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 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 557 626
Rank change year-on-year -19 +69 -204
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 219 129 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 122 85 94
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.59% +14.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,000 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 103,293 44,702 77,044
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 89.84% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 71,078 26,550 49,104
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
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 3 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 3 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 0 199 £80,000 +6.67% 119
UK excluding London -11 134 £80,000 +6.67% 64
London -43 69 £82,500 +1.54% 54
North of England +12 66 £80,000 +39.13% 21
Work from Home -41 45 £80,000 -3.03% 77
Midlands -21 43 £70,000 -6.67% 9
Yorkshire -15 38 £85,000 -5.56% 1
West Midlands -15 32 £70,000 -6.67% 8
North West +4 28 £80,000 +60.00% 20
South East -27 16 £77,500 +19.23% 16
East Midlands -15 10 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 3
East of England -35 2 £62,500 -34.21% 10
South West -74 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 219 (100.00%) SAP
2 111 (50.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 38 (17.35%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (13.24%) Logistics
6 28 (12.79%) System Integration Testing
7 26 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (11.42%) Workshop Facilitation
9 22 (10.05%) ABAP
9 22 (10.05%) SAP Fiori
9 22 (10.05%) SAP HANA
10 21 (9.59%) Translating Business Requirements
11 18 (8.22%) Coaching
11 18 (8.22%) Data Governance
12 17 (7.76%) Order to Cash
12 17 (7.76%) SAP Basis
13 16 (7.31%) SAP SD
13 16 (7.31%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (6.85%) Analytics
14 15 (6.85%) Presales
14 15 (6.85%) Project Delivery
14 15 (6.85%) SAP CO
14 15 (6.85%) SAP FI
15 14 (6.39%) Root Cause Analysis
15 14 (6.39%) SAP FI/CO
16 13 (5.94%) Ariba
16 13 (5.94%) Integration Testing
16 13 (5.94%) Knowledge Transfer
17 12 (5.48%) Data Migration
17 12 (5.48%) Data Modelling

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 (0.46%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 111 (50.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (7.31%) SAP SD
3 15 (6.85%) SAP CO
3 15 (6.85%) SAP FI
4 14 (6.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 11 (5.02%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.57%) SAP HCM
7 9 (4.11%) SAP PP
8 8 (3.65%) SAP IBP
8 8 (3.65%) SAP MDG-BP
8 8 (3.65%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (3.65%) SAP Travel Management
9 7 (3.20%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.74%) SAP Business One
11 5 (2.28%) SAP PM
11 5 (2.28%) SAP SCM
12 4 (1.83%) SAP EWM
12 4 (1.83%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
12 4 (1.83%) SAP GRC
12 4 (1.83%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.31%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.28%) GCP
3 4 (1.83%) AWS
3 4 (1.83%) Azure
3 4 (1.83%) PaaS
3 4 (1.83%) SaaS
3 4 (1.83%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.46%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.28%) HTTP
2 1 (0.46%) FTP
2 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.05%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.11%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.74%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) LSMW
General
1 46 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.24%) Manufacturing
3 28 (12.79%) Finance
4 19 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.76%) Retail
6 8 (3.65%) Billing
6 8 (3.65%) Legal
7 6 (2.74%) Automotive
8 5 (2.28%) German Language
9 3 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.37%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.05%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.76%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.65%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.20%) Middleware
4 7 (3.20%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.28%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.28%) Web Dynpro
5 5 (2.28%) XML
6 2 (0.91%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.91%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.46%) BAPI
7 1 (0.46%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.46%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.46%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.48%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.02%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.65%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.74%) Replication
5 4 (1.83%) Data Fabric
5 4 (1.83%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.91%) Life Science
7 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Robotics
8 1 (0.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) Linux
1 1 (0.46%) Unix
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
1 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.35%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (13.24%) Logistics
4 28 (12.79%) System Integration Testing
5 26 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (11.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 21 (9.59%) Translating Business Requirements
8 18 (8.22%) Coaching
8 18 (8.22%) Data Governance
9 17 (7.76%) Order to Cash
10 15 (6.85%) Analytics
10 15 (6.85%) Presales
10 15 (6.85%) Project Delivery
11 14 (6.39%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (5.94%) Integration Testing
12 13 (5.94%) Knowledge Transfer
13 12 (5.48%) Data Migration
13 12 (5.48%) Data Modelling
13 12 (5.48%) Migration
13 12 (5.48%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.05%) ABAP
2 4 (1.83%) SQL
3 3 (1.37%) Perl
4 1 (0.46%) Java
4 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (5.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.11%) SAP Certification
3 6 (2.74%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.37%) Degree
4 3 (1.37%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.91%) CISA
5 2 (0.91%) CISSP
6 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.46%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.57%) GDPR
2 9 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.83%) GRC
5 3 (1.37%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.37%) PMO
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) GMP
7 1 (0.46%) GxP
7 1 (0.46%) QA
7 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Ansible
1 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 219 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.94%) Ariba
3 12 (5.48%) OpenText
4 4 (1.83%) Databricks
4 4 (1.83%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) Concur
6 1 (0.46%) Dell
6 1 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle