SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 180 177
Rank change year-on-year -40 -3 +50
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 512 456 617
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.55% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.67% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 192 272
10th Percentile £426 £425 £438
25th Percentile £488 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £700 £669 £669
90th Percentile £725 £720 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £554 £538 £583
% change year-on-year +2.97% -7.72% +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 13
10th Percentile £59.98 £79.60 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.82
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +36.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £87.13 £102.10 £83.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.50 £86.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -1.74% +39.18% -4.46%

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 39,233 27,349 41,475
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.93% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,515 17,680 27,207
10th Percentile £312 £293 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 862 2,502
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.45 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% +2.92% -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.79 £76.25 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -54 368 £609 +4.96% 92
Work from Home -11 228 £578 +5.09% 69
UK excluding London -40 205 £554 +2.97% 69
London -43 128 £665 +7.78% 26
North of England -38 78 £703 +30.58% 11
North West -21 64 £705 +31.04% 5
Midlands -57 48 £425 -19.05% 25
South East -28 47 £490 -4.85% 22
West Midlands -48 38 £425 -20.19% 17
East of England -23 22 £515 -6.36% 6
South West -10 13 £577 -11.23% 2
Yorkshire -52 12 £538 - 5
East Midlands -38 9 £450 -13.46% 8
Wales -8 2 - - 3
North East -14 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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.

1 512 (100.00%) SAP
2 288 (56.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 118 (23.05%) Security Cleared
4 98 (19.14%) SC Cleared
5 82 (16.02%) Workshop Facilitation
6 75 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 71 (13.87%) Migration
8 67 (13.09%) ABAP
9 62 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
10 61 (11.91%) SAP FI
11 54 (10.55%) User Acceptance Testing
12 53 (10.35%) ERP
13 52 (10.16%) SAP Fiori
14 51 (9.96%) Logistics
15 47 (9.18%) SAP MM
16 46 (8.98%) Time Management
17 44 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 44 (8.59%) SuccessFactors
18 43 (8.40%) Data Migration
19 42 (8.20%) SAP HANA
20 40 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
20 40 (7.81%) Validation
21 38 (7.42%) SAP PP
22 37 (7.23%) Ariba
23 36 (7.03%) SAP CO
23 36 (7.03%) SAP TM
24 35 (6.84%) SAP HCM
25 33 (6.45%) SAP FI/CO
26 31 (6.05%) Project Management
27 30 (5.86%) Production Planning

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 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.39%) MTS
1 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 288 (56.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (11.91%) SAP FI
3 47 (9.18%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.42%) SAP PP
5 36 (7.03%) SAP CO
6 35 (6.84%) SAP HCM
7 33 (6.45%) SAP FI/CO
8 30 (5.86%) SAP EWM
8 30 (5.86%) SAP PSCD
8 30 (5.86%) SAP Travel Management
9 25 (4.88%) SAP Payroll
10 20 (3.91%) SAP BRIM
10 20 (3.91%) SAP FI-CA
10 20 (3.91%) SAP SD
11 18 (3.52%) SAP QM
11 18 (3.52%) SAP VC
12 16 (3.13%) SAP Hybris
13 12 (2.34%) SAP MDG
13 12 (2.34%) SAP PM
14 11 (2.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 44 (8.59%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (3.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.76%) Azure
4 4 (0.78%) AWS
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
5 2 (0.39%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.20%) Boomi
6 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.20%) OCI
6 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.20%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.56%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.17%) Metadata
4 2 (0.39%) Power BI
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) DB2
5 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.37%) JIRA
2 4 (0.78%) LSMW
3 3 (0.59%) Hudson
4 2 (0.39%) Git
4 2 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 161 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 105 (20.51%) Finance
3 68 (13.28%) Manufacturing
4 48 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.23%) Billing
7 16 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.54%) Retail
10 9 (1.76%) Banking
11 8 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.37%) German Language
13 6 (1.17%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.17%) Automotive
13 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.78%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.78%) Legal
15 3 (0.59%) French Language
15 3 (0.59%) Law
15 3 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.16%) SAP Fiori
2 36 (7.03%) SAP TM
3 27 (5.27%) BAPI
4 24 (4.69%) Web Services
5 17 (3.32%) SAP PI
6 15 (2.93%) IDoc
7 13 (2.54%) SAP Basis
8 10 (1.95%) SOAP
9 9 (1.76%) EDI
9 9 (1.76%) XML
10 8 (1.56%) SAP ALE
11 6 (1.17%) SAP Business Workflow
12 5 (0.98%) Middleware
13 4 (0.78%) SAPUI5
14 3 (0.59%) OLE
15 2 (0.39%) REST
16 1 (0.20%) JDBC
16 1 (0.20%) JMS
16 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
1 14 (2.73%) Replication
2 10 (1.95%) Onboarding
3 9 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 5 (0.98%) Life Science
6 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.59%) FMCG
7 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 3 (0.59%) Tandem
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.20%) LIMS
9 1 (0.20%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.98%) VMS
2 3 (0.59%) Linux
3 2 (0.39%) Windows
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (16.02%) Workshop Facilitation
2 75 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 71 (13.87%) Migration
4 62 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (10.55%) User Acceptance Testing
6 53 (10.35%) ERP
7 51 (9.96%) Logistics
8 46 (8.98%) Time Management
9 44 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 43 (8.40%) Data Migration
11 40 (7.81%) Validation
12 31 (6.05%) Project Management
13 30 (5.86%) Production Planning
13 30 (5.86%) Translating Business Requirements
14 28 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (5.47%) Knowledge Transfer
15 27 (5.27%) GAP Analysis
16 26 (5.08%) Process Improvement
16 26 (5.08%) Requirements Gathering
17 24 (4.69%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (13.09%) ABAP
2 14 (2.73%) Groovy
2 14 (2.73%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.59%) SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 118 (23.05%) Security Cleared
2 98 (19.14%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.54%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.37%) Degree
5 7 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.39%) AAT
6 2 (0.39%) ACCA
6 2 (0.39%) CIMA
7 1 (0.20%) CCA
7 1 (0.20%) CISM
7 1 (0.20%) CISSP
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.17%) GRC
3 5 (0.98%) GDPR
3 5 (0.98%) QA
4 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.39%) IFRS
4 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.39%) PMO
4 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.20%) GxP
5 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 512 (100.00%) SAP
2 37 (7.23%) Ariba
3 14 (2.73%) Adobe
4 13 (2.54%) Sage
5 9 (1.76%) OpenText
6 8 (1.56%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.59%) Concur
8 3 (0.59%) Oracle
9 2 (0.39%) IFS
9 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.39%) Workday
10 1 (0.20%) Databricks
10 1 (0.20%) Dell
10 1 (0.20%) Google
10 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.20%) Planon
10 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER