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 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 176 153
Rank change year-on-year -85 -23 +12
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 541 562 623
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.70% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.87% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 268 302
10th Percentile £413 £456 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £674
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £575 £582
% change year-on-year -4.52% -1.20% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 12
10th Percentile £72.68 £39.45 £57.15
25th Percentile £86.00 £43.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -14.77% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £75.50 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £88.55 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -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 50,623 30,078 35,169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 90.98% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,851 19,013 21,316
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 £630 £623 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,956 1,609 1,552
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.30 £20.94
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -2.82%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.31 £74.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.87 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.97% -41.69% -2.05%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -112 388 £550 -5.17% 238
UK excluding London -63 264 £549 -4.52% 157
Work from Home -69 215 £540 -3.57% 165
London -110 120 £563 -3.02% 79
South East -30 103 £500 -4.76% 63
Midlands -20 70 £481 -14.49% 27
West Midlands -1 62 £470 -14.55% 21
North of England -107 47 £625 -7.41% 36
North West -71 43 £625 -11.03% 21
East of England -28 19 £566 -1.99% 11
Wales -1 17 £550 - 8
South West -32 12 £525 -12.50% 3
East Midlands -22 6 £613 +5.60% 6
Yorkshire -47 4 - - 13
Scotland - 3 £650 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 541 (100.00%) SAP
2 251 (46.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 141 (26.06%) Security Cleared
4 122 (22.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 97 (17.93%) SC Cleared
6 88 (16.27%) Migration
7 84 (15.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 73 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (13.49%) SAP FI
9 64 (11.83%) SuccessFactors
10 62 (11.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 61 (11.28%) Data Migration
12 57 (10.54%) Ariba
12 57 (10.54%) Workshop Facilitation
13 53 (9.80%) ABAP
14 50 (9.24%) SAP PSCD
15 47 (8.69%) SAP Fiori
16 46 (8.50%) Logistics
17 44 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (7.76%) Analytics
19 39 (7.21%) ERP
19 39 (7.21%) SAP CO
19 39 (7.21%) Validation
20 38 (7.02%) Time Management
21 37 (6.84%) SAP Payroll
21 37 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 35 (6.47%) SAP HANA
23 33 (6.10%) Process Improvement
23 33 (6.10%) Project Delivery
23 33 (6.10%) Requirements Gathering

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 (0.55%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.37%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 251 (46.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (13.49%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.24%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.21%) SAP CO
5 37 (6.84%) SAP Payroll
6 33 (6.10%) SAP BRIM
6 33 (6.10%) SAP HCM
7 32 (5.91%) SAP SD
8 30 (5.55%) SAP FI/CO
9 29 (5.36%) SAP PP
10 27 (4.99%) SAP HR
10 27 (4.99%) SAP MM
11 26 (4.81%) SAP FI-CA
12 23 (4.25%) SAP PM
13 22 (4.07%) SAP QM
14 17 (3.14%) SAP EWM
15 15 (2.77%) SAP GRC
16 14 (2.59%) SAP ERP
16 14 (2.59%) SAP IBP
17 13 (2.40%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 64 (11.83%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (2.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.48%) Azure
4 7 (1.29%) AWS
5 6 (1.11%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.55%) GCP
7 3 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
8 2 (0.37%) Boomi
8 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.37%) GitHub
9 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.18%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.47%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.91%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.59%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.66%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.11%) Power BI
6 5 (0.92%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Db2
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Hudson
1 3 (0.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 148 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 127 (23.48%) Finance
3 63 (11.65%) Manufacturing
4 58 (10.72%) Billing
5 57 (10.54%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.81%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (3.33%) Retail
10 16 (2.96%) Legal
11 13 (2.40%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.11%) Automotive
13 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Banking
14 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.55%) German Language
15 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.69%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.33%) SAP PI
3 16 (2.96%) BAPI
4 14 (2.59%) SAP Basis
5 13 (2.40%) SAPUI5
6 11 (2.03%) REST
6 11 (2.03%) SOAP
7 9 (1.66%) IDoc
7 9 (1.66%) Web Services
8 8 (1.48%) Middleware
8 8 (1.48%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (1.29%) EDI
9 7 (1.29%) XML
10 6 (1.11%) JDBC
11 5 (0.92%) 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 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.96%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.59%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.22%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.85%) FMCG
5 9 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.66%) Replication
6 8 (1.48%) Life Science
7 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.92%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.74%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.37%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.18%) NHS
12 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.29%) Unix
2 5 (0.92%) VMS
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) SUSE
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (22.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 88 (16.27%) Migration
3 84 (15.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (11.28%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.54%) Workshop Facilitation
7 46 (8.50%) Logistics
8 44 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (7.76%) Analytics
10 39 (7.21%) ERP
10 39 (7.21%) Validation
11 38 (7.02%) Time Management
12 37 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (6.10%) Process Improvement
13 33 (6.10%) Project Delivery
13 33 (6.10%) Requirements Gathering
14 31 (5.73%) Revenue Management
14 31 (5.73%) System Integration Testing
15 30 (5.55%) Order to Cash
15 30 (5.55%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.80%) ABAP
2 9 (1.66%) SQL
3 7 (1.29%) Java
4 5 (0.92%) Python
5 1 (0.18%) Groovy
5 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 141 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.93%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.29%) Degree
5 7 (1.29%) SAP Certification
6 5 (0.92%) CCA
7 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.59%) GRC
2 7 (1.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.92%) PMO
4 4 (0.74%) GDPR
4 4 (0.74%) GxP
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 2 (0.37%) QA
6 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 9 (1.66%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 541 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.54%) Ariba
3 15 (2.77%) Microsoft
4 10 (1.85%) Concur
5 8 (1.48%) OpenText
6 7 (1.29%) Oracle
6 7 (1.29%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.11%) webMethods
8 5 (0.92%) Adobe
9 3 (0.55%) Databricks
9 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.18%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.18%) Conga
11 1 (0.18%) Dell
11 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir
11 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics