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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 568 598
Rank change year-on-year +129 +30 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 246 92 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 129 49 139
10th Percentile £64,000 £61,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,250 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £94,750 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.90% +7.41% +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 66,980 39,779 79,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 90.72% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 42,499 22,997 60,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £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 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 11 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 11 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 +84 206 £80,000 - 105
London +87 111 £80,000 - 29
Work from Home +66 75 £77,500 -8.82% 78
UK excluding London +13 75 £77,500 +6.90% 76
North of England +3 40 £77,500 +3.33% 11
Yorkshire - 30 £77,500 - 5
South East +4 19 £70,250 -17.35% 26
Midlands -31 13 £80,000 +14.29% 26
North West -4 10 £65,000 -13.33% 5
West Midlands -23 10 £80,000 +18.52% 18
East Midlands -31 3 £70,000 -17.65% 8
East of England -1 2 £62,500 -3.85% 6
South West - 1 £65,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 246 (100.00%) SAP
2 130 (52.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 64 (26.02%) SAP Fiori
4 56 (22.76%) Analytics
5 50 (20.33%) SAP PP
6 44 (17.89%) Business Development
7 43 (17.48%) Production Planning
8 37 (15.04%) SAP FI
9 36 (14.63%) Migration
9 36 (14.63%) SAP CO
9 36 (14.63%) SAP FI/CO
10 34 (13.82%) SAP IBP
11 33 (13.41%) Security Cleared
12 26 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.16%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (9.76%) Coaching
15 23 (9.35%) Data Migration
15 23 (9.35%) Logistics
16 22 (8.94%) ABAP
16 22 (8.94%) Collaborative Culture
17 20 (8.13%) Roadmaps
17 20 (8.13%) SuccessFactors
18 19 (7.72%) Translating Business Requirements
18 19 (7.72%) Workshop Facilitation
19 18 (7.32%) Agile
20 15 (6.10%) Decision-Making
21 14 (5.69%) SAP Certification
21 14 (5.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 11 (4.47%) Asset 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 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 130 (52.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (20.33%) SAP PP
3 37 (15.04%) SAP FI
4 36 (14.63%) SAP CO
4 36 (14.63%) SAP FI/CO
5 34 (13.82%) SAP IBP
6 10 (4.07%) SAP PS
7 9 (3.66%) SAP PM
7 9 (3.66%) SAP SCM
8 8 (3.25%) SAP HCM
9 7 (2.85%) SAP MDG
9 7 (2.85%) SAP SD
9 7 (2.85%) SAP WM
10 5 (2.03%) SAP GRC
10 5 (2.03%) SAP MM
10 5 (2.03%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (1.63%) SAP HR
12 3 (1.22%) SAP Business One
12 3 (1.22%) SAP FSCM
12 3 (1.22%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.13%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.22%) SaaS
3 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.47%) SAP HANA
2 9 (3.66%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (3.25%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (2.85%) SAP BW
5 4 (1.63%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.81%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.81%) Power BI
8 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) LSMW
3 1 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 59 (23.98%) Finance
2 49 (19.92%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.07%) Law
4 39 (15.85%) Social Skills
5 25 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.69%) Retail
7 13 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.44%) German Language
10 5 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.63%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.81%) Banking
12 2 (0.81%) Billing
12 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) French Language
12 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (26.02%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.85%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.44%) SAPUI5
4 4 (1.63%) IDoc
5 2 (0.81%) Middleware
6 1 (0.41%) EDI
6 1 (0.41%) OLE
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.70%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (16.67%) Life Science
3 11 (4.47%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.85%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.44%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.63%) Replication
9 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.81%) FMCG
10 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.22%) Linux
1 3 (1.22%) SUSE
1 3 (1.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.22%) Windows
1 3 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.76%) Analytics
2 44 (17.89%) Business Development
3 43 (17.48%) Production Planning
4 36 (14.63%) Migration
5 26 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (10.16%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (9.76%) Coaching
8 23 (9.35%) Data Migration
8 23 (9.35%) Logistics
9 22 (8.94%) Collaborative Culture
10 20 (8.13%) Roadmaps
11 19 (7.72%) Translating Business Requirements
11 19 (7.72%) Workshop Facilitation
12 18 (7.32%) Agile
13 15 (6.10%) Decision-Making
14 14 (5.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (4.47%) Asset Management
15 11 (4.47%) Supply Chain Management
15 11 (4.47%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.94%) ABAP
2 3 (1.22%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 33 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.69%) SAP Certification
3 11 (4.47%) Degree
3 11 (4.47%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.22%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.81%) CCA
5 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.41%) ACCA
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) CIMA
6 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.03%) GRC
3 4 (1.63%) SLA
4 3 (1.22%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.22%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) GAAP
5 1 (0.41%) GMP
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 246 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (1.22%) Ariba
2 3 (1.22%) Oracle
2 3 (1.22%) Workday
3 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.41%) Salesforce