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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 171 168
Rank change year-on-year -67 -3 +65
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 501 497 610
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.70% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.84% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 210 300
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £477 £510 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £667 £688
90th Percentile £750 £713 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £537 £582
% change year-on-year +0.56% -7.73% +6.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 15
10th Percentile £73.48 £67.38 £52.90
25th Percentile £84.31 £70.00 £56.86
Median hourly rate £87.50 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.88
90th Percentile - - £64.34
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 43,836 26,998 39,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.47% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,861 17,609 25,964
10th Percentile £319 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,872 1,048 2,673
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -23.73% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.63 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.56 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.65% -31.25% -5.73%

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 12 May 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 12 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant 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 12 May 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 -101 358 £600 +3.27% 72
Work from Home -29 221 £604 +4.16% 35
UK excluding London -74 206 £540 +0.56% 49
London -62 132 £665 +6.40% 28
Midlands -24 67 £438 -15.87% 8
South East -41 67 £490 -8.75% 23
West Midlands -32 51 £425 -25.11% 7
North of England -86 42 £525 -2.42% 10
North West -51 31 £550 +2.23% 5
Wales 0 15 £550 - 2
South West -25 14 £525 - 4
East Midlands -29 14 £556 +9.07% 1
Yorkshire -55 9 £500 - 5
East of England -41 7 £604 +5.28% 2
North East -23 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 501 (100.00%) SAP
2 227 (45.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 95 (18.96%) Security Cleared
4 83 (16.57%) Migration
5 82 (16.37%) SC Cleared
6 72 (14.37%) Workshop Facilitation
7 65 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 56 (11.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 55 (10.98%) SuccessFactors
10 55 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
11 54 (10.78%) Data Migration
11 54 (10.78%) ERP
12 53 (10.58%) SAP FI
13 51 (10.18%) Ariba
14 43 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (8.38%) Logistics
16 41 (8.18%) SAP MM
16 41 (8.18%) SAP PSCD
17 38 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 34 (6.79%) Validation
19 32 (6.39%) SAP PP
20 31 (6.19%) SAP HANA
21 30 (5.99%) ABAP
21 30 (5.99%) GAP Analysis
22 29 (5.79%) SAP CO
23 28 (5.59%) SAP EWM
23 28 (5.59%) SAP TM
23 28 (5.59%) Time Management
24 27 (5.39%) Production Planning

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 1 (0.20%) Confluence
2 1 (0.20%) MTS
2 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 227 (45.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (10.58%) SAP FI
3 41 (8.18%) SAP MM
3 41 (8.18%) SAP PSCD
4 32 (6.39%) SAP PP
5 29 (5.79%) SAP CO
6 28 (5.59%) SAP EWM
7 27 (5.39%) SAP BRIM
7 27 (5.39%) SAP FI/CO
7 27 (5.39%) SAP Travel Management
8 24 (4.79%) SAP HCM
8 24 (4.79%) SAP SD
9 22 (4.39%) SAP FI-CA
9 22 (4.39%) SAP IBP
10 15 (2.99%) SAP PM
11 11 (2.20%) SAP Hybris
11 11 (2.20%) SAP QM
12 9 (1.80%) SAP HR
13 8 (1.60%) SAP APO
13 8 (1.60%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 55 (10.98%) SuccessFactors
2 12 (2.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.20%) Azure
3 6 (1.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.80%) AWS
5 3 (0.60%) Boomi
5 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.20%) OCI
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 31 (6.19%) SAP HANA
2 12 (2.40%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.20%) Power BI
3 6 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
4 5 (1.00%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (1.80%) JIRA
2 7 (1.40%) Hudson
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 142 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 94 (18.76%) Finance
3 47 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 44 (8.78%) Billing
5 42 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.39%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.20%) Banking
9 8 (1.60%) Retail
10 7 (1.40%) Automotive
10 7 (1.40%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.20%) Legal
12 5 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.00%) German Language
13 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.60%) French Language
14 3 (0.60%) Local Government
15 2 (0.40%) Dutch Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.59%) SAP TM
2 20 (3.99%) SAP Fiori
3 19 (3.79%) BAPI
4 15 (2.99%) SAP Basis
5 10 (2.00%) IDoc
6 7 (1.40%) SAP PI
7 6 (1.20%) XML
8 5 (1.00%) EDI
8 5 (1.00%) Middleware
8 5 (1.00%) SAP ALE
8 5 (1.00%) SAP Core Interface
8 5 (1.00%) Web Services
9 4 (0.80%) OLE
9 4 (0.80%) SOAP
10 3 (0.60%) REST
10 3 (0.60%) SAPUI5
11 1 (0.20%) JDBC
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
11 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.79%) Replication
2 13 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.00%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.80%) Data Structures
4 9 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.40%) Life Science
6 6 (1.20%) FMCG
7 4 (0.80%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.60%) 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%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.40%) VMS
2 4 (0.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (16.57%) Migration
2 72 (14.37%) Workshop Facilitation
3 65 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
6 54 (10.78%) Data Migration
6 54 (10.78%) ERP
7 43 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (8.38%) Logistics
9 38 (7.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (6.79%) Validation
11 30 (5.99%) GAP Analysis
12 28 (5.59%) Time Management
13 27 (5.39%) Production Planning
13 27 (5.39%) Project Management
13 27 (5.39%) Translating Business Requirements
14 26 (5.19%) System Integration Testing
15 24 (4.79%) Project Delivery
16 21 (4.19%) Inventory Management
17 20 (3.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.99%) ABAP
2 9 (1.80%) SQL
3 7 (1.40%) Groovy
3 7 (1.40%) Python
4 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (18.96%) Security Cleared
2 82 (16.37%) SC Cleared
3 56 (11.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.79%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.80%) 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%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.60%) GRC
3 6 (1.20%) GDPR
4 5 (1.00%) GxP
5 4 (0.80%) PMO
6 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.40%) IFRS
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.40%) NCSC
7 2 (0.40%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.60%) IAG
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 501 (100.00%) SAP
2 51 (10.18%) Ariba
3 13 (2.59%) Sage
4 10 (2.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.40%) OpenText
6 4 (0.80%) Adobe
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle
7 3 (0.60%) Concur
8 2 (0.40%) Databricks
8 2 (0.40%) Dell
8 2 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.20%) Conga
9 1 (0.20%) Google
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