SAP ERP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP ERP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 540 556
Rank change year-on-year -66 +16 +21
Permanent jobs citing SAP ERP 46 13 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.038% 0.20%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.50% 0.87% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 23
10th Percentile £57,500 - £51,250
25th Percentile - £27,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £35,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.01% -49.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £89,375 £48,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,375 -
UK median annual salary £72,992 £42,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +71.74% -39.29% +7.69%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP ERP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,837 1,492 2,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.39% 4.31% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 996 1,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,841 £34,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP ERP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP ERP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP ERP in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
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 ERP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 August 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 -15 39 £60,000 -2.04% 3
North West +5 28 £60,000 -2.04% 2
Yorkshire - 11 £82,500 - 1
Midlands -25 3 £47,500 +66.67% 7
West Midlands -27 2 £37,250 +30.70% 6
South East -30 2 £90,000 +111.76% 9
Scotland - 2 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £73,483 - 1
SAP ERP
UK

SAP ERP
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (54.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (30.43%) SAP QM
3 3 (6.52%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.17%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.52%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (2.17%) AWS
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (4.35%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.17%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (47.83%) Finance
1 22 (47.83%) Manufacturing
2 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.57%) Aerospace
4 5 (10.87%) Social Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Retail
6 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) SAP Manager
2 13 (28.26%) Planning Manager
3 6 (13.04%) Architect
4 5 (10.87%) SAP Architect
4 5 (10.87%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.70%) Business Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Data Architect
5 4 (8.70%) ERP Manager
5 4 (8.70%) SAP Data Architect
5 4 (8.70%) SAP Solutions Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.35%) Head of Delivery
6 2 (4.35%) Lead
6 2 (4.35%) SAP Basis Support
6 2 (4.35%) SAP Support
7 1 (2.17%) Administrator
7 1 (2.17%) Developer
7 1 (2.17%) Integration Architect
7 1 (2.17%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (34.78%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.35%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.17%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.35%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) ERP
2 18 (39.13%) Migration
2 18 (39.13%) Roadmaps
3 17 (36.96%) ITIL
3 17 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (32.61%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 14 (30.43%) Data Migration
5 14 (30.43%) Quality Management
5 14 (30.43%) Requirements Analysis
6 13 (28.26%) Business Continuity
6 13 (28.26%) Data Cleansing
7 10 (21.74%) Validation
8 9 (19.57%) Logistics
8 9 (19.57%) Project Roadmap
9 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
9 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (17.39%) System Testing
10 7 (15.22%) Production Planning
11 5 (10.87%) Data Modelling
12 4 (8.70%) Logical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) ABAP
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (17.39%) HNC
3 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.70%) Degree
5 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.35%) PMP
5 2 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.35%) UiPath
3 1 (2.17%) Facebook
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle
3 1 (2.17%) Sage
3 1 (2.17%) Workday