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 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 117 200
Rank change year-on-year -5 +83 -70
Permanent jobs citing SAP 2,310 3,070 3,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.34% 2.96% 2.05%
As % of the Vendors category 6.30% 7.07% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 1,721 2,242
10th Percentile £29,550 £40,000 £36,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,749 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.52% +5.00%

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 36,672 43,426 60,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 41.84% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 25,141 24,776 33,270
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 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 3 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 3 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 -8 1,979 £60,000 -2.44% 717
UK excluding London -10 1,362 £51,749 -10.00% 500
Work from Home +67 1,064 £62,500 -3.85% 298
London +46 703 £80,000 +14.29% 207
South East +5 434 £55,000 -15.38% 110
North of England +17 376 £50,000 -13.04% 145
Midlands -2 239 £45,000 -21.74% 105
North West +8 217 £51,250 -11.64% 83
West Midlands -7 166 £55,000 -4.35% 63
Yorkshire +34 124 £49,827 -13.35% 44
East of England -29 114 £65,000 +8.33% 63
Scotland -60 71 £59,000 +2.61% 29
East Midlands -6 70 £42,500 -19.05% 42
South West -65 66 £52,750 +0.48% 48
Northern Ireland +38 42 £35,000 -39.13% 8
North East +14 35 £48,750 -15.22% 22
Wales +9 23 £37,500 -42.31% 9

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
1 308 (13.33%) SAS
2 68 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.65%) Confluence
4 29 (1.26%) WebSphere
5 28 (1.21%) Captiva
5 28 (1.21%) FileNet
6 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.30%) NetWeaver
8 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 5 (0.22%) CMS
9 5 (0.22%) IIS
10 4 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.13%) Smallworld
12 2 (0.087%) SAP Portal
13 1 (0.043%) Documentum
13 1 (0.043%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.043%) LiveLink
13 1 (0.043%) Mendix
13 1 (0.043%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 191 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 91 (3.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (1.52%) AutoCAD
5 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.30%) Revit
7 6 (0.26%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.17%) Doxygen
8 4 (0.17%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.087%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.087%) SketchUp
9 2 (0.087%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.087%) SPSS
9 2 (0.087%) Stata
9 2 (0.087%) Trello
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.043%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 448 (19.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 376 (16.28%) SAP ERP
3 109 (4.72%) SAP FI
4 102 (4.42%) SAP CO
5 97 (4.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 61 (2.64%) SAP Business One
7 55 (2.38%) SAP MM
8 52 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
8 52 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
9 46 (1.99%) NetSuite
9 46 (1.99%) SAP SD
10 42 (1.82%) SAP PP
11 39 (1.69%) SAP HR
12 37 (1.60%) SAP SCM
13 36 (1.56%) SAP BPC
14 31 (1.34%) SAP CX
14 31 (1.34%) SAP WM
15 30 (1.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
16 29 (1.26%) SAP EWM
16 29 (1.26%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 165 (7.14%) Azure
2 129 (5.58%) Power Platform
3 103 (4.46%) SuccessFactors
4 79 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (2.86%) AWS
6 63 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
7 59 (2.55%) SaaS
8 55 (2.38%) GCP
9 41 (1.77%) GitHub
10 25 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (0.91%) PaaS
11 21 (0.91%) PowerApps
11 21 (0.91%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 16 (0.69%) Entra ID
12 16 (0.69%) Power Automate
13 15 (0.65%) Boomi
13 15 (0.65%) IaaS
13 15 (0.65%) WhatsApp
14 13 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 317 (13.72%) Broadband
2 31 (1.34%) DNS
3 19 (0.82%) HTTP
3 19 (0.82%) MQTT
3 19 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 16 (0.69%) DHCP
5 13 (0.56%) LAN
6 12 (0.52%) Wireless
7 11 (0.48%) VPN
7 11 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.43%) Modbus
8 10 (0.43%) WAN
9 9 (0.39%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.35%) 3G
10 8 (0.35%) 4G
10 8 (0.35%) LTE
10 8 (0.35%) VLAN
11 7 (0.30%) Bluetooth
11 7 (0.30%) Firewall
11 7 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (4.94%) Power BI
2 79 (3.42%) SAP BW
3 69 (2.99%) SAP HANA
4 67 (2.90%) SQL Server
5 43 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
6 39 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
8 22 (0.95%) DB2
9 19 (0.82%) GIS
10 18 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (0.78%) Tableau
11 16 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.48%) Big Data
13 10 (0.43%) Metadata
13 10 (0.43%) MS Access
13 10 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (0.39%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.39%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 83 (3.59%) JIRA
2 44 (1.90%) Git
3 30 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
4 24 (1.04%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.65%) Subversion
6 14 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.48%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) ERwin
8 5 (0.22%) GitLab
8 5 (0.22%) Maven
9 3 (0.13%) LSMW
10 2 (0.087%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.087%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.087%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.087%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.087%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.087%) Selenium
10 2 (0.087%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.043%) TeamCity
General
1 1,067 (46.19%) Social Skills
2 1,042 (45.11%) Finance
3 392 (16.97%) Manufacturing
4 336 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
5 242 (10.48%) Public Sector
6 219 (9.48%) Marketing
7 186 (8.05%) Telecoms
8 180 (7.79%) Electronics
9 153 (6.62%) Retail
10 133 (5.76%) Legal
11 110 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 83 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
13 81 (3.51%) Banking
14 66 (2.86%) Law
15 54 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 50 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
17 33 (1.43%) Aerospace
18 32 (1.39%) General Ledger
19 30 (1.30%) Automotive
19 30 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 546 (23.64%) Architect
2 457 (19.78%) Solutions Architect
3 318 (13.77%) Consultant
4 264 (11.43%) Analyst
5 240 (10.39%) SAP Consultant
6 211 (9.13%) Senior
7 194 (8.40%) Lead
8 152 (6.58%) SAP Architect
9 111 (4.81%) SAP Manager
10 107 (4.63%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 90 (3.90%) Project Manager
12 88 (3.81%) SAP Analyst
13 82 (3.55%) Developer
14 74 (3.20%) Senior Consultant
15 69 (2.99%) Senior SAP Consultant
16 61 (2.64%) Development Manager
17 59 (2.55%) Business Manager
18 55 (2.38%) IT Manager
19 52 (2.25%) Software Engineer
20 49 (2.12%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.03%) HTML
2 46 (1.99%) .NET
3 45 (1.95%) EDI
4 44 (1.90%) CSS
5 32 (1.39%) SAP Fiori
6 24 (1.04%) AngularJS
6 24 (1.04%) React
7 21 (0.91%) SAP TM
8 20 (0.87%) XML
9 19 (0.82%) Flask
9 19 (0.82%) IDoc
10 15 (0.65%) J2EE
10 15 (0.65%) SAP Basis
11 14 (0.61%) .NET Framework
11 14 (0.61%) BAPI
11 14 (0.61%) Django
11 14 (0.61%) SAP PI
12 10 (0.43%) ASP.NET
12 10 (0.43%) Web Services
13 9 (0.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 74 (3.20%) Management Information System
2 70 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (2.77%) FMCG
4 52 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.47%) Housing Association
7 33 (1.43%) Private Cloud
8 30 (1.30%) IoT
9 28 (1.21%) DataPower
9 28 (1.21%) Social Media
10 26 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 26 (1.13%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 21 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 21 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.82%) Life Science
14 18 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
14 18 (0.78%) Public Cloud
15 17 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (0.69%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 108 (4.68%) Linux
2 103 (4.46%) Windows
3 49 (2.12%) Unix
4 38 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.52%) Android
6 8 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.22%) VMS
9 4 (0.17%) AIX
10 3 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.043%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.043%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 758 (32.81%) ERP
2 643 (27.84%) Agile
3 458 (19.83%) Roadmaps
4 414 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
5 407 (17.62%) Data Management
6 403 (17.45%) Change Management
7 345 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
8 338 (14.63%) Performance Management
9 333 (14.42%) Enterprise Architecture
10 321 (13.90%) TOGAF
11 320 (13.85%) Strategic Roadmap
12 306 (13.25%) Project Management
13 212 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 199 (8.61%) Programme Management
15 198 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 183 (7.92%) Digital Marketing
17 177 (7.66%) CRM
18 169 (7.32%) Project Delivery
19 162 (7.01%) Migration
20 157 (6.80%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 272 (11.77%) SQL
2 96 (4.16%) Python
3 87 (3.77%) Java
4 61 (2.64%) C#
4 61 (2.64%) JavaScript
5 59 (2.55%) C
6 46 (1.99%) C++
7 40 (1.73%) ABAP
8 33 (1.43%) PowerShell
9 19 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 17 (0.74%) Embedded C
11 14 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.56%) Bash
13 10 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.43%) VBA
14 9 (0.39%) Embedded C++
14 9 (0.39%) PHP
15 8 (0.35%) Go
15 8 (0.35%) R
15 8 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 408 (17.66%) Degree
2 86 (3.72%) Security Cleared
3 58 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (1.99%) Master's Degree
5 37 (1.60%) ACCA
6 36 (1.56%) HNC
7 34 (1.47%) CIMA
8 33 (1.43%) HND
9 32 (1.39%) PMP
10 31 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 30 (1.30%) SAP Certification
12 28 (1.21%) SC Cleared
13 27 (1.17%) CISA
14 15 (0.65%) CISSP
15 9 (0.39%) CISM
15 9 (0.39%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
16 8 (0.35%) Azure Certification
16 8 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (6.36%) QA
2 91 (3.94%) SLA
3 69 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 57 (2.47%) GDPR
5 48 (2.08%) PMO
6 26 (1.13%) ITGC
7 23 (1.00%) GRC
8 19 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 13 (0.56%) ISO 9001
11 10 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (0.43%) IFRS
12 6 (0.26%) GxP
13 5 (0.22%) GAAP
14 4 (0.17%) IEC 61131
14 4 (0.17%) JTAG
15 3 (0.13%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.087%) ISO 26262
16 2 (0.087%) MISRA
16 2 (0.087%) SEPA
System Software
1 37 (1.60%) Firmware
2 33 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.69%) Docker
4 13 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.13%) NFS
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.043%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.043%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (0.61%) Terraform
2 9 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.30%) SCCM
5 5 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.17%) CSIRT
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.13%) Ansible
8 2 (0.087%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.087%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.043%) SCOM
9 1 (0.043%) systemd
9 1 (0.043%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.043%) vRealize
9 1 (0.043%) WSUS
Vendors
1 534 (23.12%) Oracle
2 333 (14.42%) Microsoft
3 305 (13.20%) Hyperion
4 304 (13.16%) Anaplan
5 126 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 74 (3.20%) Sage
7 58 (2.51%) IBM
8 52 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 32 (1.39%) Pega
10 30 (1.30%) Google
11 29 (1.26%) Infor
12 28 (1.21%) Ariba
12 28 (1.21%) Concur
12 28 (1.21%) Kofax
12 28 (1.21%) VMware
13 24 (1.04%) CA
14 23 (1.00%) Epicor
14 23 (1.00%) Workday
15 17 (0.74%) Cognos
15 17 (0.74%) IFS