SAP HCM Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Human Capital Management Consultant
UK

The median SAP Human Capital Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 531 577
Rank change year-on-year -17 +46 +221
Contract jobs requiring an SAP HCM Consultant 43 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.029% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.032% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 0 2
10th Percentile £510 - £538
25th Percentile £513 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.08%
75th Percentile £713 - £631
90th Percentile £800 - £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £621 - -

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 33,545 31,624 41,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.80% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,197 19,461 27,642
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,986 989 1,457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.60 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.08 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%

SAP HCM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP HCM Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP HCM Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP HCM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP HCM Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP HCM Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP HCM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM Consultant over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP HCM Consultant in the UK

SAP HCM Consultant
Top 8 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 HCM Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 20 December 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 -15 34 £575 - 2
UK excluding London -15 21 £621 - 2
Work from Home +15 19 £540 - 2
London +7 11 £526 -
South East -10 10 £575 - 1
East of England - 9 £800 -
North of England - 2 £519 -
North West - 2 £519 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, SAP HCM 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 HCM Consultant in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) SAP
2 41 (95.35%) SAP HCM
3 30 (69.77%) ABAP
4 24 (55.81%) Time Management
5 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
6 13 (30.23%) SC Cleared
6 13 (30.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (27.91%) Groovy
7 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
7 12 (27.91%) Mentoring
7 12 (27.91%) Performance Management
7 12 (27.91%) SAP PI
8 11 (25.58%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (20.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (20.93%) Process Improvement
9 9 (20.93%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (18.60%) SAP Payroll
11 7 (16.28%) SAP S/4HANA
11 7 (16.28%) SOAP
11 7 (16.28%) Web Services
12 6 (13.95%) Data Modelling
12 6 (13.95%) Requirements Gathering
12 6 (13.95%) Requirements Workshops
12 6 (13.95%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (13.95%) Workflow
12 6 (13.95%) XML
13 5 (11.63%) Data Migration
13 5 (11.63%) Migration
13 5 (11.63%) SAP PS
14 4 (9.30%) Computacenter

SAP HCM 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 41 (95.35%) SAP HCM
2 8 (18.60%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (16.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (11.63%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) SuccessFactors
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) German Language
5 1 (2.33%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (27.91%) SAP PI
2 7 (16.28%) SOAP
2 7 (16.28%) Web Services
3 6 (13.95%) XML
4 1 (2.33%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Replication
2 4 (9.30%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (55.81%) Time Management
2 13 (30.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (27.91%) Mentoring
3 12 (27.91%) Performance Management
4 9 (20.93%) Process Improvement
4 9 (20.93%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (13.95%) Data Modelling
5 6 (13.95%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (13.95%) Requirements Workshops
5 6 (13.95%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (13.95%) Workflow
6 5 (11.63%) Data Migration
6 5 (11.63%) Migration
7 2 (4.65%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (2.33%) Data Privacy
8 1 (2.33%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (2.33%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (2.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) ABAP
2 12 (27.91%) Groovy
2 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
2 13 (30.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (9.30%) Computacenter
3 3 (6.98%) Ariba
4 1 (2.33%) Workday