SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 173 175
Rank change year-on-year -60 +2 +59
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 513 483 579
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.65% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.78% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 204 289
10th Percentile £413 £433 £430
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £567 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -5.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £718 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £587
% change year-on-year -2.23% -8.44% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 10
10th Percentile £59.98 £68.25 £50.36
25th Percentile £62.75 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.06 - £63.08
90th Percentile £88.75 £94.05 £63.96
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 42,358 27,131 40,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 92.61% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,304 17,800 26,582
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 984 2,591
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.55 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.27 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.20% -12.02% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.90 £75.43 £72.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.28% -14.29% -17.38%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -71 360 £600 +4.99% 68
Work from Home -15 228 £600 +5.26% 48
UK excluding London -51 207 £525 -2.23% 50
London -53 129 £665 +7.43% 24
Midlands -37 63 £425 -18.66% 6
South East -45 53 £490 -6.13% 14
West Midlands -28 48 £425 -25.11% 3
North of England -86 46 £525 -2.42% 22
North West -49 35 £550 +2.23% 9
East of England -30 23 £597 +8.55%
South West -16 15 £540 -17.00% 3
East Midlands -28 14 £556 +9.07% 3
Wales - 12 £550 - 2
Yorkshire -53 9 £500 - 13
North East -22 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 513 (100.00%) SAP
2 245 (47.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 99 (19.30%) Security Cleared
4 83 (16.18%) SC Cleared
5 80 (15.59%) Migration
6 76 (14.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 64 (12.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 63 (12.28%) SuccessFactors
9 61 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (11.31%) SAP FI
11 54 (10.53%) Ariba
12 53 (10.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 53 (10.33%) ERP
12 53 (10.33%) User Acceptance Testing
13 49 (9.55%) ABAP
13 49 (9.55%) Data Migration
13 49 (9.55%) SAP MM
14 48 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 43 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (8.38%) Logistics
15 43 (8.38%) Validation
16 39 (7.60%) Time Management
17 37 (7.21%) SAP PP
18 36 (7.02%) Production Planning
19 34 (6.63%) SAP HCM
20 33 (6.43%) SAP EWM
20 33 (6.43%) SAP PSCD
21 30 (5.85%) SAP CO
22 29 (5.65%) SAP HANA
23 28 (5.46%) 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
1 245 (47.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (11.31%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.55%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.21%) SAP PP
5 34 (6.63%) SAP HCM
6 33 (6.43%) SAP EWM
6 33 (6.43%) SAP PSCD
7 30 (5.85%) SAP CO
8 28 (5.46%) SAP FI/CO
9 26 (5.07%) SAP Travel Management
10 23 (4.48%) SAP SD
11 20 (3.90%) SAP BRIM
12 19 (3.70%) SAP FI-CA
13 18 (3.51%) SAP IBP
14 16 (3.12%) SAP Payroll
14 16 (3.12%) SAP PM
15 14 (2.73%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 12 (2.34%) SAP Hybris
16 12 (2.34%) SAP QM
17 11 (2.14%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 63 (12.28%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.17%) Azure
4 4 (0.78%) AWS
5 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.39%) Boomi
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
6 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 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 (5.65%) SAP HANA
2 7 (1.36%) SAP BW
2 7 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (1.17%) Metadata
4 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.95%) JIRA
2 7 (1.36%) Hudson
3 3 (0.58%) LSMW
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 155 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.49%) Finance
3 66 (12.87%) Manufacturing
4 47 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.21%) Billing
5 37 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.73%) 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 (5.26%) SAP TM
2 26 (5.07%) SAP Fiori
3 20 (3.90%) SAP Basis
4 17 (3.31%) BAPI
5 12 (2.34%) IDoc
5 12 (2.34%) Web Services
6 10 (1.95%) SAP PI
6 10 (1.95%) SOAP
6 10 (1.95%) XML
7 8 (1.56%) SAP ALE
8 6 (1.17%) EDI
8 6 (1.17%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.97%) Middleware
10 4 (0.78%) OLE
11 3 (0.58%) REST
11 3 (0.58%) SAP Core Interface
11 3 (0.58%) SAPUI5
12 1 (0.19%) JSON
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
12 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.48%) Replication
2 14 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.95%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.36%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.36%) FMCG
6 6 (1.17%) Life Science
7 5 (0.97%) Data Structures
7 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.19%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.19%) LIMS
11 1 (0.19%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) VMS
2 4 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.59%) Migration
2 76 (14.81%) Workshop Facilitation
3 64 (12.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 61 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (10.33%) ERP
5 53 (10.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 49 (9.55%) Data Migration
7 48 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 43 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (8.38%) Logistics
8 43 (8.38%) Validation
9 39 (7.60%) Time Management
10 36 (7.02%) Production Planning
11 28 (5.46%) GAP Analysis
12 27 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
12 27 (5.26%) Project Management
12 27 (5.26%) Translating Business Requirements
13 24 (4.68%) Project Delivery
14 22 (4.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 22 (4.29%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.55%) ABAP
2 8 (1.56%) Groovy
2 8 (1.56%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.78%) Python
3 4 (0.78%) SQL
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.19%) Java
4 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 99 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 83 (16.18%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.33%) 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 6 (1.17%) QA
4 5 (0.97%) GxP
5 4 (0.78%) GDPR
5 4 (0.78%) PMO
6 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.39%) IFRS
7 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 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
1 513 (100.00%) SAP
2 54 (10.53%) Ariba
3 13 (2.53%) Sage
4 11 (2.14%) OpenText
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%) Google
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) Planon
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER