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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 573 656
Rank change year-on-year +110 +83 -182
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 279 84 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 166 55 138
10th Percentile £63,125 £62,500 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year - +9.22% +12.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £96,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 86,735 38,286 93,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 89.27% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 57,617 21,482 68,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,931 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.10%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +102 251 £80,000 - 115
UK excluding London +31 135 £80,000 +6.67% 62
London +49 115 £80,000 -12.33% 55
North of England +35 74 £80,000 +6.67% 11
Work from Home +36 55 £80,000 -9.86% 57
Yorkshire - 44 £85,000 - 2
Midlands -20 34 £80,000 +6.67% 16
North West +28 30 £80,000 +6.67% 8
West Midlands -28 29 £80,000 +6.67% 14
South East -14 19 £80,000 +23.08% 21
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
East Midlands -24 5 £70,000 -17.65% 1
East of England -17 1 £70,000 +7.69%
South West -62 1 £65,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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.

1 279 (100.00%) SAP
2 155 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 60 (21.51%) Analytics
3 60 (21.51%) SAP Fiori
4 46 (16.49%) Business Development
5 42 (15.05%) Production Planning
6 41 (14.70%) User Acceptance Testing
7 40 (14.34%) SAP IBP
8 39 (13.98%) SAP PP
9 32 (11.47%) Coaching
9 32 (11.47%) System Integration Testing
10 31 (11.11%) Logistics
11 28 (10.04%) Workshop Facilitation
12 27 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (9.68%) SAP HANA
12 27 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
13 25 (8.96%) ABAP
13 25 (8.96%) Translating Business Requirements
14 22 (7.89%) Migration
14 22 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (6.45%) Data Governance
15 18 (6.45%) Data Migration
15 18 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
16 17 (6.09%) Data Modelling
16 17 (6.09%) Order to Cash
16 17 (6.09%) Roadmaps
17 16 (5.73%) SAP CO
17 16 (5.73%) SAP FI
18 15 (5.38%) SAP FI/CO
18 15 (5.38%) Thought Leadership

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 155 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (14.34%) SAP IBP
3 39 (13.98%) SAP PP
4 16 (5.73%) SAP CO
4 16 (5.73%) SAP FI
5 15 (5.38%) SAP FI/CO
6 14 (5.02%) SAP SD
7 13 (4.66%) SAP HCM
8 12 (4.30%) SAP MDG
8 12 (4.30%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (2.87%) SAP MDG-BP
9 8 (2.87%) SAP Travel Management
10 7 (2.51%) SAP GTS
10 7 (2.51%) SAP PM
10 7 (2.51%) SAP WM
11 6 (2.15%) SAP PS
11 6 (2.15%) SAP SCM
12 5 (1.79%) SAP Business One
12 5 (1.79%) SAP Retail
13 4 (1.43%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.43%) AWS
2 4 (1.43%) Azure
2 4 (1.43%) GCP
2 4 (1.43%) PaaS
2 4 (1.43%) SaaS
2 4 (1.43%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) FTP
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.68%) SAP HANA
2 12 (4.30%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 5 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.36%) Power BI
6 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) LSMW
3 1 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 49 (17.56%) Manufacturing
2 45 (16.13%) Finance
2 45 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.05%) Law
4 23 (8.24%) Retail
5 22 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.58%) Legal
8 5 (1.79%) Billing
9 4 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.08%) Banking
10 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.72%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.72%) German Language
12 1 (0.36%) French Language
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (21.51%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.87%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.51%) Middleware
3 7 (2.51%) SAP Basis
3 7 (2.51%) SAP Core Interface
4 6 (2.15%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.79%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.43%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) BAPI
7 1 (0.36%) EDI
7 1 (0.36%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.71%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.05%) Life Science
3 13 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.87%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.15%) Replication
8 5 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.43%) Data Fabric
9 4 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.72%) FMCG
12 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.51%) Analytics
2 46 (16.49%) Business Development
3 42 (15.05%) Production Planning
4 41 (14.70%) User Acceptance Testing
5 32 (11.47%) Coaching
5 32 (11.47%) System Integration Testing
6 31 (11.11%) Logistics
7 28 (10.04%) Workshop Facilitation
8 27 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (8.96%) Translating Business Requirements
10 22 (7.89%) Migration
10 22 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (6.45%) Data Governance
11 18 (6.45%) Data Migration
11 18 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (6.09%) Data Modelling
12 17 (6.09%) Order to Cash
12 17 (6.09%) Roadmaps
13 15 (5.38%) Thought Leadership
14 14 (5.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.96%) ABAP
2 4 (1.43%) SQL
3 3 (1.08%) Perl
4 1 (0.36%) SAPscript
4 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.66%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.23%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.43%) Degree
3 4 (1.43%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.08%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.72%) CCA
6 1 (0.36%) ACCA
6 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.36%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.87%) Data Quality
1 8 (2.87%) GDPR
2 7 (2.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.79%) SLA
4 3 (1.08%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.08%) PMO
5 2 (0.72%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) IFRS
6 1 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 279 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.66%) Ariba
3 12 (4.30%) OpenText
4 4 (1.43%) Databricks
4 4 (1.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle