SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 174 147
Rank change year-on-year -87 -27 +23
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 550 552 631
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.69% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.86% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 264 315
10th Percentile £413 £457 £425
25th Percentile £473 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £725 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £582
% change year-on-year -4.43% -1.20% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 13
10th Percentile £85.18 £40.93 £55.33
25th Percentile £86.06 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £57.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -6.66% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £72.13 £65.03
90th Percentile £88.88 £87.20 £73.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -9.08%

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 50,135 29,742 35,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.07% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,651 18,759 21,938
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,860 1,586 1,659
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.17 £20.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.78 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.13 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.14% -42.76% +0.34%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -100 396 £550 -5.17% 247
UK excluding London -65 264 £550 -4.43% 155
Work from Home -58 223 £550 -2.65% 188
London -103 126 £600 +3.36% 90
South East -29 104 £503 -4.29% 43
Midlands -15 71 £481 -14.49% 32
West Midlands -8 62 £481 -12.55% 27
North of England -105 46 £625 -5.66% 39
North West -70 43 £625 -11.03% 24
East of England -29 19 £566 -1.99% 15
Wales 0 16 £550 - 3
South West -35 13 £525 -12.50% 8
East Midlands -20 7 £544 -6.25% 5
Yorkshire -47 3 - - 12
Scotland - 2 £650 - 12

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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.

1 550 (100.00%) SAP
2 254 (46.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 142 (25.82%) Security Cleared
4 118 (21.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 101 (18.36%) SC Cleared
6 83 (15.09%) Migration
7 82 (14.91%) User Acceptance Testing
8 72 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (12.55%) SAP FI
10 65 (11.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 63 (11.45%) SuccessFactors
12 60 (10.91%) Data Migration
13 57 (10.36%) Ariba
13 57 (10.36%) Workshop Facilitation
14 52 (9.45%) Logistics
15 48 (8.73%) ABAP
15 48 (8.73%) SAP Fiori
15 48 (8.73%) SAP PSCD
16 45 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 42 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 41 (7.45%) ERP
19 38 (6.91%) SAP CO
20 37 (6.73%) Analytics
21 35 (6.36%) SAP HANA
21 35 (6.36%) Validation
22 34 (6.18%) Order to Cash
22 34 (6.18%) SAP SD
23 32 (5.82%) Process Improvement
23 32 (5.82%) SAP BW
23 32 (5.82%) SAP MM

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 (0.55%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 254 (46.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 69 (12.55%) SAP FI
3 48 (8.73%) SAP PSCD
4 38 (6.91%) SAP CO
5 34 (6.18%) SAP SD
6 32 (5.82%) SAP MM
7 31 (5.64%) SAP BRIM
8 30 (5.45%) SAP PP
9 29 (5.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 28 (5.09%) SAP HCM
10 28 (5.09%) SAP Payroll
11 24 (4.36%) SAP FI-CA
12 23 (4.18%) SAP QM
13 22 (4.00%) SAP HR
13 22 (4.00%) SAP PM
14 20 (3.64%) SAP EWM
15 19 (3.45%) SAP IBP
16 16 (2.91%) SAP GRC
17 13 (2.36%) SAP ERP
17 13 (2.36%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.45%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.64%) Azure
4 8 (1.45%) AWS
5 7 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.73%) GCP
8 3 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
9 2 (0.36%) Boomi
9 2 (0.36%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.36%) GitHub
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.18%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.36%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.82%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.36%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (1.45%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (1.27%) Power BI
6 6 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.91%) Tableau
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Hudson
2 4 (0.73%) JIRA
3 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 151 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.36%) Finance
3 60 (10.91%) Manufacturing
4 55 (10.00%) Billing
5 49 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (4.18%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (3.09%) Retail
10 14 (2.55%) Legal
11 13 (2.36%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.27%) Automotive
12 7 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.91%) Banking
13 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.55%) German Language
15 2 (0.36%) Advertising
15 2 (0.36%) Local Government
15 2 (0.36%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.73%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.27%) BAPI
2 18 (3.27%) SAP PI
3 16 (2.91%) SAP Basis
4 11 (2.00%) REST
4 11 (2.00%) SOAP
5 10 (1.82%) IDoc
5 10 (1.82%) SAP Core Interface
6 9 (1.64%) SAPUI5
6 9 (1.64%) Web Services
7 8 (1.45%) EDI
7 8 (1.45%) Middleware
8 7 (1.27%) XML
9 6 (1.09%) JDBC
9 6 (1.09%) SAP TM
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.36%) SAP ALE
10 2 (0.36%) Web Dynpro
10 2 (0.36%) XSLT
11 1 (0.18%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.55%) Data Structures
1 14 (2.55%) Onboarding
2 12 (2.18%) Public Cloud
3 11 (2.00%) FMCG
4 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
5 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.64%) Life Science
6 8 (1.45%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.91%) Replication
8 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.36%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.18%) NHS
11 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.09%) Unix
2 5 (0.91%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) AIX
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (21.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (15.09%) Migration
3 82 (14.91%) User Acceptance Testing
4 72 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (10.91%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.36%) Workshop Facilitation
7 52 (9.45%) Logistics
8 45 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (7.45%) ERP
11 37 (6.73%) Analytics
12 35 (6.36%) Validation
13 34 (6.18%) Order to Cash
14 32 (5.82%) Process Improvement
14 32 (5.82%) Time Management
15 31 (5.64%) Project Delivery
15 31 (5.64%) System Integration Testing
16 30 (5.45%) Translating Business Requirements
17 29 (5.27%) Requirements Gathering
18 28 (5.09%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.73%) ABAP
2 10 (1.82%) SQL
3 7 (1.27%) Java
3 7 (1.27%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 142 (25.82%) Security Cleared
2 101 (18.36%) SC Cleared
3 65 (11.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.27%) SAP Certification
6 6 (1.09%) Degree
7 5 (0.91%) CCA
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.73%) GRC
2 6 (1.09%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.91%) GxP
3 5 (0.91%) PMO
4 4 (0.73%) GDPR
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.36%) NCSC
6 2 (0.36%) QA
6 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (1.82%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 550 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.36%) Ariba
3 16 (2.91%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.45%) OpenText
5 7 (1.27%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.09%) Concur
6 6 (1.09%) Oracle
6 6 (1.09%) webMethods
7 5 (0.91%) Adobe
8 4 (0.73%) Databricks
9 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.36%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.18%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.18%) Conga
11 1 (0.18%) Dell
11 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir
11 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics