SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 166 170
Rank change year-on-year -69 +4 +58
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 510 496 602
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.69% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.83% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 210 301
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £479 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £713 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £537 £581
% change year-on-year +0.33% -7.57% +1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 14
10th Percentile £69.20 £67.38 £52.90
25th Percentile £83.75 £70.00 £54.88
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £63.08
90th Percentile - - £64.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -4.07% +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 43,737 27,092 40,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.50% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,961 17,699 26,220
10th Percentile £315 £300 £276
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,818 1,043 2,672
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +62.36% -29.20% -6.94%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -91 359 £600 +3.45% 80
Work from Home -18 230 £604 +5.52% 41
UK excluding London -70 207 £539 +0.33% 57
London -69 132 £665 +7.34% 31
Midlands -38 66 £438 -15.87% 9
South East -49 61 £490 -8.67% 23
West Midlands -27 51 £425 -25.11% 8
North of England -80 43 £525 -2.42% 11
North West -52 32 £550 +2.23% 5
Wales -2 14 £550 - 5
South West -18 14 £525 - 3
East Midlands -28 14 £556 +9.07% 1
East of England -43 14 £604 +9.84% 2
Yorkshire -50 9 £500 - 6
North East -24 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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.

1 510 (100.00%) SAP
2 233 (45.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 95 (18.63%) Security Cleared
4 82 (16.08%) Migration
4 82 (16.08%) SC Cleared
5 77 (15.10%) Workshop Facilitation
6 66 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (12.75%) SuccessFactors
8 56 (10.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 55 (10.78%) ERP
10 54 (10.59%) User Acceptance Testing
11 53 (10.39%) SAP FI
12 51 (10.00%) Ariba
12 51 (10.00%) Data Migration
13 43 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (8.04%) Logistics
14 41 (8.04%) SAP MM
15 38 (7.45%) SAP PSCD
15 38 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 34 (6.67%) SAP HANA
16 34 (6.67%) SAP PP
16 34 (6.67%) Validation
17 33 (6.47%) ABAP
18 32 (6.27%) Time Management
19 31 (6.08%) Production Planning
20 30 (5.88%) SAP CO
21 29 (5.69%) GAP Analysis
21 29 (5.69%) SAP EWM
21 29 (5.69%) SAP HCM

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
1 233 (45.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (10.39%) SAP FI
3 41 (8.04%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.45%) SAP PSCD
5 34 (6.67%) SAP PP
6 30 (5.88%) SAP CO
7 29 (5.69%) SAP EWM
7 29 (5.69%) SAP HCM
8 28 (5.49%) SAP FI/CO
9 27 (5.29%) SAP BRIM
9 27 (5.29%) SAP Travel Management
10 23 (4.51%) SAP SD
11 21 (4.12%) SAP FI-CA
11 21 (4.12%) SAP IBP
12 16 (3.14%) SAP PM
13 13 (2.55%) SAP Payroll
14 12 (2.35%) SAP Hybris
14 12 (2.35%) SAP QM
15 10 (1.96%) SAP APO
16 9 (1.76%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.75%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.18%) Azure
3 6 (1.18%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.78%) 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 (6.67%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.75%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.18%) Power BI
3 6 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (0.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.96%) JIRA
2 7 (1.37%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 147 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 94 (18.43%) Finance
3 53 (10.39%) Manufacturing
4 48 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (8.63%) Billing
6 37 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.75%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (1.76%) Banking
9 9 (1.76%) Retail
10 8 (1.57%) Automotive
11 6 (1.18%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.18%) Legal
12 5 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.98%) German Language
13 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Local Government
15 2 (0.39%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.49%) SAP TM
2 21 (4.12%) SAP Fiori
3 18 (3.53%) BAPI
4 15 (2.94%) SAP Basis
5 9 (1.76%) IDoc
5 9 (1.76%) Web Services
6 8 (1.57%) SOAP
6 8 (1.57%) XML
7 7 (1.37%) SAP PI
8 5 (0.98%) Middleware
8 5 (0.98%) SAP ALE
8 5 (0.98%) SAP Core Interface
9 4 (0.78%) EDI
9 4 (0.78%) OLE
10 3 (0.59%) REST
10 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
11 1 (0.20%) JMS
11 1 (0.20%) JSON
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.92%) Replication
2 13 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.96%) Data Structures
3 10 (1.96%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.76%) Algorithms
5 8 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.37%) FMCG
6 7 (1.37%) Life Science
7 4 (0.78%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.78%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.18%) VMS
2 4 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (16.08%) Migration
2 77 (15.10%) Workshop Facilitation
3 66 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (10.78%) ERP
6 54 (10.59%) User Acceptance Testing
7 51 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 43 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (8.04%) Logistics
10 38 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 34 (6.67%) Validation
12 32 (6.27%) Time Management
13 31 (6.08%) Production Planning
14 29 (5.69%) GAP Analysis
15 27 (5.29%) Project Management
15 27 (5.29%) Translating Business Requirements
16 26 (5.10%) System Integration Testing
17 25 (4.90%) Project Delivery
18 20 (3.92%) Agile
19 19 (3.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.47%) ABAP
2 9 (1.76%) 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 95 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 82 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.75%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.37%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (0.98%) Degree
7 2 (0.39%) AAT
7 2 (0.39%) ACCA
7 2 (0.39%) CCA
7 2 (0.39%) CIMA
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.51%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.96%) GRC
3 6 (1.18%) GDPR
4 5 (0.98%) GxP
5 4 (0.78%) PMO
5 4 (0.78%) QA
6 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
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 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 510 (100.00%) SAP
2 51 (10.00%) Ariba
3 13 (2.55%) Sage
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.57%) OpenText
6 4 (0.78%) Adobe
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle
7 3 (0.59%) Concur
8 2 (0.39%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.39%) Databricks
8 2 (0.39%) Dell
8 2 (0.39%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.39%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Conga
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER
9 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow