SAP Payroll Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Payroll skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 562 555
Rank change year-on-year +76 -7 +203
Permanent jobs citing SAP Payroll 28 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.067% 0.005% 0.022%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 0.11% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27 2 6
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £58,125 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +6.12%
75th Percentile - £61,875 £55,875
90th Percentile - £62,250 £57,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -9.57%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP Payroll 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 1,575 1,831 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.75% 5.01% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 867 833 1,061
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 £64,375 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP Payroll job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP Payroll
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Payroll in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Payroll in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll
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 Payroll within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +49 25 £60,000 - 2
Midlands +47 25 £60,000 - 2
South East - 2 £75,000 - 1
North of England +24 1 £90,000 +50.00%
Yorkshire - 1 £90,000 -
SAP Payroll
UK

SAP Payroll
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 26 (92.86%) SAP HR
2 22 (78.57%) SAP HCM
3 7 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
Job Titles
1 25 (89.29%) SAP Support
2 5 (17.86%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) SAP Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) SAP Support Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Support Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) HR Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) SAP HR Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) SAP HR Support
4 1 (3.57%) Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) HR Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Lead
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Payroll Manager
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) SAP HR Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Manager
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Time Management
2 6 (21.43%) Data Security
3 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) GDPR
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) SAP