SAP Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 549 544
Rank change year-on-year +76 -5 +192
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Architect 33 23 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.064% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.069% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 16
10th Percentile £82,850 £66,948 £72,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £74,375 £81,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 -
UK median annual salary £93,750 £92,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% +8.82% -10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

SAP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SAP Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for SAP Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for SAP Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Architect in the UK excluding London

SAP Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Architect within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +34 13 £97,500 -
North of England +35 10 £95,000 +5.56% 5
South East +27 9 £85,000 +6.25% 4
Yorkshire -2 6 £95,000 +5.56% 5
North West +29 3 £100,000 +21.73%
West Midlands +20 1 £87,500 -5.41% 1
Midlands +19 1 £87,500 -4.11% 6
SAP Architect
UK

SAP Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, SAP Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Architect in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 14 (42.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (39.39%) ERP
5 12 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
5 12 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
5 12 (36.36%) Workday
6 11 (33.33%) Architectural Design
6 11 (33.33%) AWS
6 11 (33.33%) Azure
6 11 (33.33%) Degree
7 10 (30.30%) Agile
8 9 (27.27%) AWS Certification
8 9 (27.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (27.27%) Cost Reduction
8 9 (27.27%) Data Governance
8 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (27.27%) TOGAF
8 9 (27.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (15.15%) SAP MM
10 4 (12.12%) Inventory Management
10 4 (12.12%) Presales
10 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
11 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (9.09%) Logistics
11 3 (9.09%) Migration
11 3 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
12 2 (6.06%) ABAP

SAP Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (42.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (15.15%) SAP MM
3 2 (6.06%) SAP CAR
3 2 (6.06%) SAP FI
3 2 (6.06%) SAP Retail
4 1 (3.03%) SAP CO
4 1 (3.03%) SAP EWM
4 1 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.03%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) AWS
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Data Services
General
1 15 (45.45%) Finance
2 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Publishing
4 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.12%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) EDI
1 1 (3.03%) Node.js
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.03%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 13 (39.39%) ERP
3 12 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (36.36%) Project Delivery
3 12 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
4 11 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 10 (30.30%) Agile
6 9 (27.27%) Cost Reduction
6 9 (27.27%) Data Governance
6 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (27.27%) TOGAF
7 4 (12.12%) Inventory Management
7 4 (12.12%) Presales
7 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
8 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.09%) Logistics
8 3 (9.09%) Migration
8 3 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
9 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) ABAP
2 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Degree
2 9 (27.27%) AWS Certification
2 9 (27.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 9 (27.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GRC
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (36.36%) Workday