SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP ALE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP ALE over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 905 944
Rank change year-on-year +199 +39 +274
Permanent jobs citing SAP ALE 3 7 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.007% 0.019%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.032% 0.033% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £44,700
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +17.24% +31.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% +17.24% +31.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAP ALE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,499 21,396 29,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.14% 20.72% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,834 15,919 18,040
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,810
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP ALE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP ALE.

Salary trend for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Work from Home +120 2 - -
UK excluding London +189 1 £70,000 -17.65% 4
England +153 1 £70,000 -17.65% 6
Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £70,000 -

SAP ALE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP HCM
1 2 (66.67%) SAP HR
2 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) LSMW
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) ABAP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Integration Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PI Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAPUI5 Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) BAPI
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (66.67%) SAPUI5
3 1 (33.33%) EJB
3 1 (33.33%) JDBC
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe