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 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 549 640
Rank change year-on-year +108 +91 -142
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 275 91 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 169 57 140
10th Percentile £61,600 £62,000 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +13.79% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £98,125
90th Percentile £94,750 £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 81,353 37,364 89,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.32% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51,978 23,468 66,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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% -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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +82 239 £80,000 - 80
UK excluding London +1 117 £80,000 +6.67% 57
London +68 109 £80,000 -11.11% 32
Work from Home +25 65 £77,500 -8.82% 47
North of England -1 65 £77,500 +3.33% 22
Yorkshire - 40 £77,500 - 14
Midlands -38 28 £80,000 +6.67% 6
North West -11 25 £77,500 +3.33% 8
West Midlands -35 23 £80,000 +6.67% 6
South East -26 22 £65,000 -21.21% 16
East Midlands -53 5 £70,000 -17.65%
East of England -34 1 £70,000 +7.69%
South West - 1 £65,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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.

1 275 (100.00%) SAP
2 156 (56.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 66 (24.00%) SAP Fiori
4 60 (21.82%) Analytics
5 48 (17.45%) SAP PP
6 44 (16.00%) Production Planning
7 43 (15.64%) Business Development
8 37 (13.45%) SAP IBP
9 33 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 30 (10.91%) SAP FI
11 29 (10.55%) SAP CO
12 28 (10.18%) Logistics
12 28 (10.18%) SAP FI/CO
13 27 (9.82%) Migration
14 26 (9.45%) System Integration Testing
14 26 (9.45%) Translating Business Requirements
15 25 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
16 23 (8.36%) SAP HANA
16 23 (8.36%) Security Cleared
17 22 (8.00%) ABAP
17 22 (8.00%) Coaching
17 22 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
18 21 (7.64%) Data Migration
19 20 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
20 19 (6.91%) Requirements Gathering
21 18 (6.55%) Order to Cash
21 18 (6.55%) Roadmaps
22 16 (5.82%) Data Governance
22 16 (5.82%) SAP SD
23 15 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement

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%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 156 (56.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (17.45%) SAP PP
3 37 (13.45%) SAP IBP
4 30 (10.91%) SAP FI
5 29 (10.55%) SAP CO
6 28 (10.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 16 (5.82%) SAP SD
8 8 (2.91%) SAP MDG
8 8 (2.91%) SAP SCM
9 7 (2.55%) SAP HCM
9 7 (2.55%) SAP PS
9 7 (2.55%) SAP WM
10 6 (2.18%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.18%) SAP PM
10 6 (2.18%) SAP Travel Management
11 5 (1.82%) SAP Business One
11 5 (1.82%) SAP MDG-BP
11 5 (1.82%) SAP Retail
12 4 (1.45%) SAP EWM
12 4 (1.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.73%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.36%) AWS
3 1 (0.36%) Azure
3 1 (0.36%) GCP
3 1 (0.36%) PaaS
3 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.36%) SAP HANA
2 13 (4.73%) SAP BW
3 8 (2.91%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (2.18%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.82%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 4 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.45%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.36%) Power BI
8 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) LSMW
2 1 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 52 (18.91%) Finance
2 50 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 42 (15.27%) Law
4 41 (14.91%) Social Skills
5 23 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.36%) Retail
6 12 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.27%) Legal
8 4 (1.45%) Billing
8 4 (1.45%) German Language
9 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.73%) Banking
10 2 (0.73%) French Language
10 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (24.00%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.18%) SAP TM
3 5 (1.82%) Middleware
3 5 (1.82%) SAP Core Interface
4 4 (1.45%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.45%) XML
5 3 (1.09%) SAP Basis
5 3 (1.09%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.73%) IDoc
6 2 (0.73%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.36%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.91%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.27%) Life Science
3 9 (3.27%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.91%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.82%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.82%) Replication
7 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.73%) FMCG
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.36%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Linux
1 1 (0.36%) SUSE
1 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.36%) Windows
1 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.82%) Analytics
2 44 (16.00%) Production Planning
3 43 (15.64%) Business Development
4 33 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 28 (10.18%) Logistics
6 27 (9.82%) Migration
7 26 (9.45%) System Integration Testing
7 26 (9.45%) Translating Business Requirements
8 25 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (8.00%) Coaching
9 22 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 21 (7.64%) Data Migration
11 19 (6.91%) Requirements Gathering
12 18 (6.55%) Order to Cash
12 18 (6.55%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.82%) Data Governance
14 15 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (5.09%) Procure-to-Pay
15 14 (5.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (5.09%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.00%) ABAP
2 5 (1.82%) SQL
3 2 (0.73%) Perl
4 1 (0.36%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 23 (8.36%) Security Cleared
2 10 (3.64%) SAP Certification
3 8 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.55%) Degree
5 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) ACCA
7 1 (0.36%) CCA
7 1 (0.36%) CIMA
7 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.27%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.82%) GDPR
2 5 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.45%) GRC
3 4 (1.45%) SLA
4 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) GMP
6 1 (0.36%) IFRS
6 1 (0.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 275 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (4.36%) Ariba
3 8 (2.91%) OpenText
4 1 (0.36%) Databricks
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.36%) Salesforce