Due to the value added by ERP’s to medium and big sized businesses in terms of enabling them to become ever more efficient, the growth in the implementation of ERP’s is inevitable. SAP is one of the world’s largest ERP software brand, supporting various industries worldwide. Every day lot of organisations continue to implement it all over the world. Therefore there is a huge demand for its functional and technical consultants in the UK and across the globe to assist organizations implement it and to work on on-going support projects and also to work either on a self-employed basis or with an SAP training provider as a trainer training prospective SAP consultants and end users. This gives an opportunity to professionals with functional or technical expertise in the area of SAP to fill this demand and supply gap in the workforce. It is also one of the smoothest ways of transition into the highly paid IT industry for people with non IT backgrounds. Opportunities in this field are available in various industries and especially with companies in the technology sector such as IBM, Accenture and CTS. Opportunities are also available with professional services firms such as Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte and organisations such as GSK, Roche and Pfizer in the pharmaceutical industry.