SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 169 178
Rank change year-on-year -57 +9 +56
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 514 481 586
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.63% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 1.76% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 200 295
10th Percentile £413 £450 £429
25th Percentile £477 £505 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £687 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £721 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £537 £582
% change year-on-year -0.98% -7.85% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 12
10th Percentile £59.98 £67.38 -
25th Percentile £66.50 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £85.25 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.67
90th Percentile - - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -6.40% +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 42,677 27,265 40,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.61% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,446 17,875 26,447
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,718 997 2,615
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.73% -13.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.60 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.65 £75.35 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £29.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +45.64% -19.11% -14.12%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -90 362 £600 +5.91% 84
Work from Home -9 228 £620 +12.73% 46
UK excluding London -56 209 £531 -0.98% 63
London -56 129 £665 +6.91% 32
Midlands -36 64 £425 -18.27% 8
South East -47 53 £490 -6.67% 19
West Midlands -32 49 £425 -25.11% 5
North of England -79 47 £550 +2.23% 24
North West -58 35 £550 +2.23% 10
East of England -24 23 £597 +8.55%
South West -17 15 £540 -17.00% 2
East Midlands -25 14 £556 +9.07% 3
Wales - 12 £550 - 4
Yorkshire -54 10 £500 - 14
North East -22 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 514 (100.00%) SAP
2 243 (47.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 100 (19.46%) Security Cleared
4 84 (16.34%) SC Cleared
5 80 (15.56%) Migration
6 76 (14.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 65 (12.65%) SuccessFactors
8 63 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 60 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (11.28%) SAP FI
11 55 (10.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 54 (10.51%) Ariba
13 53 (10.31%) ERP
14 52 (10.12%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (9.53%) Data Migration
15 49 (9.53%) SAP MM
16 47 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (8.95%) ABAP
18 43 (8.37%) Logistics
19 42 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (8.17%) Validation
20 38 (7.39%) SAP PP
21 37 (7.20%) Production Planning
21 37 (7.20%) Time Management
22 34 (6.61%) SAP PSCD
23 33 (6.42%) SAP EWM
23 33 (6.42%) SAP HCM
24 30 (5.84%) SAP CO
25 29 (5.64%) SAP HANA
26 28 (5.45%) GAP Analysis

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 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.39%) MTS
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 243 (47.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (11.28%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.53%) SAP MM
4 38 (7.39%) SAP PP
5 34 (6.61%) SAP PSCD
6 33 (6.42%) SAP EWM
6 33 (6.42%) SAP HCM
7 30 (5.84%) SAP CO
8 28 (5.45%) SAP FI/CO
9 26 (5.06%) SAP Travel Management
10 22 (4.28%) SAP SD
11 20 (3.89%) SAP BRIM
12 19 (3.70%) SAP FI-CA
12 19 (3.70%) SAP IBP
13 16 (3.11%) SAP Payroll
14 15 (2.92%) SAP PM
15 14 (2.72%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 12 (2.33%) SAP Hybris
16 12 (2.33%) SAP QM
17 11 (2.14%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.65%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.17%) Azure
4 4 (0.78%) AWS
5 3 (0.58%) Boomi
6 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.39%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.39%) GCP
7 1 (0.19%) OCI
7 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
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 29 (5.64%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.56%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.17%) Metadata
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.95%) JIRA
2 7 (1.36%) Hudson
3 2 (0.39%) LSMW
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 153 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.65%) Finance
3 64 (12.45%) Manufacturing
4 46 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.20%) Billing
5 37 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.72%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (2.14%) Banking
8 11 (2.14%) Retail
9 7 (1.36%) Automotive
9 7 (1.36%) General Ledger
9 7 (1.36%) German Language
10 6 (1.17%) Legal
11 5 (0.97%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.58%) French Language
13 3 (0.58%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.25%) SAP TM
2 25 (4.86%) SAP Fiori
3 21 (4.09%) SAP Basis
4 16 (3.11%) BAPI
5 12 (2.33%) Web Services
6 11 (2.14%) IDoc
7 10 (1.95%) SOAP
7 10 (1.95%) XML
8 9 (1.75%) SAP PI
9 7 (1.36%) SAP ALE
10 6 (1.17%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.97%) EDI
11 5 (0.97%) Middleware
12 4 (0.78%) OLE
12 4 (0.78%) SAP Core Interface
13 3 (0.58%) REST
13 3 (0.58%) SAPUI5
14 1 (0.19%) JDBC
14 1 (0.19%) JMS
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.47%) Replication
2 14 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.95%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (1.56%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.36%) FMCG
7 6 (1.17%) Life Science
8 5 (0.97%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.19%) e-Learning
12 1 (0.19%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) VMS
2 4 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.56%) Migration
2 76 (14.79%) Workshop Facilitation
3 63 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (10.31%) ERP
6 52 (10.12%) User Acceptance Testing
7 49 (9.53%) Data Migration
8 47 (9.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (8.37%) Logistics
10 42 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (8.17%) Validation
11 37 (7.20%) Production Planning
11 37 (7.20%) Time Management
12 28 (5.45%) GAP Analysis
13 27 (5.25%) Project Management
13 27 (5.25%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (4.86%) Knowledge Transfer
14 25 (4.86%) Project Delivery
15 23 (4.47%) System Integration Testing
16 21 (4.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.95%) ABAP
2 7 (1.36%) Groovy
2 7 (1.36%) JavaScript
3 5 (0.97%) Python
4 4 (0.78%) SQL
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (19.46%) Security Cleared
2 84 (16.34%) SC Cleared
3 55 (10.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.53%) SAP Certification
5 11 (2.14%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.78%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CCA
8 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.36%) GRC
3 5 (0.97%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) GxP
3 5 (0.97%) QA
4 4 (0.78%) PMO
5 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS
6 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.58%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 514 (100.00%) SAP
2 54 (10.51%) Ariba
3 14 (2.72%) OpenText
4 13 (2.53%) Sage
5 9 (1.75%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.78%) Adobe
7 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.58%) Concur
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle
9 2 (0.39%) Dell
9 2 (0.39%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Databricks
10 1 (0.19%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.19%) Google
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER