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 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 565 642
Rank change year-on-year +106 +77 -135
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 267 89 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 157 60 140
10th Percentile £63,050 £62,375 £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 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 83,425 37,731 90,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 89.01% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,614 23,379 66,680
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,860 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +98 232 £80,000 - 53
UK excluding London +4 123 £80,000 +6.67% 38
London +68 104 £80,000 -11.11% 24
North of England -3 69 £80,000 +6.67% 7
Work from Home +25 55 £80,000 -9.86% 25
Yorkshire - 40 £85,000 - 5
North West -8 29 £80,000 +6.67% 2
Midlands -38 28 £80,000 +6.67% 4
West Midlands -29 23 £80,000 +6.67% 3
South East -14 20 £65,000 -21.21% 19
East Midlands -44 5 £70,000 -17.65% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
East of England -24 1 £70,000 +7.69% 2
South West - 1 £65,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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.

1 267 (100.00%) SAP
2 156 (58.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 65 (24.34%) SAP Fiori
4 60 (22.47%) Analytics
5 43 (16.10%) Business Development
5 43 (16.10%) Production Planning
5 43 (16.10%) SAP PP
6 39 (14.61%) SAP IBP
6 39 (14.61%) User Acceptance Testing
7 32 (11.99%) System Integration Testing
8 30 (11.24%) Logistics
9 28 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (9.74%) SAP HANA
11 24 (8.99%) Translating Business Requirements
12 23 (8.61%) ABAP
12 23 (8.61%) SAP FI
13 22 (8.24%) Coaching
13 22 (8.24%) Migration
13 22 (8.24%) SAP CO
14 21 (7.87%) SAP FI/CO
15 20 (7.49%) SuccessFactors
16 19 (7.12%) Workshop Facilitation
17 18 (6.74%) Data Governance
17 18 (6.74%) Data Migration
17 18 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
17 18 (6.74%) SAP SD
18 17 (6.37%) Order to Cash
18 17 (6.37%) Roadmaps
18 17 (6.37%) Security Cleared
19 16 (5.99%) Data Modelling

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 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 156 (58.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (16.10%) SAP PP
3 39 (14.61%) SAP IBP
4 23 (8.61%) SAP FI
5 22 (8.24%) SAP CO
6 21 (7.87%) SAP FI/CO
7 18 (6.74%) SAP SD
8 10 (3.75%) SAP MDG
9 8 (3.00%) SAP SCM
9 8 (3.00%) SAP Travel Management
10 7 (2.62%) SAP GTS
10 7 (2.62%) SAP HCM
10 7 (2.62%) SAP MDG-BP
10 7 (2.62%) SAP WM
11 6 (2.25%) SAP PM
11 6 (2.25%) SAP PS
12 5 (1.87%) SAP Business One
12 5 (1.87%) SAP Retail
13 4 (1.50%) SAP EWM
13 4 (1.50%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.49%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.12%) Snowflake
3 2 (0.75%) AWS
3 2 (0.75%) Azure
3 2 (0.75%) GCP
3 2 (0.75%) PaaS
3 2 (0.75%) SaaS
4 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.74%) SAP HANA
2 13 (4.87%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.87%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 5 (1.87%) SAP Data Services
4 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.37%) Power BI
7 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) LSMW
2 1 (0.37%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 50 (18.73%) Manufacturing
2 47 (17.60%) Finance
3 42 (15.73%) Law
4 40 (14.98%) Social Skills
5 24 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.99%) Retail
6 11 (4.12%) Legal
6 11 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.87%) Billing
8 4 (1.50%) German Language
9 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.75%) Banking
10 2 (0.75%) French Language
10 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (24.34%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (3.00%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.62%) Middleware
3 7 (2.62%) SAP Core Interface
4 5 (1.87%) SAP ALE
5 4 (1.50%) Web Dynpro
5 4 (1.50%) XML
6 1 (0.37%) EDI
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.85%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.73%) Life Science
3 10 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.37%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.62%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.25%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.87%) Replication
8 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.75%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.75%) FMCG
10 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (22.47%) Analytics
2 43 (16.10%) Business Development
2 43 (16.10%) Production Planning
3 39 (14.61%) User Acceptance Testing
4 32 (11.99%) System Integration Testing
5 30 (11.24%) Logistics
6 28 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (8.99%) Translating Business Requirements
8 22 (8.24%) Coaching
8 22 (8.24%) Migration
9 19 (7.12%) Workshop Facilitation
10 18 (6.74%) Data Governance
10 18 (6.74%) Data Migration
10 18 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
11 17 (6.37%) Order to Cash
11 17 (6.37%) Roadmaps
12 16 (5.99%) Data Modelling
13 15 (5.62%) Knowledge Transfer
13 15 (5.62%) Thought Leadership
14 14 (5.24%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.61%) ABAP
2 4 (1.50%) SQL
3 3 (1.12%) Perl
4 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 17 (6.37%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.37%) SAP Certification
3 6 (2.25%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.87%) Degree
5 3 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ACCA
7 1 (0.37%) CCA
7 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.37%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.62%) GDPR
2 7 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.50%) SLA
4 3 (1.12%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.75%) GRC
5 2 (0.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) GAAP
6 1 (0.37%) IFRS
6 1 (0.37%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 267 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (4.49%) Ariba
3 11 (4.12%) OpenText
4 2 (0.75%) Databricks
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.37%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.37%) Salesforce