SAP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SAP SE.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 129 146
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 -17
Permanent jobs citing SAP 1,037 802 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.56% 2.70% 1.82%
As % of the Vendors category 6.45% 6.48% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 535 434 825
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £51,076 £30,748 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.55% -6.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £81,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,050 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,085 12,383 25,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.16% 41.69% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,897 6,570 17,401
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -13.04%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +56 400 £60,000 +33.33% 93
Midlands -32 236 £70,000 +86.67% 83
North West +57 216 £60,000 +27.66% 52
West Midlands -37 178 £70,000 +75.00% 55
South East -51 173 £62,500 +13.64% 118
Yorkshire +25 165 £75,000 +78.57% 39
South West -7 87 £55,000 -8.33% 31
East of England +31 85 £65,000 -7.14% 42
East Midlands -14 57 £60,000 +124.30% 28
Scotland +18 42 £87,500 +34.62% 13
North East -31 19 £69,250 +53.89% 4
Northern Ireland -37 16 £45,000 +44.00% 3
Wales -44 3 £28,500 -50.43% 13
SAP
UK

SAP
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 12 (1.16%) Confluence
2 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.096%) Apache
Applications
1 64 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 220 (21.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 92 (8.87%) SAP PM
3 58 (5.59%) SAP ERP
4 31 (2.99%) SAP CO
5 27 (2.60%) SAP HR
6 26 (2.51%) SAP Payroll
7 25 (2.41%) SAP HCM
8 24 (2.31%) NetSuite
9 22 (2.12%) SAP FI
9 22 (2.12%) SAP FI/CO
9 22 (2.12%) SAP QM
10 21 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
10 21 (2.03%) SAP SD
11 19 (1.83%) SAP Business One
12 18 (1.74%) SAP MDG
13 14 (1.35%) SAP IBP
14 13 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
14 13 (1.25%) SAP GTS
15 11 (1.06%) SAP PP
15 11 (1.06%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 58 (5.59%) Power Platform
2 53 (5.11%) Azure
3 50 (4.82%) SuccessFactors
4 30 (2.89%) AWS
5 20 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (1.93%) SaaS
6 18 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.06%) GCP
8 8 (0.77%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (0.58%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.39%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.29%) Boomi
12 3 (0.29%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.29%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.19%) Lucidchart
13 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 1 (0.096%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.096%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.48%) HTTP
1 5 (0.48%) VoIP
2 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.19%) Broadband
3 2 (0.19%) DHCP
3 2 (0.19%) DNS
3 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.096%) Firewall
4 1 (0.096%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.096%) Intranet
4 1 (0.096%) VPN
4 1 (0.096%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.40%) Power BI
2 37 (3.57%) SAP HANA
3 28 (2.70%) Tableau
4 17 (1.64%) SAP BW
5 11 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (0.87%) Metadata
8 8 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 5 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (0.48%) OLAP
11 4 (0.39%) Power Query
11 4 (0.39%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.29%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.29%) MySQL
12 3 (0.29%) PowerPivot
12 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (3.38%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Git
2 5 (0.48%) VersionOne
2 5 (0.48%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.096%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.096%) GitLab
4 1 (0.096%) Hudson
4 1 (0.096%) LSMW
4 1 (0.096%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.096%) Toad
4 1 (0.096%) Zephyr
General
1 237 (22.85%) Finance
2 216 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 204 (19.67%) Manufacturing
4 126 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (6.85%) Retail
6 43 (4.15%) Legal
7 36 (3.47%) Law
8 31 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.80%) Marketing
10 23 (2.22%) Aerospace
10 23 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (1.83%) Public Sector
12 17 (1.64%) German Language
12 17 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.45%) Electronics
13 15 (1.45%) Military
14 14 (1.35%) Back Office
14 14 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 191 (18.42%) Senior
