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 20 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 549 676
Rank change year-on-year +52 +127 -228
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 274 122 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.28% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 166 81 115
10th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +14.94%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +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 94,139 44,347 91,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 89.90% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64,646 26,264 64,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +75 247 £80,000 - 43
UK excluding London -1 133 £80,000 +6.67% 40
London +40 115 £80,000 -3.03% 8
North of England +31 63 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Work from Home -9 54 £80,000 -13.51% 51
Midlands -11 46 £75,000 - 10
West Midlands -4 40 £75,000 - 10
Yorkshire - 36 £85,000 - 4
North West +12 27 £80,000 +14.29% 5
South East -11 18 £80,000 +23.08% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East Midlands -17 5 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 274 (100.00%) SAP
2 156 (56.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 59 (21.53%) Analytics
4 58 (21.17%) SAP Fiori
5 46 (16.79%) Business Development
5 46 (16.79%) Production Planning
6 43 (15.69%) SAP PP
7 40 (14.60%) SAP IBP
7 40 (14.60%) User Acceptance Testing
8 35 (12.77%) Logistics
9 34 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (11.68%) System Integration Testing
11 29 (10.58%) Coaching
12 28 (10.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 26 (9.49%) SAP HANA
14 25 (9.12%) Translating Business Requirements
15 24 (8.76%) SuccessFactors
16 23 (8.39%) ABAP
16 23 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (6.93%) Migration
18 18 (6.57%) Data Governance
18 18 (6.57%) Data Migration
18 18 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
19 17 (6.20%) Order to Cash
19 17 (6.20%) SAP Basis
20 16 (5.84%) Thought Leadership
21 15 (5.47%) Data Modelling
22 14 (5.11%) Knowledge Transfer
22 14 (5.11%) Presales
22 14 (5.11%) Project Delivery

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 (0.36%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 156 (56.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (15.69%) SAP PP
3 40 (14.60%) SAP IBP
4 13 (4.74%) SAP HCM
4 13 (4.74%) SAP SD
5 12 (4.38%) SAP CO
5 12 (4.38%) SAP FI
6 11 (4.01%) SAP FI/CO
6 11 (4.01%) SAP MDG
7 8 (2.92%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (2.92%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (2.92%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (2.55%) SAP GTS
8 7 (2.55%) SAP WM
9 6 (2.19%) SAP PS
9 6 (2.19%) SAP SCM
10 4 (1.46%) SAP APO
10 4 (1.46%) SAP Business One
10 4 (1.46%) SAP MM
10 4 (1.46%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 24 (8.76%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (1.82%) GCP
3 4 (1.46%) AWS
3 4 (1.46%) Azure
3 4 (1.46%) PaaS
3 4 (1.46%) SaaS
3 4 (1.46%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.36%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.82%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) FTP
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.49%) SAP HANA
2 11 (4.01%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.73%) LSMW
2 1 (0.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 57 (20.80%) Manufacturing
2 53 (19.34%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.96%) Law
4 37 (13.50%) Finance
5 30 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.93%) Retail
7 10 (3.65%) Legal
8 9 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.92%) Billing
10 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.82%) German Language
11 3 (1.09%) Banking
11 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.17%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (6.20%) SAP Basis
3 8 (2.92%) SAP TM
4 7 (2.55%) Middleware
4 7 (2.55%) SAP Core Interface
5 6 (2.19%) SAP ALE
6 5 (1.82%) Web Dynpro
7 4 (1.46%) XML
8 1 (0.36%) BAPI
8 1 (0.36%) EDI
8 1 (0.36%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.36%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.36%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.07%) Greenfield Project
2 43 (15.69%) Life Science
3 15 (5.47%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.01%) Data Structures
4 11 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.55%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.55%) Replication
6 4 (1.46%) Data Fabric
6 4 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.46%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.36%) FMCG
8 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.36%) Robotics
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Linux
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
1 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.53%) Analytics
2 46 (16.79%) Business Development
2 46 (16.79%) Production Planning
3 40 (14.60%) User Acceptance Testing
4 35 (12.77%) Logistics
5 34 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (11.68%) System Integration Testing
7 29 (10.58%) Coaching
8 28 (10.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 25 (9.12%) Translating Business Requirements
10 23 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.93%) Migration
12 18 (6.57%) Data Governance
12 18 (6.57%) Data Migration
12 18 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
13 17 (6.20%) Order to Cash
14 16 (5.84%) Thought Leadership
15 15 (5.47%) Data Modelling
16 14 (5.11%) Knowledge Transfer
16 14 (5.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) ABAP
2 4 (1.46%) SQL
3 3 (1.09%) Perl
4 1 (0.36%) Java
4 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (4.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (3.65%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.46%) Degree
4 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (1.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.73%) CCA
6 1 (0.36%) ACCA
6 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.36%) CIMA
6 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.92%) Data Quality
1 8 (2.92%) GDPR
2 7 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.46%) SLA
4 3 (1.09%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.09%) PMO
5 2 (0.73%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) GMP
6 1 (0.36%) GxP
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%) Ansible
1 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 274 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.74%) Ariba
3 12 (4.38%) OpenText
4 4 (1.46%) Databricks
4 4 (1.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.46%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.36%) Concur
5 1 (0.36%) Dell
5 1 (0.36%) Google
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle