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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 188 149
Rank change year-on-year -48 -39 +22
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 568 503 660
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.54% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.68% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 217 360
10th Percentile £404 £450 £425
25th Percentile £469 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £598
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -4.98% +11.21%
75th Percentile £656 £655 £687
90th Percentile £748 £725 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £545 £598
% change year-on-year -3.67% -8.86% +15.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 15
10th Percentile £78.95 £43.88 £54.40
25th Percentile £86.00 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £66.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% +7.55% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £63.32
90th Percentile - £78.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.86% +13.64% -7.28%

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 48,822 29,919 38,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 91.60% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,449 19,032 24,743
10th Percentile £325 £285 £298
25th Percentile £420 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,293 1,436 2,397
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +73.72% -37.63% -7.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% +6.78%

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 23 July 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 14 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 23 July 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 -70 395 £550 -4.35% 48
Work from Home -22 254 £545 -1.80% 57
UK excluding London -37 254 £525 -3.67% 42
London -74 127 £605 +0.83% 13
South East -35 92 £505 -3.81% 18
Midlands -5 88 £463 -19.91% 9
West Midlands -6 72 £429 -25.39% 9
North of England -81 50 £575 +0.22% 10
North West -41 44 £588 -2.08% 6
Wales -3 17 £550 - 4
East Midlands -10 13 £625 +1.63%
South West -33 10 £525 -
East of England -39 6 £604 +9.82%
Yorkshire -55 6 £400 -31.91% 4

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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.

1 568 (100.00%) SAP
2 254 (44.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 120 (21.13%) Security Cleared
4 94 (16.55%) SC Cleared
5 89 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (14.26%) Migration
7 80 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (13.56%) Workshop Facilitation
9 72 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
10 68 (11.97%) SuccessFactors
11 63 (11.09%) SAP FI
12 59 (10.39%) Ariba
13 58 (10.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 56 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (9.86%) Data Migration
15 53 (9.33%) SAP PSCD
16 51 (8.98%) Logistics
17 49 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 47 (8.27%) ABAP
19 45 (7.92%) ERP
20 41 (7.22%) SAP HANA
21 39 (6.87%) SAP Fiori
22 38 (6.69%) Validation
23 37 (6.51%) SAP MM
24 34 (5.99%) SAP BRIM
24 34 (5.99%) SAP SD
25 32 (5.63%) Order to Cash
26 31 (5.46%) SAP FI-CA
27 29 (5.11%) SAP CO
27 29 (5.11%) SAP EWM

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 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.35%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 254 (44.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (11.09%) SAP FI
3 53 (9.33%) SAP PSCD
4 37 (6.51%) SAP MM
5 34 (5.99%) SAP BRIM
5 34 (5.99%) SAP SD
6 31 (5.46%) SAP FI-CA
7 29 (5.11%) SAP CO
7 29 (5.11%) SAP EWM
8 28 (4.93%) SAP PP
9 25 (4.40%) SAP FI/CO
10 24 (4.23%) SAP HCM
11 23 (4.05%) SAP IBP
12 22 (3.87%) SAP QM
13 19 (3.35%) SAP Payroll
14 18 (3.17%) SAP PM
15 14 (2.46%) SAP HR
16 13 (2.29%) SAP GRC
16 13 (2.29%) SAP Travel Management
17 11 (1.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.97%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (1.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.41%) Azure
4 6 (1.06%) AWS
4 6 (1.06%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.70%) GCP
6 3 (0.53%) Boomi
6 3 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.35%) GitHub
8 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) FTP
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.22%) SAP HANA
2 28 (4.93%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.11%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.06%) Power BI
5 5 (0.88%) Tableau
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Hudson
1 7 (1.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.35%) LSMW
General
1 139 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.19%) Finance
3 60 (10.56%) Billing
4 58 (10.21%) Manufacturing
5 43 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.82%) General Ledger
10 12 (2.11%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.94%) Banking
12 9 (1.58%) Retail
13 8 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.41%) Legal
14 7 (1.23%) Automotive
15 5 (0.88%) German Language
16 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.53%) Local Government
16 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.87%) SAP Fiori
2 27 (4.75%) BAPI
3 16 (2.82%) IDoc
3 16 (2.82%) SAP Basis
3 16 (2.82%) SAP PI
4 12 (2.11%) SAP TM
5 10 (1.76%) SOAP
6 9 (1.58%) REST
7 7 (1.23%) EDI
7 7 (1.23%) JDBC
8 6 (1.06%) Middleware
8 6 (1.06%) SAP Core Interface
9 5 (0.88%) Web Services
9 5 (0.88%) XML
10 4 (0.70%) OLE
10 4 (0.70%) SAP ALE
11 3 (0.53%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.35%) XSLT
13 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.29%) FMCG
1 13 (2.29%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.11%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.11%) Replication
3 10 (1.76%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.76%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.58%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.23%) Life Science
6 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.41%) VMS
2 6 (1.06%) Unix
3 5 (0.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 81 (14.26%) Migration
3 80 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (13.56%) Workshop Facilitation
5 72 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 56 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (9.86%) Data Migration
7 51 (8.98%) Logistics
8 49 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (7.92%) ERP
10 38 (6.69%) Validation
11 32 (5.63%) Order to Cash
12 29 (5.11%) Time Management
13 28 (4.93%) Project Delivery
14 27 (4.75%) GAP Analysis
15 26 (4.58%) Process Improvement
15 26 (4.58%) SAP Security
15 26 (4.58%) System Integration Testing
15 26 (4.58%) Translating Business Requirements
16 24 (4.23%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.27%) ABAP
2 10 (1.76%) SQL
3 7 (1.23%) Java
3 7 (1.23%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 120 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 94 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.94%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.70%) CCA
8 2 (0.35%) Degree
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.18%) CISM
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.29%) GRC
3 6 (1.06%) GxP
4 4 (0.70%) PMO
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.35%) IFRS
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 7 (1.23%) IAG
2 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 568 (100.00%) SAP
2 59 (10.39%) Ariba
3 17 (2.99%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.41%) OpenText
4 8 (1.41%) Sage
5 6 (1.06%) webMethods
6 5 (0.88%) Adobe
6 5 (0.88%) Oracle
6 5 (0.88%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.53%) Concur
7 3 (0.53%) Databricks
8 2 (0.35%) Dell
8 2 (0.35%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.35%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.18%) Conga
9 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.18%) Palantir
9 1 (0.18%) Planon
9 1 (0.18%) SEEBURGER