1 (0.18%) Databricks
13 1 (0.18%) HP
13 1 (0.18%) Kronos
13 1 (0.18%) RightFax