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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 581 470
Rank change year-on-year +123 -111 +135
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 187 124 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.23% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.25% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 89 60 144
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -18.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,125 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -28.57% +7.69%

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 53,748 49,914 53,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.93% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,232 25,949 41,098
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
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 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 12 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 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 +111 147 £75,000 - 36
Work from Home +103 76 £77,500 -8.82% 14
UK excluding London +46 65 £75,000 +50.00% 22
London +69 64 £75,000 -11.76% 20
North of England +37 39 £77,500 +55.00% 6
Yorkshire +7 28 £77,500 +55.00% 5
South East +41 17 - - 11
North West +20 11 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Midlands 0 6 £75,000 +25.00% 6
West Midlands +13 3 £70,000 +24.44% 4
East Midlands -7 3 £75,000 +25.00% 2
East of England - 3 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 187 (100.00%) SAP
2 94 (50.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (22.99%) SAP FI
4 41 (21.93%) SAP CO
4 41 (21.93%) SAP FI/CO
5 39 (20.86%) Migration
6 34 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 33 (17.65%) Logistics
7 33 (17.65%) SAP Fiori
8 31 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.37%) ERP
11 23 (12.30%) Analytics
12 22 (11.76%) Data Migration
13 20 (10.70%) SAP PP
14 19 (10.16%) ABAP
14 19 (10.16%) Agile
14 19 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
15 18 (9.63%) Degree
15 18 (9.63%) SAP Certification
16 17 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
17 16 (8.56%) Decision-Making
17 16 (8.56%) Roadmaps
18 15 (8.02%) Business Strategy
18 15 (8.02%) Procure-to-Pay
18 15 (8.02%) Project Management
19 14 (7.49%) Presales
19 14 (7.49%) Production Planning
19 14 (7.49%) Requirements Gathering
19 14 (7.49%) 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 4 (2.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.74%) Maya
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 94 (50.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (22.99%) SAP FI
3 41 (21.93%) SAP CO
3 41 (21.93%) SAP FI/CO
4 20 (10.70%) SAP PP
5 13 (6.95%) SAP IBP
5 13 (6.95%) SAP MM
6 9 (4.81%) SAP SD
7 8 (4.28%) SAP Business One
7 8 (4.28%) SAP FSCM
7 8 (4.28%) SAP MDG
8 7 (3.74%) SAP HCM
8 7 (3.74%) SAP IS-U
9 6 (3.21%) SAP Payroll
9 6 (3.21%) SAP PM
9 6 (3.21%) SAP SCM
10 5 (2.67%) SAP GRC
10 5 (2.67%) SAP PS
11 4 (2.14%) SAP HR
11 4 (2.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.14%) SaaS
3 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.95%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.81%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (4.81%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (4.28%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (3.74%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.14%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.60%) Power BI
7 2 (1.07%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.07%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) LSMW
General
1 58 (31.02%) Finance
2 46 (24.60%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.56%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (6.95%) Retail
7 8 (4.28%) Law
7 8 (4.28%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.74%) Games
9 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.67%) German Language
11 3 (1.60%) Automotive
11 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Billing
13 1 (0.53%) French Language
13 1 (0.53%) Legal
13 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (17.65%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.74%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.21%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.14%) IDoc
5 3 (1.60%) Middleware
6 1 (0.53%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.56%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.81%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.74%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (2.14%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.14%) Replication
7 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.53%) FMCG
9 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.60%) Linux
1 3 (1.60%) SUSE
1 3 (1.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.60%) Windows
1 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.86%) Migration
2 33 (17.65%) Logistics
3 31 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (13.37%) ERP
6 23 (12.30%) Analytics
7 22 (11.76%) Data Migration
8 19 (10.16%) Agile
8 19 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
9 17 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
10 16 (8.56%) Decision-Making
10 16 (8.56%) Roadmaps
11 15 (8.02%) Business Strategy
11 15 (8.02%) Procure-to-Pay
11 15 (8.02%) Project Management
12 14 (7.49%) Presales
12 14 (7.49%) Production Planning
12 14 (7.49%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (7.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.49%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.16%) ABAP
2 8 (4.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.63%) Degree
2 18 (9.63%) SAP Certification
3 12 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.60%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.53%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.67%) GRC
3 4 (2.14%) QA
4 3 (1.60%) GMP
5 2 (1.07%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 187 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.14%) Ariba
2 4 (2.14%) Oracle
2 4 (2.14%) Workday
3 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft