SAP IBP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP IBP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 564 540
Rank change year-on-year +59 -24 +229
Permanent jobs citing SAP IBP 10 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.008% 0.003%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.63% 0.16% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £52,600 - -
25th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £90,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +46.34% -15.17%
75th Percentile £80,625 £95,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £88,875 - -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £90,000 £74,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.40% +3.10%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP IBP 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 1,587 1,876 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.78% 5.01% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 875 863 1,033
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,149 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.12% -3.09% -4.00%

SAP IBP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP IBP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP IBP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP IBP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP IBP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP IBP in the UK excluding London

SAP IBP
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 IBP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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 West +30 5 £55,000 -
North of England +16 5 £55,000 -38.89%
South West - 3 £77,500 -
East of England - 1 £75,000 -
South East - 1 £95,000 - 1
SAP IBP
UK

SAP IBP
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 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (30.00%) SAP APO
3 1 (10.00%) SAP CO
3 1 (10.00%) SAP EWM
3 1 (10.00%) SAP FI
3 1 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (10.00%) SAP MII
3 1 (10.00%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Power BI
1 3 (30.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) Automotive
5 1 (10.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Finance Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Project Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (30.00%) FMCG
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (50.00%) Logistics
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Budgeting
3 3 (30.00%) Data Interpretation
3 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (30.00%) Network Design
3 3 (30.00%) Network Optimisation
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Case
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Revenue Recognition
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ACCA
1 4 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (40.00%) CIMA
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) AAT
3 2 (20.00%) ICAEW
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft