SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 583 468
Rank change year-on-year +128 -115 +144
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 195 130 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.24% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.26% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 100 63 138
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,750
25th Percentile £63,438 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,250 £105,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -28.57% +7.69%

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 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 12 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 4 January 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 +129 153 £75,000 - 56
Work from Home +102 78 £77,500 -8.82% 33
London +86 68 £75,000 -9.09% 31
UK excluding London +63 67 £75,000 +50.00% 26
North of England +39 39 £77,500 +55.00% 3
Yorkshire +16 27 £77,500 +55.00% 2
South East +32 17 - - 15
North West +25 12 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Midlands -1 7 £75,000 +25.00% 8
West Midlands +9 4 £68,750 +22.22% 6
East of England - 4 £76,250 -
East Midlands 0 3 £75,000 +25.00% 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 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.

1 195 (100.00%) SAP
2 103 (52.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (22.05%) SAP FI
4 41 (21.03%) SAP CO
4 41 (21.03%) SAP FI/CO
5 39 (20.00%) Migration
6 37 (18.97%) Logistics
6 37 (18.97%) SAP Fiori
7 34 (17.44%) Security Cleared
8 30 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (12.82%) ERP
11 24 (12.31%) Analytics
12 23 (11.79%) Agile
13 21 (10.77%) Data Migration
13 21 (10.77%) SAP Certification
14 20 (10.26%) SAP PP
14 20 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
15 19 (9.74%) ABAP
15 19 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
16 18 (9.23%) Degree
16 18 (9.23%) Roadmaps
17 17 (8.72%) Business Strategy
17 17 (8.72%) JIRA
18 16 (8.21%) Decision-Making
18 16 (8.21%) Presales
18 16 (8.21%) Procure-to-Pay
18 16 (8.21%) Production Planning
18 16 (8.21%) Requirements Gathering
19 15 (7.69%) Project Management

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 5 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Maya
2 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 103 (52.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (22.05%) SAP FI
3 41 (21.03%) SAP CO
3 41 (21.03%) SAP FI/CO
4 20 (10.26%) SAP PP
5 14 (7.18%) SAP IBP
6 13 (6.67%) SAP MM
7 10 (5.13%) SAP SCM
8 9 (4.62%) SAP SD
9 8 (4.10%) SAP Business One
9 8 (4.10%) SAP FSCM
9 8 (4.10%) SAP MDG
10 7 (3.59%) SAP HCM
10 7 (3.59%) SAP IS-U
11 6 (3.08%) SAP PM
11 6 (3.08%) SAP PS
12 5 (2.56%) SAP GRC
12 5 (2.56%) SAP MII
12 5 (2.56%) SAP Payroll
13 4 (2.05%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.13%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.05%) SaaS
3 3 (1.54%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.67%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.62%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (4.62%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (4.10%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (3.59%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.05%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.54%) Power BI
7 2 (1.03%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) LSMW
General
1 61 (31.28%) Finance
2 51 (26.15%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (9.23%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (7.69%) Retail
7 11 (5.64%) Law
8 10 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.59%) Games
9 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.56%) German Language
11 4 (2.05%) Automotive
11 4 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.51%) Banking
14 1 (0.51%) Billing
14 1 (0.51%) Legal
14 1 (0.51%) Marketing
14 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.97%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.59%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.08%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.05%) IDoc
5 3 (1.54%) Middleware
6 1 (0.51%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.21%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.62%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (2.05%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.05%) Replication
7 3 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.54%) Life Science
7 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.51%) FMCG
9 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.54%) Linux
1 3 (1.54%) SUSE
1 3 (1.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.54%) Windows
1 3 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.00%) Migration
2 37 (18.97%) Logistics
3 30 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (12.82%) ERP
6 24 (12.31%) Analytics
7 23 (11.79%) Agile
8 21 (10.77%) Data Migration
9 20 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
10 19 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
11 18 (9.23%) Roadmaps
12 17 (8.72%) Business Strategy
13 16 (8.21%) Decision-Making
13 16 (8.21%) Presales
13 16 (8.21%) Procure-to-Pay
13 16 (8.21%) Production Planning
13 16 (8.21%) Requirements Gathering
14 15 (7.69%) Project Management
15 14 (7.18%) Order to Cash
15 14 (7.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.74%) ABAP
2 8 (4.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.77%) SAP Certification
3 18 (9.23%) Degree
4 12 (6.15%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.51%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.56%) GRC
3 4 (2.05%) QA
4 3 (1.54%) GMP
5 2 (1.03%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 195 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.05%) Ariba
2 4 (2.05%) Oracle
2 4 (2.05%) Workday
3 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft