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 26 May 2026.

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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 568 650
Rank change year-on-year +106 +82 -174
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 281 82 224
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 167 54 140
10th Percentile £63,250 £62,500 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.38% +14.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £98,125
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 86,685 38,020 93,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 89.33% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 57,629 21,313 68,696
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,620 £38,500
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 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.43%

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 26 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 14 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 26 May 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 +97 253 £80,000 - 100
UK excluding London +47 135 £80,000 +6.67% 50
London +66 117 £80,000 -12.33% 51
North of England +36 74 £80,000 +6.67% 10
Work from Home +24 56 £80,000 -13.51% 55
Yorkshire - 44 £85,000 - 2
Midlands -34 34 £80,000 +6.67% 13
North West +21 30 £80,000 +6.67% 7
West Midlands -41 29 £80,000 +6.67% 12
South East +1 19 £80,000 +23.08% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
East Midlands -29 5 £70,000 -17.65% 1
East of England -24 1 £70,000 +7.69%
South West -62 1 £65,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 26 May 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.

1 281 (100.00%) SAP
2 157 (55.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 61 (21.71%) SAP Fiori
4 60 (21.35%) Analytics
5 46 (16.37%) Business Development
6 42 (14.95%) Production Planning
6 42 (14.95%) User Acceptance Testing
7 40 (14.23%) SAP IBP
8 39 (13.88%) SAP PP
9 32 (11.39%) Coaching
9 32 (11.39%) Logistics
9 32 (11.39%) System Integration Testing
10 28 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (9.96%) Workshop Facilitation
11 27 (9.61%) SAP HANA
11 27 (9.61%) SuccessFactors
12 25 (8.90%) ABAP
12 25 (8.90%) Translating Business Requirements
13 24 (8.54%) Migration
14 23 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (7.12%) Data Migration
16 18 (6.41%) Data Governance
16 18 (6.41%) Requirements Gathering
17 17 (6.05%) Data Modelling
17 17 (6.05%) Order to Cash
17 17 (6.05%) Roadmaps
18 16 (5.69%) SAP CO
18 16 (5.69%) SAP FI
18 16 (5.69%) Thought Leadership
19 15 (5.34%) 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 157 (55.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (14.23%) SAP IBP
3 39 (13.88%) SAP PP
4 16 (5.69%) SAP CO
4 16 (5.69%) SAP FI
5 15 (5.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 14 (4.98%) SAP SD
7 13 (4.63%) SAP HCM
8 12 (4.27%) SAP MDG
8 12 (4.27%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (2.85%) SAP MDG-BP
9 8 (2.85%) SAP PM
9 8 (2.85%) SAP Travel Management
10 7 (2.49%) SAP GTS
10 7 (2.49%) SAP WM
11 6 (2.14%) SAP PS
11 6 (2.14%) SAP SCM
12 5 (1.78%) SAP Business One
12 5 (1.78%) SAP Retail
13 4 (1.42%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.61%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (1.42%) AWS
2 4 (1.42%) Azure
2 4 (1.42%) GCP
2 4 (1.42%) PaaS
2 4 (1.42%) SaaS
2 4 (1.42%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.78%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) FTP
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.61%) SAP HANA
2 12 (4.27%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.36%) Power BI
5 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.07%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) LSMW
3 1 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 50 (17.79%) Manufacturing
2 47 (16.73%) Social Skills
3 46 (16.37%) Finance
4 42 (14.95%) Law
5 24 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.19%) Retail
7 11 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.56%) Legal
9 6 (2.14%) Billing
10 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.07%) Banking
11 3 (1.07%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.71%) German Language
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.36%) French Language
13 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (21.71%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.85%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.49%) Middleware
3 7 (2.49%) SAP Basis
3 7 (2.49%) SAP Core Interface
4 6 (2.14%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.78%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.42%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) BAPI
7 1 (0.36%) EDI
7 1 (0.36%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.57%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (14.95%) Life Science
3 13 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.20%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.85%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.14%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.14%) Replication
8 4 (1.42%) Data Fabric
8 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.07%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.71%) FMCG
11 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.35%) Analytics
2 46 (16.37%) Business Development
3 42 (14.95%) Production Planning
3 42 (14.95%) User Acceptance Testing
4 32 (11.39%) Coaching
4 32 (11.39%) Logistics
4 32 (11.39%) System Integration Testing
5 28 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (9.96%) Workshop Facilitation
6 25 (8.90%) Translating Business Requirements
7 24 (8.54%) Migration
8 23 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (7.12%) Data Migration
10 18 (6.41%) Data Governance
10 18 (6.41%) Requirements Gathering
11 17 (6.05%) Data Modelling
11 17 (6.05%) Order to Cash
11 17 (6.05%) Roadmaps
12 16 (5.69%) Thought Leadership
13 15 (5.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.90%) ABAP
2 4 (1.42%) SQL
3 3 (1.07%) Perl
4 1 (0.36%) SAPscript
4 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (3.56%) SAP Certification
3 5 (1.78%) Degree
4 4 (1.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.07%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.71%) CCA
7 1 (0.36%) ACCA
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.36%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.85%) Data Quality
1 8 (2.85%) GDPR
2 7 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.78%) SLA
4 3 (1.07%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.07%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.07%) PMO
5 2 (0.71%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) IFRS
6 1 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 281 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (4.63%) Ariba
3 12 (4.27%) OpenText
4 4 (1.42%) Databricks
4 4 (1.42%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.42%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.36%) Concur
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle