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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 174 151
Rank change year-on-year -98 -23 +8
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 534 552 636
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.67% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.84% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 261 309
10th Percentile £415 £463 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £671
90th Percentile £716 £725 £747
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £600 £582
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.09% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £27.00 £40.93 £57.15
25th Percentile £79.81 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £86.75 £69.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.27% +12.42% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £88.81 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £93.88 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.25 £69.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.22% +12.42% -9.08%

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 50,211 30,029 35,202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 90.85% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,500 18,931 21,295
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,030 1,622 1,502
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.75 £14.86
25th Percentile £19.40 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.78 £68.52 £74.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.34% -41.69% -3.37%

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 8 October 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 8 October 2026.

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 8 October 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 -96 390 £550 -5.40% 252
UK excluding London -59 254 £540 -10.00% 157
Work from Home -76 212 £550 -2.22% 161
London -111 122 £550 -4.76% 84
South East -24 105 £500 -5.84% 60
Midlands -23 66 £481 -16.33% 24
West Midlands -10 58 £476 -17.30% 18
North of England -94 47 £625 -7.41% 41
North West -68 43 £625 -11.03% 19
East of England -34 20 £566 -1.57% 14
South West -36 11 £525 -12.50% 5
Wales -2 9 £625 - 9
East Midlands -19 6 £613 +5.60% 6
Yorkshire -41 4 - - 13
Scotland - 3 £650 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 October 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.

1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 262 (49.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 139 (26.03%) Security Cleared
4 123 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (17.79%) SC Cleared
6 93 (17.42%) Migration
7 85 (15.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 73 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (13.67%) SAP FI
9 66 (12.36%) SuccessFactors
10 65 (12.17%) Data Migration
11 63 (11.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 59 (11.05%) ABAP
13 58 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
14 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
15 47 (8.80%) Time Management
16 46 (8.61%) SAP Fiori
17 45 (8.43%) Ariba
17 45 (8.43%) Validation
18 42 (7.87%) Analytics
18 42 (7.87%) SAP Payroll
19 41 (7.68%) SAP HCM
20 40 (7.49%) Logistics
21 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
22 37 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 36 (6.74%) ERP
23 36 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
24 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
25 34 (6.37%) Process Improvement
25 34 (6.37%) SAP BRIM

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 (0.56%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.37%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 262 (49.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (13.67%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.36%) SAP PSCD
4 42 (7.87%) SAP Payroll
5 41 (7.68%) SAP HCM
6 38 (7.12%) SAP CO
7 34 (6.37%) SAP BRIM
8 32 (5.99%) SAP SD
9 29 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO
10 27 (5.06%) SAP FI-CA
11 25 (4.68%) SAP HR
11 25 (4.68%) SAP PP
12 23 (4.31%) SAP MM
13 22 (4.12%) SAP PM
14 21 (3.93%) SAP EWM
15 20 (3.75%) SAP QM
16 15 (2.81%) SAP GRC
17 14 (2.62%) SAP PS
18 13 (2.43%) SAP ERP
18 13 (2.43%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 66 (12.36%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.31%) AWS
3 7 (1.31%) Azure
4 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.56%) GCP
6 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (0.37%) Boomi
7 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.37%) GitHub
8 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.99%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.62%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.12%) Power BI
6 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.94%) Tableau
7 1 (0.19%) Db2
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Hudson
1 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.37%) JIRA
1 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 154 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 128 (23.97%) Finance
3 68 (12.73%) Manufacturing
4 58 (10.86%) Billing
4 58 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.87%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.56%) Legal
7 19 (3.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 19 (3.56%) Retail
8 12 (2.25%) General Ledger
9 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.12%) Automotive
10 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.94%) Banking
11 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.56%) German Language
12 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.61%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.37%) SAP PI
3 16 (3.00%) BAPI
4 13 (2.43%) SAPUI5
5 12 (2.25%) SAP Basis
6 11 (2.06%) REST
6 11 (2.06%) SOAP
7 9 (1.69%) IDoc
7 9 (1.69%) Web Services
8 8 (1.50%) EDI
8 8 (1.50%) Middleware
9 7 (1.31%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (1.31%) XML
10 6 (1.12%) JDBC
11 5 (0.94%) SAP TM
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.37%) SAP Business Workflow
12 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
12 2 (0.37%) XSLT
13 1 (0.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.18%) Data Structures
2 16 (3.00%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.69%) FMCG
4 9 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (1.69%) Replication
5 7 (1.31%) Life Science
5 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.75%) Algorithms
6 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.56%) Learning Management System
7 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.19%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Unix
2 5 (0.94%) VMS
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) AIX
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) SUSE
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 93 (17.42%) Migration
3 85 (15.92%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (12.17%) Data Migration
6 58 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
7 47 (8.80%) Time Management
8 45 (8.43%) Validation
9 42 (7.87%) Analytics
10 40 (7.49%) Logistics
11 37 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (6.74%) ERP
12 36 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
13 34 (6.37%) Process Improvement
14 33 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (6.18%) Project Delivery
14 33 (6.18%) System Integration Testing
15 31 (5.81%) Order to Cash
15 31 (5.81%) Revenue Management
16 28 (5.24%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.05%) ABAP
2 9 (1.69%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 4 (0.75%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Groovy
5 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 139 (26.03%) Security Cleared
2 95 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 63 (11.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (4.87%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.50%) Degree
6 7 (1.31%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.75%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.62%) GRC
2 8 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.94%) GDPR
3 5 (0.94%) PMO
4 3 (0.56%) GxP
4 3 (0.56%) IFRS
5 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.19%) QA
6 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.69%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 45 (8.43%) Ariba
3 15 (2.81%) Microsoft
4 10 (1.87%) Concur
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.12%) OpenText
6 6 (1.12%) Oracle
6 6 (1.12%) webMethods
7 5 (0.94%) Adobe
8 3 (0.56%) Databricks
8 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.19%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.19%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.19%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.19%) Workday