SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 553 654
Rank change year-on-year +17 +101 -226
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 258 129 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 152 87 97
10th Percentile £62,625 £62,500 £55,264
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

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 98,814 44,648 79,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 90.01% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67,613 26,525 53,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -0.80% -6.54%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +25 232 £80,000 - 95
UK excluding London -1 130 £80,000 +6.67% 55
London +22 106 £80,000 -3.03% 35
North of England +4 63 £80,000 +6.67% 11
Work from Home -27 51 £80,000 -13.51% 90
Midlands -17 45 £75,000 - 11
Yorkshire +15 39 £85,000 -5.56% 3
West Midlands -19 38 £75,000 - 7
North West +6 24 £77,500 +10.71% 8
South East -18 15 £90,000 +38.46% 25
East Midlands -23 6 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East of England -30 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 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.

1 258 (100.00%) SAP
2 146 (56.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (20.16%) Analytics
4 51 (19.77%) SAP Fiori
5 42 (16.28%) Production Planning
6 39 (15.12%) SAP PP
6 39 (15.12%) User Acceptance Testing
7 37 (14.34%) SAP IBP
8 36 (13.95%) Business Development
9 33 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (12.02%) Logistics
10 31 (12.02%) System Integration Testing
11 27 (10.47%) Workshop Facilitation
12 26 (10.08%) SAP HANA
13 25 (9.69%) Translating Business Requirements
14 24 (9.30%) Coaching
15 23 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (8.14%) ABAP
16 21 (8.14%) SuccessFactors
17 18 (6.98%) Data Governance
18 17 (6.59%) Migration
18 17 (6.59%) Order to Cash
18 17 (6.59%) SAP Basis
19 16 (6.20%) Data Migration
19 16 (6.20%) SAP SD
19 16 (6.20%) Thought Leadership
20 15 (5.81%) Data Modelling
21 14 (5.43%) Knowledge Transfer
21 14 (5.43%) Presales
21 14 (5.43%) Project Delivery

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 1 (0.39%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 146 (56.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (15.12%) SAP PP
3 37 (14.34%) SAP IBP
4 16 (6.20%) SAP SD
5 12 (4.65%) SAP CO
5 12 (4.65%) SAP FI
5 12 (4.65%) SAP HCM
6 11 (4.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 11 (4.26%) SAP MDG
7 8 (3.10%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (3.10%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (3.10%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (2.71%) SAP GTS
9 5 (1.94%) SAP PM
9 5 (1.94%) SAP SCM
10 4 (1.55%) SAP Business One
10 4 (1.55%) SAP EWM
10 4 (1.55%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (1.55%) SAP MM
10 4 (1.55%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.14%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (1.94%) GCP
3 4 (1.55%) AWS
3 4 (1.55%) Azure
3 4 (1.55%) PaaS
3 4 (1.55%) SaaS
3 4 (1.55%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.39%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.94%) HTTP
2 1 (0.39%) FTP
2 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.08%) SAP HANA
2 11 (4.26%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) JIRA
1 1 (0.39%) LSMW
1 1 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 55 (21.32%) Manufacturing
2 51 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.40%) Law
4 31 (12.02%) Finance
5 29 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (6.59%) Retail
7 10 (3.88%) Legal
8 8 (3.10%) Billing
9 7 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.94%) German Language
11 4 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.16%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.78%) Automotive
13 2 (0.78%) Banking
14 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.39%) Czech Language
14 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (19.77%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (6.59%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.10%) SAP TM
4 7 (2.71%) Middleware
4 7 (2.71%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (1.94%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.94%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.55%) XML
7 1 (0.39%) BAPI
7 1 (0.39%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.39%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.39%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.83%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (13.18%) Life Science
3 14 (5.43%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 11 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.71%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.71%) Replication
6 5 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.55%) Data Fabric
7 4 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.39%) Robotics
10 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.39%) Linux
1 1 (0.39%) Unix
1 1 (0.39%) Windows
1 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.16%) Analytics
2 42 (16.28%) Production Planning
3 39 (15.12%) User Acceptance Testing
4 36 (13.95%) Business Development
5 33 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (12.02%) Logistics
6 31 (12.02%) System Integration Testing
7 27 (10.47%) Workshop Facilitation
8 25 (9.69%) Translating Business Requirements
9 24 (9.30%) Coaching
10 23 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (6.98%) Data Governance
12 17 (6.59%) Migration
12 17 (6.59%) Order to Cash
13 16 (6.20%) Data Migration
13 16 (6.20%) Thought Leadership
14 15 (5.81%) Data Modelling
15 14 (5.43%) Knowledge Transfer
15 14 (5.43%) Presales
15 14 (5.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.14%) ABAP
2 4 (1.55%) SQL
3 3 (1.16%) Perl
4 1 (0.39%) Java
4 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (4.65%) Security Cleared
2 10 (3.88%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.55%) Degree
4 3 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (1.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) ACCA
5 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.39%) CCA
5 1 (0.39%) CIMA
5 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.10%) Data Quality
1 8 (3.10%) GDPR
2 7 (2.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.55%) SLA
4 3 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.16%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.16%) PMO
5 2 (0.78%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) GAAP
6 1 (0.39%) GMP
6 1 (0.39%) GxP
6 1 (0.39%) IFRS
6 1 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Ansible
1 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 258 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.04%) Ariba
3 12 (4.65%) OpenText
4 4 (1.55%) Databricks
4 4 (1.55%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.39%) Concur
6 1 (0.39%) Dell
6 1 (0.39%) Google
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle