Principal SAP Consultant Job Trends

Principal SAP Consultant
UK

The median Principal SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 722 - 895
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal SAP Consultant 15 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.016% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £97,000 - £41,550
25th Percentile £100,000 - £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 - £79,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.77%
75th Percentile £111,250 - £101,625
90th Percentile £115,000 - £114,450
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 87,000 39,565 98,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.42% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 58,806 22,312 71,677
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%

Principal SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Principal SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Principal SAP Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Principal SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Principal SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Principal SAP Consultant
Top 6 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 15 £107,500 - 4
Yorkshire - 9 - -
UK excluding London - 9 - - 1
North of England - 9 - -
London - 6 £107,500 - 4
Work from Home - 2 £107,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, 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 featuring Principal SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (26.67%) SAP Certification
4 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) ABAP
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) SAP CO
5 2 (13.33%) SAP FI
5 2 (13.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (6.67%) AI
6 1 (6.67%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
6 1 (6.67%) Concur
6 1 (6.67%) CRM
6 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (6.67%) Expense Management
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (6.67%) Presales
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Process Architecture
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
6 1 (6.67%) Requirements Management

Principal 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (13.33%) SAP CO
2 2 (13.33%) SAP FI
2 2 (13.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (6.67%) SAP PM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
4 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Logistics
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (6.67%) AI
5 1 (6.67%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Expense Management
5 1 (6.67%) Presales
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Process Architecture
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Management
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
5 1 (6.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Concur