SAP Payroll Job Trends in the North of England

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SAP Payroll skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 288 270
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 -
Permanent jobs citing SAP Payroll 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.009% 0.021% 0.059%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.33% 0.37% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £60,500 £48,400
25th Percentile £85,000 £61,250 £48,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £63,750 £56,688
90th Percentile - £64,500 £57,475
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -30.67%

All Business Application Skills
North of England

SAP Payroll falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 304 536 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.89% 5.50% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 226 245 291
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,875 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £66,514
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SAP Payroll job vacancy trend in the North of England

SAP Payroll
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

SAP Payroll
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 Payroll within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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 - 1 £90,000 -
SAP Payroll
England

SAP Payroll
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 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) HR Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Payroll Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP