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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 508 601
Rank change year-on-year -71 +93 -165
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 212 156 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 118 90 91
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 £94,063 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £68,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.36% +25.00% -15.38%

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 109,636 44,590 69,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 89.77% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,743 25,694 40,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -6.50% -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 7 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 7 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 -63 193 £80,000 +6.67% 262
UK excluding London -41 127 £80,000 +16.36% 161
London -70 73 £95,000 +26.67% 92
North of England -33 56 £80,000 +60.00% 41
Work from Home -75 49 £80,000 -1.54% 165
Midlands -8 42 £70,000 -6.67% 26
Yorkshire -14 32 £85,000 +1.49% 14
West Midlands -22 32 £70,000 -3.45% 20
North West -14 24 £80,000 +60.00% 18
South East -32 18 £80,000 +28.00% 60
East Midlands -25 9 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
East of England -36 2 £62,500 -34.21% 14
Scotland - 2 £90,000 - 5
South West -73 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 212 (100.00%) SAP
2 116 (54.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 38 (17.92%) User Acceptance Testing
4 35 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (13.21%) Logistics
7 25 (11.79%) System Integration Testing
7 25 (11.79%) Workshop Facilitation
8 23 (10.85%) SAP Fiori
8 23 (10.85%) SAP HANA
9 22 (10.38%) ABAP
10 19 (8.96%) Migration
10 19 (8.96%) SAP CO
10 19 (8.96%) SAP FI
11 18 (8.49%) Coaching
11 18 (8.49%) Data Migration
11 18 (8.49%) SAP FI/CO
11 18 (8.49%) Translating Business Requirements
12 17 (8.02%) IAG
12 17 (8.02%) SAP Basis
12 17 (8.02%) Security Cleared
13 16 (7.55%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (7.55%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (7.08%) Integration Testing
14 15 (7.08%) Presales
14 15 (7.08%) Project Delivery
15 14 (6.60%) Analytics
15 14 (6.60%) ERP
15 14 (6.60%) Production Planning
15 14 (6.60%) SAP SD

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 (0.47%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 116 (54.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (8.96%) SAP CO
2 19 (8.96%) SAP FI
3 18 (8.49%) SAP FI/CO
4 14 (6.60%) SAP SD
5 11 (5.19%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.72%) SAP HCM
6 10 (4.72%) SAP PP
7 9 (4.25%) SAP Business One
8 8 (3.77%) SAP MM
8 8 (3.77%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (3.77%) SAP PM
9 7 (3.30%) SAP IBP
9 7 (3.30%) SAP MDG-BP
10 6 (2.83%) SAP GRC
10 6 (2.83%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.83%) SAP Travel Management
11 5 (2.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 4 (1.89%) SAP APO
12 4 (1.89%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.55%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.89%) GCP
3 3 (1.42%) AWS
3 3 (1.42%) Azure
3 3 (1.42%) PaaS
3 3 (1.42%) SaaS
3 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.47%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.36%) HTTP
2 1 (0.47%) FTP
2 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.85%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.25%) SAP BW
3 5 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) LSMW
General
1 45 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.40%) Manufacturing
3 33 (15.57%) Finance
4 17 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.02%) Retail
5 13 (6.13%) Legal
6 11 (5.19%) Billing
7 9 (4.25%) Automotive
8 6 (2.83%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.89%) German Language
10 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.42%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Czech Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.85%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (8.02%) SAP Basis
3 7 (3.30%) SAP Core Interface
4 6 (2.83%) Middleware
4 6 (2.83%) SAP TM
5 5 (2.36%) SAP ALE
6 4 (1.89%) SailPoint
6 4 (1.89%) SAPUI5
6 4 (1.89%) Web Dynpro
7 3 (1.42%) XML
8 1 (0.47%) .NET
8 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.47%) BAPI
8 1 (0.47%) EDI
8 1 (0.47%) SAP BC
8 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.47%) SAP XI
8 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.77%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.36%) Replication
6 4 (1.89%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.42%) Data Fabric
7 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Life Science
9 1 (0.47%) Robotics
9 1 (0.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Linux
1 1 (0.47%) Unix
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
1 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.92%) User Acceptance Testing
2 35 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (13.21%) Logistics
5 25 (11.79%) System Integration Testing
5 25 (11.79%) Workshop Facilitation
6 19 (8.96%) Migration
7 18 (8.49%) Coaching
7 18 (8.49%) Data Migration
7 18 (8.49%) Translating Business Requirements
8 16 (7.55%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (7.08%) Integration Testing
9 15 (7.08%) Presales
9 15 (7.08%) Project Delivery
10 14 (6.60%) Analytics
10 14 (6.60%) ERP
10 14 (6.60%) Production Planning
10 14 (6.60%) Thought Leadership
11 12 (5.66%) Knowledge Transfer
11 12 (5.66%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.38%) ABAP
2 7 (3.30%) SQL
3 3 (1.42%) Perl
4 1 (0.47%) C#
4 1 (0.47%) Java
4 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (8.02%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.72%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.30%) SAP Certification
3 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.89%) CISA
4 4 (1.89%) CISSP
5 3 (1.42%) Degree
6 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.47%) CCA
6 1 (0.47%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.19%) GDPR
2 10 (4.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.83%) GRC
4 4 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.42%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.94%) PMO
7 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.47%) GMP
7 1 (0.47%) GxP
7 1 (0.47%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Ansible
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 212 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (4.72%) OpenText
3 8 (3.77%) Ariba
4 4 (1.89%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.42%) Databricks
5 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) Concur
6 1 (0.47%) Dell
6 1 (0.47%) Google
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle