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 29 March 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 555 624
Rank change year-on-year +86 +69 -73
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 242 90 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 138 53 130
10th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £53,700
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 £99,375
90th Percentile £90,750 £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 72,188 37,006 84,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 90.01% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,349 23,310 63,655
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 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +77 203 £80,000 - 91
London +74 111 £80,000 -3.03% 32
UK excluding London -22 74 £77,500 +3.33% 71
Work from Home +21 64 £77,500 -8.82% 53
North of England -22 31 £77,500 +3.33% 16
South East -9 21 £67,500 -20.59% 30
Midlands -40 19 £80,000 +10.34% 18
Yorkshire - 19 £77,500 - 4
West Midlands -32 14 £80,000 +14.29% 12
North West -15 12 £65,000 -13.33% 12
East Midlands -35 5 £70,000 -17.65% 6
East of England -24 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 29 March 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.

1 242 (100.00%) SAP
2 128 (52.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 59 (24.38%) SAP Fiori
4 55 (22.73%) Analytics
5 49 (20.25%) SAP PP
6 43 (17.77%) Business Development
7 42 (17.36%) Production Planning
8 34 (14.05%) SAP FI
8 34 (14.05%) SAP IBP
9 33 (13.64%) SAP CO
9 33 (13.64%) SAP FI/CO
10 32 (13.22%) Security Cleared
11 28 (11.57%) Migration
12 25 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (9.50%) Coaching
14 22 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (8.68%) Data Migration
16 20 (8.26%) Logistics
16 20 (8.26%) SuccessFactors
17 19 (7.85%) ABAP
17 19 (7.85%) Roadmaps
17 19 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
18 17 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
19 15 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
19 15 (6.20%) SAP Certification
20 14 (5.79%) Agile
21 13 (5.37%) Decision-Making
22 12 (4.96%) Presales
22 12 (4.96%) SAP HANA
22 12 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 128 (52.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (20.25%) SAP PP
3 34 (14.05%) SAP FI
3 34 (14.05%) SAP IBP
4 33 (13.64%) SAP CO
4 33 (13.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (3.72%) SAP SCM
6 8 (3.31%) SAP PM
7 7 (2.89%) SAP HCM
7 7 (2.89%) SAP PS
7 7 (2.89%) SAP SD
7 7 (2.89%) SAP WM
8 5 (2.07%) SAP Payroll
9 4 (1.65%) SAP Business One
9 4 (1.65%) SAP HR
10 3 (1.24%) SAP FSCM
10 3 (1.24%) SAP GRC
10 3 (1.24%) SAP MDG
10 3 (1.24%) SAP MM
10 3 (1.24%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.26%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.83%) SaaS
2 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
3 1 (0.41%) AWS
3 1 (0.41%) Azure
3 1 (0.41%) GCP
3 1 (0.41%) PaaS
3 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.96%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.31%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (2.89%) SAP BW
4 6 (2.48%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 3 (1.24%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) LSMW
2 1 (0.41%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 52 (21.49%) Finance
2 47 (19.42%) Manufacturing
3 42 (17.36%) Law
4 35 (14.46%) Social Skills
5 24 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (5.37%) Retail
7 5 (2.07%) German Language
7 5 (2.07%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.65%) Legal
9 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.83%) Banking
9 2 (0.83%) Billing
9 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.83%) French Language
9 2 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (24.38%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.65%) IDoc
3 3 (1.24%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.83%) SAPUI5
4 2 (0.83%) XML
5 1 (0.41%) EDI
5 1 (0.41%) Middleware
5 1 (0.41%) OLE
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.01%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (16.94%) Life Science
3 9 (3.72%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.48%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.07%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.83%) FMCG
9 2 (0.83%) Replication
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.41%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.41%) Linux
1 1 (0.41%) SUSE
1 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.41%) Windows
1 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.73%) Analytics
2 43 (17.77%) Business Development
3 42 (17.36%) Production Planning
4 28 (11.57%) Migration
5 25 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 23 (9.50%) Coaching
7 22 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (8.68%) Data Migration
9 20 (8.26%) Logistics
10 19 (7.85%) Roadmaps
10 19 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
11 17 (7.02%) Translating Business Requirements
12 15 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (5.79%) Agile
14 13 (5.37%) Decision-Making
15 12 (4.96%) Presales
15 12 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 11 (4.55%) Supply Chain Management
16 11 (4.55%) Thought Leadership
16 11 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.85%) ABAP
2 4 (1.65%) SQL
3 1 (0.41%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 32 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.20%) SAP Certification
3 10 (4.13%) Degree
4 9 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.24%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) ACCA
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) CCA
7 1 (0.41%) CIMA
7 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.65%) SLA
3 3 (1.24%) GRC
3 3 (1.24%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.83%) QA
5 1 (0.41%) GAAP
5 1 (0.41%) GMP
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 242 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (1.65%) Ariba
3 1 (0.41%) Databricks
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle
3 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.41%) Workday