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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 176 176
Rank change year-on-year -48 0 +50
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 526 465 593
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.60% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.72% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 190 284
10th Percentile £413 £448 £433
25th Percentile £483 £503 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £680 £671 £688
90th Percentile £733 £721 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £595
% change year-on-year -2.33% -9.66% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 16
10th Percentile £59.98 £68.25 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £70.00 £58.84
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.28 £94.05 £78.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.51% -4.68%

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 41,143 26,962 41,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.84% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,657 17,725 26,925
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.54%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,568 945 2,533
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.03 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.74 £20.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.81 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.45% -21.68%

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 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 1 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 1 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 -76 364 £600 +3.27% 91
Work from Home -14 237 £600 +3.90% 53
UK excluding London -39 213 £525 -2.33% 71
London -68 124 £665 +6.40% 32
Midlands -45 62 £438 -16.67% 18
South East -31 57 £506 -5.55% 30
North of England -77 52 £550 +2.23% 16
West Midlands -27 47 £425 -27.35% 12
North West -55 38 £550 +2.23% 12
East of England -20 24 £590 +7.27%
South West -15 14 £550 -15.38%
East Midlands -32 13 £638 +22.60% 6
Yorkshire -46 12 £538 - 4
Wales -2 9 £550 - 7
North East -14 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 526 (100.00%) SAP
2 263 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 99 (18.82%) Security Cleared
4 82 (15.59%) Workshop Facilitation
5 81 (15.40%) SC Cleared
6 80 (15.21%) Migration
7 70 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 64 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (11.98%) SAP FI
10 57 (10.84%) SuccessFactors
11 56 (10.65%) User Acceptance Testing
12 54 (10.27%) ERP
12 54 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 52 (9.89%) ABAP
14 49 (9.32%) Ariba
14 49 (9.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 49 (9.32%) Data Migration
15 48 (9.13%) Logistics
15 48 (9.13%) SAP MM
16 44 (8.37%) Time Management
17 43 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (7.98%) Validation
19 40 (7.60%) SAP Fiori
19 40 (7.60%) SAP PP
20 37 (7.03%) SAP HCM
21 36 (6.84%) SAP PSCD
22 34 (6.46%) Production Planning
22 34 (6.46%) SAP CO
22 34 (6.46%) SAP HANA
23 32 (6.08%) 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 3 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.38%) MTS
2 2 (0.38%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 263 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (11.98%) SAP FI
3 48 (9.13%) SAP MM
4 40 (7.60%) SAP PP
5 37 (7.03%) SAP HCM
6 36 (6.84%) SAP PSCD
7 34 (6.46%) SAP CO
8 32 (6.08%) SAP EWM
8 32 (6.08%) SAP FI/CO
9 27 (5.13%) SAP Travel Management
10 26 (4.94%) SAP SD
11 24 (4.56%) SAP BRIM
12 20 (3.80%) SAP FI-CA
13 18 (3.42%) SAP Payroll
14 16 (3.04%) SAP Hybris
15 15 (2.85%) SAP IBP
15 15 (2.85%) SAP PM
16 13 (2.47%) SAP QM
17 12 (2.28%) SAP VC
18 11 (2.09%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 57 (10.84%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.33%) Azure
4 5 (0.95%) AWS
5 3 (0.57%) GCP
6 2 (0.38%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.19%) Boomi
7 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.19%) OCI
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.46%) SAP HANA
2 10 (1.90%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.14%) Metadata
3 6 (1.14%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.38%) Power BI
4 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) DB2
5 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (1.90%) JIRA
2 7 (1.33%) Hudson
3 4 (0.76%) LSMW
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 169 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 109 (20.72%) Finance
3 72 (13.69%) Manufacturing
4 50 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.56%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.79%) Billing
7 17 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (2.66%) Retail
9 11 (2.09%) Banking
10 7 (1.33%) Automotive
10 7 (1.33%) German Language
11 6 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.14%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.14%) Legal
12 5 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.76%) Local Government
13 4 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.57%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.60%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (5.51%) SAP TM
3 19 (3.61%) BAPI
4 18 (3.42%) SAP Basis
5 14 (2.66%) IDoc
6 12 (2.28%) SAP PI
6 12 (2.28%) Web Services
7 10 (1.90%) SAP ALE
8 9 (1.71%) EDI
8 9 (1.71%) SOAP
8 9 (1.71%) XML
9 6 (1.14%) SAP Business Workflow
10 5 (0.95%) Middleware
11 4 (0.76%) OLE
12 3 (0.57%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.38%) REST
13 2 (0.38%) SAP Core Interface
14 1 (0.19%) JDBC
14 1 (0.19%) JMS
14 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.37%) Replication
2 15 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.90%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.33%) FMCG
6 6 (1.14%) Life Science
6 6 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.57%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.57%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.57%) Tandem
9 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.38%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.19%) IoT
11 1 (0.19%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.95%) VMS
2 4 (0.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (15.59%) Workshop Facilitation
2 80 (15.21%) Migration
3 70 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (10.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 54 (10.27%) ERP
6 54 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 49 (9.32%) Data Migration
8 48 (9.13%) Logistics
9 44 (8.37%) Time Management
10 43 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (7.98%) Validation
12 34 (6.46%) Production Planning
13 30 (5.70%) Project Management
14 29 (5.51%) Translating Business Requirements
15 27 (5.13%) GAP Analysis
15 27 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer
16 23 (4.37%) Project Delivery
17 22 (4.18%) Requirements Gathering
17 22 (4.18%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (9.89%) ABAP
2 10 (1.90%) Groovy
2 10 (1.90%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.57%) SQL
4 2 (0.38%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 99 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 81 (15.40%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.47%) SAP Certification
5 10 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.76%) Degree
8 2 (0.38%) AAT
8 2 (0.38%) ACCA
8 2 (0.38%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.33%) GRC
3 5 (0.95%) GDPR
3 5 (0.95%) QA
4 4 (0.76%) GxP
5 3 (0.57%) PMO
6 2 (0.38%) IFRS
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.57%) IAG
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 526 (100.00%) SAP
2 49 (9.32%) Ariba
3 13 (2.47%) Sage
4 10 (1.90%) Microsoft
4 10 (1.90%) OpenText
5 8 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.76%) Adobe
6 4 (0.76%) Computacenter
7 3 (0.57%) Concur
8 2 (0.38%) Databricks
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle
8 2 (0.38%) Workday
9 1 (0.19%) Dell
9 1 (0.19%) Google
9 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.19%) Planon
9 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER