SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SAP SE.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 121 212
Rank change year-on-year -4 +91 -82
Permanent jobs citing SAP 2,255 2,867 3,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.23% 2.91% 1.95%
As % of the Vendors category 6.18% 6.93% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,608 2,170
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -

All Vendors
UK

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Salary trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 -13 1,929 £60,000 - 856
UK excluding London -8 1,340 £52,500 -8.70% 604
Work from Home +78 1,037 £62,500 -3.85% 579
London +42 679 £80,000 +18.52% 287
South East +12 425 £56,500 -13.08% 184
North of England +34 385 £50,000 -13.04% 164
Midlands -26 232 £45,000 -21.74% 111
North West +9 222 £55,000 -4.35% 108
West Midlands -11 159 £52,500 -8.70% 68
Yorkshire +33 121 £47,000 -18.26% 44
East of England -24 113 £65,000 +13.04% 68
East Midlands -16 70 £42,500 -22.73% 42
Scotland -54 69 £59,000 +2.61% 25
South West -65 56 £54,250 -1.36% 50
North East +19 42 £48,750 -15.22% 18
Northern Ireland +35 39 £35,000 -39.13% 6
Wales +14 24 £37,500 -42.31% 15

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 307 (13.61%) SAS
2 65 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.69%) Confluence
4 17 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.71%) WebSphere
6 15 (0.67%) Captiva
6 15 (0.67%) FileNet
7 7 (0.31%) Apache
7 7 (0.31%) CMS
8 6 (0.27%) nginx
9 5 (0.22%) IIS
10 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.13%) NetWeaver
11 3 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 2 (0.089%) SAP Portal
12 2 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.044%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.044%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.044%) LiveLink
13 1 (0.044%) Mendix
Applications
1 197 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 126 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
3 91 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (1.55%) AutoCAD
5 19 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.31%) Revit
8 6 (0.27%) OrCAD
9 5 (0.22%) InfoPath
10 4 (0.18%) Doxygen
11 2 (0.089%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.089%) SketchUp
11 2 (0.089%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.089%) SPSS
11 2 (0.089%) Stata
11 2 (0.089%) Trello
12 1 (0.044%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.044%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 422 (18.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 367 (16.27%) SAP ERP
3 92 (4.08%) SAP FI
4 86 (3.81%) SAP CO
5 80 (3.55%) SAP FI/CO
6 60 (2.66%) SAP Business One
7 53 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
8 50 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 48 (2.13%) SAP MM
10 46 (2.04%) NetSuite
11 40 (1.77%) SAP HR
12 37 (1.64%) SAP SD
13 36 (1.60%) SAP PP
14 35 (1.55%) SAP BPC
15 33 (1.46%) SAP SCM
16 31 (1.37%) SAP HCM
17 29 (1.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
17 29 (1.29%) SAP WM
18 27 (1.20%) SAP CX
19 25 (1.11%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 147 (6.52%) Azure
2 129 (5.72%) Power Platform
3 123 (5.45%) SuccessFactors
4 76 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (2.79%) AWS
5 63 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
6 52 (2.31%) SaaS
7 36 (1.60%) GCP
8 28 (1.24%) GitHub
9 24 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (0.93%) PaaS
11 21 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 20 (0.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 16 (0.71%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.67%) Boomi
14 15 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 15 (0.67%) IaaS
15 13 (0.58%) WhatsApp
16 12 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 317 (14.06%) Broadband
2 29 (1.29%) DNS
3 21 (0.93%) HTTP
4 17 (0.75%) MQTT
4 17 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 15 (0.67%) DHCP
6 13 (0.58%) LAN
7 11 (0.49%) VPN
7 11 (0.49%) Wireless
8 10 (0.44%) WAN
8 10 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.40%) Modbus
10 7 (0.31%) Bluetooth
10 7 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.31%) Firewall
10 7 (0.31%) Network Security
10 7 (0.31%) VLAN
11 6 (0.27%) 4G
11 6 (0.27%) FTP
11 6 (0.27%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (5.06%) Power BI
2 76 (3.37%) SAP BW
3 65 (2.88%) SAP HANA
4 64 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 39 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
5 39 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
8 21 (0.93%) DB2
9 19 (0.84%) GIS
10 17 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (0.75%) Tableau
11 15 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.49%) Big Data
13 10 (0.44%) Metadata
13 10 (0.44%) MS Access
14 9 (0.40%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
14 9 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (3.06%) JIRA
2 41 (1.82%) Git
3 24 (1.06%) Visual Studio
4 16 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (0.62%) Subversion
6 11 (0.49%) Eclipse
6 11 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.22%) ERwin
7 5 (0.22%) GitLab
7 5 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.13%) LSMW
8 3 (0.13%) Selenium
9 2 (0.089%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.089%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.089%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.089%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.044%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.044%) JMeter
10 1 (0.044%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,041 (46.16%) Social Skills
2 992 (43.99%) Finance
3 364 (16.14%) Manufacturing
4 341 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
5 227 (10.07%) Public Sector
6 206 (9.14%) Marketing
7 173 (7.67%) Telecoms
8 167 (7.41%) Electronics
9 157 (6.96%) Retail
10 138 (6.12%) Legal
11 107 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 82 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (3.06%) Banking
14 68 (3.02%) Law
15 53 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
16 47 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
