SAP ALE Job Trends in the North of England

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 - 373
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs citing SAP ALE 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.027% - 0.012%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% - 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £90,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

SAP ALE 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,584 1,625 3,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.58% 21.26% 19.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 913 2,745
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,496 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,400 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -11.11%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in the North of England

SAP ALE
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP ALE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Yorkshire - 5 £85,000 - 1
SAP ALE
England

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 5 (100.00%) SAP MDG-BP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP MDG-F
General
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) SAP MDG Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Replication
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (80.00%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Ariba
1 5 (100.00%) SAP