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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 546 636
Rank change year-on-year +85 +90 -90
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 242 91 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 138 54 133
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 73,166 36,757 84,704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 89.95% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,994 23,163 63,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +70 203 £80,000 - 91
London +63 108 £80,000 -3.03% 32
UK excluding London -33 77 £77,500 +3.33% 71
Work from Home +20 63 £77,500 -8.82% 53
North of England -26 32 £77,500 +3.33% 16
South East -14 23 £65,000 -23.53% 30
Yorkshire - 20 £77,500 - 4
Midlands -43 19 £80,000 +10.34% 18
West Midlands -31 14 £80,000 +14.29% 12
North West -14 12 £60,000 -20.00% 12
East Midlands -38 5 £70,000 -17.65% 6
East of England -23 2 £62,500 -3.85%
South West - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 April 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.

1 242 (100.00%) SAP
2 127 (52.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 58 (23.97%) SAP Fiori
4 55 (22.73%) Analytics
5 49 (20.25%) SAP PP
6 42 (17.36%) Business Development
6 42 (17.36%) Production Planning
7 34 (14.05%) SAP FI
7 34 (14.05%) SAP IBP
8 33 (13.64%) SAP CO
8 33 (13.64%) SAP FI/CO
9 30 (12.40%) Security Cleared
10 26 (10.74%) Migration
11 25 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
12 22 (9.09%) Coaching
13 20 (8.26%) Logistics
13 20 (8.26%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (7.85%) ABAP
14 19 (7.85%) Data Migration
14 19 (7.85%) SuccessFactors
15 18 (7.44%) Roadmaps
15 18 (7.44%) Workshop Facilitation
16 17 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
17 15 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (6.20%) SAP Certification
18 13 (5.37%) Presales
18 13 (5.37%) SAP HANA
19 12 (4.96%) Agile
19 12 (4.96%) Decision-Making
19 12 (4.96%) Order to Cash

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 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 127 (52.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (20.25%) SAP PP
3 34 (14.05%) SAP FI
3 34 (14.05%) SAP IBP
4 33 (13.64%) SAP CO
4 33 (13.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (3.72%) SAP SCM
6 8 (3.31%) SAP PM
7 7 (2.89%) SAP HCM
7 7 (2.89%) SAP PS
7 7 (2.89%) SAP SD
7 7 (2.89%) SAP WM
8 5 (2.07%) SAP Business One
8 5 (2.07%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (1.65%) SAP HR
10 3 (1.24%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (1.24%) SAP GRC
10 3 (1.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (1.24%) SAP Retail
11 2 (0.83%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.85%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.41%) AWS
3 1 (0.41%) Azure
3 1 (0.41%) GCP
3 1 (0.41%) PaaS
3 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.41%) SaaS
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.37%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.31%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (2.89%) SAP BW
4 6 (2.48%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 3 (1.24%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 49 (20.25%) Finance
2 46 (19.01%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.36%) Law
4 35 (14.46%) Social Skills
5 22 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.37%) Retail
7 12 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.07%) German Language
9 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.65%) Legal
9 4 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.83%) Banking
10 2 (0.83%) Billing
10 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.83%) French Language
10 2 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (23.97%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.65%) IDoc
3 3 (1.24%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.83%) SAPUI5
4 2 (0.83%) XML
5 1 (0.41%) EDI
5 1 (0.41%) OLE
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.41%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.01%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (17.36%) Life Science
3 9 (3.72%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.48%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.07%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.83%) FMCG
9 2 (0.83%) Replication
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.41%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.41%) Linux
1 1 (0.41%) SUSE
1 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.41%) Windows
1 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.73%) Analytics
2 42 (17.36%) Business Development
2 42 (17.36%) Production Planning
3 26 (10.74%) Migration
4 25 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 22 (9.09%) Coaching
6 20 (8.26%) Logistics
6 20 (8.26%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (7.85%) Data Migration
8 18 (7.44%) Roadmaps
8 18 (7.44%) Workshop Facilitation
9 17 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
10 15 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (5.37%) Presales
12 12 (4.96%) Agile
12 12 (4.96%) Decision-Making
12 12 (4.96%) Order to Cash
13 11 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (4.55%) Supply Chain Management
13 11 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.85%) ABAP
2 5 (2.07%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 30 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.20%) SAP Certification
3 10 (4.13%) Degree
4 9 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.24%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) ACCA
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) CCA
7 1 (0.41%) CIMA
7 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
1 4 (1.65%) SLA
2 3 (1.24%) GRC
2 3 (1.24%) ISO 20022
3 2 (0.83%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) GAAP
4 1 (0.41%) GMP
4 1 (0.41%) IFRS
4 1 (0.41%) PMO
4 1 (0.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 242 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (1.65%) Ariba
3 1 (0.41%) Databricks
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.41%) Salesforce