SAP Analyst Job Trends

SAP Analyst
UK

The median SAP Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 678 642
Rank change year-on-year +136 -36 +229
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Analyst 100 29 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.054% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.058% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 24 15 62
10th Percentile £42,250 £33,750 £42,875
25th Percentile £50,750 £41,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +21.50%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,744 49,685 53,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.91% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33,208 25,763 41,197
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

SAP Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SAP Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for SAP Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for SAP Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SAP Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Analyst over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +157 96 £55,000 -4.35% 1
UK excluding London +117 88 £55,000 +22.22% 6
South East +90 64 £52,500 -
Midlands +30 11 £55,000 -8.33%
Work from Home +63 9 £60,000 -
West Midlands +31 9 £57,500 -4.17%
London +53 5 £40,000 -30.43%
North West +35 3 - -
North of England +8 3 - - 1
East of England - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 £55,000 -
South West - 3 £58,750 -
East Midlands - 2 £43,750 -
Scotland - 1 - -

SAP Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, SAP Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SAP Analyst in the job title.

1 100 (100.00%) SAP
2 75 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 68 (68.00%) Logistics
4 66 (66.00%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (64.00%) Quality Management
6 61 (61.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 60 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 58 (58.00%) Incident Management
9 57 (57.00%) Architectural Design
9 57 (57.00%) Data Collection
9 57 (57.00%) Data Management
9 57 (57.00%) Decision Quality
9 57 (57.00%) Impact Analysis
9 57 (57.00%) SAP Implementation
9 57 (57.00%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (9.00%) Change Management
10 9 (9.00%) SAP PP
11 8 (8.00%) Migration
12 7 (7.00%) ABAP
12 7 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (6.00%) Analytics
13 6 (6.00%) Decision-Making
14 5 (5.00%) Asset Management
14 5 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (5.00%) Data Migration
14 5 (5.00%) Degree
14 5 (5.00%) Production Planning
14 5 (5.00%) Project Management
14 5 (5.00%) Time Management
15 4 (4.00%) Data Quality

SAP Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 75 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (9.00%) SAP PP
3 4 (4.00%) SAP EWM
3 4 (4.00%) SAP HR
3 4 (4.00%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (2.00%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.00%) SAP FI
4 2 (2.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.00%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.00%) SAP WM
5 1 (1.00%) SAP Business One
5 1 (1.00%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.00%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.00%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.00%) SaaS
1 1 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (1.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.00%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) JIRA
General
1 72 (72.00%) Finance
1 72 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 65 (65.00%) Manufacturing
3 58 (58.00%) Marketing
4 8 (8.00%) Retail
5 7 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.00%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.00%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.00%) FMCG
1 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (68.00%) Logistics
2 66 (66.00%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (64.00%) Quality Management
4 61 (61.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 60 (60.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 58 (58.00%) Incident Management
7 57 (57.00%) Architectural Design
7 57 (57.00%) Data Collection
7 57 (57.00%) Data Management
7 57 (57.00%) Decision Quality
7 57 (57.00%) Impact Analysis
7 57 (57.00%) SAP Implementation
7 57 (57.00%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (9.00%) Change Management
9 8 (8.00%) Migration
10 7 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (6.00%) Analytics
11 6 (6.00%) Decision-Making
12 5 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (5.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.00%) ABAP
2 3 (3.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (5.00%) Degree
2 4 (4.00%) SAP Certification
2 4 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (1.00%) QA
Vendors
1 100 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft