SAP Consultant Contracts

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 170 230
Rank change year-on-year +4 +60 +128
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 490 609 672
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.69% 1.42% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.53% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 299 262
10th Percentile £456 £425 £450
25th Percentile £511 £494 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £669 £688 £654
90th Percentile £714 £788 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £582 £548
% change year-on-year -7.73% +6.24% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 8
10th Percentile £67.38 £52.90 £60.70
25th Percentile £70.00 £56.86 £63.14
Median hourly rate £86.00 £61.60 £69.84
Median % change year-on-year +39.61% -11.80% -0.23%
75th Percentile - £62.88 £97.50
90th Percentile - £64.34 £98.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £61.60 £64.68
% change year-on-year +39.61% -4.75% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 26,853 39,898 55,060
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 92.77% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,486 25,961 38,445
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,043 2,673 1,534
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.85% -16.67% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -32.19% -4.94% +110.39%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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 +7 354 £581 -0.29% 239
Work from Home +13 206 £580 -0.84% 657
UK excluding London +2 177 £537 -7.73% 182
London +5 142 £625 +5.93% 68
North of England +37 61 £538 +19.56% 43
South East -13 52 £537 -20.44% 54
North West +36 44 £538 +19.56% 26
Midlands +18 35 £520 -10.34% 44
East of England +19 19 £574 -0.91% 19
West Midlands +15 19 £568 +10.19% 28
East Midlands +11 10 £510 -15.00% 13
Yorkshire +8 10 - - 12
South West +46 7 £525 +2.44% 12
North East - 7 £530 - 5
Wales +7 4 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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.

1 490 (100.00%) SAP
2 229 (46.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 152 (31.02%) Social Skills
4 105 (21.43%) Finance
5 79 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (14.49%) Security Cleared
7 62 (12.65%) Migration
8 57 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (10.82%) SC Cleared
10 50 (10.20%) SAP FI
10 50 (10.20%) SAP PP
11 48 (9.80%) Ariba
11 48 (9.80%) Data Migration
12 44 (8.98%) ABAP
13 43 (8.78%) Logistics
14 41 (8.37%) SAP CO
15 40 (8.16%) Manufacturing
16 38 (7.76%) SAP FI/CO
16 38 (7.76%) SAP Fiori
17 36 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
18 35 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
19 34 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
20 32 (6.53%) Agile
21 31 (6.33%) Quality Management
21 31 (6.33%) SAP SD
22 30 (6.12%) SAP HANA
23 29 (5.92%) SAP Payroll
24 28 (5.71%) SAP HR
24 28 (5.71%) SuccessFactors
25 26 (5.31%) Inventory Management

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 10 (2.04%) NetWeaver
2 5 (1.02%) MTS
3 2 (0.41%) Documentum
Applications
1 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 229 (46.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (10.20%) SAP FI
2 50 (10.20%) SAP PP
3 41 (8.37%) SAP CO
4 38 (7.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 31 (6.33%) SAP SD
6 29 (5.92%) SAP Payroll
7 28 (5.71%) SAP HR
8 24 (4.90%) SAP MM
9 22 (4.49%) SAP EWM
10 15 (3.06%) SAP HCM
10 15 (3.06%) SAP MDG
11 14 (2.86%) SAP IBP
12 12 (2.45%) SAP PM
13 11 (2.24%) SAP GRC
13 11 (2.24%) SAP GTS
13 11 (2.24%) SAP PSCD
14 9 (1.84%) SAP BRIM
14 9 (1.84%) SAP PS
14 9 (1.84%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.71%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (2.24%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 10 (2.04%) Azure
4 5 (1.02%) AWS
5 4 (0.82%) GCP
5 4 (0.82%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.82%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.41%) IBM Blueworks
6 2 (0.41%) SaaS
7 1 (0.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.12%) SAP HANA
2 16 (3.27%) SAP BW
3 9 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.63%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (0.82%) Power BI
6 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.41%) MySQL
7 2 (0.41%) Sybase IQ
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.20%) DTS
8 1 (0.20%) IDMS
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 152 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 105 (21.43%) Finance
3 57 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.16%) Manufacturing
5 22 (4.49%) Billing
5 22 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.29%) Retail
7 19 (3.88%) Aerospace
8 16 (3.27%) Banking
9 15 (3.06%) General Ledger
10 14 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (2.04%) French Language
11 10 (2.04%) Legal
12 9 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.43%) Law
14 6 (1.22%) Automotive
15 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.82%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.76%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (3.47%) SAP Basis
3 12 (2.45%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.63%) SAP PI
5 7 (1.43%) EDI
6 5 (1.02%) SAPUI5
7 4 (0.82%) IDoc
7 4 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.61%) BAPI
9 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.41%) SAP ALE
9 2 (0.41%) SAP Core Interface
10 1 (0.20%) .NET
10 1 (0.20%) Node.js
10 1 (0.20%) RESTful
10 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.67%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.45%) Life Science
2 12 (2.45%) Private Cloud
3 11 (2.24%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.22%) FMCG
6 6 (1.22%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.02%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.02%) PACS
8 4 (0.82%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.82%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.61%) LIMS
10 2 (0.41%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.43%) Linux
2 5 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (12.65%) Migration
3 48 (9.80%) Data Migration
4 43 (8.78%) Logistics
5 36 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
7 32 (6.53%) Agile
8 31 (6.33%) Quality Management
9 26 (5.31%) Inventory Management
10 23 (4.69%) Procure-to-Pay
11 22 (4.49%) SAP Security
12 20 (4.08%) Analytics
12 20 (4.08%) ERP
12 20 (4.08%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (3.88%) Time Management
13 19 (3.88%) Validation
14 17 (3.47%) Accounts Payable
14 17 (3.47%) Project Management
14 17 (3.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 17 (3.47%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.98%) ABAP
2 12 (2.45%) SQL
3 7 (1.43%) Java
4 3 (0.61%) Python
5 2 (0.41%) Groovy
5 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 71 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 53 (10.82%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (3.47%) SAP Certification
5 12 (2.45%) Degree
6 6 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.20%) ACCA
8 1 (0.20%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.20%) CIMA
8 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.06%) IFRS
1 15 (3.06%) QA
2 10 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.04%) GRC
2 10 (2.04%) IFRS 9
3 5 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.82%) Basel III
5 3 (0.61%) GAAP
5 3 (0.61%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.20%) IAG
1 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 490 (100.00%) SAP
2 48 (9.80%) Ariba
3 12 (2.45%) Microsoft
4 7 (1.43%) OpenText
5 6 (1.22%) Oracle
6 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.82%) Concur
7 4 (0.82%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.41%) Progress
8 2 (0.41%) Sun
8 2 (0.41%) Sybase
9 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.20%) Cognos
9 1 (0.20%) Databricks
9 1 (0.20%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.20%) Informatica