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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 543 611
Rank change year-on-year +76 +68 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 237 94 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.25% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 131 54 137
10th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,750 £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 £97,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £109,625 £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 69,843 38,164 81,143
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 90.31% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44,555 23,016 61,790
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,408 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,263
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +80 197 £80,000 - 84
London +75 111 £80,000 -5.88% 26
UK excluding London -19 67 £77,500 +3.33% 59
Work from Home +37 65 £77,500 -8.82% 50
North of England -29 29 £77,500 +3.33% 14
South East -3 19 £70,250 -17.35% 25
Yorkshire - 19 £77,500 - 1
Midlands -37 16 £80,000 +10.34% 18
West Midlands -23 12 £80,000 +14.29% 13
North West -13 10 £65,000 -13.33% 13
East Midlands -43 4 £70,000 -17.65% 5
East of England -8 2 £62,500 -3.85%
South West - 1 £65,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 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.

1 237 (100.00%) SAP
2 126 (53.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 61 (25.74%) SAP Fiori
4 54 (22.78%) Analytics
5 50 (21.10%) SAP PP
6 43 (18.14%) Business Development
6 43 (18.14%) Production Planning
7 35 (14.77%) SAP FI
8 34 (14.35%) SAP CO
8 34 (14.35%) SAP FI/CO
8 34 (14.35%) SAP IBP
8 34 (14.35%) Security Cleared
9 30 (12.66%) Migration
10 26 (10.97%) Requirements Gathering
11 23 (9.70%) Coaching
11 23 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (8.86%) Data Migration
12 21 (8.86%) Logistics
12 21 (8.86%) SuccessFactors
13 20 (8.44%) ABAP
14 19 (8.02%) Workshop Facilitation
15 18 (7.59%) Roadmaps
15 18 (7.59%) Translating Business Requirements
16 17 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (6.33%) SAP Certification
18 14 (5.91%) Agile
18 14 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 13 (5.49%) Decision-Making
20 11 (4.64%) Degree
20 11 (4.64%) Presales

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 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 126 (53.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (21.10%) SAP PP
3 35 (14.77%) SAP FI
4 34 (14.35%) SAP CO
4 34 (14.35%) SAP FI/CO
4 34 (14.35%) SAP IBP
5 9 (3.80%) SAP PM
5 9 (3.80%) SAP SCM
6 8 (3.38%) SAP HCM
7 7 (2.95%) SAP PS
7 7 (2.95%) SAP SD
7 7 (2.95%) SAP WM
8 5 (2.11%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (1.69%) SAP HR
10 3 (1.27%) SAP Business One
10 3 (1.27%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (1.27%) SAP GRC
10 3 (1.27%) SAP MDG
10 3 (1.27%) SAP MM
10 3 (1.27%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.86%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.84%) SaaS
3 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.64%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.38%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (2.95%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (2.95%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.42%) Power BI
7 1 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) LSMW
2 1 (0.42%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 54 (22.78%) Finance
2 48 (20.25%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.72%) Law
4 36 (15.19%) Social Skills
5 24 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.91%) Retail
7 13 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.53%) German Language
8 6 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.69%) Legal
10 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.84%) Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Billing
10 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) French Language
10 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.74%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.69%) IDoc
2 4 (1.69%) SAP Basis
3 3 (1.27%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.42%) EDI
4 1 (0.42%) Middleware
4 1 (0.42%) OLE
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.41%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (17.30%) Life Science
3 9 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.53%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.11%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.27%) Replication
8 3 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.84%) FMCG
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.84%) Linux
1 2 (0.84%) SUSE
1 2 (0.84%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 2 (0.84%) Windows
1 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.78%) Analytics
2 43 (18.14%) Business Development
2 43 (18.14%) Production Planning
3 30 (12.66%) Migration
4 26 (10.97%) Requirements Gathering
5 23 (9.70%) Coaching
5 23 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (8.86%) Data Migration
6 21 (8.86%) Logistics
7 19 (8.02%) Workshop Facilitation
8 18 (7.59%) Roadmaps
8 18 (7.59%) Translating Business Requirements
9 17 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.91%) Agile
10 14 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (5.49%) Decision-Making
12 11 (4.64%) Presales
12 11 (4.64%) Supply Chain Management
12 11 (4.64%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (4.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.44%) ABAP
2 3 (1.27%) SQL
3 1 (0.42%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 34 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.33%) SAP Certification
3 11 (4.64%) Degree
3 11 (4.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.84%) CCA
5 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.42%) ACCA
6 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.42%) CIMA
6 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.69%) SLA
3 3 (1.27%) GRC
3 3 (1.27%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.27%) QA
4 1 (0.42%) GAAP
4 1 (0.42%) GMP
4 1 (0.42%) IFRS
4 1 (0.42%) PMO
4 1 (0.42%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 237 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (0.84%) Ariba
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle
2 2 (0.84%) Workday
3 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.42%) Salesforce