SAP Basis Job Trends in England

SAP Basis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP Basis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 670 677
Rank change year-on-year +81 +7 +265
Permanent jobs citing SAP Basis 16 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.030% 0.013% 0.014%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% 0.058% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 1
10th Percentile £63,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £67,688 £49,563 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +12.86% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £89,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,375 £93,750 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

SAP Basis falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,214 10,344 12,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.82% 21.56% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,775 6,064 10,166
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,688
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +0.39% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

SAP Basis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP Basis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP Basis job vacancy trend in England

SAP Basis
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP Basis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Basis in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Basis in England

SAP Basis
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North of England +33 7 £77,500 +82.35% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £77,500 - 3
East of England - 4 £75,000 -
Midlands - 3 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £68,750 -
London +55 1 £67,500 -20.59%
North West +27 1 - -
South East +23 1 £85,000 +8.97%
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 1
SAP Basis
UK

SAP Basis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (6.25%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (18.75%) SAP GRC
3 1 (6.25%) SAP ERP
3 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SAP HANA
2 3 (18.75%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (6.25%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) LSMW
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Advertising
2 1 (6.25%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Consultant
1 7 (43.75%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Principal Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Principal SAP Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (25.00%) Principal Technical Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 3 (18.75%) Technology Specialist
5 2 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior ABAP Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (18.75%) SAPUI5
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Replication
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 3 (18.75%) e-Learning
2 3 (18.75%) Private Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) SUSE
3 3 (18.75%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (18.75%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
2 7 (43.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (43.75%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) ERP
4 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (25.00%) High Availability
4 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
5 3 (18.75%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Security Patching
6 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 2 (12.50%) Runbook
7 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (6.25%) Contingency Planning
7 1 (6.25%) Proactive Management
7 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) ABAP
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GRC
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) VMware