17 32 (1.42%) Aerospace
17 32 (1.42%) General Ledger
18 30 (1.33%) Back Office
19 27 (1.20%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 550 (24.39%) Architect
2 460 (20.40%) Solutions Architect
3 302 (13.39%) Consultant
4 264 (11.71%) Analyst
5 225 (9.98%) SAP Consultant
6 207 (9.18%) Senior
7 185 (8.20%) Lead
8 158 (7.01%) SAP Architect
9 110 (4.88%) SAP Manager
9 110 (4.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 87 (3.86%) Project Manager
11 86 (3.81%) Developer
12 78 (3.46%) SAP Analyst
13 68 (3.02%) Senior Consultant
14 63 (2.79%) Senior SAP Consultant
15 59 (2.62%) Development Manager
16 56 (2.48%) Business Manager
17 53 (2.35%) IT Manager
18 48 (2.13%) Business Analyst
19 47 (2.08%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.17%) .NET
2 47 (2.08%) EDI
2 47 (2.08%) HTML
3 43 (1.91%) CSS
4 29 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
5 23 (1.02%) AngularJS
6 21 (0.93%) React
7 20 (0.89%) XML
8 18 (0.80%) SAP TM
9 17 (0.75%) Flask
10 16 (0.71%) SAP Basis
11 15 (0.67%) J2EE
12 14 (0.62%) .NET Framework
12 14 (0.62%) IDoc
13 13 (0.58%) Django
14 12 (0.53%) SAP PI
15 10 (0.44%) ASP.NET
15 10 (0.44%) BAPI
15 10 (0.44%) Web Services
16 9 (0.40%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.28%) Management Information System
2 68 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (2.88%) FMCG
4 52 (2.31%) Product Ownership
5 50 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 36 (1.60%) Driving Licence
7 34 (1.51%) Housing Association
8 28 (1.24%) IoT
8 28 (1.24%) Social Media
9 26 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 24 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 22 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 21 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (0.89%) Private Cloud
14 19 (0.84%) Life Science
15 18 (0.80%) Public Cloud
16 16 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
17 15 (0.67%) Biopharmaceutical
17 15 (0.67%) DataPower
18 14 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 102 (4.52%) Windows
2 92 (4.08%) Linux
3 36 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.46%) Unix
5 10 (0.44%) Android
6 8 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.22%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) AIX
10 3 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.044%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.044%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (33.08%) ERP
2 624 (27.67%) Agile
3 451 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 414 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
5 411 (18.23%) Data Management
6 387 (17.16%) Change Management
7 339 (15.03%) Performance Management
8 331 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
9 330 (14.63%) Enterprise Architecture
10 320 (14.19%) Strategic Roadmap
11 319 (14.15%) TOGAF
12 304 (13.48%) Project Management
13 198 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 196 (8.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 181 (8.03%) Programme Management
16 173 (7.67%) Project Delivery
17 172 (7.63%) CRM
18 169 (7.49%) Digital Marketing
19 153 (6.78%) Customer Service
20 141 (6.25%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 259 (11.49%) SQL
2 87 (3.86%) Python
3 69 (3.06%) Java
4 62 (2.75%) JavaScript
5 58 (2.57%) C#
6 50 (2.22%) C
7 44 (1.95%) C++
8 34 (1.51%) ABAP
9 32 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 17 (0.75%) Embedded C
10 17 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 12 (0.53%) Bash
13 10 (0.44%) VBA
14 9 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.40%) Embedded C++
15 8 (0.35%) Go
15 8 (0.35%) PHP
15 8 (0.35%) R
15 8 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 388 (17.21%) Degree
2 76 (3.37%) Security Cleared
3 55 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (1.86%) Master's Degree
5 36 (1.60%) ACCA
5 36 (1.60%) HNC
6 34 (1.51%) CIMA
7 33 (1.46%) HND
8 31 (1.37%) SAP Certification
9 30 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.33%) PMP
10 25 (1.11%) CISA
11 22 (0.98%) SC Cleared
12 15 (0.67%) CISSP
13 10 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.40%) CISM
14 9 (0.40%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.35%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 7 (0.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (6.47%) QA
2 88 (3.90%) SLA
3 72 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.13%) PMO
5 45 (2.00%) GDPR
6 25 (1.11%) ITGC
7 22 (0.98%) GRC
8 19 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 16 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.44%) IFRS
12 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.31%) GxP
13 6 (0.27%) GAAP
14 4 (0.18%) IEC 61131
14 4 (0.18%) JTAG
15 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.089%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 2 (0.089%) SEPA
16 2 (0.089%) SOX 404
System Software
1 34 (1.51%) Firmware
2 29 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.67%) Docker
4 12 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.13%) NFS
8 2 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.044%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.044%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.044%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (0.62%) Terraform
2 9 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.31%) SCCM
4 5 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.18%) CSIRT
5 4 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.089%) Ansible
7 2 (0.089%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.044%) SCOM
8 1 (0.044%) systemd
8 1 (0.044%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.044%) vRealize
8 1 (0.044%) WSUS
Vendors
1 513 (22.75%) Oracle
2 335 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 305 (13.53%) Hyperion
4 304 (13.48%) Anaplan
5 124 (5.50%) Salesforce
6 71 (3.15%) Sage
7 41 (1.82%) IBM
8 40 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.29%) Infor
10 28 (1.24%) Ariba
11 27 (1.20%) Concur
12 26 (1.15%) VMware
12 26 (1.15%) Workday
13 25 (1.11%) Google
14 24 (1.06%) CA
14 24 (1.06%) Epicor
15 19 (0.84%) Pega
16 18 (0.80%) IFS
17 17 (0.75%) Cognos
18 15 (0.67%) JD Edwards