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 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 558 638
Rank change year-on-year +102 +80 -130
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 267 89 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 156 58 140
10th Percentile £62,875 £62,125 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £81,250 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +9.06% +14.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £93,125 £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 82,923 37,495 90,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.00% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,189 23,459 66,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £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 27 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 27 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 +72 232 £80,000 - 63
UK excluding London -7 118 £80,000 +6.67% 54
London +61 108 £80,000 -13.51% 19
North of England +3 63 £80,000 +6.67% 17
Work from Home +28 56 £80,000 -9.86% 30
Yorkshire - 36 £85,000 - 9
Midlands -56 28 £80,000 +6.67% 10
North West -7 27 £78,750 +5.00% 8
West Midlands -33 23 £80,000 +6.67% 10
South East -10 22 £65,000 -21.21% 17
East Midlands -47 5 £70,000 -17.65%
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 2
East of England -35 1 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South West - 1 £65,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 27 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
2 154 (57.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 65 (24.34%) SAP Fiori
4 58 (21.72%) Analytics
5 44 (16.48%) Production Planning
5 44 (16.48%) SAP PP
6 43 (16.10%) Business Development
7 38 (14.23%) SAP IBP
8 37 (13.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 28 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (10.49%) System Integration Testing
10 27 (10.11%) Logistics
10 27 (10.11%) SAP FI
11 26 (9.74%) SAP CO
12 25 (9.36%) SAP FI/CO
13 24 (8.99%) SAP HANA
13 24 (8.99%) Translating Business Requirements
14 23 (8.61%) Migration
15 22 (8.24%) Coaching
15 22 (8.24%) Workshop Facilitation
16 21 (7.87%) ABAP
17 20 (7.49%) SuccessFactors
18 19 (7.12%) Data Migration
19 18 (6.74%) Order to Cash
19 18 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
19 18 (6.74%) Security Cleared
20 17 (6.37%) Roadmaps
21 16 (5.99%) Data Governance
21 16 (5.99%) SAP SD
22 15 (5.62%) Procure-to-Pay

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
1 154 (57.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (16.48%) SAP PP
3 38 (14.23%) SAP IBP
4 27 (10.11%) SAP FI
5 26 (9.74%) SAP CO
6 25 (9.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 16 (5.99%) SAP SD
8 8 (3.00%) SAP MDG
8 8 (3.00%) SAP SCM
9 7 (2.62%) SAP HCM
9 7 (2.62%) SAP WM
10 6 (2.25%) SAP GTS
10 6 (2.25%) SAP PM
10 6 (2.25%) SAP PS
10 6 (2.25%) SAP Travel Management
11 5 (1.87%) SAP Business One
11 5 (1.87%) SAP MDG-BP
11 5 (1.87%) SAP Retail
12 4 (1.50%) SAP EWM
12 4 (1.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.49%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.75%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.37%) AWS
3 1 (0.37%) Azure
3 1 (0.37%) GCP
3 1 (0.37%) PaaS
3 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.99%) SAP HANA
2 14 (5.24%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.87%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 5 (1.87%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.37%) Power BI
6 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) LSMW
2 1 (0.37%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 51 (19.10%) Manufacturing
2 50 (18.73%) Finance
3 42 (15.73%) Law
4 41 (15.36%) Social Skills
5 24 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.61%) Retail
7 11 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.75%) Legal
9 4 (1.50%) Billing
9 4 (1.50%) German Language
10 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.75%) Banking
11 2 (0.75%) French Language
11 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (24.34%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.62%) SAP Core Interface
3 6 (2.25%) SAP TM
4 5 (1.87%) Middleware
5 4 (1.50%) SAP ALE
5 4 (1.50%) XML
6 3 (1.12%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (0.75%) IDoc
8 1 (0.37%) EDI
8 1 (0.37%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 52 (19.48%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.73%) Life Science
3 9 (3.37%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.25%) Private Cloud
4 6 (2.25%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.50%) Replication
6 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.75%) FMCG
7 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.37%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (21.72%) Analytics
2 44 (16.48%) Production Planning
3 43 (16.10%) Business Development
4 37 (13.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 28 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (10.49%) System Integration Testing
6 27 (10.11%) Logistics
7 24 (8.99%) Translating Business Requirements
8 23 (8.61%) Migration
9 22 (8.24%) Coaching
9 22 (8.24%) Workshop Facilitation
10 19 (7.12%) Data Migration
11 18 (6.74%) Order to Cash
11 18 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (6.37%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.99%) Data Governance
14 15 (5.62%) Procure-to-Pay
15 14 (5.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (5.24%) Thought Leadership
16 13 (4.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.87%) ABAP
2 4 (1.50%) SQL
3 3 (1.12%) Perl
4 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 18 (6.74%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.37%) SAP Certification
3 7 (2.62%) Degree
3 7 (2.62%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.37%) ACCA
6 1 (0.37%) CCA
6 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.62%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.25%) GDPR
2 6 (2.25%) 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 11 (4.12%) Ariba
3 10 (3.75%) OpenText
4 1 (0.37%) Databricks
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.37%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.37%) Salesforce