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 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 533 624
Rank change year-on-year +73 +91 -87
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 247 94 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 146 55 136
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £53,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £98,125
90th Percentile £91,250 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +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 74,250 36,762 86,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 89.83% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 47,841 23,292 64,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 4 April 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 4 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 +72 210 £80,000 - 91
London +64 108 £80,000 -4.48% 32
UK excluding London -35 85 £77,500 +3.33% 71
Work from Home +26 60 £77,500 -8.82% 53
North of England -28 39 £77,500 +3.33% 16
Yorkshire - 24 £77,500 - 4
South East -13 23 £65,000 -22.39% 30
Midlands -60 20 £80,000 +6.67% 18
North West -16 15 £65,000 -13.33% 12
West Midlands -33 15 £80,000 +10.34% 12
East Midlands -41 5 £70,000 -17.65% 6
East of England -23 2 £62,500 -3.85%
South West - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 247 (100.00%) SAP
2 131 (53.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 60 (24.29%) SAP Fiori
4 56 (22.67%) Analytics
5 49 (19.84%) SAP PP
6 42 (17.00%) Business Development
6 42 (17.00%) Production Planning
7 35 (14.17%) SAP IBP
8 34 (13.77%) SAP FI
9 33 (13.36%) SAP CO
9 33 (13.36%) SAP FI/CO
10 27 (10.93%) Security Cleared
11 25 (10.12%) Migration
12 24 (9.72%) Requirements Gathering
13 22 (8.91%) Coaching
13 22 (8.91%) Logistics
14 21 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (8.10%) ABAP
15 20 (8.10%) Translating Business Requirements
16 19 (7.69%) Data Migration
16 19 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
17 18 (7.29%) Roadmaps
17 18 (7.29%) SuccessFactors
18 17 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
19 15 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
19 15 (6.07%) Order to Cash
19 15 (6.07%) System Integration Testing
20 14 (5.67%) SAP Certification
20 14 (5.67%) SAP HANA
21 12 (4.86%) Agile

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 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 131 (53.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (19.84%) SAP PP
3 35 (14.17%) SAP IBP
4 34 (13.77%) SAP FI
5 33 (13.36%) SAP CO
5 33 (13.36%) SAP FI/CO
6 9 (3.64%) SAP SCM
6 9 (3.64%) SAP SD
7 7 (2.83%) SAP PM
7 7 (2.83%) SAP PS
7 7 (2.83%) SAP WM
8 6 (2.43%) SAP HCM
9 5 (2.02%) SAP Business One
10 4 (1.62%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (1.21%) SAP EWM
11 3 (1.21%) SAP FSCM
11 3 (1.21%) SAP GRC
11 3 (1.21%) SAP MDG
11 3 (1.21%) SAP MM
11 3 (1.21%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.29%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.81%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.40%) AWS
3 1 (0.40%) Azure
3 1 (0.40%) GCP
3 1 (0.40%) PaaS
3 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.40%) SaaS
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.67%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.24%) SAP BW
2 8 (3.24%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (2.43%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.62%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 3 (1.21%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Power BI
6 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) LSMW
2 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 50 (20.24%) Finance
2 45 (18.22%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.00%) Law
4 35 (14.17%) Social Skills
5 23 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.67%) Retail
7 12 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.02%) Legal
9 4 (1.62%) German Language
9 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.21%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.81%) Banking
11 2 (0.81%) Billing
11 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.81%) French Language
11 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (24.29%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.62%) IDoc
3 3 (1.21%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.81%) SAP ALE
4 2 (0.81%) SAP TM
4 2 (0.81%) SAPUI5
4 2 (0.81%) XML
5 1 (0.40%) EDI
5 1 (0.40%) Middleware
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Core Interface
5 1 (0.40%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.62%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (17.00%) Life Science
3 9 (3.64%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.43%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.02%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.21%) Replication
8 3 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.81%) FMCG
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.40%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.40%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Linux
1 1 (0.40%) SUSE
1 1 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.40%) Windows
1 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.67%) Analytics
2 42 (17.00%) Business Development
2 42 (17.00%) Production Planning
3 25 (10.12%) Migration
4 24 (9.72%) Requirements Gathering
5 22 (8.91%) Coaching
5 22 (8.91%) Logistics
6 21 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (8.10%) Translating Business Requirements
8 19 (7.69%) Data Migration
8 19 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
9 18 (7.29%) Roadmaps
10 17 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (6.07%) Order to Cash
11 15 (6.07%) System Integration Testing
12 12 (4.86%) Agile
12 12 (4.86%) Decision-Making
12 12 (4.86%) Presales
12 12 (4.86%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.10%) ABAP
2 5 (2.02%) SQL
3 1 (0.40%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 27 (10.93%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.67%) SAP Certification
3 9 (3.64%) Degree
4 7 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.21%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.40%) ACCA
7 1 (0.40%) CCA
7 1 (0.40%) CIMA
7 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.02%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.62%) SLA
3 3 (1.21%) GRC
3 3 (1.21%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.40%) GAAP
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) GMP
4 1 (0.40%) IFRS
4 1 (0.40%) PMO
4 1 (0.40%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.40%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 247 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (2.43%) Ariba
3 1 (0.40%) Databricks
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.40%) OpenText
3 1 (0.40%) Salesforce