Principal SAP Consultant Job Trends in England

Principal SAP Consultant
UK > England

The median Principal SAP Consultant salary in England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 - 682
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal SAP Consultant 20 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.045% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £120,000
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile £90,750 - -
UK median annual salary £77,500 - £120,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 40,271 57,548 45,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 94.92% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,710 32,582 35,348
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Principal SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Principal SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Principal SAP Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Principal SAP Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Principal SAP Consultant job vacancies in England

Principal SAP Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal SAP Consultant in England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal SAP Consultant in England

Principal SAP Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal SAP Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 18 £77,500 -
North of England - 18 £77,500 -
London - 2 £100,000 - 3
Principal SAP Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Principal SAP Consultant 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Principal SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (30.00%) Agile
5 6 (30.00%) Migration
5 6 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 6 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (30.00%) SAP Basis
5 6 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (30.00%) SAPUI5
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (15.00%) ABAP
7 3 (15.00%) Ariba
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
7 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (15.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.00%) GRC
7 3 (15.00%) High Availability
7 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
7 3 (15.00%) Linux
7 3 (15.00%) Logistics
7 3 (15.00%) Mobile Development
7 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management

Principal SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (15.00%) SAP CO
2 3 (15.00%) SAP FI
2 3 (15.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (15.00%) SAP GRC
2 3 (15.00%) SAP MDG
2 3 (15.00%) SAP MM
2 3 (15.00%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (15.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) SAP Basis
1 6 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (30.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (15.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (15.00%) Replication
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) SUSE
1 3 (15.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Migration
3 6 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 6 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (20.00%) Analytics
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
5 3 (15.00%) Logistics
5 3 (15.00%) Mobile Development
5 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (15.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) ABAP
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (15.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Ariba