2 145 (13.98%) Consultant
3 137 (13.21%) SAP Consultant
4 129 (12.44%) Analyst
5 97 (9.35%) SAP Manager
6 76 (7.33%) Architect
7 55 (5.30%) Project Manager
8 48 (4.63%) SAP Analyst
9 45 (4.34%) Administrator
10 43 (4.15%) Lead
11 39 (3.76%) SAP Support
12 37 (3.57%) Data Analyst
12 37 (3.57%) Developer
12 37 (3.57%) SAP Project Manager
13 34 (3.28%) SAP Architect
14 28 (2.70%) Data Architect
14 28 (2.70%) IT Manager
15 27 (2.60%) Financial Analyst
15 27 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.12%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.63%) SAP Fiori
2 19 (1.83%) Middleware
3 17 (1.64%) SAP Basis
4 9 (0.87%) REST
4 9 (0.87%) SAP CO-PA
4 9 (0.87%) SAP TM
4 9 (0.87%) SOAP
5 8 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.77%) SAPUI5
6 7 (0.68%) SAP Core Interface
7 6 (0.58%) SAP ALE
7 6 (0.58%) XML
8 5 (0.48%) OAuth
8 5 (0.48%) Web Dynpro
9 3 (0.29%) CSS
9 3 (0.29%) HTML
9 3 (0.29%) Node.js
9 3 (0.29%) RESTful
9 3 (0.29%) SAP CAF
9 3 (0.29%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.55%) FMCG
2 51 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 31 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (2.89%) Driving Licence
5 23 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (1.54%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 10 (0.96%) Replication
10 9 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.87%) Product Ownership
11 7 (0.68%) Life Science
11 7 (0.68%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.48%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.39%) Social Media
14 3 (0.29%) IoT
14 3 (0.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 2 (0.19%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.87%) Linux
2 8 (0.77%) Windows
3 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.096%) AIX
4 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (21.89%) ERP
2 168 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 110 (10.61%) Data Analysis
4 108 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (9.35%) Migration
6 96 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 96 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 94 (9.06%) Agile
8 89 (8.58%) Analytics
9 88 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
9 88 (8.49%) Cost Control
10 85 (8.20%) Order Management
11 84 (8.10%) Decision-Making
12 77 (7.43%) Predictive Maintenance
12 77 (7.43%) Preventative Maintenance
13 74 (7.14%) Proactive Maintenance
14 73 (7.04%) Data Governance
15 70 (6.75%) User Acceptance Testing
16 69 (6.65%) Roadmaps
17 63 (6.08%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 65 (6.27%) SQL
2 46 (4.44%) ABAP
3 30 (2.89%) Python
4 15 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (1.35%) VBA
6 8 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.58%) Java
8 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.29%) Perl
10 3 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.096%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.096%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.096%) Bash
11 1 (0.096%) PHP
11 1 (0.096%) SAPscript
11 1 (0.096%) SHACL
11 1 (0.096%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 65 (6.27%) Degree
2 50 (4.82%) Security Cleared
3 47 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 40 (3.86%) ACCA
4 40 (3.86%) CIMA
5 15 (1.45%) PMP
6 14 (1.35%) HNC
7 13 (1.25%) CISM
7 13 (1.25%) CISSP
7 13 (1.25%) PMI Certification
7 13 (1.25%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (1.06%) CCSP
8 11 (1.06%) CIPFA
8 11 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.77%) AAT
9 8 (0.77%) ICAEW
10 6 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.38%) GDPR
3 25 (2.41%) QA
4 22 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.12%) SLA
5 18 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.35%) NIST
7 10 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.87%) GRC
9 8 (0.77%) NEBOSH
10 7 (0.68%) PMO
11 5 (0.48%) IFRS
12 4 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.29%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
15 1 (0.096%) GAAP
System Software
1 6 (0.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.39%) Firmware
3 3 (0.29%) Docker
4 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.096%) IAG
5 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.096%) Ansible
2 1 (0.096%) NetBackup
2 1 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (8.10%) Oracle
2 75 (7.23%) Microsoft
3 36 (3.47%) ServiceNow
4 35 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 30 (2.89%) Workday
6 22 (2.12%) Sage
7 15 (1.45%) Infor
8 14 (1.35%) Ariba
8 14 (1.35%) OpenText
9 13 (1.25%) Epicor
10 12 (1.16%) Hyperion
11 9 (0.87%) Alteryx
11 9 (0.87%) Databricks
11 9 (0.87%) IBM
11 9 (0.87%) IFS
12 8 (0.77%) Cognos
13 7 (0.68%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.68%) Siemens
14 5 (0.48%) ESET
14 5 (0.48%) Pega