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 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 534 600
Rank change year-on-year -52 +66 -154
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 221 142 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 123 89 101
10th Percentile £60,100 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +31.82% -15.38%

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 107,455 44,314 74,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 89.66% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 73,770 26,055 44,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 14 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 18 September 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 -19 202 £80,000 +6.67% 211
UK excluding London -46 136 £80,000 +10.34% 130
London -48 71 £85,000 +6.25% 64
North of England -21 67 £80,000 +60.00% 29
Work from Home -40 48 £80,000 -3.03% 162
Midlands -16 44 £70,000 -6.67% 30
Yorkshire -16 38 £85,000 +1.49% 12
West Midlands -21 33 £70,000 -3.45% 25
North West +1 29 £80,000 +60.00% 14
South East -34 16 £77,500 +19.23% 39
East Midlands -37 10 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East of England -30 2 £62,500 -34.21% 15
South West -86 1 - - 7

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 221 (100.00%) SAP
2 114 (51.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 41 (18.55%) User Acceptance Testing
4 32 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (12.67%) Logistics
6 28 (12.67%) System Integration Testing
7 25 (11.31%) SAP Fiori
8 24 (10.86%) ABAP
8 24 (10.86%) SAP HANA
8 24 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
9 20 (9.05%) Translating Business Requirements
10 18 (8.14%) Coaching
11 17 (7.69%) Presales
11 17 (7.69%) SAP Basis
12 16 (7.24%) Data Governance
12 16 (7.24%) Integration Testing
12 16 (7.24%) SAP CO
12 16 (7.24%) SAP FI
12 16 (7.24%) SAP SD
13 15 (6.79%) Analytics
13 15 (6.79%) IAG
13 15 (6.79%) Migration
13 15 (6.79%) Project Delivery
13 15 (6.79%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (6.79%) SAP FI/CO
13 15 (6.79%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (6.33%) Data Migration
14 14 (6.33%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (6.33%) Order to Cash

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 (0.45%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 114 (51.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (7.24%) SAP CO
2 16 (7.24%) SAP FI
2 16 (7.24%) SAP SD
3 15 (6.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 12 (5.43%) SAP MDG
5 10 (4.52%) SAP HCM
6 9 (4.07%) SAP PP
7 8 (3.62%) SAP Business One
7 8 (3.62%) SAP IBP
7 8 (3.62%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (3.62%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (3.62%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (3.17%) SAP GTS
9 6 (2.71%) SAP GRC
10 4 (1.81%) SAP EWM
10 4 (1.81%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (1.81%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (1.81%) SAP MM
10 4 (1.81%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.79%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.26%) GCP
3 4 (1.81%) AWS
3 4 (1.81%) Azure
3 4 (1.81%) PaaS
3 4 (1.81%) SaaS
3 4 (1.81%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.45%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) HTTP
2 1 (0.45%) FTP
2 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.86%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.07%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.90%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) LSMW
General
1 45 (20.36%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.93%) Manufacturing
3 29 (13.12%) Finance
4 18 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.69%) Retail
6 9 (4.07%) Automotive
7 8 (3.62%) Billing
7 8 (3.62%) Legal
8 4 (1.81%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.81%) German Language
9 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.36%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Czech Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.31%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.69%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.62%) SAP Core Interface
3 8 (3.62%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.17%) Middleware
5 6 (2.71%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.26%) Web Dynpro
6 5 (2.26%) XML
7 4 (1.81%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.81%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.45%) BAPI
8 1 (0.45%) EDI
8 1 (0.45%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.45%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.45%) SAP XI
8 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.62%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.71%) Replication
5 4 (1.81%) Data Fabric
5 4 (1.81%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Life Science
6 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Robotics
8 1 (0.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Linux
1 1 (0.45%) Unix
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (18.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 32 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (12.67%) Logistics
4 28 (12.67%) System Integration Testing
5 24 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 20 (9.05%) Translating Business Requirements
7 18 (8.14%) Coaching
8 17 (7.69%) Presales
9 16 (7.24%) Data Governance
9 16 (7.24%) Integration Testing
10 15 (6.79%) Analytics
10 15 (6.79%) Migration
10 15 (6.79%) Project Delivery
10 15 (6.79%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (6.33%) Data Migration
11 14 (6.33%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (6.33%) Order to Cash
12 13 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
12 13 (5.88%) Production Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.86%) ABAP
2 6 (2.71%) SQL
3 3 (1.36%) Perl
4 1 (0.45%) Java
4 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 8 (3.62%) SAP Certification
3 7 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.81%) CISA
4 4 (1.81%) CISSP
4 4 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.36%) Degree
6 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.45%) CCA
6 1 (0.45%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.43%) GDPR
2 11 (4.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.71%) GRC
5 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.36%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.90%) PMO
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) GMP
8 1 (0.45%) GxP
8 1 (0.45%) QA
8 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.79%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Ansible
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 221 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.88%) Ariba
3 12 (5.43%) OpenText
4 4 (1.81%) Databricks
4 4 (1.81%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.45%) Concur
6 1 (0.45%) Dell
6 1 (0.45%) Google
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle