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 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 565 647
Rank change year-on-year +105 +82 -155
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 269 89 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 158 60 138
10th Percentile £62,350 £62,375 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year - +9.22% +12.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £93,250 £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 83,957 38,400 90,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 89.39% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54,111 23,425 66,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,425 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -5.66%

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 4 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 4 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 +95 235 £80,000 - 82
UK excluding London +30 127 £80,000 +6.67% 64
London +75 103 £80,000 -11.11% 31
North of England +8 71 £80,000 +6.67% 11
Work from Home +14 56 £80,000 -9.86% 42
Yorkshire - 42 £85,000 - 6
North West -2 29 £80,000 +6.67% 5
Midlands -38 28 £80,000 +6.67% 10
West Midlands -19 23 £80,000 +6.67% 8
South East -16 21 £65,000 -21.21% 24
East Midlands -41 5 £70,000 -17.65% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 6
East of England -17 1 £70,000 +7.69% 2
South West - 1 £65,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 269 (100.00%) SAP
2 155 (57.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 63 (23.42%) SAP Fiori
4 59 (21.93%) Analytics
5 43 (15.99%) Business Development
6 42 (15.61%) Production Planning
7 41 (15.24%) SAP PP
8 40 (14.87%) SAP IBP
9 39 (14.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (11.52%) Logistics
10 31 (11.52%) System Integration Testing
11 27 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (9.67%) SAP HANA
13 24 (8.92%) Translating Business Requirements
14 23 (8.55%) ABAP
15 22 (8.18%) Coaching
15 22 (8.18%) Migration
15 22 (8.18%) SAP FI
15 22 (8.18%) SuccessFactors
16 21 (7.81%) SAP CO
16 21 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
17 20 (7.43%) SAP FI/CO
18 19 (7.06%) Data Governance
19 18 (6.69%) Data Migration
19 18 (6.69%) SAP SD
20 17 (6.32%) Order to Cash
20 17 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
20 17 (6.32%) Roadmaps
20 17 (6.32%) Security Cleared
21 15 (5.58%) 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
1 155 (57.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (15.24%) SAP PP
3 40 (14.87%) SAP IBP
4 22 (8.18%) SAP FI
5 21 (7.81%) SAP CO
6 20 (7.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 18 (6.69%) SAP SD
8 11 (4.09%) SAP MDG
9 8 (2.97%) SAP HCM
9 8 (2.97%) SAP SCM
9 8 (2.97%) SAP Travel Management
10 7 (2.60%) SAP GTS
10 7 (2.60%) SAP MDG-BP
10 7 (2.60%) SAP WM
11 6 (2.23%) SAP PM
11 6 (2.23%) SAP PS
12 5 (1.86%) SAP Business One
12 5 (1.86%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (1.86%) SAP Retail
13 4 (1.49%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.18%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.12%) Snowflake
3 2 (0.74%) AWS
3 2 (0.74%) Azure
3 2 (0.74%) GCP
3 2 (0.74%) PaaS
3 2 (0.74%) SaaS
4 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.86%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.67%) SAP HANA
2 13 (4.83%) SAP BW
3 5 (1.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.49%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.37%) Power BI
6 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
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 (18.96%) Manufacturing
2 46 (17.10%) Finance
3 42 (15.61%) Law
4 41 (15.24%) Social Skills
5 24 (8.92%) Retail
6 22 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.09%) Legal
7 11 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.86%) Billing
9 4 (1.49%) German Language
10 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) Banking
11 2 (0.74%) French Language
11 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (23.42%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.97%) SAP TM
3 7 (2.60%) Middleware
3 7 (2.60%) SAP Core Interface
4 5 (1.86%) SAP ALE
5 4 (1.49%) Web Dynpro
5 4 (1.49%) XML
6 1 (0.37%) EDI
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.70%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (15.61%) Life Science
3 10 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.35%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.97%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.86%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.86%) Replication
8 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.74%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.74%) FMCG
9 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.93%) Analytics
2 43 (15.99%) Business Development
3 42 (15.61%) Production Planning
4 39 (14.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 31 (11.52%) Logistics
5 31 (11.52%) System Integration Testing
6 27 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (8.92%) Translating Business Requirements
8 22 (8.18%) Coaching
8 22 (8.18%) Migration
9 21 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
10 19 (7.06%) Data Governance
11 18 (6.69%) Data Migration
12 17 (6.32%) Order to Cash
12 17 (6.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (6.32%) Roadmaps
13 15 (5.58%) Data Modelling
13 15 (5.58%) Project Delivery
13 15 (5.58%) Thought Leadership
14 14 (5.20%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.55%) ABAP
2 4 (1.49%) SQL
3 3 (1.12%) Perl
4 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 17 (6.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (2.97%) SAP Certification
3 6 (2.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.49%) Degree
5 3 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ACCA
7 1 (0.37%) CCA
7 1 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.60%) GDPR
2 7 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.49%) SLA
4 3 (1.12%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.74%) GRC
5 2 (0.74%) 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
1 269 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (4.46%) Ariba
2 12 (4.46%) OpenText
3 2 (0.74%) Databricks
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.37%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.37%) Salesforce