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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 566 673
Rank change year-on-year +92 +107 -213
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 291 95 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 170 60 147
10th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £52,950
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 88,632 40,228 103,596
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.47% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 60,836 22,885 74,815
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,603
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 21 June 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 June 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 +97 265 £80,000 +6.67% 46
UK excluding London +28 141 £80,000 +6.67% 36
London +75 125 £80,000 -11.11% 15
North of England +38 72 £80,000 +6.67% 15
Work from Home +22 54 £80,000 -8.57% 27
Midlands -4 45 £75,000 - 10
Yorkshire - 44 £85,000 - 5
West Midlands -9 40 £75,000 - 10
North West +27 28 £80,000 +6.67% 9
South East -14 17 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
East Midlands -22 5 £70,000 -
South West -59 1 £65,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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.

1 291 (100.00%) SAP
2 155 (53.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 59 (20.27%) Analytics
4 58 (19.93%) SAP Fiori
5 46 (15.81%) Business Development
6 45 (15.46%) Production Planning
7 42 (14.43%) SAP PP
7 42 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 40 (13.75%) SAP IBP
9 38 (13.06%) Coaching
10 34 (11.68%) Logistics
11 33 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (11.00%) System Integration Testing
13 30 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
14 26 (8.93%) SAP HANA
14 26 (8.93%) SuccessFactors
15 25 (8.59%) ABAP
15 25 (8.59%) Translating Business Requirements
16 24 (8.25%) Migration
17 21 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
18 20 (6.87%) Data Migration
19 18 (6.19%) Data Governance
20 17 (5.84%) Order to Cash
20 17 (5.84%) Requirements Gathering
20 17 (5.84%) SAP Basis
21 16 (5.50%) Data Modelling
21 16 (5.50%) Roadmaps
21 16 (5.50%) Thought Leadership
22 14 (4.81%) Knowledge Transfer
22 14 (4.81%) Project Delivery

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 (0.34%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 155 (53.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (14.43%) SAP PP
3 40 (13.75%) SAP IBP
4 14 (4.81%) SAP SD
5 12 (4.12%) SAP HCM
6 11 (3.78%) SAP CO
6 11 (3.78%) SAP FI
6 11 (3.78%) SAP MDG
7 10 (3.44%) SAP FI/CO
7 10 (3.44%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (2.75%) SAP MDG-BP
8 8 (2.75%) SAP SCM
8 8 (2.75%) SAP Travel Management
8 8 (2.75%) SAP WM
9 7 (2.41%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.06%) SAP PM
10 6 (2.06%) SAP PS
11 5 (1.72%) SAP EWM
11 5 (1.72%) SAP Retail
12 4 (1.37%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.93%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (1.72%) GCP
3 4 (1.37%) AWS
3 4 (1.37%) Azure
3 4 (1.37%) PaaS
3 4 (1.37%) SaaS
3 4 (1.37%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.34%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.72%) HTTP
2 1 (0.34%) FTP
2 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.93%) SAP HANA
2 11 (3.78%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.72%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 5 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) LSMW
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 55 (18.90%) Manufacturing
2 49 (16.84%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.09%) Law
4 37 (12.71%) Finance
5 28 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (8.25%) Retail
7 10 (3.44%) Legal
8 9 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Billing
10 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) German Language
12 3 (1.03%) Banking
12 3 (1.03%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) French Language
13 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (19.93%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (5.84%) SAP Basis
3 8 (2.75%) SAP TM
4 7 (2.41%) Middleware
4 7 (2.41%) SAP Core Interface
5 6 (2.06%) SAP ALE
6 5 (1.72%) Web Dynpro
7 4 (1.37%) XML
8 1 (0.34%) BAPI
8 1 (0.34%) EDI
8 1 (0.34%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.34%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.24%) Greenfield Project
2 43 (14.78%) Life Science
3 14 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.44%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.41%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.06%) Replication
8 4 (1.37%) Data Fabric
8 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.34%) FMCG
10 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.34%) Robotics
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.34%) Linux
1 1 (0.34%) Unix
1 1 (0.34%) Windows
1 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.27%) Analytics
2 46 (15.81%) Business Development
3 45 (15.46%) Production Planning
4 42 (14.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 38 (13.06%) Coaching
6 34 (11.68%) Logistics
7 33 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (11.00%) System Integration Testing
9 30 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
10 25 (8.59%) Translating Business Requirements
11 24 (8.25%) Migration
12 21 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (6.87%) Data Migration
14 18 (6.19%) Data Governance
15 17 (5.84%) Order to Cash
15 17 (5.84%) Requirements Gathering
16 16 (5.50%) Data Modelling
16 16 (5.50%) Roadmaps
16 16 (5.50%) Thought Leadership
17 14 (4.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.59%) ABAP
2 4 (1.37%) SQL
3 3 (1.03%) Perl
4 1 (0.34%) Java
4 1 (0.34%) SAPscript
4 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (3.78%) Security Cleared
2 10 (3.44%) SAP Certification
3 5 (1.72%) Degree
4 3 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (1.03%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.69%) CCA
6 1 (0.34%) ACCA
6 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.34%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.75%) Data Quality
1 8 (2.75%) GDPR
2 7 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.72%) SLA
4 3 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.03%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.03%) PMO
5 2 (0.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) GAAP
6 1 (0.34%) GMP
6 1 (0.34%) GxP
6 1 (0.34%) IFRS
6 1 (0.34%) QA
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.34%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) Ansible
1 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 291 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.47%) Ariba
3 12 (4.12%) OpenText
4 4 (1.37%) Databricks
4 4 (1.37%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.34%) Concur
5 1 (0.34%) Dell
5 1 (0.34%) Google
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle