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 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 541 643
Rank change year-on-year -22 +102 -233
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 229 129 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 133 85 86
10th Percentile £62,100 £62,500 £55,625
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £96,875
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 101,140 44,848 79,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.92% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 69,235 26,502 52,116
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,712 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.64% -4.63% -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 21 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 21 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 +3 209 £80,000 - 54
UK excluding London -27 130 £80,000 +6.67% 34
London -31 83 £80,000 -3.03% 17
North of England +13 65 £80,000 +3.23% 13
Midlands -22 43 £70,000 -6.67% 7
Work from Home -46 41 £80,000 -3.03% 54
Yorkshire -1 39 £85,000 -5.56% 4
West Midlands -22 34 £70,000 -6.67% 6
North West -2 26 £77,500 +19.23% 9
South East -29 15 £90,000 +38.46% 9
East Midlands -15 8 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East of England -19 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 229 (100.00%) SAP
2 125 (54.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 36 (15.72%) User Acceptance Testing
4 34 (14.85%) SAP Fiori
5 30 (13.10%) Analytics
5 30 (13.10%) Logistics
6 29 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (12.23%) System Integration Testing
8 27 (11.79%) Production Planning
9 25 (10.92%) Workshop Facilitation
10 24 (10.48%) SAP HANA
10 24 (10.48%) SAP PP
11 23 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (9.61%) SAP IBP
13 21 (9.17%) ABAP
13 21 (9.17%) Translating Business Requirements
14 20 (8.73%) Business Development
15 18 (7.86%) Coaching
15 18 (7.86%) Data Governance
16 17 (7.42%) Order to Cash
16 17 (7.42%) SAP Basis
16 17 (7.42%) SuccessFactors
17 16 (6.99%) SAP SD
18 14 (6.11%) Project Delivery
19 13 (5.68%) Ariba
19 13 (5.68%) Knowledge Transfer
19 13 (5.68%) Migration
19 13 (5.68%) Presales
19 13 (5.68%) Root Cause Analysis
20 12 (5.24%) Data Migration

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 (0.44%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 125 (54.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (10.48%) SAP PP
3 22 (9.61%) SAP IBP
4 16 (6.99%) SAP SD
5 11 (4.80%) SAP CO
5 11 (4.80%) SAP FI
5 11 (4.80%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.37%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (4.37%) SAP HCM
7 8 (3.49%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (3.49%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (3.49%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (3.06%) SAP GTS
9 5 (2.18%) SAP PM
9 5 (2.18%) SAP SCM
10 4 (1.75%) SAP Business One
10 4 (1.75%) SAP EWM
10 4 (1.75%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (1.75%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (1.75%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.42%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.18%) GCP
3 4 (1.75%) AWS
3 4 (1.75%) Azure
3 4 (1.75%) PaaS
3 4 (1.75%) SaaS
3 4 (1.75%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.44%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.18%) HTTP
2 1 (0.44%) FTP
2 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.48%) SAP HANA
2 10 (4.37%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.62%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) LSMW
General
1 46 (20.09%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.47%) Manufacturing
3 24 (10.48%) Finance
4 22 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.42%) Retail
6 16 (6.99%) Law
7 8 (3.49%) Billing
8 7 (3.06%) Legal
9 5 (2.18%) German Language
10 3 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.31%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Automotive
11 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.44%) Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.85%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.42%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.49%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.06%) Middleware
4 7 (3.06%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.18%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.18%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.75%) XML
7 1 (0.44%) BAPI
7 1 (0.44%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.44%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.44%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.23%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (7.86%) Life Science
3 12 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.49%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.62%) Replication
7 5 (2.18%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.75%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.31%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.44%) Robotics
11 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Linux
1 1 (0.44%) Unix
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.72%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (13.10%) Analytics
2 30 (13.10%) Logistics
3 29 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (12.23%) System Integration Testing
5 27 (11.79%) Production Planning
6 25 (10.92%) Workshop Facilitation
7 23 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (9.17%) Translating Business Requirements
9 20 (8.73%) Business Development
10 18 (7.86%) Coaching
10 18 (7.86%) Data Governance
11 17 (7.42%) Order to Cash
12 14 (6.11%) Project Delivery
13 13 (5.68%) Knowledge Transfer
13 13 (5.68%) Migration
13 13 (5.68%) Presales
13 13 (5.68%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (5.24%) Data Migration
14 12 (5.24%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.17%) ABAP
2 4 (1.75%) SQL
3 3 (1.31%) Perl
4 1 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (4.80%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.93%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.87%) Degree
5 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.44%) CCA
5 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.49%) GDPR
2 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.31%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.31%) PMO
4 2 (0.87%) GRC
4 2 (0.87%) SLA
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) GMP
5 1 (0.44%) GxP
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Ansible
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 229 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.68%) Ariba
3 12 (5.24%) OpenText
4 4 (1.75%) Databricks
4 4 (1.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.44%) Concur
6 1 (0.44%) Dell
6 1 (0.44%) Google
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle