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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 549 567
Rank change year-on-year +111 +18 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 244 122 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.29% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 125 70 138
10th Percentile £59,250 - £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £66,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% -5.36% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,125 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +55.00% -25.93% +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 64,106 42,650 74,151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.47% 91.24% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 40,466 23,050 57,474
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,085
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 1 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 1 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 +118 202 £80,000 +6.67% 166
London +95 108 £80,000 - 36
Work from Home +57 78 £77,500 -8.82% 65
UK excluding London +7 75 £77,500 +55.00% 145
North of England +9 44 £77,500 +55.00% 29
Yorkshire -9 31 £77,500 +55.00% 12
South East +1 18 £70,250 +40.50% 40
North West +2 13 £65,000 +18.18% 15
Midlands -28 10 £80,000 +23.08% 36
West Midlands -6 8 £80,000 +23.08% 20
East of England +8 2 £62,500 -3.85% 15
East Midlands -29 2 £72,500 -14.71% 16
South West -16 1 £65,000 +30.00% 13

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

For the 6 months to 1 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
2 129 (52.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 63 (25.82%) SAP Fiori
4 54 (22.13%) Analytics
5 46 (18.85%) SAP PP
6 40 (16.39%) Business Development
6 40 (16.39%) Production Planning
7 38 (15.57%) Migration
7 38 (15.57%) SAP FI
8 37 (15.16%) SAP CO
8 37 (15.16%) SAP FI/CO
9 33 (13.52%) SAP IBP
9 33 (13.52%) Security Cleared
10 29 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (11.07%) Logistics
12 25 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (10.25%) Requirements Gathering
13 24 (9.84%) Coaching
14 23 (9.43%) Data Migration
15 22 (9.02%) ABAP
15 22 (9.02%) Workshop Facilitation
16 21 (8.61%) Collaborative Culture
16 21 (8.61%) Roadmaps
17 20 (8.20%) SuccessFactors
17 20 (8.20%) Translating Business Requirements
18 19 (7.79%) Agile
19 17 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 16 (6.56%) ERP
21 15 (6.15%) Decision-Making
21 15 (6.15%) SAP Certification

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 2 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Maya
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 129 (52.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (18.85%) SAP PP
3 38 (15.57%) SAP FI
4 37 (15.16%) SAP CO
4 37 (15.16%) SAP FI/CO
5 33 (13.52%) SAP IBP
6 10 (4.10%) SAP PS
7 8 (3.28%) SAP HCM
7 8 (3.28%) SAP PM
7 8 (3.28%) SAP SCM
8 7 (2.87%) SAP MDG
8 7 (2.87%) SAP MM
8 7 (2.87%) SAP SD
8 7 (2.87%) SAP WM
9 6 (2.46%) SAP Business One
10 5 (2.05%) SAP GRC
10 5 (2.05%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (1.64%) SAP FSCM
11 4 (1.64%) SAP HR
11 4 (1.64%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.20%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.64%) SaaS
3 2 (0.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.69%) SAP Data Services
1 9 (3.69%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.28%) BusinessObjects
2 8 (3.28%) SAP BW
3 7 (2.87%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.10%) JIRA
2 2 (0.82%) LSMW
3 1 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 64 (26.23%) Finance
2 46 (18.85%) Manufacturing
3 45 (18.44%) Social Skills
4 40 (16.39%) Law
5 25 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (6.15%) Retail
8 7 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.05%) German Language
9 5 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.64%) Legal
11 2 (0.82%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.82%) Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Billing
11 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) French Language
11 2 (0.82%) Games
11 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (25.82%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.87%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.46%) 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 42 (17.21%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (15.16%) Life Science
3 11 (4.51%) Public Cloud
4 10 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.87%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.46%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.46%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.64%) Replication
9 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.82%) FMCG
10 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
11 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 54 (22.13%) Analytics
2 40 (16.39%) Business Development
2 40 (16.39%) Production Planning
3 38 (15.57%) Migration
4 29 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (11.07%) Logistics
6 25 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (10.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (9.84%) Coaching
8 23 (9.43%) Data Migration
9 22 (9.02%) Workshop Facilitation
10 21 (8.61%) Collaborative Culture
10 21 (8.61%) Roadmaps
11 20 (8.20%) Translating Business Requirements
12 19 (7.79%) Agile
13 17 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (6.56%) ERP
15 15 (6.15%) Decision-Making
16 12 (4.92%) Business Strategy
16 12 (4.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.02%) ABAP
2 6 (2.46%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 33 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.15%) SAP Certification
3 13 (5.33%) Degree
4 12 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.82%) CCA
5 2 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
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 7 (2.87%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.05%) GRC
3 3 (1.23%) QA
3 3 (1.23%) SLA
4 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.41%) GAAP
5 1 (0.41%) GMP
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 244 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (1.64%) Oracle
2 4 (1.64%) Workday
3 3 (1.23%) Ariba
4 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce