SAP Job Trends in the North West

SAP
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 98 96
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 +69
Permanent jobs citing SAP 105 115 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.66% 2.28% 2.40%
As % of the Vendors category 6.49% 6.33% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 47 59 75
10th Percentile £47,300 £40,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £44,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,475 £80,024
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £63,250 £68,400 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% +5.23% -

All Vendors
North West

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,618 1,816 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 25.50% 36.04% 32.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 901 1,253
10th Percentile £25,875 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,995
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -4.35%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the North West

SAP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for SAP in the North West

SAP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the North West 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
Manchester +24 40 £68,750 +6.59% 18
Cheshire -13 21 £63,750 +18.21% 11
Lancashire +21 20 £41,000 -15.03% 5
Cumbria 0 16 £60,000 +18.07% 2
Merseyside -7 5 - - 3
SAP
England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (0.95%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.95%) CMS
2 1 (0.95%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.90%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 23 (21.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (9.52%) SAP Business One
3 5 (4.76%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.90%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (1.90%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (1.90%) Infor LN
4 2 (1.90%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.90%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.95%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.95%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.95%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.95%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.95%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.95%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.95%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.81%) AWS
2 4 (3.81%) Azure
3 3 (2.86%) iPaaS
3 3 (2.86%) Power Automate
3 3 (2.86%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.90%) GCP
4 2 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.95%) Boomi
5 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.95%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (6.67%) Power BI
3 4 (3.81%) Tableau
4 2 (1.90%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.90%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.95%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.95%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 11 (10.48%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) GitLab
2 2 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.95%) Gatling
3 1 (0.95%) JMeter
3 1 (0.95%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.95%) LSMW
General
1 45 (42.86%) Finance
2 32 (30.48%) Social Skills
3 23 (21.90%) Manufacturing
4 16 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.57%) Marketing
7 8 (7.62%) Electronics
7 8 (7.62%) Telecoms
8 6 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.81%) Retail
11 2 (1.90%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.90%) Law
11 2 (1.90%) Legal
11 2 (1.90%) Police
12 1 (0.95%) Automotive
12 1 (0.95%) Military
12 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (31.43%) Senior
2 20 (19.05%) Lead
3 15 (14.29%) Consultant
4 13 (12.38%) Architect
5 12 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (10.48%) Analyst
6 11 (10.48%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (8.57%) Lead Architect
7 9 (8.57%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.62%) SAP Support
9 7 (6.67%) Business Consultant
9 7 (6.67%) SAP Business Consultant
9 7 (6.67%) SAP Business One Consultant
10 6 (5.71%) SAP Manager
10 6 (5.71%) SAP Support Consultant
10 6 (5.71%) Support Consultant
11 5 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) Senior Financial Analyst
12 4 (3.81%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.86%) JSON
2 3 (2.86%) XML
3 1 (0.95%) EDI
3 1 (0.95%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.95%) Node.js
3 1 (0.95%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.95%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.95%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.95%) Spring
3 1 (0.95%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.95%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (4.76%) FMCG
2 4 (3.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.95%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.95%) Linux
1 1 (0.95%) SUSE
1 1 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) ERP
2 20 (19.05%) Agile
3 18 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (15.24%) Decision-Making
6 14 (13.33%) PLM
7 11 (10.48%) CAD
7 11 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (9.52%) Business Strategy
8 10 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (8.57%) Logistics
9 9 (8.57%) Presales
9 9 (8.57%) Process Improvement
9 9 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (7.62%) Digital Marketing
10 8 (7.62%) Programme Management
11 7 (6.67%) Project Delivery
12 6 (5.71%) ITIL
12 6 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (5.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.57%) SQL
2 3 (2.86%) ABAP
3 2 (1.90%) Java
3 2 (1.90%) Python
4 1 (0.95%) C#
4 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.57%) Degree
4 6 (5.71%) ACCA
4 6 (5.71%) CIMA
4 6 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.81%) ICAEW
5 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.90%) AAT
6 2 (1.90%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.95%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.95%) MBA
7 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.76%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) SLA
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
3 2 (1.90%) IFRS
4 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.95%) GAAP
4 1 (0.95%) PMO
4 1 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (8.57%) Siemens
2 6 (5.71%) Oracle
3 4 (3.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.81%) Workday
4 3 (2.86%) IBM
4 3 (2.86%) Infor
4 3 (2.86%) Sage
4 3 (2.86%) SnapLogic
5 2 (1.90%) Anaplan
5 2 (1.90%) Ariba
5 2 (1.90%) Cognos
5 2 (1.90%) Epicor
5 2 (1.90%) IFS
6 1 (0.95%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.95%) Concur
6 1 (0.95%) Dell
6 1 (0.95%) Gigya
6 1 (0.95%) Informatica
6 1 (0.95%) Software AG