SAP Functional Consultant Contracts

SAP Functional Consultant
UK

The median SAP Functional Consultant daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 514 644
Rank change year-on-year +45 +130 +176
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Functional Consultant 50 86 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 59 33
10th Percentile £496 £512 £463
25th Percentile £513 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -10.26%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £588
90th Percentile - £838 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -1.13% +1.14% -18.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £58.72 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £58.72 -

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 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

SAP Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Functional Consultant in the UK

SAP Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Functional Consultant in the UK

SAP Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Functional Consultant in the UK

SAP Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Functional Consultant in the UK

SAP Functional Consultant
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Functional Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +17 26 £625 +6.38% 10
UK excluding London +40 14 £525 -1.13% 7
London +7 12 £625 -3.85% 2
Work from Home +24 11 £669 +11.50% 8
South East +37 7 £514 -0.77% 5
East of England +30 5 £700 +20.90% 1
North of England +28 2 £488 -25.46%
North West +10 1 £450 -31.19%
North East - 1 £525 -

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, SAP Functional 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 Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 35 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (48.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (40.00%) Finance
5 18 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (28.00%) Manufacturing
7 13 (26.00%) SAP PP
8 11 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 10 (20.00%) Private Cloud
9 10 (20.00%) ABAP
9 10 (20.00%) Document Management
9 10 (20.00%) Integration Testing
10 9 (18.00%) SAP R/3
10 9 (18.00%) Aerospace
10 9 (18.00%) Inventory Management
11 8 (16.00%) SAP EWM
11 8 (16.00%) Billing
12 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
12 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (14.00%) Procure-to-Pay
12 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
12 7 (14.00%) SAP PSCD
12 7 (14.00%) Revenue Management
12 7 (14.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (14.00%) SAP BRIM
12 7 (14.00%) SAP Hybris
12 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
13 6 (12.00%) DBS Check
13 6 (12.00%) Degree

SAP Functional 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 1 (2.00%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 24 (48.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (26.00%) SAP PP
3 9 (18.00%) SAP R/3
4 8 (16.00%) SAP EWM
5 7 (14.00%) SAP BRIM
5 7 (14.00%) SAP Hybris
5 7 (14.00%) SAP PSCD
6 5 (10.00%) SAP MII
6 5 (10.00%) SAP VC
7 3 (6.00%) SAP CO
7 3 (6.00%) SAP FI
7 3 (6.00%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (4.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (4.00%) SAP Bank Analyzer
8 2 (4.00%) SAP MDG
8 2 (4.00%) SAP PLM
8 2 (4.00%) SAP PM
8 2 (4.00%) SAP SD
9 1 (2.00%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 4 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 35 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (40.00%) Finance
3 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (28.00%) Manufacturing
5 9 (18.00%) Aerospace
6 8 (16.00%) Billing
7 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
7 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
8 5 (10.00%) Banking
8 5 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (8.00%) Retail
10 3 (6.00%) General Ledger
10 3 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
12 1 (2.00%) Law
12 1 (2.00%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Private Cloud
2 5 (10.00%) FMCG
2 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) PACS
2 5 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (6.00%) Life Science
3 3 (6.00%) LIMS
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 10 (20.00%) Document Management
3 10 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 9 (18.00%) Inventory Management
5 7 (14.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (14.00%) Revenue Management
5 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.00%) Analytics
6 5 (10.00%) Business Transformation
6 5 (10.00%) Record to Report
7 4 (8.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (8.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.00%) PLM
7 4 (8.00%) Quality Management
7 4 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (6.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (6.00%) Batch Management
8 3 (6.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) DBS Check
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.00%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) IFRS
1 3 (6.00%) IFRS 9
1 3 (6.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) GAAP
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (6.00%) Ariba
2 3 (6.00%) OpenText
3 1 (2.00%) Concur