SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 577 463
Rank change year-on-year +123 -114 +167
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 200 134 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.24% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.26% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 103 66 139
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -28.57% +7.69%

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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 12 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 January 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 +115 155 £75,000 - 66
Work from Home +93 79 £77,500 -8.82% 34
London +54 69 £75,000 -9.09% 30
UK excluding London +61 68 £75,000 +50.00% 37
North of England +42 39 £77,500 +55.00% 6
Yorkshire +17 27 £77,500 +55.00% 4
South East +37 18 - - 20
North West +22 12 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Midlands -1 7 £75,000 +22.45% 11
West Midlands -4 4 £68,750 +10.00% 7
East of England - 4 £76,250 -
East Midlands -7 3 £75,000 +25.00% 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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.

1 200 (100.00%) SAP
2 109 (54.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 44 (22.00%) SAP FI
4 42 (21.00%) SAP CO
4 42 (21.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 41 (20.50%) Migration
6 40 (20.00%) Logistics
6 40 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
7 35 (17.50%) Security Cleared
8 30 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.00%) Agile
9 26 (13.00%) Analytics
9 26 (13.00%) ERP
10 22 (11.00%) Data Migration
10 22 (11.00%) SAP Certification
11 21 (10.50%) SAP PP
11 21 (10.50%) Workshop Facilitation
12 20 (10.00%) ABAP
12 20 (10.00%) Degree
12 20 (10.00%) JIRA
13 19 (9.50%) Collaborative Culture
14 18 (9.00%) Business Strategy
14 18 (9.00%) Production Planning
14 18 (9.00%) Roadmaps
15 17 (8.50%) Presales
15 17 (8.50%) Procure-to-Pay
16 16 (8.00%) Decision-Making
16 16 (8.00%) Order to Cash
16 16 (8.00%) Project Management

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 6 (3.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.00%) Maya
2 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 109 (54.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (22.00%) SAP FI
3 42 (21.00%) SAP CO
3 42 (21.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 21 (10.50%) SAP PP
5 16 (8.00%) SAP IBP
6 14 (7.00%) SAP MM
7 10 (5.00%) SAP SCM
7 10 (5.00%) SAP SD
8 9 (4.50%) SAP FSCM
9 8 (4.00%) SAP Business One
9 8 (4.00%) SAP IS-U
9 8 (4.00%) SAP MDG
10 7 (3.50%) SAP HCM
11 6 (3.00%) SAP MII
11 6 (3.00%) SAP PM
11 6 (3.00%) SAP PS
12 5 (2.50%) SAP GRC
12 5 (2.50%) SAP Payroll
13 4 (2.00%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.00%) SaaS
3 3 (1.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.00%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.50%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (4.50%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (3.50%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.50%) Power BI
7 2 (1.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) LSMW
General
1 62 (31.00%) Finance
2 54 (27.00%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.00%) Manufacturing
4 24 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (7.50%) Retail
7 12 (6.00%) Law
8 10 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.00%) Games
10 7 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.50%) Automotive
12 5 (2.50%) German Language
13 4 (2.00%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.50%) Banking
15 1 (0.50%) Billing
15 1 (0.50%) Legal
15 1 (0.50%) Marketing
15 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.50%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.00%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.00%) IDoc
5 3 (1.50%) Middleware
6 1 (0.50%) BAPI
6 1 (0.50%) OLE
6 1 (0.50%) SAP Smart Forms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.50%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.50%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.50%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.50%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (2.00%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.00%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.00%) Replication
7 3 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.50%) Life Science
7 3 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.50%) FMCG
9 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.50%) Linux
1 3 (1.50%) SUSE
1 3 (1.50%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.50%) Windows
1 3 (1.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (20.50%) Migration
2 40 (20.00%) Logistics
3 30 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (13.00%) Agile
4 26 (13.00%) Analytics
4 26 (13.00%) ERP
5 22 (11.00%) Data Migration
6 21 (10.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 19 (9.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 18 (9.00%) Business Strategy
8 18 (9.00%) Production Planning
8 18 (9.00%) Roadmaps
9 17 (8.50%) Presales
9 17 (8.50%) Procure-to-Pay
10 16 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 16 (8.00%) Order to Cash
10 16 (8.00%) Project Management
10 16 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (7.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.00%) ABAP
2 8 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.00%) SAP Certification
3 20 (10.00%) Degree
4 13 (6.50%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.50%) GRC
2 5 (2.50%) QA
3 4 (2.00%) GMP
4 2 (1.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 200 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.00%) Ariba
2 4 (2.00%) Oracle
2 4 (2.00%) Workday
3 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft