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 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 546 646
Rank change year-on-year -32 +100 -235
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 225 132 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 128 86 85
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £55,500
25th Percentile £69,375 £65,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,188 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

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 102,724 44,889 79,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.80% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 70,515 26,591 51,705
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 28 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 13 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 28 August 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 -2 205 £80,000 +3.23% 125
UK excluding London -4 135 £80,000 +6.67% 69
London -24 74 £80,000 -1.54% 49
North of England +8 65 £80,000 +39.13% 17
Midlands -8 46 £70,000 -6.67% 14
Work from Home -47 43 £80,000 -3.03% 79
Yorkshire -4 38 £85,000 -5.56% 2
West Midlands -14 34 £70,000 -6.67% 12
North West -4 27 £80,000 +60.00% 15
South East -37 16 £85,000 +30.77% 14
East Midlands -21 11 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 3
East of England -25 2 £62,500 -34.21% 17

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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.

1 225 (100.00%) SAP
2 116 (51.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 36 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (12.89%) Logistics
6 27 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
7 25 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
7 25 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (10.67%) SAP HANA
8 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (9.33%) ABAP
9 21 (9.33%) Translating Business Requirements
10 20 (8.89%) Analytics
11 18 (8.00%) Coaching
11 18 (8.00%) Data Governance
12 17 (7.56%) Order to Cash
12 17 (7.56%) Production Planning
12 17 (7.56%) SAP Basis
12 17 (7.56%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (7.11%) SAP SD
14 14 (6.22%) Presales
14 14 (6.22%) Project Delivery
14 14 (6.22%) SAP CO
14 14 (6.22%) SAP FI
14 14 (6.22%) SAP PP
15 13 (5.78%) Ariba
15 13 (5.78%) Knowledge Transfer
15 13 (5.78%) Root Cause Analysis
15 13 (5.78%) SAP FI/CO
15 13 (5.78%) SAP IBP

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 (0.44%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 116 (51.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (7.11%) SAP SD
3 14 (6.22%) SAP CO
3 14 (6.22%) SAP FI
3 14 (6.22%) SAP PP
4 13 (5.78%) SAP FI/CO
4 13 (5.78%) SAP IBP
5 11 (4.89%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.44%) SAP HCM
7 8 (3.56%) SAP MDG-BP
7 8 (3.56%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (3.56%) SAP Travel Management
8 7 (3.11%) SAP GTS
9 5 (2.22%) SAP Business One
9 5 (2.22%) SAP PM
9 5 (2.22%) SAP SCM
10 4 (1.78%) SAP APO
10 4 (1.78%) SAP EWM
10 4 (1.78%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (1.78%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.56%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.22%) GCP
3 4 (1.78%) AWS
3 4 (1.78%) Azure
3 4 (1.78%) PaaS
3 4 (1.78%) SaaS
3 4 (1.78%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.44%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.22%) HTTP
2 1 (0.44%) FTP
2 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.67%) SAP HANA
2 10 (4.44%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) LSMW
General
1 46 (20.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.22%) Manufacturing
3 26 (11.56%) Finance
4 21 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.56%) Retail
6 8 (3.56%) Billing
7 7 (3.11%) Legal
8 5 (2.22%) German Language
8 5 (2.22%) Law
9 4 (1.78%) Automotive
10 3 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.33%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.89%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.56%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.56%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.11%) Middleware
4 7 (3.11%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.22%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.22%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.78%) XML
7 1 (0.44%) BAPI
7 1 (0.44%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.44%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.44%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.44%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.44%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.44%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.56%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.56%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.11%) Life Science
6 6 (2.67%) Replication
7 5 (2.22%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.78%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.33%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.33%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.44%) Robotics
11 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Linux
1 1 (0.44%) Unix
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (12.89%) Logistics
4 27 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
5 25 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
6 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (9.33%) Translating Business Requirements
8 20 (8.89%) Analytics
9 18 (8.00%) Coaching
9 18 (8.00%) Data Governance
10 17 (7.56%) Order to Cash
10 17 (7.56%) Production Planning
11 14 (6.22%) Presales
11 14 (6.22%) Project Delivery
12 13 (5.78%) Knowledge Transfer
12 13 (5.78%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (5.33%) Data Migration
13 12 (5.33%) Data Modelling
13 12 (5.33%) Integration Testing
13 12 (5.33%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.33%) ABAP
2 4 (1.78%) SQL
3 3 (1.33%) Perl
4 1 (0.44%) Java
4 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (5.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.00%) SAP Certification
3 5 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.89%) Degree
4 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.44%) CCA
5 1 (0.44%) CISA
5 1 (0.44%) CISSP
5 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.00%) GDPR
2 8 (3.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.33%) GRC
4 3 (1.33%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.33%) PMO
5 2 (0.89%) SLA
6 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.44%) GMP
6 1 (0.44%) GxP
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.56%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) Ansible
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 225 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.78%) Ariba
3 12 (5.33%) OpenText
4 4 (1.78%) Databricks
4 4 (1.78%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.44%) Concur
6 1 (0.44%) Dell
6 1 (0.44%) Google
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle