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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 564 637
Rank change year-on-year +7 +73 -217
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 232 128 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 134 86 88
10th Percentile £62,150 £62,500 £55,875
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,188 £97,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% +13.85%

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 101,050 44,873 78,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.93% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 69,068 26,506 52,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.77% -4.00% -6.54%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +4 211 £80,000 +3.23% 61
UK excluding London -15 129 £80,000 +6.67% 35
London -18 86 £80,000 -3.03% 22
North of England +22 65 £80,000 +3.23% 14
Midlands -11 42 £70,000 -6.67% 9
Work from Home -36 42 £80,000 -3.03% 53
Yorkshire +6 39 £85,000 -5.56% 4
West Midlands -17 34 £70,000 -6.67% 7
North West +4 26 £77,500 +19.23% 10
South East -27 15 £90,000 +38.46% 10
East Midlands -22 7 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
East of England -22 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

1 232 (100.00%) SAP
2 125 (53.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 36 (15.52%) User Acceptance Testing
4 35 (15.09%) SAP Fiori
5 32 (13.79%) Analytics
6 30 (12.93%) Logistics
6 30 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (12.07%) Production Planning
7 28 (12.07%) System Integration Testing
8 25 (10.78%) SAP PP
8 25 (10.78%) Workshop Facilitation
9 24 (10.34%) SAP HANA
10 23 (9.91%) SAP IBP
10 23 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (9.48%) Translating Business Requirements
12 21 (9.05%) ABAP
12 21 (9.05%) Business Development
13 20 (8.62%) Coaching
14 18 (7.76%) Data Governance
14 18 (7.76%) SuccessFactors
15 17 (7.33%) Order to Cash
15 17 (7.33%) SAP Basis
16 16 (6.90%) SAP SD
17 14 (6.03%) Project Delivery
18 13 (5.60%) Ariba
18 13 (5.60%) Knowledge Transfer
18 13 (5.60%) Migration
18 13 (5.60%) Presales
18 13 (5.60%) Root Cause Analysis
18 13 (5.60%) Thought Leadership

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 (0.43%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 125 (53.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (10.78%) SAP PP
3 23 (9.91%) SAP IBP
4 16 (6.90%) SAP SD
5 11 (4.74%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.31%) SAP CO
6 10 (4.31%) SAP FI
6 10 (4.31%) SAP HCM
7 9 (3.88%) SAP FI/CO
8 8 (3.45%) SAP MDG-BP
8 8 (3.45%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (3.45%) SAP Travel Management
9 7 (3.02%) SAP GTS
10 5 (2.16%) SAP PM
10 5 (2.16%) SAP SCM
11 4 (1.72%) SAP APO
11 4 (1.72%) SAP Business One
11 4 (1.72%) SAP EWM
11 4 (1.72%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
11 4 (1.72%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.76%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.16%) GCP
3 4 (1.72%) AWS
3 4 (1.72%) Azure
3 4 (1.72%) PaaS
3 4 (1.72%) SaaS
3 4 (1.72%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.43%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.16%) HTTP
2 1 (0.43%) FTP
2 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.34%) SAP HANA
2 10 (4.31%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.59%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) LSMW
General
1 47 (20.26%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.67%) Manufacturing
3 24 (10.34%) Finance
4 23 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.33%) Law
5 17 (7.33%) Retail
6 8 (3.45%) Billing
6 8 (3.45%) Legal
7 5 (2.16%) German Language
8 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.29%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Automotive
10 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.43%) Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Czech Language
10 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.09%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.33%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.45%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.02%) Middleware
4 7 (3.02%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.16%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.16%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.72%) XML
7 1 (0.43%) BAPI
7 1 (0.43%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.43%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.43%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (8.19%) Life Science
3 12 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.88%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.59%) Replication
6 5 (2.16%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.72%) Data Fabric
8 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.43%) Robotics
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Linux
1 1 (0.43%) Unix
1 1 (0.43%) Windows
1 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.52%) User Acceptance Testing
2 32 (13.79%) Analytics
3 30 (12.93%) Logistics
3 30 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (12.07%) Production Planning
4 28 (12.07%) System Integration Testing
5 25 (10.78%) Workshop Facilitation
6 23 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (9.48%) Translating Business Requirements
8 21 (9.05%) Business Development
9 20 (8.62%) Coaching
10 18 (7.76%) Data Governance
11 17 (7.33%) Order to Cash
12 14 (6.03%) Project Delivery
13 13 (5.60%) Knowledge Transfer
13 13 (5.60%) Migration
13 13 (5.60%) Presales
13 13 (5.60%) Root Cause Analysis
13 13 (5.60%) Thought Leadership
14 12 (5.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.05%) ABAP
2 4 (1.72%) SQL
3 3 (1.29%) Perl
4 1 (0.43%) Java
4 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (4.74%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.88%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.86%) Degree
5 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.43%) CCA
5 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.45%) GDPR
2 7 (3.02%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.29%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.29%) PMO
4 2 (0.86%) GRC
4 2 (0.86%) SLA
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) GMP
5 1 (0.43%) GxP
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.29%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Ansible
1 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 232 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.60%) Ariba
3 12 (5.17%) OpenText
4 4 (1.72%) Databricks
4 4 (1.72%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.43%) Concur
6 1 (0.43%) Dell
6 1 (0.43%) Google
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle