SAP Job Trends in the South West

SAP
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 16 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
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 128 218
Rank change year-on-year +11 +90 -69
Permanent jobs citing SAP 96 32 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.25% 1.19% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.60% 3.48% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 19 21 33
10th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £31,550
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,176 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £71,222
90th Percentile £84,000 £82,500 £90,297
England median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -1.64%

All Vendors
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,715 919 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.33% 34.06% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 758 604 2,190
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £27,484
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,006
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +4.21% +0.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,167
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -12.56%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the South West

SAP
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in the South West

SAP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Somerset +19 53 - - 5
Dorset +4 19 - - 2
Bristol -33 12 £60,000 -16.66% 5
Wiltshire -4 5 £55,000 +1.85% 2
Gloucestershire -26 5 £55,000 -8.33%
Cornwall - 2 £110,000 -
SAP
England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Business Applications
1 74 (77.08%) SAP PM
2 2 (2.08%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.04%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.04%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) DHCP
1 3 (3.13%) DNS
1 3 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
2 2 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.04%) GitLab
General
1 91 (94.79%) Manufacturing
2 19 (19.79%) Finance
3 17 (17.71%) Electronics
3 17 (17.71%) Marketing
3 17 (17.71%) Public Sector
3 17 (17.71%) Telecoms
4 10 (10.42%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (8.33%) Consultant
2 7 (7.29%) Security Consultant
3 4 (4.17%) Lead
4 3 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.08%) Analyst
5 2 (2.08%) Developer
5 2 (2.08%) Principal Consultant
5 2 (2.08%) Principal Security Consultant
5 2 (2.08%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (2.08%) Software Developer
5 2 (2.08%) Technology Director
5 2 (2.08%) Transformation Director
6 1 (1.04%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (1.04%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 1 (1.04%) SAP WM Consultant
6 1 (1.04%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.29%) SAP CAF
2 2 (2.08%) Bootstrap
2 2 (2.08%) CSS
2 2 (2.08%) Flask
2 2 (2.08%) HTML
2 2 (2.08%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (77.08%) FMCG
2 2 (2.08%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (81.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 74 (77.08%) Cost Control
2 74 (77.08%) Data Analysis
2 74 (77.08%) Order Management
2 74 (77.08%) Predictive Maintenance
2 74 (77.08%) Preventative Maintenance
2 74 (77.08%) Proactive Maintenance
2 74 (77.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 17 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (17.71%) Digital Marketing
3 17 (17.71%) Programme Management
4 11 (11.46%) Collaborative Culture
5 10 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.38%) Risk Management
7 7 (7.29%) ISMS
8 5 (5.21%) Agile
9 4 (4.17%) Coaching
9 4 (4.17%) Kanban
9 4 (4.17%) Portfolio Management
9 4 (4.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) Python
2 2 (2.08%) Bash
2 2 (2.08%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.04%) C#
3 1 (1.04%) C++
3 1 (1.04%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.29%) CISM
2 7 (7.29%) CISSP
2 7 (7.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.13%) Degree
5 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.29%) GRC
1 7 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.29%) NIST
2 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (1.04%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.04%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.04%) Cisco
2 1 (1.04%) Dell
2 1 (1.04%) HP
2 1 (1.04%) Juniper
2 1 (1.04%) Palantir
2 1 (1.04%) Veeam
2 1 (1.04%) VMware