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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 559 645
Rank change year-on-year +19 +86 -221
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 249 129 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 148 87 95
10th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £55,176
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

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 99,712 44,763 79,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,207 26,557 53,034
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +30 227 £80,000 +3.23% 134
UK excluding London -19 130 £80,000 +6.67% 75
London -1 101 £80,000 -3.03% 63
North of England +4 64 £80,000 +6.67% 15
Work from Home -29 47 £80,000 -8.57% 96
Midlands -4 44 £75,000 - 13
Yorkshire +11 39 £85,000 -5.56% 2
West Midlands -9 37 £75,000 - 10
North West -3 25 £77,500 +10.71% 14
South East -25 15 £90,000 +38.46% 28
East Midlands -16 6 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
East of England -33 1 - - 7

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 249 (100.00%) SAP
2 141 (56.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 46 (18.47%) SAP Fiori
4 45 (18.07%) Analytics
5 38 (15.26%) Production Planning
6 36 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
7 35 (14.06%) SAP PP
8 33 (13.25%) Business Development
8 33 (13.25%) SAP IBP
9 31 (12.45%) Logistics
9 31 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (11.24%) System Integration Testing
11 26 (10.44%) SAP HANA
12 25 (10.04%) Workshop Facilitation
13 24 (9.64%) Translating Business Requirements
14 23 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (8.84%) Coaching
16 21 (8.43%) ABAP
17 19 (7.63%) SuccessFactors
18 18 (7.23%) Data Governance
19 17 (6.83%) Order to Cash
19 17 (6.83%) SAP Basis
20 16 (6.43%) SAP SD
21 15 (6.02%) Thought Leadership
22 14 (5.62%) Data Modelling
22 14 (5.62%) Migration
22 14 (5.62%) Project Delivery
23 13 (5.22%) Ariba
23 13 (5.22%) Data Migration
23 13 (5.22%) Knowledge Transfer

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 (0.40%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 141 (56.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (14.06%) SAP PP
3 33 (13.25%) SAP IBP
4 16 (6.43%) SAP SD
5 12 (4.82%) SAP CO
5 12 (4.82%) SAP FI
6 11 (4.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 11 (4.42%) SAP HCM
6 11 (4.42%) SAP MDG
7 8 (3.21%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (3.21%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (3.21%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (2.81%) SAP GTS
9 5 (2.01%) SAP PM
9 5 (2.01%) SAP SCM
10 4 (1.61%) SAP Business One
10 4 (1.61%) SAP EWM
10 4 (1.61%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (1.61%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (1.61%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.63%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.01%) GCP
3 4 (1.61%) AWS
3 4 (1.61%) Azure
3 4 (1.61%) PaaS
3 4 (1.61%) SaaS
3 4 (1.61%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.40%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) HTTP
2 1 (0.40%) FTP
2 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.44%) SAP HANA
2 11 (4.42%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) LSMW
General
1 51 (20.48%) Manufacturing
2 48 (19.28%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.65%) Finance
3 29 (11.65%) Law
4 27 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.83%) Retail
6 9 (3.61%) Legal
7 8 (3.21%) Billing
8 5 (2.01%) German Language
9 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.20%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.80%) Automotive
12 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.40%) Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (18.47%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (6.83%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.21%) SAP TM
4 7 (2.81%) Middleware
4 7 (2.81%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.01%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.01%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.61%) XML
7 1 (0.40%) BAPI
7 1 (0.40%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.40%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.40%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.87%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (12.45%) Life Science
3 14 (5.62%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (4.02%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.81%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.41%) Replication
8 5 (2.01%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.61%) Data Fabric
9 4 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.40%) Robotics
12 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Linux
1 1 (0.40%) Unix
1 1 (0.40%) Windows
1 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (18.07%) Analytics
2 38 (15.26%) Production Planning
3 36 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
4 33 (13.25%) Business Development
5 31 (12.45%) Logistics
5 31 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (11.24%) System Integration Testing
7 25 (10.04%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (9.64%) Translating Business Requirements
9 23 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (8.84%) Coaching
11 18 (7.23%) Data Governance
12 17 (6.83%) Order to Cash
13 15 (6.02%) Thought Leadership
14 14 (5.62%) Data Modelling
14 14 (5.62%) Migration
14 14 (5.62%) Project Delivery
15 13 (5.22%) Data Migration
15 13 (5.22%) Knowledge Transfer
15 13 (5.22%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.43%) ABAP
2 4 (1.61%) SQL
3 3 (1.20%) Perl
4 1 (0.40%) Java
4 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (4.82%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.02%) SAP Certification
3 3 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
3 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.80%) Degree
5 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.40%) CCA
5 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.21%) GDPR
2 7 (2.81%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.61%) SLA
4 3 (1.20%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.20%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.20%) PMO
5 2 (0.80%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.40%) GMP
6 1 (0.40%) GxP
6 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Ansible
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 249 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.22%) Ariba
3 12 (4.82%) OpenText
4 4 (1.61%) Databricks
4 4 (1.61%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.40%) Concur
6 1 (0.40%) Dell
6 1 (0.40%) Google
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle