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 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 518 587
Rank change year-on-year -96 +69 -157
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 197 152 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 108 86 89
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 £75,000 £67,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year +11.11% +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 109,503 44,040 68,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,366 25,685 38,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 13 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 13 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 -84 179 £80,000 +6.67% 236
UK excluding London -84 117 £75,000 +11.11% 142
London -49 69 £95,000 +26.67% 83
Work from Home -74 49 £80,000 - 151
North of England -46 47 £80,000 +60.00% 39
Midlands -27 38 £70,000 -6.67% 26
West Midlands -20 28 £70,000 - 20
Yorkshire -22 26 £85,000 +1.49% 12
North West -27 21 £80,000 +60.00% 20
South East -29 21 £80,000 +28.00% 50
East Midlands -27 9 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
East of England -37 2 £62,500 -34.21% 10
Scotland - 2 £90,000 - 3
South West -73 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 197 (100.00%) SAP
2 103 (52.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (15.74%) User Acceptance Testing
5 25 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (11.68%) Logistics
6 23 (11.68%) Workshop Facilitation
7 20 (10.15%) SAP CO
7 20 (10.15%) SAP FI
7 20 (10.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 19 (9.64%) Coaching
8 19 (9.64%) SAP Fiori
8 19 (9.64%) Security Cleared
9 18 (9.14%) ABAP
9 18 (9.14%) Migration
9 18 (9.14%) SAP HANA
9 18 (9.14%) System Integration Testing
10 17 (8.63%) Data Migration
10 17 (8.63%) IAG
10 17 (8.63%) SAP Basis
11 16 (8.12%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (8.12%) SuccessFactors
12 15 (7.61%) Presales
12 15 (7.61%) Project Delivery
12 15 (7.61%) Translating Business Requirements
13 14 (7.11%) Integration Testing
13 14 (7.11%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (6.60%) DV Cleared
14 13 (6.60%) ERP
14 13 (6.60%) Production Planning

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
1 103 (52.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (10.15%) SAP CO
2 20 (10.15%) SAP FI
2 20 (10.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 10 (5.08%) SAP Business One
3 10 (5.08%) SAP HCM
3 10 (5.08%) SAP PM
3 10 (5.08%) SAP PP
3 10 (5.08%) SAP SD
4 8 (4.06%) SAP MDG
4 8 (4.06%) SAP MM
4 8 (4.06%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (3.05%) SAP GRC
5 6 (3.05%) SAP IBP
6 5 (2.54%) SAP MDG-BP
6 5 (2.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (2.03%) SAP APO
7 4 (2.03%) SAP PS
7 4 (2.03%) SAP QM
7 4 (2.03%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.12%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.03%) GCP
3 3 (1.52%) AWS
3 3 (1.52%) Azure
3 3 (1.52%) PaaS
3 3 (1.52%) SaaS
3 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.51%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) HTTP
2 1 (0.51%) FTP
2 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.14%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.05%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.02%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) LSMW
General
1 40 (20.30%) Manufacturing
1 40 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (15.74%) Finance
3 15 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.11%) Legal
5 11 (5.58%) Retail
6 9 (4.57%) Automotive
6 9 (4.57%) Billing
7 7 (3.55%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.03%) German Language
9 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.51%) Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.64%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (8.63%) SAP Basis
3 5 (2.54%) SAP Core Interface
4 4 (2.03%) Middleware
4 4 (2.03%) SailPoint
4 4 (2.03%) SAP ALE
4 4 (2.03%) SAP TM
4 4 (2.03%) SAPUI5
5 3 (1.52%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (1.02%) 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 (5.58%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.55%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.03%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.03%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.03%) Replication
6 3 (1.52%) Data Fabric
6 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.02%) Life Science
7 2 (1.02%) 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 33 (16.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (15.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 25 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (11.68%) Logistics
4 23 (11.68%) Workshop Facilitation
5 19 (9.64%) Coaching
6 18 (9.14%) Migration
6 18 (9.14%) System Integration Testing
7 17 (8.63%) Data Migration
8 16 (8.12%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (7.61%) Presales
9 15 (7.61%) Project Delivery
9 15 (7.61%) Translating Business Requirements
10 14 (7.11%) Integration Testing
10 14 (7.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (6.60%) ERP
11 13 (6.60%) Production Planning
12 12 (6.09%) Analytics
12 12 (6.09%) Thought Leadership
13 11 (5.58%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.14%) ABAP
2 7 (3.55%) SQL
3 2 (1.02%) 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 19 (9.64%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.60%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.05%) SAP Certification
5 4 (2.03%) CISA
5 4 (2.03%) CISSP
6 3 (1.52%) Degree
7 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.51%) CCA
7 1 (0.51%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.57%) GDPR
2 8 (4.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (3.05%) GRC
4 4 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.02%) 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 (8.63%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Ansible
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (3.55%) OpenText
3 5 (2.54%) Ariba
4 4 (2.03%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.52%) Databricks
5 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.51%) Concur
6 1 (0.51%) Dell
6 1 (0.51%) Google
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle