SAP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

SAP
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 March 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
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 99 138
Rank change year-on-year +64 +39 -54
Permanent jobs citing SAP 190 69 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.14% 2.45% 1.83%
As % of the Vendors category 14.77% 6.78% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 71 42 72
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -19.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,286 1,017 2,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.01% 36.06% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 665 525 1,859
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year - +8.01% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -5.00%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SAP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in the Thames Valley

SAP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Berkshire +54 139 £70,000 -5.41% 28
Buckinghamshire +32 47 £57,500 +27.78% 9
Oxfordshire -11 4 £55,000 +12.24% 1
SAP
South East

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.05%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (12.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.32%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 105 (55.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (7.89%) SAP MDG
3 9 (4.74%) SAP CO
4 4 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.58%) SAP CRM
5 3 (1.58%) Teamcenter
6 2 (1.05%) SAP GRC
6 2 (1.05%) SAP HR
6 2 (1.05%) SAP PLM
6 2 (1.05%) SAP QM
6 2 (1.05%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.53%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (36.32%) Azure DevOps
2 33 (17.37%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 7 (3.68%) Azure
5 4 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.58%) Collibra
6 3 (1.58%) SaaS
7 2 (1.05%) Boomi
7 2 (1.05%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.05%) Workato
8 1 (0.53%) AWS
8 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (17.37%) Power BI
2 8 (4.21%) SAP BW
3 7 (3.68%) Power Query
3 7 (3.68%) PowerPivot
4 5 (2.63%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.11%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (1.58%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.58%) Metadata
6 3 (1.58%) SAP HANA
7 2 (1.05%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (1.05%) Tableau
8 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 69 (36.32%) eCATT
1 69 (36.32%) JIRA
2 38 (20.00%) NeoLoad
3 3 (1.58%) ERwin
3 3 (1.58%) PowerDesigner
General
1 127 (66.84%) Finance
2 100 (52.63%) Manufacturing
3 87 (45.79%) Marketing
4 78 (41.05%) Social Skills
5 52 (27.37%) Influencing Skills
6 51 (26.84%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (26.84%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.16%) General Ledger
8 4 (2.11%) Publishing
9 3 (1.58%) Law
9 3 (1.58%) Retail
10 2 (1.05%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.05%) Legal
11 1 (0.53%) Automotive
11 1 (0.53%) Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Billing
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 79 (41.58%) Analyst
2 59 (31.05%) Lead
3 44 (23.16%) Senior
4 33 (17.37%) Test Leader
5 26 (13.68%) Data Analyst
6 22 (11.58%) Test Analyst
7 20 (10.53%) Automation Test Lead
8 19 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (6.84%) Performance Analyst
9 13 (6.84%) Performance Test Analyst
9 13 (6.84%) Testing Analyst
10 10 (5.26%) Business Developer
10 10 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 10 (5.26%) Developer
10 10 (5.26%) Performance Test Leader
10 10 (5.26%) Power BI Developer
11 9 (4.74%) Automation Test Analyst
12 8 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Specialist
12 8 (4.21%) Power BI Specialist
12 8 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.74%) SAP CO-PA
2 3 (1.58%) Node.js
2 3 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.58%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.53%) .NET
3 1 (0.53%) EDI
3 1 (0.53%) JSON
3 1 (0.53%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) RESTful
3 1 (0.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.53%) Web Services
3 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.68%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.58%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.53%) FMCG
5 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Linux
1 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.95%) Source to Pay
2 76 (40.00%) ERP
3 75 (39.47%) Test Management
4 61 (32.11%) Visualisation
5 60 (31.58%) Risk Management
6 59 (31.05%) Roadmaps
7 56 (29.47%) Product Roadmap
8 51 (26.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (23.16%) Test Strategy
10 40 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (20.53%) Performance Testing
12 38 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
13 36 (18.95%) Decision-Making
14 35 (18.42%) Continuous Delivery
15 32 (16.84%) Business Strategy
16 29 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
16 29 (15.26%) Test Automation
17 28 (14.74%) Performance Analysis
18 27 (14.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 25 (13.16%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.05%) SQL
2 21 (11.05%) VBA
3 17 (8.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 17 (8.95%) Python
4 6 (3.16%) Java
5 5 (2.63%) ABAP
6 1 (0.53%) C#
6 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (15.79%) Degree
2 22 (11.58%) ACCA
3 19 (10.00%) CIMA
4 5 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.11%) PMP
6 3 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.58%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.05%) CGEIT
7 2 (1.05%) CISSP
7 2 (1.05%) CRISC
7 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.05%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.05%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.16%) QA
2 9 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (2.11%) GDPR
4 3 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.05%) GRC
5 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.05%) NIST
5 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 69 (36.32%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (36.32%) HP
2 15 (7.89%) Ariba
3 9 (4.74%) Oracle
4 8 (4.21%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.16%) Workday
7 3 (1.58%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.05%) Dell
8 2 (1.05%) Epicor
8 2 (1.05%) IBM
8 2 (1.05%) IFS
8 2 (1.05%) Infor
8 2 (1.05%) Informatica
8 2 (1.05%) Jitterbit
8 2 (1.05%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.05%) SnapLogic
8 2 (1.05%) Software AG
8 2 (1.05%) Talend
8 2 (1.05%) TIBCO