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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 546 632
Rank change year-on-year +97 +86 -105
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 266 95 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 160 57 138
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - +12.28% +8.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £90,250 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 77,261 36,752 87,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 89.59% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 49,774 23,301 65,437
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
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 11 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 11 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 +63 229 £80,000 - 91
London +72 112 £80,000 -3.03% 32
UK excluding London -17 102 £77,500 +3.33% 71
Work from Home +31 63 £77,500 -8.82% 53
North of England -17 52 £77,500 +3.33% 16
Yorkshire - 33 £77,500 - 4
Midlands -55 24 £80,000 +6.67% 18
South East -22 23 £65,000 -22.39% 30
North West -17 19 £65,000 -13.33% 12
West Midlands -28 19 £80,000 +6.67% 12
East Midlands -47 5 £70,000 -17.65% 6
East of England -30 2 £62,500 -3.85%
South West - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 266 (100.00%) SAP
2 146 (54.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 62 (23.31%) SAP Fiori
4 57 (21.43%) Analytics
5 48 (18.05%) SAP PP
6 42 (15.79%) Business Development
6 42 (15.79%) Production Planning
7 36 (13.53%) SAP IBP
8 34 (12.78%) SAP FI
9 33 (12.41%) SAP CO
10 32 (12.03%) SAP FI/CO
11 26 (9.77%) Migration
11 26 (9.77%) Security Cleared
12 25 (9.40%) Logistics
12 25 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
14 23 (8.65%) Requirements Gathering
14 23 (8.65%) Translating Business Requirements
15 22 (8.27%) ABAP
15 22 (8.27%) Coaching
15 22 (8.27%) Workshop Facilitation
16 20 (7.52%) Data Migration
16 20 (7.52%) Roadmaps
16 20 (7.52%) System Integration Testing
17 19 (7.14%) SAP HANA
18 18 (6.77%) Order to Cash
18 18 (6.77%) SuccessFactors
19 16 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
20 14 (5.26%) Procure-to-Pay
21 13 (4.89%) Data Governance

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 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 146 (54.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (18.05%) SAP PP
3 36 (13.53%) SAP IBP
4 34 (12.78%) SAP FI
5 33 (12.41%) SAP CO
6 32 (12.03%) SAP FI/CO
7 12 (4.51%) SAP SD
8 9 (3.38%) SAP SCM
9 7 (2.63%) SAP PM
9 7 (2.63%) SAP PS
9 7 (2.63%) SAP WM
10 6 (2.26%) SAP HCM
11 5 (1.88%) SAP Business One
11 5 (1.88%) SAP MDG
11 5 (1.88%) SAP Retail
12 4 (1.50%) SAP MM
12 4 (1.50%) SAP Payroll
13 3 (1.13%) SAP GRC
13 3 (1.13%) SAP HR
13 3 (1.13%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.77%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.75%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.38%) AWS
3 1 (0.38%) Azure
3 1 (0.38%) GCP
3 1 (0.38%) PaaS
3 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.38%) SaaS
3 1 (0.38%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.14%) SAP HANA
2 11 (4.14%) SAP BW
3 8 (3.01%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (2.26%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.38%) Power BI
7 1 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) LSMW
2 1 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 55 (20.68%) Finance
2 48 (18.05%) Manufacturing
3 42 (15.79%) Law
4 40 (15.04%) Social Skills
5 24 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.52%) Retail
7 13 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.63%) Legal
9 4 (1.50%) Billing
9 4 (1.50%) German Language
9 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.13%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.75%) Banking
11 2 (0.75%) French Language
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (23.31%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.50%) IDoc
3 3 (1.13%) SAP ALE
3 3 (1.13%) SAP Basis
3 3 (1.13%) SAP Core Interface
3 3 (1.13%) SAP TM
3 3 (1.13%) XML
4 2 (0.75%) Middleware
4 2 (0.75%) SAPUI5
4 2 (0.75%) Web Dynpro
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.42%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.79%) Life Science
3 9 (3.38%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.88%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.88%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.50%) Replication
8 3 (1.13%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.75%) FMCG
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.38%) Linux
1 1 (0.38%) SUSE
1 1 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.38%) Windows
1 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.43%) Analytics
2 42 (15.79%) Business Development
2 42 (15.79%) Production Planning
3 26 (9.77%) Migration
4 25 (9.40%) Logistics
4 25 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 23 (8.65%) Requirements Gathering
6 23 (8.65%) Translating Business Requirements
7 22 (8.27%) Coaching
7 22 (8.27%) Workshop Facilitation
8 20 (7.52%) Data Migration
8 20 (7.52%) Roadmaps
8 20 (7.52%) System Integration Testing
9 18 (6.77%) Order to Cash
10 16 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.26%) Procure-to-Pay
12 13 (4.89%) Data Governance
12 13 (4.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (4.51%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.27%) ABAP
2 5 (1.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.38%) Perl
3 1 (0.38%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 26 (9.77%) Security Cleared
2 13 (4.89%) SAP Certification
3 8 (3.01%) Degree
4 7 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.13%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.38%) ACCA
7 1 (0.38%) CCA
7 1 (0.38%) CIMA
7 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.50%) SLA
3 3 (1.13%) GDPR
3 3 (1.13%) GRC
3 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.38%) GAAP
4 1 (0.38%) GMP
4 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.38%) IFRS
4 1 (0.38%) PMO
4 1 (0.38%) QA
4 1 (0.38%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 266 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (3.38%) Ariba
3 5 (1.88%) OpenText
4 1 (0.38%) Databricks
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.38%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.38%) Salesforce