SAP Certification Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SAP Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 548 568
Rank change year-on-year +46 +20 +187
Permanent jobs citing SAP Certification 7 18 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.050% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.050% 0.13% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 1
10th Percentile £76,125 £57,275 -
25th Percentile £77,813 £70,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £80,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% +37.93% -13.43%
75th Percentile £94,375 £86,250 £61,000
90th Percentile £102,250 £90,000 -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +11.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SAP Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,028 13,924 10,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.08% 38.76% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,116 5,300 6,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

SAP Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Certification in the UK excluding London

SAP Certification
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 Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +35 4 £90,000 +12.50% 4
North West +16 2 £93,750 +10.29%
North of England +5 2 £93,750 +10.29% 1
East of England +25 1 £75,000 - 3
SAP Certification
UK

SAP Certification
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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (28.57%) SAP IBP
3 1 (14.29%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Collibra
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SAP BW
1 4 (57.14%) SAP HANA
2 3 (42.86%) Data Mining
2 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (42.86%) Metadata
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) ERwin
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
1 3 (42.86%) PowerDesigner
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Publishing
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Data Model Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Data Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Delivery Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Systems Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (14.29%) SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Data Security
2 4 (57.14%) Product Management
2 4 (57.14%) Record to Report
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Content Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Data Privacy
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Source to Pay
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
3 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
3 3 (42.86%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) ACCA
4 1 (14.29%) CIMA
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Concur