SAP Basis Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Basis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Basis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 555 564
Rank change year-on-year +49 +9 +177
Permanent jobs citing SAP Basis 16 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.008% 0.012%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% 0.043% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £65,900 - -
25th Percentile £71,375 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £62,625 -
90th Percentile £82,750 £73,950 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

SAP Basis falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,900 7,018 8,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.15% 19.51% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,989 3,911 6,293
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,497 £45,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

SAP Basis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP Basis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP Basis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Basis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP Basis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Basis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Basis in the UK excluding London

SAP Basis
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 Basis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +19 7 £77,500 +82.35% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £77,500 - 2
East of England - 4 £75,000 -
Midlands - 3 £70,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £68,750 -
South East +27 1 £85,000 +8.97%
North West +23 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
SAP Basis
UK

SAP Basis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (18.75%) SAP GRC
3 1 (6.25%) SAP ERP
3 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SAP HANA
2 3 (18.75%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (6.25%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Consultant
1 7 (43.75%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Principal Consultant
2 6 (37.50%) Principal SAP Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Lead
3 4 (25.00%) Principal Technical Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Technology Specialist
5 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
6 1 (6.25%) ABAP Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (6.25%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
6 1 (6.25%) Senior ABAP Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Senior SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (18.75%) SAPUI5
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Replication
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 3 (18.75%) e-Learning
2 3 (18.75%) Private Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) SUSE
3 3 (18.75%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (18.75%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (37.50%) Migration
3 5 (31.25%) ERP
4 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (25.00%) High Availability
4 4 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
5 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Security Patching
6 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 2 (12.50%) Runbook
6 2 (12.50%) Security Management
7 1 (6.25%) Change Management
7 1 (6.25%) Process Management
7 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
7 1 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) ABAP
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GRC
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) VMware