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 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 565 549
Rank change year-on-year +98 -16 +45
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 197 130 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.25% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.27% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 90 62 140
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,675
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +10.42%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £103,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,125 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -27.54% +6.15%

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 57,632 48,152 66,101
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.24% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35,882 24,796 51,733
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 30 January 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 30 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 +96 158 £75,000 - 71
Work from Home +90 76 £77,500 -8.82% 26
London +73 74 £77,500 -8.82% 42
UK excluding London +42 66 £75,000 +50.00% 43
North of England +26 42 £77,500 +55.00% 10
Yorkshire +5 30 £77,500 +55.00% 5
South East +32 15 - - 19
North West +19 12 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Midlands -4 5 £75,000 +22.45% 12
East Midlands -6 3 £75,000 -11.76%
East of England - 3 £70,000 -
West Midlands -6 2 £72,500 +20.83% 11
South West +6 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 197 (100.00%) SAP
2 93 (47.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 42 (21.32%) Migration
4 41 (20.81%) SAP FI
5 40 (20.30%) SAP CO
5 40 (20.30%) SAP FI/CO
6 32 (16.24%) Security Cleared
7 31 (15.74%) Logistics
7 31 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (15.23%) SAP Fiori
9 26 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (13.20%) ERP
10 23 (11.68%) Analytics
11 22 (11.17%) Data Migration
12 21 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
13 20 (10.15%) ABAP
14 19 (9.64%) Agile
14 19 (9.64%) Collaborative Culture
15 18 (9.14%) Degree
15 18 (9.14%) Roadmaps
15 18 (9.14%) SAP PP
16 16 (8.12%) Coaching
16 16 (8.12%) Procure-to-Pay
16 16 (8.12%) SAP Certification
17 15 (7.61%) Business Strategy
17 15 (7.61%) Decision-Making
17 15 (7.61%) Project Management
17 15 (7.61%) Requirements Gathering
17 15 (7.61%) Translating Business Requirements
18 14 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 3 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Maya
2 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 93 (47.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (20.81%) SAP FI
3 40 (20.30%) SAP CO
3 40 (20.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 18 (9.14%) SAP PP
5 12 (6.09%) SAP IBP
5 12 (6.09%) SAP MM
6 8 (4.06%) SAP Business One
6 8 (4.06%) SAP FSCM
6 8 (4.06%) SAP MDG
6 8 (4.06%) SAP PM
6 8 (4.06%) SAP SD
7 7 (3.55%) SAP HCM
7 7 (3.55%) SAP IS-U
7 7 (3.55%) SAP Payroll
7 7 (3.55%) SAP SCM
8 5 (2.54%) SAP GRC
8 5 (2.54%) SAP PS
8 5 (2.54%) SAP Retail
8 5 (2.54%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.11%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.03%) SaaS
3 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.57%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (4.57%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (4.06%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (3.55%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.03%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.52%) Power BI
7 2 (1.02%) Tableau
8 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 11 (5.58%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) LSMW
General
1 58 (29.44%) Finance
2 46 (23.35%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.15%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (7.11%) Retail
7 9 (4.57%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.06%) Law
9 7 (3.55%) Games
10 5 (2.54%) German Language
10 5 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.02%) Automotive
11 2 (1.02%) Banking
11 2 (1.02%) French Language
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.23%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.55%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.05%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.03%) IDoc
5 3 (1.52%) Middleware
6 1 (0.51%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.12%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.57%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.55%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.03%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.03%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.03%) Replication
6 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.51%) FMCG
8 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.52%) Linux
1 3 (1.52%) SUSE
1 3 (1.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.52%) Windows
1 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.32%) Migration
2 31 (15.74%) Logistics
2 31 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (13.20%) ERP
4 23 (11.68%) Analytics
5 22 (11.17%) Data Migration
6 21 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
7 19 (9.64%) Agile
7 19 (9.64%) Collaborative Culture
8 18 (9.14%) Roadmaps
9 16 (8.12%) Coaching
9 16 (8.12%) Procure-to-Pay
10 15 (7.61%) Business Strategy
10 15 (7.61%) Decision-Making
10 15 (7.61%) Project Management
10 15 (7.61%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (7.61%) Translating Business Requirements
11 14 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (6.60%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.15%) ABAP
2 8 (4.06%) SQL
3 1 (0.51%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.24%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.14%) Degree
3 16 (8.12%) SAP Certification
4 11 (5.58%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.02%) CCA
5 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.55%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.54%) GRC
3 4 (2.03%) QA
4 3 (1.52%) SLA
5 2 (1.02%) GMP
6 1 (0.51%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.03%) Ariba
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle
2 4 (2.03%) Workday
3 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.51%) Salesforce