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 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 570 653
Rank change year-on-year +121 +83 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 273 89 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 158 60 139
10th Percentile £63,375 £62,375 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +11.28%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 85,551 39,541 91,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 89.78% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,475 22,949 67,336
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +96 242 £80,000 - 62
UK excluding London +42 133 £80,000 +6.67% 38
London +46 108 £80,000 -11.11% 23
North of England +30 74 £80,000 +6.67% 4
Work from Home +46 55 £80,000 -9.86% 147
Yorkshire - 44 £85,000 - 1
Midlands -27 32 £80,000 +6.67% 8
North West +30 30 £80,000 +6.67% 3
West Midlands -28 27 £80,000 +6.67% 7
South East -4 19 £70,500 +8.46% 18
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East Midlands -30 5 £70,000 -17.65% 1
East of England -22 1 £70,000 +7.69% 2
South West -46 1 £65,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 273 (100.00%) SAP
2 154 (56.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 61 (22.34%) SAP Fiori
4 59 (21.61%) Analytics
5 45 (16.48%) Business Development
6 42 (15.38%) Production Planning
7 41 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
8 40 (14.65%) SAP IBP
9 39 (14.29%) SAP PP
10 31 (11.36%) Coaching
10 31 (11.36%) System Integration Testing
11 30 (10.99%) Logistics
12 27 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (9.89%) SAP HANA
13 26 (9.52%) SuccessFactors
14 25 (9.16%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (9.16%) Workshop Facilitation
15 23 (8.42%) ABAP
16 20 (7.33%) Migration
17 18 (6.59%) Data Governance
17 18 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 17 (6.23%) Order to Cash
18 17 (6.23%) Requirements Gathering
19 16 (5.86%) Data Migration
19 16 (5.86%) Data Modelling
19 16 (5.86%) Roadmaps
19 16 (5.86%) SAP FI
19 16 (5.86%) SAP SD
20 15 (5.49%) SAP CO
21 14 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 154 (56.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (14.65%) SAP IBP
3 39 (14.29%) SAP PP
4 16 (5.86%) SAP FI
4 16 (5.86%) SAP SD
5 15 (5.49%) SAP CO
6 14 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (4.76%) SAP HCM
8 12 (4.40%) SAP MDG
9 10 (3.66%) SAP Payroll
10 8 (2.93%) SAP MDG-BP
10 8 (2.93%) SAP Travel Management
11 7 (2.56%) SAP GTS
11 7 (2.56%) SAP PM
11 7 (2.56%) SAP SCM
11 7 (2.56%) SAP WM
12 6 (2.20%) SAP PS
13 5 (1.83%) SAP Business One
13 5 (1.83%) SAP Retail
14 4 (1.47%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.52%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.10%) AWS
2 3 (1.10%) Azure
2 3 (1.10%) GCP
2 3 (1.10%) PaaS
2 3 (1.10%) SaaS
2 3 (1.10%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.83%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.89%) SAP HANA
2 12 (4.40%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.83%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (1.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) LSMW
2 1 (0.37%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 49 (17.95%) Manufacturing
2 45 (16.48%) Finance
3 43 (15.75%) Social Skills
4 42 (15.38%) Law
5 24 (8.79%) Retail
6 23 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.03%) Legal
7 11 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.83%) Billing
9 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.47%) German Language
10 3 (1.10%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) French Language
11 2 (0.73%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (22.34%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.93%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.56%) Middleware
3 7 (2.56%) SAP Core Interface
4 6 (2.20%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.83%) SAP Basis
5 5 (1.83%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.47%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.41%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.38%) Life Science
3 11 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.30%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.93%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.20%) Replication
8 5 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.10%) Data Fabric
10 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.73%) FMCG
11 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.61%) Analytics
2 45 (16.48%) Business Development
3 42 (15.38%) Production Planning
4 41 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (11.36%) Coaching
5 31 (11.36%) System Integration Testing
6 30 (10.99%) Logistics
7 27 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (9.16%) Translating Business Requirements
8 25 (9.16%) Workshop Facilitation
9 20 (7.33%) Migration
10 18 (6.59%) Data Governance
10 18 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (6.23%) Order to Cash
11 17 (6.23%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (5.86%) Data Migration
12 16 (5.86%) Data Modelling
12 16 (5.86%) Roadmaps
13 14 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer
13 14 (5.13%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.42%) ABAP
2 3 (1.10%) Perl
2 3 (1.10%) SQL
3 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 14 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (2.93%) SAP Certification
3 5 (1.83%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.47%) Degree
5 3 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.73%) CCA
7 1 (0.37%) ACCA
7 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.37%) CIMA
7 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.93%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.56%) GDPR
2 7 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.83%) SLA
4 3 (1.10%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.10%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.73%) GRC
5 2 (0.73%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) GAAP
6 1 (0.37%) IFRS
6 1 (0.37%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 273 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.76%) Ariba
3 12 (4.40%) OpenText
4 3 (1.10%) Databricks
4 3 (1.10%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.10%) Salesforce