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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 557 645
Rank change year-on-year +99 +88 -140
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 274 90 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 168 57 140
10th Percentile £63,225 £62,000 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +13.79% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £98,125
90th Percentile £95,250 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% +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 81,450 37,439 89,409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 89.27% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 52,076 23,545 66,095
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +76 239 £80,000 - 76
UK excluding London -8 117 £80,000 +6.67% 57
London +79 109 £80,000 -11.11% 29
North of England +8 65 £77,500 +3.33% 24
Work from Home +30 64 £77,500 -8.82% 43
Yorkshire - 40 £77,500 - 14
Midlands -53 28 £80,000 +6.67% 5
North West -6 25 £77,500 +3.33% 10
West Midlands -34 23 £80,000 +6.67% 5
South East -25 22 £65,000 -21.21% 14
East Midlands -44 5 £70,000 -17.65%
East of England -28 1 £70,000 +7.69%
South West - 1 £65,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 22 April 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.

1 274 (100.00%) SAP
2 156 (56.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 67 (24.45%) SAP Fiori
4 60 (21.90%) Analytics
5 47 (17.15%) SAP PP
6 44 (16.06%) Production Planning
7 43 (15.69%) Business Development
8 37 (13.50%) SAP IBP
9 34 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
10 29 (10.58%) SAP FI
11 28 (10.22%) Logistics
11 28 (10.22%) SAP CO
12 27 (9.85%) Migration
12 27 (9.85%) SAP FI/CO
13 26 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (9.49%) System Integration Testing
13 26 (9.49%) Translating Business Requirements
14 23 (8.39%) SAP HANA
14 23 (8.39%) Security Cleared
15 22 (8.03%) ABAP
15 22 (8.03%) Coaching
15 22 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
16 21 (7.66%) Data Migration
17 20 (7.30%) SuccessFactors
18 19 (6.93%) Requirements Gathering
19 18 (6.57%) Order to Cash
19 18 (6.57%) Roadmaps
20 16 (5.84%) Data Governance
20 16 (5.84%) SAP SD
21 15 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement

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 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 156 (56.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (17.15%) SAP PP
3 37 (13.50%) SAP IBP
4 29 (10.58%) SAP FI
5 28 (10.22%) SAP CO
6 27 (9.85%) SAP FI/CO
7 16 (5.84%) SAP SD
8 8 (2.92%) SAP MDG
8 8 (2.92%) SAP SCM
9 7 (2.55%) SAP HCM
9 7 (2.55%) SAP PS
9 7 (2.55%) SAP WM
10 6 (2.19%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.19%) SAP PM
10 6 (2.19%) SAP Travel Management
11 5 (1.82%) SAP Business One
11 5 (1.82%) SAP MDG-BP
11 5 (1.82%) SAP MM
11 5 (1.82%) SAP Retail
12 4 (1.46%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.30%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.73%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.36%) AWS
3 1 (0.36%) Azure
3 1 (0.36%) GCP
3 1 (0.36%) PaaS
3 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.39%) SAP HANA
2 13 (4.74%) SAP BW
3 8 (2.92%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (2.19%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.82%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 4 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.36%) Power BI
8 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) LSMW
2 1 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 52 (18.98%) Finance
2 50 (18.25%) Manufacturing
3 42 (15.33%) Law
4 41 (14.96%) Social Skills
5 24 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.39%) Retail
7 12 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.28%) Legal
9 4 (1.46%) Billing
9 4 (1.46%) German Language
10 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.73%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) French Language
11 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (24.45%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.19%) SAP TM
3 5 (1.82%) Middleware
3 5 (1.82%) SAP Core Interface
4 4 (1.46%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.46%) XML
5 3 (1.09%) SAP Basis
5 3 (1.09%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.73%) IDoc
6 2 (0.73%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.36%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.98%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.33%) Life Science
3 9 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.92%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.82%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.82%) Replication
7 4 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.73%) FMCG
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.36%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Linux
1 1 (0.36%) SUSE
1 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
1 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.90%) Analytics
2 44 (16.06%) Production Planning
3 43 (15.69%) Business Development
4 34 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 28 (10.22%) Logistics
6 27 (9.85%) Migration
7 26 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (9.49%) System Integration Testing
7 26 (9.49%) Translating Business Requirements
8 22 (8.03%) Coaching
8 22 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
9 21 (7.66%) Data Migration
10 19 (6.93%) Requirements Gathering
11 18 (6.57%) Order to Cash
11 18 (6.57%) Roadmaps
12 16 (5.84%) Data Governance
13 15 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (5.47%) Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (5.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (5.11%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.03%) ABAP
2 5 (1.82%) SQL
3 2 (0.73%) Perl
4 1 (0.36%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 23 (8.39%) Security Cleared
2 11 (4.01%) SAP Certification
3 8 (2.92%) Degree
3 8 (2.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.36%) ACCA
6 1 (0.36%) CCA
6 1 (0.36%) CIMA
6 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.82%) GDPR
2 5 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.46%) GRC
3 4 (1.46%) SLA
4 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) GMP
6 1 (0.36%) IFRS
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 274 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (4.38%) Ariba
3 8 (2.92%) OpenText
4 1 (0.36%) Databricks
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.36%) Salesforce