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 9 September 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 532 602
Rank change year-on-year -48 +70 -183
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 220 138 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.31% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 122 91 102
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,375 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £94,688
90th Percentile £99,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +32.74% -13.08%

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 105,368 44,470 74,632
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 89.68% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72,550 26,183 45,719
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 £77,424 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -37 200 £80,000 +6.67% 123
UK excluding London -29 134 £80,000 +6.67% 63
London -50 71 £85,000 +4.62% 60
North of England -7 67 £80,000 +39.13% 16
Work from Home -58 46 £80,000 -3.03% 80
Midlands -27 43 £70,000 -6.67% 13
Yorkshire -10 38 £85,000 +1.49% 2
West Midlands -17 32 £70,000 -6.67% 13
North West +3 29 £80,000 +60.00% 14
South East -25 15 £90,000 +38.46% 19
East Midlands -28 10 - -
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 3
East of England -36 2 £62,500 -34.21% 7
South West -71 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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.

1 220 (100.00%) SAP
2 113 (51.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 39 (17.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.73%) Logistics
5 28 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (12.73%) System Integration Testing
6 24 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 23 (10.45%) ABAP
7 23 (10.45%) SAP Fiori
7 23 (10.45%) SAP HANA
8 21 (9.55%) Translating Business Requirements
9 18 (8.18%) Coaching
10 17 (7.73%) Data Governance
10 17 (7.73%) Presales
10 17 (7.73%) SAP Basis
11 16 (7.27%) SAP SD
11 16 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
12 15 (6.82%) Analytics
12 15 (6.82%) Order to Cash
12 15 (6.82%) Project Delivery
12 15 (6.82%) SAP CO
12 15 (6.82%) SAP FI
13 14 (6.36%) Integration Testing
13 14 (6.36%) Root Cause Analysis
13 14 (6.36%) SAP FI/CO
14 13 (5.91%) Ariba
14 13 (5.91%) Data Migration
14 13 (5.91%) Knowledge Transfer
14 13 (5.91%) Migration

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 (0.45%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 113 (51.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (7.27%) SAP SD
3 15 (6.82%) SAP CO
3 15 (6.82%) SAP FI
4 14 (6.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 12 (5.45%) SAP MDG
6 10 (4.55%) SAP HCM
7 9 (4.09%) SAP PP
8 8 (3.64%) SAP IBP
8 8 (3.64%) SAP MDG-BP
8 8 (3.64%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (3.64%) SAP Travel Management
9 7 (3.18%) SAP Business One
9 7 (3.18%) SAP GTS
10 5 (2.27%) SAP GRC
11 4 (1.82%) SAP EWM
11 4 (1.82%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
11 4 (1.82%) SAP MDG-F
11 4 (1.82%) SAP PM
11 4 (1.82%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.27%) GCP
3 4 (1.82%) AWS
3 4 (1.82%) Azure
3 4 (1.82%) PaaS
3 4 (1.82%) SaaS
3 4 (1.82%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.45%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.27%) HTTP
2 1 (0.45%) FTP
2 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.45%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.09%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.91%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) LSMW
General
1 45 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.09%) Manufacturing
3 29 (13.18%) Finance
4 18 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.73%) Retail
6 8 (3.64%) Automotive
6 8 (3.64%) Billing
6 8 (3.64%) Legal
7 4 (1.82%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.82%) German Language
8 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.36%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Czech Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.45%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (7.73%) SAP Basis
3 8 (3.64%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.18%) Middleware
4 7 (3.18%) SAP Core Interface
5 5 (2.27%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.27%) Web Dynpro
5 5 (2.27%) XML
6 3 (1.36%) SailPoint
6 3 (1.36%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.45%) BAPI
7 1 (0.45%) SAP BC
7 1 (0.45%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.45%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.45%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.18%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.73%) Replication
6 4 (1.82%) Data Fabric
6 4 (1.82%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.36%) Life Science
7 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Robotics
9 1 (0.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.45%) Linux
1 1 (0.45%) Unix
1 1 (0.45%) Windows
1 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (17.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (12.73%) Logistics
3 28 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (12.73%) System Integration Testing
4 24 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
5 21 (9.55%) Translating Business Requirements
6 18 (8.18%) Coaching
7 17 (7.73%) Data Governance
7 17 (7.73%) Presales
8 15 (6.82%) Analytics
8 15 (6.82%) Order to Cash
8 15 (6.82%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.36%) Integration Testing
9 14 (6.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (5.91%) Data Migration
10 13 (5.91%) Knowledge Transfer
10 13 (5.91%) Migration
11 12 (5.45%) Roadmaps
11 12 (5.45%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.45%) ABAP
2 5 (2.27%) SQL
3 3 (1.36%) Perl
4 1 (0.45%) Java
4 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (5.91%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.09%) SAP Certification
3 7 (3.18%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.36%) CISA
5 3 (1.36%) CISSP
5 3 (1.36%) Degree
6 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.45%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.00%) GDPR
2 10 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.27%) GRC
5 3 (1.36%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.45%) GMP
6 1 (0.45%) GxP
6 1 (0.45%) QA
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (5.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Ansible
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 220 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (5.91%) Ariba
3 12 (5.45%) OpenText
4 4 (1.82%) Databricks
4 4 (1.82%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.45%) Concur
6 1 (0.45%) Dell
6 1 (0.45%) Google
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle