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 15 March 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 549 594
Rank change year-on-year +91 +45 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 244 96 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.24% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 132 53 138
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,188 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £93,625 £109,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 68,326 39,752 79,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 90.66% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,620 23,240 61,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +83 204 £80,000 - 117
London +86 113 £80,000 -5.88% 25
UK excluding London +5 72 £77,500 +3.33% 103
Work from Home +75 70 £77,500 -8.82% 90
North of England -15 35 £77,500 +3.33% 13
Yorkshire - 25 £77,500 - 5
South East +10 19 £70,250 -17.35% 42
Midlands -35 15 £80,000 +10.34% 25
West Midlands -17 11 £80,000 +14.29% 14
North West -1 10 £65,000 -13.33% 6
East Midlands -35 4 £70,000 -17.65% 10
East of England +2 2 £62,500 -3.85% 13
South West - 1 £65,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 15 March 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.

1 244 (100.00%) SAP
2 128 (52.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 63 (25.82%) SAP Fiori
4 55 (22.54%) Analytics
5 50 (20.49%) SAP PP
6 44 (18.03%) Business Development
7 43 (17.62%) Production Planning
8 36 (14.75%) SAP FI
9 35 (14.34%) SAP CO
9 35 (14.34%) SAP FI/CO
10 34 (13.93%) Migration
10 34 (13.93%) SAP IBP
11 33 (13.52%) Security Cleared
12 26 (10.66%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (9.84%) Coaching
15 22 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.02%) Data Migration
16 21 (8.61%) ABAP
16 21 (8.61%) Logistics
16 21 (8.61%) SuccessFactors
17 19 (7.79%) Translating Business Requirements
17 19 (7.79%) Workshop Facilitation
18 18 (7.38%) Roadmaps
19 17 (6.97%) Collaborative Culture
20 16 (6.56%) Agile
21 14 (5.74%) Decision-Making
21 14 (5.74%) SAP Certification
21 14 (5.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 11 (4.51%) Business Strategy

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 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 128 (52.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (20.49%) SAP PP
3 36 (14.75%) SAP FI
4 35 (14.34%) SAP CO
4 35 (14.34%) SAP FI/CO
5 34 (13.93%) SAP IBP
6 9 (3.69%) SAP PM
6 9 (3.69%) SAP PS
6 9 (3.69%) SAP SCM
7 8 (3.28%) SAP HCM
8 7 (2.87%) SAP SD
8 7 (2.87%) SAP WM
9 5 (2.05%) SAP MDG
9 5 (2.05%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (1.64%) SAP GRC
10 4 (1.64%) SAP HR
10 4 (1.64%) SAP MM
11 3 (1.23%) SAP Business One
11 3 (1.23%) SAP FSCM
11 3 (1.23%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.61%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.23%) SaaS
3 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.51%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.28%) BusinessObjects
2 8 (3.28%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (2.87%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 58 (23.77%) Finance
2 49 (20.08%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.21%) Law
4 38 (15.57%) Social Skills
5 25 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.74%) Retail
7 13 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.46%) German Language
10 5 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.64%) Legal
12 2 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.82%) Banking
12 2 (0.82%) Billing
12 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.82%) French Language
12 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (25.82%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.46%) SAP Basis
3 5 (2.05%) SAPUI5
4 4 (1.64%) IDoc
5 2 (0.82%) Middleware
6 1 (0.41%) EDI
6 1 (0.41%) OLE
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.85%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (16.80%) Life Science
3 10 (4.10%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.46%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.46%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.05%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.64%) Replication
8 3 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.82%) FMCG
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.23%) Linux
1 3 (1.23%) SUSE
1 3 (1.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.23%) Windows
1 3 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.54%) Analytics
2 44 (18.03%) Business Development
3 43 (17.62%) Production Planning
4 34 (13.93%) Migration
5 26 (10.66%) Requirements Gathering
6 25 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (9.84%) Coaching
8 22 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (9.02%) Data Migration
9 21 (8.61%) Logistics
10 19 (7.79%) Translating Business Requirements
10 19 (7.79%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (7.38%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.97%) Collaborative Culture
13 16 (6.56%) Agile
14 14 (5.74%) Decision-Making
14 14 (5.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (4.51%) ERP
15 11 (4.51%) Supply Chain Management
15 11 (4.51%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.61%) ABAP
2 3 (1.23%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 33 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.74%) SAP Certification
3 11 (4.51%) Degree
3 11 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.82%) CCA
5 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.41%) ACCA
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) CIMA
6 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.46%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.64%) GRC
2 4 (1.64%) SLA
3 3 (1.23%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.23%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) GAAP
4 1 (0.41%) GMP
4 1 (0.41%) IFRS
4 1 (0.41%) PMO
4 1 (0.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 244 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (1.23%) Oracle
2 3 (1.23%) Workday
3 2 (0.82%) Ariba
4 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce