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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 517 572
Rank change year-on-year -94 +55 -135
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 195 151 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.34% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 106 86 90
10th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 -
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 £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year +14.81% +27.96% -18.85%

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 109,405 44,412 69,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 89.84% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 74,287 25,750 39,695
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -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 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 15 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 10 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 -72 177 £80,000 +6.67% 258
UK excluding London -67 114 £77,500 +14.81% 160
London -43 70 £95,000 +26.67% 87
North of England -40 47 £80,000 +60.00% 43
Work from Home -79 46 £80,000 - 160
Midlands -15 38 £70,000 -6.67% 29
West Midlands -25 28 £70,000 - 22
Yorkshire -18 26 £85,000 +1.49% 13
North West -16 21 £80,000 +60.00% 21
South East -45 18 £80,000 +28.00% 58
East Midlands -30 9 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
East of England -37 2 £62,500 -34.21% 12
Scotland - 2 £90,000 - 3
South West -74 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 195 (100.00%) SAP
2 100 (51.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (15.90%) User Acceptance Testing
5 25 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.31%) Logistics
7 22 (11.28%) Workshop Facilitation
8 20 (10.26%) SAP Fiori
9 19 (9.74%) System Integration Testing
10 18 (9.23%) ABAP
10 18 (9.23%) Coaching
10 18 (9.23%) Migration
10 18 (9.23%) SAP CO
10 18 (9.23%) SAP FI
10 18 (9.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 18 (9.23%) SAP HANA
11 17 (8.72%) Data Migration
11 17 (8.72%) IAG
11 17 (8.72%) SAP Basis
12 16 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
12 16 (8.21%) Security Cleared
12 16 (8.21%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (7.69%) Presales
13 15 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
14 14 (7.18%) Integration Testing
14 14 (7.18%) Project Delivery
15 13 (6.67%) Analytics
16 12 (6.15%) ERP
16 12 (6.15%) Production Planning
16 12 (6.15%) Requirements Gathering

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 (0.51%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 100 (51.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (9.23%) SAP CO
2 18 (9.23%) SAP FI
2 18 (9.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 11 (5.64%) SAP SD
4 10 (5.13%) SAP HCM
5 9 (4.62%) SAP Business One
5 9 (4.62%) SAP MDG
5 9 (4.62%) SAP PP
6 8 (4.10%) SAP Payroll
6 8 (4.10%) SAP PM
7 7 (3.59%) SAP MM
8 6 (3.08%) SAP GRC
8 6 (3.08%) SAP IBP
9 5 (2.56%) SAP GTS
9 5 (2.56%) SAP MDG-BP
9 5 (2.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 5 (2.56%) SAP Travel Management
10 4 (2.05%) SAP APO
10 4 (2.05%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.21%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.05%) GCP
3 3 (1.54%) AWS
3 3 (1.54%) Azure
3 3 (1.54%) PaaS
3 3 (1.54%) SaaS
3 3 (1.54%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.51%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.54%) HTTP
2 1 (0.51%) FTP
2 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.23%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.08%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (1.03%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) LSMW
General
1 39 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.46%) Manufacturing
3 28 (14.36%) Finance
4 15 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.64%) Legal
5 11 (5.64%) Retail
6 9 (4.62%) Automotive
6 9 (4.62%) Billing
7 6 (3.08%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.05%) German Language
9 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.51%) Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.26%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (8.72%) SAP Basis
3 5 (2.56%) Middleware
3 5 (2.56%) SAP Core Interface
3 5 (2.56%) SAP TM
4 4 (2.05%) SailPoint
4 4 (2.05%) SAP ALE
4 4 (2.05%) SAPUI5
5 3 (1.54%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (1.03%) XML
7 1 (0.51%) .NET
7 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.51%) BAPI
7 1 (0.51%) EDI
7 1 (0.51%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.51%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.64%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.59%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.05%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.05%) Replication
6 3 (1.54%) Data Fabric
6 3 (1.54%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.03%) Life Science
7 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.51%) Robotics
8 1 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Linux
1 1 (0.51%) Unix
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
1 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (16.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (15.90%) User Acceptance Testing
3 25 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (12.31%) Logistics
5 22 (11.28%) Workshop Facilitation
6 19 (9.74%) System Integration Testing
7 18 (9.23%) Coaching
7 18 (9.23%) Migration
8 17 (8.72%) Data Migration
9 16 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
10 15 (7.69%) Presales
10 15 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
11 14 (7.18%) Integration Testing
11 14 (7.18%) Project Delivery
12 13 (6.67%) Analytics
13 12 (6.15%) ERP
13 12 (6.15%) Production Planning
13 12 (6.15%) Requirements Gathering
13 12 (6.15%) Thought Leadership
14 10 (5.13%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.23%) ABAP
2 7 (3.59%) SQL
3 2 (1.03%) Perl
4 1 (0.51%) C#
4 1 (0.51%) Java
4 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.13%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.08%) SAP Certification
5 4 (2.05%) CISA
5 4 (2.05%) CISSP
6 3 (1.54%) Degree
7 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.51%) CCA
7 1 (0.51%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.62%) GDPR
2 8 (4.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (3.08%) GRC
4 4 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.03%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.51%) GMP
6 1 (0.51%) GxP
6 1 (0.51%) QA
6 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (8.72%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Ansible
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 195 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (3.59%) OpenText
3 5 (2.56%) Ariba
4 4 (2.05%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.54%) Databricks
5 3 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.51%) Concur
6 1 (0.51%) Dell
6 1 (0.51%) Google
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle