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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 196 146
Rank change year-on-year -50 -50 +31
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 558 503 651
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.53% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.67% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 221 349
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £582
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -2.49% +9.60%
75th Percentile £664 £655 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £540 £585
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 16
10th Percentile £77.75 £42.40 £53.95
25th Percentile £86.00 £51.25 £60.36
Median hourly rate £87.50 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +1.46% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £62.46
90th Percentile - £79.60 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £61.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +40.41% -0.57% -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 49,431 30,083 36,174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 91.36% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,700 19,069 23,306
10th Percentile £328 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £729 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,475 1,511 2,026
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.08 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.49% -44.28% +28.57%

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 11 August 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
Top 14 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 11 August 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 -78 400 £550 -3.55% 105
UK excluding London -29 258 £540 - 59
Work from Home -26 246 £550 - 95
London -95 131 £610 +4.86% 41
South East -44 96 £540 +2.86% 28
Midlands -4 88 £463 -19.57% 7
West Midlands -2 74 £430 -23.64% 4
North of England -82 50 £613 +4.93% 13
North West -32 44 £625 -2.34% 10
Wales +1 16 £550 - 1
East Midlands -10 11 £625 +1.63% 2
South West -31 9 £525 - 1
East of England -33 6 £604 +2.59% 8
Yorkshire -51 6 £400 -31.91% 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 558 (100.00%) SAP
2 246 (44.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 132 (23.66%) Security Cleared
4 102 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (17.56%) SC Cleared
6 77 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (13.44%) User Acceptance Testing
8 73 (13.08%) Workshop Facilitation
9 72 (12.90%) Migration
9 72 (12.90%) SuccessFactors
10 63 (11.29%) SAP FI
11 57 (10.22%) Ariba
12 55 (9.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 55 (9.86%) Data Migration
13 52 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 52 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 51 (9.14%) Logistics
15 50 (8.96%) SAP PSCD
16 41 (7.35%) ABAP
17 37 (6.63%) SAP Fiori
17 37 (6.63%) SAP HANA
18 36 (6.45%) ERP
19 34 (6.09%) SAP MM
19 34 (6.09%) Validation
20 33 (5.91%) Order to Cash
20 33 (5.91%) Project Delivery
21 32 (5.73%) SAP BRIM
21 32 (5.73%) SAP CO
22 30 (5.38%) SAP FI-CA
22 30 (5.38%) SAP SD

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 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.36%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 246 (44.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (11.29%) SAP FI
3 50 (8.96%) SAP PSCD
4 34 (6.09%) SAP MM
5 32 (5.73%) SAP BRIM
5 32 (5.73%) SAP CO
6 30 (5.38%) SAP FI-CA
6 30 (5.38%) SAP SD
7 28 (5.02%) SAP FI/CO
7 28 (5.02%) SAP PP
8 25 (4.48%) SAP EWM
9 22 (3.94%) SAP IBP
9 22 (3.94%) SAP QM
10 21 (3.76%) SAP HCM
11 18 (3.23%) SAP Payroll
12 17 (3.05%) SAP PM
13 14 (2.51%) SAP HR
14 12 (2.15%) SAP ERP
14 12 (2.15%) SAP GRC
15 9 (1.61%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 72 (12.90%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (1.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.43%) Azure
4 7 (1.25%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.90%) AWS
6 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.72%) GCP
7 3 (0.54%) Boomi
7 3 (0.54%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.36%) GitHub
9 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) FTP
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.63%) SAP HANA
2 29 (5.20%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.15%) SAP Data Services
4 7 (1.25%) Power BI
5 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.90%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Hudson
1 6 (1.08%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 139 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.53%) Finance
3 60 (10.75%) Manufacturing
4 56 (10.04%) Billing
5 43 (7.71%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (3.58%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.87%) General Ledger
10 12 (2.15%) Retail
11 9 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.61%) Banking
12 8 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.25%) Automotive
13 7 (1.25%) Legal
14 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.54%) German Language
16 2 (0.36%) Advertising
16 2 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.63%) SAP Fiori
2 23 (4.12%) BAPI
3 17 (3.05%) SAP PI
4 16 (2.87%) SAP Basis
5 13 (2.33%) IDoc
6 10 (1.79%) SOAP
7 9 (1.61%) REST
8 8 (1.43%) SAP TM
9 7 (1.25%) JDBC
9 7 (1.25%) SAP Core Interface
10 5 (0.90%) EDI
10 5 (0.90%) Middleware
10 5 (0.90%) Web Services
10 5 (0.90%) XML
11 4 (0.72%) OLE
12 3 (0.54%) SAP ALE
13 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.36%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.36%) XSLT
14 1 (0.18%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.33%) FMCG
2 12 (2.15%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.15%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.15%) Replication
3 11 (1.97%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.79%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.79%) Life Science
4 10 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.36%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.18%) SCADA
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.25%) VMS
2 6 (1.08%) Unix
3 5 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 77 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (13.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.08%) Workshop Facilitation
5 72 (12.90%) Migration
6 55 (9.86%) Data Migration
7 52 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (9.14%) Logistics
9 36 (6.45%) ERP
10 34 (6.09%) Validation
11 33 (5.91%) Order to Cash
11 33 (5.91%) Project Delivery
12 28 (5.02%) SAP Security
13 27 (4.84%) Translating Business Requirements
14 26 (4.66%) Process Improvement
14 26 (4.66%) System Integration Testing
15 25 (4.48%) Revenue Management
16 24 (4.30%) Analytics
16 24 (4.30%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.35%) ABAP
2 10 (1.79%) SQL
3 7 (1.25%) Java
3 7 (1.25%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 132 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (3.23%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.61%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.90%) CCA
8 3 (0.54%) Degree
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.69%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.15%) GRC
3 6 (1.08%) GxP
4 3 (0.54%) IFRS
4 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.36%) PMO
5 2 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (1.25%) IAG
2 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 558 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.22%) Ariba
3 16 (2.87%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.43%) OpenText
5 7 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.08%) webMethods
7 5 (0.90%) Adobe
7 5 (0.90%) Oracle
7 5 (0.90%) Sage
8 4 (0.72%) Databricks
9 3 (0.54%) Concur
10 2 (0.36%) Dell
10 2 (0.36%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.18%) Conga
11 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir
11 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.18%) SEEBURGER
11 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow