SAP Consultant Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 587 466
Rank change year-on-year +123 -121 +160
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 188 124 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.23% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.25% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 90 60 139
10th Percentile £55,000 - £55,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -18.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,125 £108,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -28.57% +7.69%

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 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

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 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 12 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 15 January 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 +99 149 £75,000 - 34
Work from Home +88 76 £77,500 -8.82% 13
London +90 67 £75,000 -11.76% 17
UK excluding London +32 64 £75,000 +50.00% 26
North of England +31 39 £77,500 +55.00% 8
Yorkshire +12 29 £77,500 +55.00% 6
South East +36 16 - - 13
North West +18 10 £50,000 -4.76% 2
Midlands -1 6 £75,000 +25.00% 3
West Midlands -2 3 £70,000 +24.44% 3
East Midlands -12 3 £75,000 +25.00%
East of England - 3 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 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.

1 188 (100.00%) SAP
2 92 (48.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 42 (22.34%) SAP FI
4 40 (21.28%) SAP CO
4 40 (21.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 38 (20.21%) Migration
6 33 (17.55%) Security Cleared
7 32 (17.02%) Logistics
8 31 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (16.49%) SAP Fiori
9 27 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.30%) ERP
11 22 (11.70%) Analytics
12 21 (11.17%) Data Migration
13 20 (10.64%) ABAP
14 19 (10.11%) Agile
14 19 (10.11%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (10.11%) SAP PP
14 19 (10.11%) Workshop Facilitation
15 18 (9.57%) Degree
16 17 (9.04%) SAP Certification
17 16 (8.51%) Decision-Making
17 16 (8.51%) Roadmaps
18 15 (7.98%) Business Strategy
18 15 (7.98%) Procure-to-Pay
18 15 (7.98%) Project Management
19 14 (7.45%) Requirements Gathering
19 14 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 14 (7.45%) Translating Business Requirements
20 13 (6.91%) Asset Management

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 3 (1.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.72%) Maya
2 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 92 (48.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (22.34%) SAP FI
3 40 (21.28%) SAP CO
3 40 (21.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 19 (10.11%) SAP PP
5 12 (6.38%) SAP IBP
5 12 (6.38%) SAP MM
6 8 (4.26%) SAP Business One
6 8 (4.26%) SAP FSCM
6 8 (4.26%) SAP MDG
6 8 (4.26%) SAP SD
7 7 (3.72%) SAP HCM
7 7 (3.72%) SAP IS-U
7 7 (3.72%) SAP PM
7 7 (3.72%) SAP SCM
8 6 (3.19%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (2.66%) SAP GRC
9 5 (2.66%) SAP PS
9 5 (2.66%) SAP Retail
10 4 (2.13%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.85%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (2.13%) SaaS
3 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.91%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.79%) Crystal Reports
2 9 (4.79%) SAP Data Services
3 8 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (3.72%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.13%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.60%) Power BI
7 2 (1.06%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) LSMW
General
1 58 (30.85%) Finance
2 45 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.17%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.98%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (7.45%) Retail
7 8 (4.26%) Law
7 8 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.72%) Games
9 6 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.66%) German Language
11 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.06%) Automotive
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.53%) Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Billing
12 1 (0.53%) French Language
12 1 (0.53%) Legal
12 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (16.49%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.72%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.19%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.13%) IDoc
5 3 (1.60%) Middleware
6 1 (0.53%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.51%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (4.79%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.13%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.13%) Replication
6 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.53%) FMCG
8 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.60%) Linux
1 3 (1.60%) SUSE
1 3 (1.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (1.60%) Windows
1 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.21%) Migration
2 32 (17.02%) Logistics
3 31 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (13.30%) ERP
6 22 (11.70%) Analytics
7 21 (11.17%) Data Migration
8 19 (10.11%) Agile
8 19 (10.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 19 (10.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (8.51%) Decision-Making
9 16 (8.51%) Roadmaps
10 15 (7.98%) Business Strategy
10 15 (7.98%) Procure-to-Pay
10 15 (7.98%) Project Management
11 14 (7.45%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (7.45%) Translating Business Requirements
12 13 (6.91%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (6.91%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.64%) ABAP
2 8 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (17.55%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.57%) Degree
3 17 (9.04%) SAP Certification
4 12 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.53%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.72%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.66%) GRC
3 4 (2.13%) QA
4 3 (1.60%) SLA
5 2 (1.06%) GMP
Systems Management
1 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 188 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.13%) Ariba
2 4 (2.13%) Oracle
2 4 (2.13%) Workday
3 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft