SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 164 172
Rank change year-on-year -85 +8 +47
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 503 495 619
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.72% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.86% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 203 306
10th Percentile £413 £462 £425
25th Percentile £475 £511 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £673 £655 £688
90th Percentile £731 £707 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £590
% change year-on-year +0.56% -8.98% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
10th Percentile £82.55 £56.30 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.00 £70.00 £55.08
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -1.74% +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 45,181 26,628 39,798
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.36% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,497 17,201 25,733
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,016 1,081 2,844
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.80 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.70 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

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 4 June 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 15 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 4 June 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 -90 358 £600 +3.45% 119
Work from Home -26 224 £600 +3.90% 77
UK excluding London -67 218 £540 +0.56% 52
London -74 126 £665 +8.13% 65
South East -39 76 £540 +1.79% 16
Midlands -33 67 £456 -12.26% 17
West Midlands -29 49 £425 -22.73% 16
North of England -87 46 £500 -7.06% 13
North West -35 36 £538 -0.09% 10
Wales -4 15 £550 - 1
South West -23 15 £525 - 1
East Midlands -24 15 £625 +22.55% 1
Yorkshire -62 8 £500 - 3
East of England -45 5 £604 +5.27% 1
North East -33 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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.

1 503 (100.00%) SAP
2 232 (46.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 89 (17.69%) Security Cleared
4 85 (16.90%) Migration
5 77 (15.31%) SC Cleared
6 71 (14.12%) Workshop Facilitation
7 66 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (11.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 57 (11.33%) Data Migration
10 54 (10.74%) User Acceptance Testing
11 53 (10.54%) Ariba
11 53 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 51 (10.14%) ERP
12 51 (10.14%) SAP FI
12 51 (10.14%) SuccessFactors
13 47 (9.34%) Logistics
14 45 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 44 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (8.75%) SAP PSCD
16 40 (7.95%) SAP MM
16 40 (7.95%) Validation
17 31 (6.16%) GAP Analysis
17 31 (6.16%) SAP BRIM
17 31 (6.16%) SAP HANA
18 29 (5.77%) SAP TM
19 28 (5.57%) SAP EWM
19 28 (5.57%) SAP Travel Management
20 27 (5.37%) Project Management
20 27 (5.37%) SAP SD
21 26 (5.17%) SAP FI-CA

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 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 232 (46.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (10.14%) SAP FI
3 44 (8.75%) SAP PSCD
4 40 (7.95%) SAP MM
5 31 (6.16%) SAP BRIM
6 28 (5.57%) SAP EWM
6 28 (5.57%) SAP Travel Management
7 27 (5.37%) SAP SD
8 26 (5.17%) SAP FI-CA
9 25 (4.97%) SAP PP
10 23 (4.57%) SAP CO
11 22 (4.37%) SAP FI/CO
11 22 (4.37%) SAP IBP
12 17 (3.38%) SAP HCM
13 15 (2.98%) SAP PM
14 13 (2.58%) SAP QM
15 10 (1.99%) SAP Hybris
16 9 (1.79%) SAP HR
17 8 (1.59%) SAP ERP
17 8 (1.59%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 51 (10.14%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (2.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.19%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.99%) Azure
5 4 (0.80%) AWS
6 3 (0.60%) Boomi
6 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.40%) GCP
8 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 31 (6.16%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.78%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.19%) Power BI
4 6 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (0.99%) Tableau
6 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Hudson
1 8 (1.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 141 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 90 (17.89%) Finance
3 49 (9.74%) Billing
4 47 (9.34%) Manufacturing
5 41 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (7.16%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.39%) Banking
10 9 (1.79%) General Ledger
11 8 (1.59%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.59%) Automotive
12 7 (1.39%) Retail
13 5 (0.99%) German Language
13 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.99%) Legal
14 4 (0.80%) Local Government
15 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.60%) French Language
16 2 (0.40%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.77%) SAP TM
2 22 (4.37%) BAPI
2 22 (4.37%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (2.98%) SAP Basis
4 9 (1.79%) IDoc
5 6 (1.19%) SAP Core Interface
5 6 (1.19%) XML
6 5 (0.99%) EDI
6 5 (0.99%) Web Services
7 4 (0.80%) Middleware
7 4 (0.80%) OLE
7 4 (0.80%) SAP ALE
8 3 (0.60%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.60%) SOAP
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.40%) REST
9 2 (0.40%) SAPUI5
9 2 (0.40%) XSLT
10 1 (0.20%) JSON
10 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (2.39%) Replication
3 11 (2.19%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.99%) Algorithms
5 8 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.59%) Life Science
6 7 (1.39%) FMCG
7 6 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.20%) LIMS
11 1 (0.20%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.20%) SCADA
11 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.79%) VMS
2 5 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.20%) AIX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.90%) Migration
2 71 (14.12%) Workshop Facilitation
3 66 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (11.33%) Data Migration
5 54 (10.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 53 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (10.14%) ERP
8 47 (9.34%) Logistics
9 45 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (7.95%) Validation
12 31 (6.16%) GAP Analysis
13 27 (5.37%) Project Management
14 25 (4.97%) System Integration Testing
14 25 (4.97%) Time Management
15 24 (4.77%) Project Delivery
16 22 (4.37%) Translating Business Requirements
17 21 (4.17%) Order to Cash
18 20 (3.98%) Change Management
18 20 (3.98%) Production Planning
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.97%) ABAP
2 10 (1.99%) SQL
3 7 (1.39%) Python
4 3 (0.60%) Groovy
4 3 (0.60%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.20%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 77 (15.31%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.39%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.40%) AAT
7 2 (0.40%) ACCA
7 2 (0.40%) CIMA
7 2 (0.40%) Degree
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) CCA
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.57%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.79%) GRC
3 5 (0.99%) GxP
4 4 (0.80%) GDPR
4 4 (0.80%) PMO
5 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.40%) NCSC
5 2 (0.40%) QA
5 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.20%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (0.99%) IAG
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 503 (100.00%) SAP
2 53 (10.54%) Ariba
3 13 (2.58%) Sage
4 11 (2.19%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.39%) OpenText
6 5 (0.99%) Oracle
7 4 (0.80%) Adobe
8 2 (0.40%) Databricks
8 2 (0.40%) Dell
8 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) Concur
9 1 (0.20%) Conga
9 1 (0.20%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER
9 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow