SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 166 178
Rank change year-on-year -74 +12 +49
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 506 491 591
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.68% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.82% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 206 296
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £476 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £669 £691
90th Percentile £750 £716 £785
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £580
% change year-on-year -2.23% -7.41% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 13
10th Percentile £69.20 £67.38 -
25th Percentile £83.75 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.47
90th Percentile - - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -4.07% +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 43,571 27,048 40,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.55% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,878 17,685 26,353
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 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.87% -3.55% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,816 1,030 2,658
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.07 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.36% -19.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year +58.12% -25.32% -9.41%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -95 356 £600 +3.45% 52
Work from Home -19 225 £620 +7.36% 28
UK excluding London -67 204 £525 -2.23% 39
London -60 132 £665 +7.43% 23
Midlands -36 64 £425 -18.66% 5
South East -40 57 £490 -8.67% 20
West Midlands -27 49 £425 -28.27% 4
North of England -96 43 £525 -2.42% 6
North West -54 32 £550 +2.23% 2
East of England -41 16 £604 +9.82% 2
South West -22 15 £525 - 1
Wales 0 14 £550 - 3
East Midlands -23 14 £556 +9.07% 1
Yorkshire -57 9 £500 - 4
North East -22 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 506 (100.00%) SAP
2 231 (45.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 93 (18.38%) Security Cleared
4 80 (15.81%) Migration
4 80 (15.81%) SC Cleared
5 75 (14.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 65 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 65 (12.85%) SuccessFactors
7 62 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (11.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 55 (10.87%) ERP
10 54 (10.67%) SAP FI
11 52 (10.28%) Ariba
12 51 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
13 49 (9.68%) Data Migration
14 43 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (8.30%) SAP MM
16 40 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 39 (7.71%) Logistics
18 37 (7.31%) SAP PSCD
19 35 (6.92%) ABAP
19 35 (6.92%) Validation
20 34 (6.72%) SAP HANA
20 34 (6.72%) SAP PP
21 32 (6.32%) Production Planning
21 32 (6.32%) Time Management
22 30 (5.93%) SAP CO
23 29 (5.73%) SAP EWM
23 29 (5.73%) SAP HCM
24 28 (5.53%) 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 (0.59%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.20%) MTS
2 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 231 (45.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (10.67%) SAP FI
3 42 (8.30%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.31%) SAP PSCD
5 34 (6.72%) SAP PP
6 30 (5.93%) SAP CO
7 29 (5.73%) SAP EWM
7 29 (5.73%) SAP HCM
8 28 (5.53%) SAP FI/CO
9 26 (5.14%) SAP BRIM
9 26 (5.14%) SAP Travel Management
10 22 (4.35%) SAP SD
11 21 (4.15%) SAP IBP
12 20 (3.95%) SAP FI-CA
13 16 (3.16%) SAP PM
14 13 (2.57%) SAP Payroll
15 12 (2.37%) SAP Hybris
16 11 (2.17%) SAP QM
17 10 (1.98%) SAP APO
18 9 (1.78%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.85%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.57%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.19%) Azure
3 6 (1.19%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.79%) AWS
5 3 (0.59%) Boomi
5 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.20%) OCI
7 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
7 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 34 (6.72%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.77%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.19%) Power BI
3 6 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (0.99%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) Metadata
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.98%) JIRA
2 7 (1.38%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 146 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.77%) Finance
3 55 (10.87%) Manufacturing
4 46 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.30%) Billing
6 36 (7.11%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.57%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (1.78%) Banking
9 9 (1.78%) Retail
10 7 (1.38%) Automotive
11 6 (1.19%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.19%) Legal
12 5 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.99%) German Language
13 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) French Language
14 3 (0.59%) Local Government
15 2 (0.40%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.34%) SAP TM
2 21 (4.15%) SAP Fiori
3 17 (3.36%) BAPI
4 16 (3.16%) SAP Basis
5 9 (1.78%) IDoc
5 9 (1.78%) Web Services
6 8 (1.58%) SOAP
6 8 (1.58%) XML
7 7 (1.38%) SAP PI
8 5 (0.99%) Middleware
8 5 (0.99%) SAP ALE
8 5 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
9 4 (0.79%) EDI
9 4 (0.79%) OLE
10 3 (0.59%) REST
10 3 (0.59%) SAPUI5
11 1 (0.20%) JMS
11 1 (0.20%) JSON
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) SAP Business Workflow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.95%) Replication
2 13 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.98%) Data Structures
3 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.78%) Algorithms
5 8 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.38%) FMCG
6 7 (1.38%) Life Science
7 4 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.99%) VMS
2 4 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.81%) Migration
2 75 (14.82%) Workshop Facilitation
3 65 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (10.87%) ERP
6 51 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
7 49 (9.68%) Data Migration
8 43 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (7.71%) Logistics
11 35 (6.92%) Validation
12 32 (6.32%) Production Planning
12 32 (6.32%) Time Management
13 28 (5.53%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.34%) Project Management
15 25 (4.94%) Project Delivery
15 25 (4.94%) Translating Business Requirements
16 24 (4.74%) System Integration Testing
17 20 (3.95%) Agile
18 19 (3.75%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.92%) ABAP
2 9 (1.78%) SQL
3 6 (1.19%) Groovy
3 6 (1.19%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.19%) Python
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 80 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.77%) SAP Certification
5 8 (1.58%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.99%) Degree
8 2 (0.40%) AAT
8 2 (0.40%) ACCA
8 2 (0.40%) CCA
8 2 (0.40%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.78%) GRC
3 6 (1.19%) GDPR
4 5 (0.99%) GxP
5 4 (0.79%) PMO
5 4 (0.79%) QA
6 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.40%) IFRS
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.59%) IAG
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 506 (100.00%) SAP
2 52 (10.28%) Ariba
3 13 (2.57%) Sage
4 10 (1.98%) OpenText
5 9 (1.78%) Microsoft
6 4 (0.79%) Adobe
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle
7 3 (0.59%) Concur
7 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.40%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.40%) Databricks
8 2 (0.40%) Dell
8 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.40%) Workday
9 1 (0.20%) Google
9 1 (0.20%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
9 1 (0.20%) Planon
9 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER