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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 523 599
Rank change year-on-year -73 +76 -174
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 214 155 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 118 93 92
10th Percentile £62,500 £55,500 -
25th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £94,063 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +27.27% -15.38%

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 109,690 44,526 71,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 89.77% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,912 25,656 41,522
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,825 £36,250 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,775 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 2 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 14 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 2 October 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 -69 197 £80,000 +6.67% 246
UK excluding London -58 131 £80,000 +14.29% 162
London -55 71 £95,000 +22.58% 82
North of England -30 64 £80,000 +60.00% 38
Work from Home -64 46 £80,000 -1.54% 168
Midlands -22 43 £70,000 -6.67% 28
Yorkshire -9 37 £85,000 +1.49% 13
West Midlands -19 33 £70,000 -3.45% 21
North West -21 27 £80,000 +60.00% 23
South East -42 15 £85,000 +30.77% 65
East Midlands -35 9 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
East of England -41 2 £62,500 -34.21% 11
South West -70 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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.

1 214 (100.00%) SAP
2 113 (52.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 41 (19.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 31 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (13.08%) Logistics
5 28 (13.08%) System Integration Testing
6 25 (11.68%) SAP Fiori
7 24 (11.21%) ABAP
8 23 (10.75%) SAP HANA
9 22 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
10 20 (9.35%) Translating Business Requirements
11 18 (8.41%) Coaching
12 17 (7.94%) IAG
12 17 (7.94%) SAP Basis
12 17 (7.94%) SAP CO
12 17 (7.94%) SAP FI
13 16 (7.48%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (7.48%) Integration Testing
13 16 (7.48%) SAP FI/CO
13 16 (7.48%) SAP SD
13 16 (7.48%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (7.01%) Migration
14 15 (7.01%) Presales
14 15 (7.01%) Root Cause Analysis
15 14 (6.54%) Analytics
15 14 (6.54%) Data Migration
15 14 (6.54%) Production Planning
15 14 (6.54%) Project Delivery
15 14 (6.54%) Security Cleared

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 (0.47%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 113 (52.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (7.94%) SAP CO
2 17 (7.94%) SAP FI
3 16 (7.48%) SAP FI/CO
3 16 (7.48%) SAP SD
4 12 (5.61%) SAP MDG
5 10 (4.67%) SAP HCM
5 10 (4.67%) SAP PP
6 8 (3.74%) SAP Business One
6 8 (3.74%) SAP IBP
6 8 (3.74%) SAP MDG-BP
6 8 (3.74%) SAP Payroll
7 7 (3.27%) SAP GTS
7 7 (3.27%) SAP Travel Management
8 6 (2.80%) SAP GRC
8 6 (2.80%) SAP PM
9 5 (2.34%) SAP MM
10 4 (1.87%) SAP APO
10 4 (1.87%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (1.87%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.48%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.87%) GCP
3 3 (1.40%) AWS
3 3 (1.40%) Azure
3 3 (1.40%) PaaS
3 3 (1.40%) SaaS
3 3 (1.40%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.47%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.34%) HTTP
2 1 (0.47%) FTP
2 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.75%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.21%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.87%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) LSMW
General
1 44 (20.56%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.82%) Manufacturing
3 30 (14.02%) Finance
4 19 (8.88%) Retail
5 18 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.14%) Legal
7 10 (4.67%) Billing
8 9 (4.21%) Automotive
9 5 (2.34%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.87%) German Language
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Czech Language
13 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.68%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.94%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.74%) SAP Core Interface
4 7 (3.27%) Middleware
4 7 (3.27%) SAP TM
5 6 (2.80%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.34%) Web Dynpro
7 4 (1.87%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.87%) SAPUI5
8 3 (1.40%) XML
9 1 (0.47%) BAPI
9 1 (0.47%) EDI
9 1 (0.47%) SAP BC
9 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.47%) SAP XI
9 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.74%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.80%) Replication
5 4 (1.87%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.40%) Data Fabric
6 3 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.93%) Life Science
7 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Robotics
8 1 (0.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Linux
1 1 (0.47%) Unix
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
1 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (19.16%) User Acceptance Testing
2 31 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (13.08%) Logistics
3 28 (13.08%) System Integration Testing
4 22 (10.28%) Workshop Facilitation
5 20 (9.35%) Translating Business Requirements
6 18 (8.41%) Coaching
7 16 (7.48%) Identity Access Management
7 16 (7.48%) Integration Testing
8 15 (7.01%) Migration
8 15 (7.01%) Presales
8 15 (7.01%) Root Cause Analysis
9 14 (6.54%) Analytics
9 14 (6.54%) Data Migration
9 14 (6.54%) Production Planning
9 14 (6.54%) Project Delivery
10 13 (6.07%) Data Governance
10 13 (6.07%) Knowledge Transfer
11 11 (5.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.21%) ABAP
2 6 (2.80%) SQL
3 3 (1.40%) Perl
4 1 (0.47%) Java
4 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.27%) DV Cleared
2 7 (3.27%) SAP Certification
2 7 (3.27%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.87%) CISA
3 4 (1.87%) CISSP
4 3 (1.40%) Degree
5 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.47%) CCA
5 1 (0.47%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) GDPR
2 11 (5.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.80%) GRC
5 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.40%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.47%) GMP
8 1 (0.47%) GxP
8 1 (0.47%) QA
8 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (7.94%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Ansible
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 214 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (5.61%) OpenText
3 10 (4.67%) Ariba
4 3 (1.40%) Databricks
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.47%) Concur
5 1 (0.47%) Dell
5 1 (0.47%) Google
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle