SAP Consultant Contracts

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 228 345
Rank change year-on-year +50 +117 -72
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 590 709 691
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.19% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.25% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 263 274
10th Percentile £425 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £653
90th Percentile £779 £721 £717
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile - £60.70 £46.00
25th Percentile £52.90 £63.14 £55.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £69.84 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% -0.23% +21.74%
75th Percentile £62.47 £97.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £63.29 £98.25 £94.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 -
% change year-on-year -4.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant.

Daily rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 15 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +98 450 £582 +0.38% 69
Work from Home +21 242 £582 -0.51% 46
UK excluding London +74 227 £580 +0.87% 27
London +115 175 £595 -0.83% 31
South East +34 119 £654 -3.51% 9
North of England +26 44 £450 -16.67% 4
Midlands +10 36 £563 +2.27% 5
North West +22 29 £450 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +26 22 £545 +11.85% 3
East of England +34 21 £550 +15.79% 5
Yorkshire +9 14 £550 +10.00% 1
East Midlands +9 8 £600 +3.63% 2
South West +26 5 £513 -10.87% 1
Scotland +34 2 - -
Wales +16 1 - - 4

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 590 (100.00%) SAP
2 233 (39.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 122 (20.68%) Social Skills
4 103 (17.46%) Finance
5 101 (17.12%) Security Cleared
6 79 (13.39%) ABAP
7 77 (13.05%) SC Cleared
8 60 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 56 (9.49%) SAP EWM
10 53 (8.98%) SAP FI
11 52 (8.81%) Migration
12 49 (8.31%) SAP SD
12 49 (8.31%) SAP HANA
13 47 (7.97%) Logistics
14 46 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
15 45 (7.63%) Workshop Facilitation
16 43 (7.29%) SAP QM
17 42 (7.12%) DV Cleared
18 40 (6.78%) Public Sector
18 40 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
19 38 (6.44%) SAP Fiori
19 38 (6.44%) Requirements Gathering
20 37 (6.27%) SAP CO
21 35 (5.93%) Manufacturing
21 35 (5.93%) Ariba
22 34 (5.76%) SAP FI/CO
23 33 (5.59%) SAP Basis
23 33 (5.59%) PLM
23 33 (5.59%) SAP MDG
24 32 (5.42%) User Acceptance Testing

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.20%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 233 (39.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (9.49%) SAP EWM
3 53 (8.98%) SAP FI
4 49 (8.31%) SAP SD
5 43 (7.29%) SAP QM
6 37 (6.27%) SAP CO
7 34 (5.76%) SAP FI/CO
8 33 (5.59%) SAP MDG
9 19 (3.22%) SAP PP
10 16 (2.71%) SAP IBP
10 16 (2.71%) SAP MM
10 16 (2.71%) SAP PSCD
11 11 (1.86%) SAP Hybris
11 11 (1.86%) SAP PS
12 10 (1.69%) SAP BRIM
12 10 (1.69%) SAP Retail
13 9 (1.53%) SAP PLM
13 9 (1.53%) SAP Travel Management
14 8 (1.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 8 (1.36%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (5.08%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (1.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 5 (0.85%) Azure
4 3 (0.51%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.51%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.17%) SSH
1 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.31%) SAP HANA
2 22 (3.73%) SAP BW
3 8 (1.36%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.68%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.34%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) DB2
6 1 (0.17%) Metadata
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.34%) LSMW
2 2 (0.34%) NWDI
2 2 (0.34%) NWDS
3 1 (0.17%) JMeter
3 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.17%) NeoLoad
General
1 122 (20.68%) Social Skills
2 103 (17.46%) Finance
3 40 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (6.78%) Public Sector
4 35 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 26 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 26 (4.41%) Retail
6 24 (4.07%) Billing
7 11 (1.86%) Automotive
8 9 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.53%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.19%) Banking
10 6 (1.02%) Spanish Language
11 5 (0.85%) Legal
12 4 (0.68%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.68%) French Language
12 4 (0.68%) Law
13 3 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.44%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (5.59%) SAP Basis
3 14 (2.37%) EDI
4 10 (1.69%) BAPI
5 9 (1.53%) SAP ALE
5 9 (1.53%) SAP TM
6 8 (1.36%) Web Services
7 6 (1.02%) IDoc
7 6 (1.02%) Middleware
8 4 (0.68%) REST
8 4 (0.68%) XML
9 3 (0.51%) SAP Core Interface
9 3 (0.51%) SOAP
9 3 (0.51%) Web Dynpro
9 3 (0.51%) XSLT
10 2 (0.34%) Kafka
10 2 (0.34%) SAP PI
10 2 (0.34%) SAP Smart Forms
11 1 (0.17%) JSON
11 1 (0.17%) SAP MI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (1.86%) Replication
3 8 (1.36%) Life Science
3 8 (1.36%) Public Cloud
4 7 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.02%) FMCG
5 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.68%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.34%) iPad
8 2 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.86%) Linux
2 10 (1.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.17%) Windows
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (8.81%) Migration
3 47 (7.97%) Logistics
4 46 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (7.63%) Workshop Facilitation
6 38 (6.44%) Requirements Gathering
7 33 (5.59%) PLM
8 32 (5.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 30 (5.08%) Agile
9 30 (5.08%) Data Migration
10 29 (4.92%) ERP
11 27 (4.58%) Project Management
12 25 (4.24%) GAP Analysis
13 23 (3.90%) Integration Testing
14 22 (3.73%) Procure-to-Pay
15 20 (3.39%) Change Management
15 20 (3.39%) SAP Security
15 20 (3.39%) Workflow
16 19 (3.22%) Performance Tuning
17 18 (3.05%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.39%) ABAP
2 6 (1.02%) SQL
3 4 (0.68%) Groovy
4 3 (0.51%) Java
5 2 (0.34%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 101 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 77 (13.05%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.12%) DV Cleared
4 25 (4.24%) SAP Certification
5 20 (3.39%) Degree
6 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.17%) ACCA
9 1 (0.17%) CIMA
9 1 (0.17%) MBA
9 1 (0.17%) OCP
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.69%) IFRS
2 8 (1.36%) QA
3 6 (1.02%) SLA
4 4 (0.68%) GDPR
4 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.51%) GAAP
5 3 (0.51%) GxP
6 2 (0.34%) ITGC
7 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.17%) GRC
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 590 (100.00%) SAP
2 35 (5.93%) Ariba
3 21 (3.56%) Microsoft
4 15 (2.54%) Oracle
5 10 (1.69%) Adobe
6 7 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.02%) Concur
8 4 (0.68%) JDA
8 4 (0.68%) OpenText
9 3 (0.51%) Apple
9 3 (0.51%) Reuters
9 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.34%) CA
11 1 (0.17%) Cognos
11 1 (0.17%) HP
11 1 (0.17%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.17%) Kenna
11 1 (0.17%) Siemens