🏰 SAP ENGINEER (M/F)

SAP consultants design, configure, and upgrade the SAP ERP system, which serves as the backbone of management for large companies (finance, procurement, sales, production, HR). The 2026 market is dominated by a major challenge: the migration to S/4HANA, as the end of support for ECC (2027–2030) is creating a long-term skills shortage.

🎯 Tasks

• Analyze business processes and translate them into SAP configurations.
• Lead or contribute to ECC → S/4HANA migration projects (greenfield, brownfield).
• Configure the modules: Finance (FI/CO), Purchasing (MM), Sales (SD), Production (PP), etc.
• Develop and integrate: ABAP, BTP extensions, interfaces, Fiori.
• Train users, write documentation, and provide support.

🛠️ Skills & Ecosystem 2026

• S/4HANA: the target standard, on-premises or via RISE with SAP (cloud).
• Functional modules: FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, SuccessFactors (HR), Ariba (procurement).
• Skills: ABAP (Clean Core), SAP BTP, CPI/integrations, Fiori/UI5.
• SAP Activate methodology, project management, business English.
• A combination of business and technical skills is the most highly valued.

💰 2026 Salaries (as reported in France)

• Junior: 42–52 k€
• Confirmed: 52–75 k€
• Senior / Module Expert or Architect: 75–110 k€ and up
• Freelance: Average daily rate of €700–1,100 (among the highest in the IT market).

🔍 Not to be confused with

The generalist ERP consultant: SAP is an ecosystem in its own right, with its own modules, programming language (ABAP), and methodologies. A consultant is defined first and foremost by the module or modules in which they specialize.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Why are SAP daily rates so high? Because the wave of S/4HANA migrations is creating enormous demand for a limited pool of experienced consultants—a shortage that will persist beyond 2027.

Which module should you choose to specialize in? FI/CO remains the most in-demand, followed by MM/SD; S/4HANA and construction profiles are the rarest and most highly valued.

📈 Trends

Module Expert, SAP Architect, SAP Project Manager, S/4HANA Program Manager.