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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 184 154
Rank change year-on-year -43 -30 +21
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 573 497 685
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 1.53% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.67% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 211 363
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £688
90th Percentile £750 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £539 £598
% change year-on-year -1.11% -9.95% +15.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 16
10th Percentile £78.95 £46.83 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.00 £58.75 £60.36
Median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +13.64% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £62.46
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.86% +13.64% -7.28%

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 48,692 29,793 39,772
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.81% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,483 18,982 25,593
10th Percentile £325 £288 £288
25th Percentile £419 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,276 1,398 2,720
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £17.44 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% -33.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.19 £63.41
90th Percentile £80.07 £73.75 £73.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -37.13% +6.67%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -61 403 £550 -5.17% 78
Work from Home -18 264 £550 -2.00% 56
UK excluding London -54 251 £533 -1.11% 66
London -61 134 £623 +3.75% 16
South East -27 92 £505 -3.81% 21
Midlands -6 86 £470 -12.56% 19
West Midlands -12 68 £463 -15.91% 18
North of England -84 51 £550 -6.78% 16
North West -43 43 £588 -8.20% 9
Wales 0 15 £550 - 5
East Midlands -11 15 £625 +20.19% 1
South West -28 10 £525 - 1
Yorkshire -58 8 £500 -14.89% 7
East of England -35 6 £604 +9.82% 3

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 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.

1 573 (100.00%) SAP
2 254 (44.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 114 (19.90%) Security Cleared
4 89 (15.53%) SC Cleared
5 86 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 83 (14.49%) Migration
7 82 (14.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 75 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (13.09%) User Acceptance Testing
9 65 (11.34%) SAP FI
9 65 (11.34%) SuccessFactors
10 60 (10.47%) Ariba
11 58 (10.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 58 (10.12%) SAP PSCD
12 57 (9.95%) Data Migration
13 56 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (9.42%) Logistics
15 49 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (8.20%) ABAP
16 47 (8.20%) ERP
17 41 (7.16%) SAP HANA
18 40 (6.98%) SAP Fiori
19 39 (6.81%) Validation
20 38 (6.63%) SAP MM
21 37 (6.46%) SAP BRIM
22 34 (5.93%) Order to Cash
22 34 (5.93%) SAP SD
23 33 (5.76%) SAP FI-CA
24 30 (5.24%) SAP CO
24 30 (5.24%) 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 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.35%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 254 (44.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (11.34%) SAP FI
3 58 (10.12%) SAP PSCD
4 38 (6.63%) SAP MM
5 37 (6.46%) SAP BRIM
6 34 (5.93%) SAP SD
7 33 (5.76%) SAP FI-CA
8 30 (5.24%) SAP CO
8 30 (5.24%) SAP EWM
9 29 (5.06%) SAP PP
10 26 (4.54%) SAP FI/CO
11 24 (4.19%) SAP HCM
12 23 (4.01%) SAP IBP
13 21 (3.66%) SAP QM
14 20 (3.49%) SAP Travel Management
15 19 (3.32%) SAP Payroll
16 18 (3.14%) SAP PM
17 14 (2.44%) SAP HR
18 12 (2.09%) SAP Hybris
19 11 (1.92%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.34%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.57%) Azure
4 6 (1.05%) AWS
4 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.70%) GCP
7 3 (0.52%) Boomi
7 3 (0.52%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.35%) GitHub
9 1 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.17%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.17%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.17%) FTP
1 1 (0.17%) Network Security
1 1 (0.17%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.16%) SAP HANA
2 21 (3.66%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.09%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.09%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.05%) Power BI
5 5 (0.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Hudson
2 7 (1.22%) JIRA
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.35%) LSMW
General
1 147 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 117 (20.42%) Finance
3 65 (11.34%) Billing
4 58 (10.12%) Manufacturing
5 49 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 44 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.01%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 16 (2.79%) General Ledger
10 12 (2.09%) Banking
11 11 (1.92%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.57%) Legal
12 9 (1.57%) Retail
13 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.22%) Automotive
15 5 (0.87%) German Language
16 4 (0.70%) Local Government
17 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.98%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (5.06%) BAPI
3 20 (3.49%) SAP TM
4 16 (2.79%) IDoc
4 16 (2.79%) SAP Basis
5 14 (2.44%) SAP PI
6 11 (1.92%) SOAP
7 10 (1.75%) REST
8 7 (1.22%) EDI
8 7 (1.22%) JDBC
9 6 (1.05%) Middleware
9 6 (1.05%) SAP Core Interface
9 6 (1.05%) XML
10 5 (0.87%) Web Services
11 4 (0.70%) OLE
11 4 (0.70%) SAP ALE
11 4 (0.70%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.35%) XSLT
13 1 (0.17%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.62%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.09%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.09%) FMCG
2 12 (2.09%) Replication
3 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.57%) Life Science
4 9 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.17%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.40%) VMS
2 6 (1.05%) Unix
3 5 (0.87%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) AIX
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (14.49%) Migration
3 82 (14.31%) Workshop Facilitation
4 75 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (13.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 57 (9.95%) Data Migration
6 56 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (9.42%) Logistics
8 49 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 47 (8.20%) ERP
10 39 (6.81%) Validation
11 34 (5.93%) Order to Cash
12 29 (5.06%) Time Management
13 28 (4.89%) Process Improvement
13 28 (4.89%) Project Delivery
13 28 (4.89%) System Integration Testing
13 28 (4.89%) Translating Business Requirements
14 27 (4.71%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (4.71%) Revenue Management
15 25 (4.36%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.20%) ABAP
2 11 (1.92%) SQL
3 7 (1.22%) Java
3 7 (1.22%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.17%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.17%) Groovy
4 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 114 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 89 (15.53%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (2.62%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.92%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.70%) CCA
8 2 (0.35%) Degree
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) CISM
9 1 (0.17%) CISSP
9 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.09%) GRC
3 7 (1.22%) GxP
4 4 (0.70%) GDPR
4 4 (0.70%) PMO
5 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.35%) IFRS
6 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.35%) NCSC
6 2 (0.35%) QA
7 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (1.22%) IAG
2 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 573 (100.00%) SAP
2 60 (10.47%) Ariba
3 18 (3.14%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.57%) Sage
5 8 (1.40%) OpenText
6 6 (1.05%) webMethods
7 5 (0.87%) Adobe
7 5 (0.87%) Oracle
8 3 (0.52%) Concur
8 3 (0.52%) Databricks
9 2 (0.35%) Dell
9 2 (0.35%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.35%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.17%) Conga
10 1 (0.17%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.17%) Palantir
10 1 (0.17%) Planon
10 1 (0.17%) SEEBURGER