SAP Job Trends in Scotland

SAP
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 May 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
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 108 209
Rank change year-on-year +9 +101 -71
Permanent jobs citing SAP 39 30 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.18% 1.51% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 3.91% 4.44% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 24
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £24,875
25th Percentile £27,000 £50,000 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £70,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +17.65% +3.48%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £82,548
90th Percentile - £112,388 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -2.44%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 998 675 2,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 30.31% 33.95% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 306 325 759
10th Percentile £25,375 £25,500 £24,875
25th Percentile £30,125 £31,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,674 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,875 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Scotland

SAP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in Scotland

SAP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow -11 17 £26,000 -65.33% 1
Perth and Kinross - 12 - -
Edinburgh +8 6 £87,500 -20.12% 9
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Stirling -10 1 - -
Aberdeen -18 1 - - 2
SAP
UK

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
General
1 13 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.26%) Electronics
4 4 (10.26%) Fire and Rescue
4 4 (10.26%) Legal
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing
4 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Police
4 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (66.67%) Senior
2 5 (12.82%) Project Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Field Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Field Support Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) IT Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) IT Support
3 4 (10.26%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) SAP Manager
3 4 (10.26%) SAP Project Manager
3 4 (10.26%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.56%) Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Report Analyst
5 1 (2.56%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 5 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.82%) Analytics
2 4 (10.26%) Agile
2 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (10.26%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (10.26%) ITSM
2 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
2 4 (10.26%) Programme Management
2 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
3 3 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (7.69%) Business Development
3 3 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
3 3 (7.69%) Data Integration
3 3 (7.69%) Performance Management
3 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (7.69%) Visualisation
3 3 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.13%) ERP
4 2 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.56%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) A+ Certification
1 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) ACCA
2 1 (2.56%) CIMA
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.56%) PMP
2 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) NEBOSH
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Oracle
2 3 (7.69%) Anaplan
2 3 (7.69%) Hyperion
2 3 (7.69%) IBM
3 1 (2.56%) Epicor