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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 581 648
Rank change year-on-year +129 +67 -176
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 269 82 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 156 56 140
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% +11.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £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 84,582 38,850 91,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.47% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,708 22,832 66,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 14 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 14 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 +114 238 £80,000 - 79
UK excluding London +24 130 £80,000 +6.67% 57
London +61 106 £80,000 -11.11% 25
North of England +45 74 £80,000 +6.67% 10
Work from Home +27 56 £80,000 -13.51% 47
Yorkshire - 44 £85,000 - 5
Midlands -29 31 £80,000 +6.67% 12
North West +27 30 £80,000 +6.67% 5
West Midlands -22 26 £80,000 +6.67% 10
South East -1 18 £70,250 -4.75% 23
East Midlands -22 5 £70,000 -17.65% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 1
East of England -16 1 £70,000 +7.69% 3
South West - 1 £65,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 269 (100.00%) SAP
2 153 (56.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 62 (23.05%) SAP Fiori
4 60 (22.30%) Analytics
5 45 (16.73%) Business Development
6 42 (15.61%) Production Planning
7 41 (15.24%) User Acceptance Testing
8 40 (14.87%) SAP IBP
9 39 (14.50%) SAP PP
10 31 (11.52%) System Integration Testing
11 30 (11.15%) Logistics
12 29 (10.78%) Coaching
13 28 (10.41%) SAP HANA
14 27 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (9.29%) SuccessFactors
15 25 (9.29%) Translating Business Requirements
16 24 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
17 23 (8.55%) ABAP
18 20 (7.43%) Migration
19 18 (6.69%) Data Governance
20 17 (6.32%) Order to Cash
20 17 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
20 17 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
21 16 (5.95%) Data Migration
21 16 (5.95%) Data Modelling
21 16 (5.95%) Roadmaps
21 16 (5.95%) SAP FI
21 16 (5.95%) SAP SD
22 15 (5.58%) SAP CO
22 15 (5.58%) Security Cleared

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 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 153 (56.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (14.87%) SAP IBP
3 39 (14.50%) SAP PP
4 16 (5.95%) SAP FI
4 16 (5.95%) SAP SD
5 15 (5.58%) SAP CO
6 14 (5.20%) SAP FI/CO
7 12 (4.46%) SAP HCM
7 12 (4.46%) SAP MDG
8 9 (3.35%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (2.97%) SAP MDG-BP
9 8 (2.97%) SAP SCM
9 8 (2.97%) SAP Travel Management
10 7 (2.60%) SAP GTS
10 7 (2.60%) SAP WM
11 6 (2.23%) SAP PM
11 6 (2.23%) SAP PS
12 5 (1.86%) SAP Business One
12 5 (1.86%) SAP Retail
13 4 (1.49%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.29%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.12%) AWS
2 3 (1.12%) Azure
2 3 (1.12%) GCP
2 3 (1.12%) PaaS
2 3 (1.12%) SaaS
2 3 (1.12%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.86%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.41%) SAP HANA
2 12 (4.46%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) LSMW
2 1 (0.37%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 50 (18.59%) Manufacturing
2 45 (16.73%) Finance
3 43 (15.99%) Social Skills
4 42 (15.61%) Law
5 24 (8.92%) Retail
6 23 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.09%) Legal
7 11 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.86%) Billing
9 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.49%) German Language
10 3 (1.12%) Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) French Language
11 2 (0.74%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (23.05%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.97%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.60%) Middleware
3 7 (2.60%) SAP Core Interface
4 6 (2.23%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.86%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.49%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.49%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.70%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.61%) Life Science
3 11 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.35%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.97%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.23%) Replication
7 5 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.12%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.74%) FMCG
11 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (22.30%) Analytics
2 45 (16.73%) Business Development
3 42 (15.61%) Production Planning
4 41 (15.24%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (11.52%) System Integration Testing
6 30 (11.15%) Logistics
7 29 (10.78%) Coaching
8 27 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (9.29%) Translating Business Requirements
10 24 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
11 20 (7.43%) Migration
12 18 (6.69%) Data Governance
13 17 (6.32%) Order to Cash
13 17 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
13 17 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (5.95%) Data Migration
14 16 (5.95%) Data Modelling
14 16 (5.95%) Roadmaps
15 15 (5.58%) Thought Leadership
16 14 (5.20%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.55%) ABAP
2 3 (1.12%) Perl
2 3 (1.12%) SQL
3 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 15 (5.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (2.97%) SAP Certification
3 6 (2.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.49%) Degree
5 3 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.74%) CCA
6 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ACCA
7 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.97%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.60%) GDPR
2 7 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.86%) SLA
4 3 (1.12%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.74%) GRC
5 2 (0.74%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) GAAP
6 1 (0.37%) IFRS
6 1 (0.37%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 269 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.83%) Ariba
3 12 (4.46%) OpenText
4 3 (1.12%) Databricks
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.12%) Salesforce