SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 568 539
Rank change year-on-year +117 -29 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 230 130 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 111 66 146
10th Percentile £55,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £66,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.98% -5.36% +3.05%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £99,375
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,625 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,250 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +52.50% -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 62,327 44,730 70,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 91.49% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 39,291 23,468 55,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,235 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,230
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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +88 187 £77,500 +3.33% 136
London +81 91 £80,000 - 53
Work from Home +73 78 £77,500 -8.82% 47
UK excluding London +16 77 £76,250 +52.50% 103
North of England -2 45 £77,500 +55.00% 23
Yorkshire -6 30 £77,500 +55.00% 7
South East +19 18 £70,250 +40.50% 26
North West -4 15 £57,500 +4.55% 15
Midlands -20 11 £77,500 +21.57% 33
West Midlands -6 7 £80,000 +28.00% 17
East Midlands -18 4 £75,000 -11.76% 15
East of England +14 2 £62,500 -3.85% 6
South West -8 1 £65,000 +30.00% 8

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 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.

1 230 (100.00%) SAP
2 115 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 50 (21.74%) SAP Fiori
4 42 (18.26%) Analytics
5 39 (16.96%) Migration
5 39 (16.96%) SAP FI
6 38 (16.52%) SAP CO
6 38 (16.52%) SAP FI/CO
7 33 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (14.35%) SAP PP
7 33 (14.35%) Security Cleared
8 28 (12.17%) Logistics
9 27 (11.74%) Business Development
9 27 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (11.74%) Production Planning
10 23 (10.00%) Data Migration
10 23 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 23 (10.00%) SAP IBP
10 23 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 22 (9.57%) ABAP
11 22 (9.57%) Coaching
11 22 (9.57%) ERP
12 21 (9.13%) Roadmaps
12 21 (9.13%) SuccessFactors
13 20 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (8.26%) Agile
15 18 (7.83%) Translating Business Requirements
16 17 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 15 (6.52%) Decision-Making
17 15 (6.52%) Degree

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 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.74%) Maya
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 115 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (16.96%) SAP FI
3 38 (16.52%) SAP CO
3 38 (16.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 33 (14.35%) SAP PP
5 23 (10.00%) SAP IBP
6 10 (4.35%) SAP HCM
7 9 (3.91%) SAP MM
7 9 (3.91%) SAP PS
8 8 (3.48%) SAP Business One
8 8 (3.48%) SAP MDG
8 8 (3.48%) SAP PM
8 8 (3.48%) SAP SCM
8 8 (3.48%) SAP SD
9 7 (3.04%) SAP Payroll
9 7 (3.04%) SAP WM
10 6 (2.61%) SAP HR
11 5 (2.17%) SAP GRC
11 5 (2.17%) SAP IS-U
11 5 (2.17%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.13%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.74%) SaaS
3 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.35%) SAP BW
2 9 (3.91%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (3.91%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (3.48%) BusinessObjects
3 8 (3.48%) SAP HANA
4 4 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.87%) Power BI
7 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.35%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) LSMW
3 1 (0.43%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 65 (28.26%) Finance
2 48 (20.87%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.78%) Manufacturing
4 28 (12.17%) Law
5 25 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.39%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (6.96%) Retail
8 8 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.17%) German Language
9 5 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.74%) Games
11 3 (1.30%) Legal
12 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Billing
12 2 (0.87%) French Language
12 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.43%) Automotive
13 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (21.74%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.04%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.61%) SAPUI5
4 4 (1.74%) IDoc
5 3 (1.30%) Middleware
6 1 (0.43%) EDI
6 1 (0.43%) OLE
6 1 (0.43%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.17%) Greenfield Project
2 23 (10.00%) Life Science
3 12 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.04%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.61%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.17%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.74%) Replication
9 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.87%) FMCG
10 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.30%) Linux
1 3 (1.30%) SUSE
1 3 (1.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.30%) Windows
1 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (18.26%) Analytics
2 39 (16.96%) Migration
3 33 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (12.17%) Logistics
5 27 (11.74%) Business Development
5 27 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (11.74%) Production Planning
6 23 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 23 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 23 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (9.57%) Coaching
7 22 (9.57%) ERP
8 21 (9.13%) Roadmaps
9 20 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
10 19 (8.26%) Agile
11 18 (7.83%) Translating Business Requirements
12 17 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (6.52%) Decision-Making
14 14 (6.09%) Business Strategy
15 12 (5.22%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.57%) ABAP
2 8 (3.48%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 33 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.52%) Degree
2 15 (6.52%) SAP Certification
3 12 (5.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.87%) CCA
4 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.43%) ACCA
5 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.43%) CIMA
5 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.04%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.17%) GRC
3 4 (1.74%) QA
3 4 (1.74%) SLA
4 1 (0.43%) GAAP
4 1 (0.43%) GMP
4 1 (0.43%) IFRS
4 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.43%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 230 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (1.74%) Oracle
2 4 (1.74%) Workday
3 3 (1.30%) Ariba
4 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce