SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £582, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 169 178
Rank change year-on-year -65 +9 +50
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 508 484 590
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.65% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.78% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 203 296
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £477 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £687 £672 £688
90th Percentile £750 £724 £779
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £580
% change year-on-year -2.23% -7.41% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 13
10th Percentile £59.98 £67.38 -
25th Percentile £79.25 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £86.75 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.47
90th Percentile - - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -6.40% +39.61% -4.75%

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 43,373 27,176 40,178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.58% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,766 17,790 26,166
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -1.82% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £491
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.19% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,810 1,031 2,642
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.39 £29.25 £35.83
Median % change year-on-year +48.35% -18.36% -20.38%
75th Percentile £65.60 £62.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.52% -23.33% -11.76%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -88 358 £600 +3.45% 80
Work from Home -11 223 £620 +10.71% 41
UK excluding London -62 206 £525 -2.23% 72
London -67 131 £665 +6.40% 24
Midlands -34 62 £425 -18.66% 13
South East -51 59 £490 -8.67% 23
West Midlands -29 47 £425 -28.27% 13
North of England -95 44 £525 -2.42% 19
North West -49 33 £550 +2.23% 9
East of England -32 17 £604 +9.83% 3
South West -26 16 £525 - 3
East Midlands -31 14 £556 +9.07%
Wales - 13 £550 - 8
Yorkshire -61 9 £500 - 10
North East -24 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 508 (100.00%) SAP
2 231 (45.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 96 (18.90%) Security Cleared
4 81 (15.94%) SC Cleared
5 80 (15.75%) Migration
6 77 (15.16%) Workshop Facilitation
7 67 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 65 (12.80%) SuccessFactors
9 60 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (11.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 54 (10.63%) ERP
11 54 (10.63%) SAP FI
12 52 (10.24%) Ariba
13 50 (9.84%) User Acceptance Testing
14 49 (9.65%) Data Migration
15 43 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (8.27%) SAP MM
17 39 (7.68%) Logistics
17 39 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 37 (7.28%) SAP PSCD
19 36 (7.09%) ABAP
19 36 (7.09%) Validation
20 34 (6.69%) SAP HANA
20 34 (6.69%) Time Management
21 33 (6.50%) SAP PP
22 32 (6.30%) Production Planning
23 31 (6.10%) SAP EWM
23 31 (6.10%) SAP HCM
24 30 (5.91%) SAP CO
25 28 (5.51%) GAP Analysis

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 (0.59%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.20%) MTS
2 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 231 (45.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (10.63%) SAP FI
3 42 (8.27%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.28%) SAP PSCD
5 33 (6.50%) SAP PP
6 31 (6.10%) SAP EWM
6 31 (6.10%) SAP HCM
7 30 (5.91%) SAP CO
8 28 (5.51%) SAP FI/CO
9 26 (5.12%) SAP BRIM
9 26 (5.12%) SAP Travel Management
10 21 (4.13%) SAP IBP
10 21 (4.13%) SAP SD
11 20 (3.94%) SAP FI-CA
12 16 (3.15%) SAP PM
13 14 (2.76%) SAP Payroll
14 12 (2.36%) SAP Hybris
15 11 (2.17%) SAP QM
16 10 (1.97%) SAP APO
17 9 (1.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.80%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.18%) Azure
3 6 (1.18%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.79%) AWS
5 3 (0.59%) Boomi
5 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.39%) GCP
7 1 (0.20%) OCI
7 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.69%) SAP HANA
2 13 (2.56%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.38%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.18%) Power BI
5 5 (0.98%) Tableau
6 1 (0.20%) Metadata
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.97%) JIRA
2 7 (1.38%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 145 (28.54%) Social Skills
2 94 (18.50%) Finance
3 56 (11.02%) Manufacturing
4 47 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.27%) Billing
6 36 (7.09%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (1.77%) Banking
9 9 (1.77%) Retail
10 7 (1.38%) Automotive
11 6 (1.18%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.18%) German Language
11 6 (1.18%) Legal
12 5 (0.98%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.31%) SAP TM
2 20 (3.94%) SAP Fiori
3 17 (3.35%) BAPI
4 16 (3.15%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.97%) Web Services
6 9 (1.77%) IDoc
6 9 (1.77%) SOAP
6 9 (1.77%) XML
7 7 (1.38%) SAP PI
8 5 (0.98%) Middleware
8 5 (0.98%) SAP ALE
8 5 (0.98%) SAP Core Interface
9 4 (0.79%) EDI
9 4 (0.79%) OLE
10 3 (0.59%) REST
10 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
11 1 (0.20%) JSON
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) SAP Business Workflow
11 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.13%) Replication
2 14 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.97%) Data Structures
3 10 (1.97%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.77%) Algorithms
4 9 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.38%) FMCG
6 6 (1.18%) Life Science
7 5 (0.98%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.20%) LIMS
11 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.98%) VMS
2 4 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.75%) Migration
2 77 (15.16%) Workshop Facilitation
3 67 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (10.63%) ERP
6 50 (9.84%) User Acceptance Testing
7 49 (9.65%) Data Migration
8 43 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (7.68%) Logistics
9 39 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 36 (7.09%) Validation
11 34 (6.69%) Time Management
12 32 (6.30%) Production Planning
13 28 (5.51%) GAP Analysis
14 26 (5.12%) Project Management
15 25 (4.92%) Translating Business Requirements
16 24 (4.72%) Project Delivery
17 23 (4.53%) System Integration Testing
18 19 (3.74%) Inventory Management
18 19 (3.74%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.09%) ABAP
2 9 (1.77%) SQL
3 6 (1.18%) Groovy
3 6 (1.18%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.18%) Python
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 81 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.76%) SAP Certification
5 11 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.98%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CCA
8 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.57%) GRC
3 6 (1.18%) GDPR
4 5 (0.98%) GxP
5 4 (0.79%) PMO
5 4 (0.79%) QA
6 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.59%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 508 (100.00%) SAP
2 52 (10.24%) Ariba
3 13 (2.56%) Sage
4 10 (1.97%) OpenText
5 9 (1.77%) Microsoft
6 4 (0.79%) Adobe
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle
7 3 (0.59%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.59%) Concur
7 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.39%) Dell
8 2 (0.39%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Databricks
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) Salesforce