SAP Consultant Contracts

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 240 339
Rank change year-on-year +70 +99 -42
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 601 690 685
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.17% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.23% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 265 260
10th Percentile £425 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +6.90%
75th Percentile £694 £675 £654
90th Percentile £787 £721 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £575 £505
% change year-on-year +1.04% +13.86% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 2
10th Percentile £52.90 £60.70 £46.00
25th Percentile £54.88 £63.14 £55.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £69.84 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% -0.23% +21.74%
75th Percentile £63.08 £97.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £64.51 £98.25 £94.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 -
% change year-on-year -4.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +85 456 £583 +0.46% 62
Work from Home +33 248 £582 -0.51% 46
UK excluding London +70 229 £581 +1.04% 28
London +117 178 £600 - 22
South East +37 121 £666 -2.02% 10
North of England +15 43 £450 -16.67% 7
Midlands +17 36 £563 -2.17% 4
North West +23 28 £450 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +22 22 £545 +11.22% 2
East of England +27 20 £565 +12.90% 5
Yorkshire +8 14 £550 +4.76% 4
East Midlands +14 8 £600 +3.63% 2
South West +28 6 £513 -10.87%
Scotland +41 2 - -
Wales +15 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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.

1 601 (100.00%) SAP
2 232 (38.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 122 (20.30%) Social Skills
4 105 (17.47%) Security Cleared
5 101 (16.81%) Finance
6 82 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 79 (13.14%) ABAP
8 63 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (9.82%) SAP EWM
10 56 (9.32%) Migration
11 52 (8.65%) SAP HANA
11 52 (8.65%) SAP SD
11 52 (8.65%) SAP FI
12 50 (8.32%) Logistics
13 48 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (7.82%) Workshop Facilitation
15 43 (7.15%) SAP QM
15 43 (7.15%) Public Sector
16 41 (6.82%) Requirements Gathering
16 41 (6.82%) DV Cleared
17 40 (6.66%) SAP Fiori
17 40 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
18 37 (6.16%) Ariba
19 36 (5.99%) SAP Basis
19 36 (5.99%) SAP CO
19 36 (5.99%) Agile
20 35 (5.82%) SuccessFactors
21 34 (5.66%) SAP MDG
21 34 (5.66%) PLM
21 34 (5.66%) Manufacturing

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 15 (2.50%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 232 (38.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (9.82%) SAP EWM
3 52 (8.65%) SAP FI
3 52 (8.65%) SAP SD
4 43 (7.15%) SAP QM
5 36 (5.99%) SAP CO
6 34 (5.66%) SAP MDG
7 33 (5.49%) SAP FI/CO
8 18 (3.00%) SAP PP
9 17 (2.83%) SAP IBP
10 16 (2.66%) SAP MM
10 16 (2.66%) SAP PSCD
11 11 (1.83%) SAP Hybris
11 11 (1.83%) SAP PS
12 10 (1.66%) SAP BRIM
12 10 (1.66%) SAP PLM
12 10 (1.66%) SAP Retail
13 9 (1.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 8 (1.33%) SAP FI-CA
14 8 (1.33%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (5.82%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (1.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 5 (0.83%) Azure
4 3 (0.50%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.50%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.17%) SSH
1 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.65%) SAP HANA
2 23 (3.83%) SAP BW
3 9 (1.50%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.33%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) DB2
6 1 (0.17%) Metadata
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.16%) JIRA
2 2 (0.33%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.33%) LSMW
2 2 (0.33%) NWDI
2 2 (0.33%) NWDS
3 1 (0.17%) JMeter
3 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.17%) NeoLoad
General
1 122 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 101 (16.81%) Finance
3 43 (7.15%) Public Sector
4 40 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.66%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.33%) Billing
7 24 (3.99%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (3.99%) Retail
8 11 (1.83%) Automotive
9 9 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.50%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.16%) Banking
10 7 (1.16%) Legal
11 6 (1.00%) Spanish Language
12 4 (0.67%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.67%) Marketing
12 4 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.50%) French Language
13 3 (0.50%) Law
14 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.66%) SAP Fiori
2 36 (5.99%) SAP Basis
3 15 (2.50%) EDI
4 10 (1.66%) BAPI
4 10 (1.66%) SAP ALE
5 9 (1.50%) SAP TM
6 8 (1.33%) Web Services
7 7 (1.16%) IDoc
8 5 (0.83%) Middleware
9 4 (0.67%) REST
9 4 (0.67%) Web Dynpro
9 4 (0.67%) XML
10 3 (0.50%) SAP Core Interface
10 3 (0.50%) SOAP
10 3 (0.50%) XSLT
11 2 (0.33%) Kafka
11 2 (0.33%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.33%) SAP Smart Forms
12 1 (0.17%) OAuth
12 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (1.83%) Replication
3 8 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (1.33%) Life Science
3 8 (1.33%) Public Cloud
4 6 (1.00%) FMCG
4 6 (1.00%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.67%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.67%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.50%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.50%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.33%) iPad
7 2 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.00%) Linux
2 11 (1.83%) Unix
3 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.17%) Windows
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (9.32%) Migration
3 50 (8.32%) Logistics
4 48 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (7.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 41 (6.82%) Requirements Gathering
7 36 (5.99%) Agile
8 34 (5.66%) PLM
9 33 (5.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 29 (4.83%) Data Migration
10 29 (4.83%) ERP
11 25 (4.16%) GAP Analysis
12 23 (3.83%) Integration Testing
12 23 (3.83%) Project Management
13 22 (3.66%) Procure-to-Pay
14 21 (3.49%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (3.49%) SAP Security
14 21 (3.49%) Workflow
15 18 (3.00%) Change Management
15 18 (3.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 79 (13.14%) ABAP
2 6 (1.00%) SQL
3 4 (0.67%) Groovy
4 3 (0.50%) Java
5 2 (0.33%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 105 (17.47%) Security Cleared
2 82 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.82%) DV Cleared
4 24 (3.99%) SAP Certification
5 19 (3.16%) Degree
6 6 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.17%) ACCA
9 1 (0.17%) CIMA
9 1 (0.17%) MBA
9 1 (0.17%) OCP
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.00%) QA
2 10 (1.66%) IFRS
3 6 (1.00%) SLA
4 4 (0.67%) GDPR
4 4 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.50%) GAAP
5 3 (0.50%) GxP
6 2 (0.33%) ITGC
7 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.17%) GRC
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 601 (100.00%) SAP
2 37 (6.16%) Ariba
3 21 (3.49%) Microsoft
4 16 (2.66%) Oracle
5 10 (1.66%) Adobe
6 7 (1.16%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.00%) Concur
8 5 (0.83%) OpenText
9 4 (0.67%) JDA
10 3 (0.50%) Apple
10 3 (0.50%) Reuters
10 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.33%) CA
12 1 (0.17%) Cognos
12 1 (0.17%) HP
12 1 (0.17%) JD Edwards
12 1 (0.17%) Kenna
12 1 (0.17%) Siemens