SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £78,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 545 548
Rank change year-on-year +92 +3 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 234 127 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 114 67 150
10th Percentile £55,750 - £53,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.77% -7.14% +3.05%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £99,375
90th Percentile £93,375 £99,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +55.00% -25.93% +3.85%

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 62,841 44,387 71,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 91.47% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 23,421 55,777
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 21 February 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 +107 190 £77,500 +6.90% 109
London +89 94 £80,000 - 35
Work from Home +76 81 £77,500 -8.82% 32
UK excluding London +13 77 £77,500 +55.00% 94
North of England -4 45 £77,500 +55.00% 22
Yorkshire -6 30 £77,500 +55.00% 7
South East 0 18 £70,250 +40.50% 27
North West -4 15 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Midlands -14 11 £80,000 +23.08% 24
West Midlands -14 8 £80,000 +25.49% 12
East Midlands -22 3 £75,000 -11.76% 11
East of England +16 2 £62,500 -3.85% 6
South West -11 1 £65,000 +30.00% 8

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

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, 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 SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 234 (100.00%) SAP
2 116 (49.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
4 44 (18.80%) Analytics
5 40 (17.09%) SAP FI
6 39 (16.67%) SAP CO
6 39 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
7 38 (16.24%) Migration
8 35 (14.96%) SAP PP
9 34 (14.53%) Security Cleared
10 33 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (12.39%) Production Planning
12 28 (11.97%) Business Development
13 27 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (11.54%) Logistics
14 24 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (10.26%) SAP IBP
15 23 (9.83%) Coaching
15 23 (9.83%) Data Migration
15 23 (9.83%) Workshop Facilitation
16 22 (9.40%) ABAP
16 22 (9.40%) SuccessFactors
17 21 (8.97%) Collaborative Culture
17 21 (8.97%) Roadmaps
18 20 (8.55%) Translating Business Requirements
19 19 (8.12%) Agile
19 19 (8.12%) ERP
20 17 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 15 (6.41%) Decision-Making
21 15 (6.41%) SAP Certification

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.28%) Maya
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 116 (49.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (17.09%) SAP FI
3 39 (16.67%) SAP CO
3 39 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 35 (14.96%) SAP PP
5 24 (10.26%) SAP IBP
6 10 (4.27%) SAP HCM
7 9 (3.85%) SAP PS
8 8 (3.42%) SAP Business One
8 8 (3.42%) SAP MM
8 8 (3.42%) SAP PM
8 8 (3.42%) SAP SCM
9 7 (2.99%) SAP MDG
9 7 (2.99%) SAP Payroll
9 7 (2.99%) SAP SD
10 6 (2.56%) SAP HR
10 6 (2.56%) SAP WM
11 5 (2.14%) SAP FSCM
11 5 (2.14%) SAP GRC
11 5 (2.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.40%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.71%) SaaS
3 2 (0.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.85%) Crystal Reports
1 9 (3.85%) SAP BW
1 9 (3.85%) SAP Data Services
1 9 (3.85%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.42%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.85%) Power BI
6 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) LSMW
3 1 (0.43%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 66 (28.21%) Finance
2 48 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.96%) Manufacturing
4 29 (12.39%) Law
5 25 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.26%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (6.84%) Retail
8 7 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.14%) German Language
9 5 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.71%) Legal
11 3 (1.28%) Games
12 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) French Language
12 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.99%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.56%) SAPUI5
4 4 (1.71%) IDoc
5 2 (0.85%) Middleware
6 1 (0.43%) EDI
6 1 (0.43%) OLE
6 1 (0.43%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.82%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (10.68%) Life Science
3 11 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.70%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.99%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.56%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.71%) Replication
8 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.85%) FMCG
9 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.28%) Linux
1 3 (1.28%) SUSE
1 3 (1.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.28%) Windows
1 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (18.80%) Analytics
2 38 (16.24%) Migration
3 33 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (12.39%) Production Planning
5 28 (11.97%) Business Development
6 27 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (11.54%) Logistics
7 24 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 23 (9.83%) Coaching
8 23 (9.83%) Data Migration
8 23 (9.83%) Workshop Facilitation
9 21 (8.97%) Collaborative Culture
9 21 (8.97%) Roadmaps
10 20 (8.55%) Translating Business Requirements
11 19 (8.12%) Agile
11 19 (8.12%) ERP
12 17 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (6.41%) Decision-Making
14 13 (5.56%) Business Strategy
15 12 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.40%) ABAP
2 8 (3.42%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 34 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.41%) SAP Certification
3 14 (5.98%) Degree
4 12 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.85%) CCA
5 2 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.43%) ACCA
6 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.43%) CIMA
6 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.99%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.14%) GRC
2 5 (2.14%) SLA
3 4 (1.71%) QA
4 2 (0.85%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.43%) GAAP
5 1 (0.43%) GMP
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS
5 1 (0.43%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 234 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (1.71%) Oracle
2 4 (1.71%) Workday
3 3 (1.28%) Ariba
4 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce