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 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 718 596
Rank change year-on-year +148 -122 +503
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Analyst 108 83 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.11% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 41 64 108
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,625 £44,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,259 74,162 57,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 95.25% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 44,624 44,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

SAP Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Analyst 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Top 12 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 17 September 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
England +144 105 £55,000 -8.33% 15
UK excluding London +148 100 £55,000 -8.33% 13
South East +104 62 £60,000 +3.00% 2
Work from Home +83 26 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Midlands +68 26 £55,000 -8.33% 4
West Midlands +66 20 £55,000 -8.33% 1
North of England +28 7 £24,000 -60.00% 2
North West +16 7 £24,000 -60.00% 2
East Midlands +31 6 £50,000 +17.65% 3
London +59 5 £65,000 -7.14% 3
South West +73 4 £58,750 -2.08%
Scotland +59 1 - - 1

SAP Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, SAP Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SAP Analyst in the job title.

1 108 (100.00%) SAP
2 82 (75.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 71 (65.74%) Finance
4 69 (63.89%) Logistics
5 67 (62.04%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (59.26%) Social Skills
6 64 (59.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 62 (57.41%) Translating Business Requirements
8 61 (56.48%) Manufacturing
9 58 (53.70%) Marketing
10 57 (52.78%) SAP Implementation
10 57 (52.78%) Data Management
10 57 (52.78%) Incident Management
10 57 (52.78%) Quality Management
10 57 (52.78%) Data Collection
10 57 (52.78%) Impact Analysis
10 57 (52.78%) Technical Leadership
10 57 (52.78%) Architectural Design
10 57 (52.78%) Decision Quality
11 24 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
12 21 (19.44%) GDPR
13 16 (14.81%) Data Security
13 16 (14.81%) ABAP
14 15 (13.89%) SAP HR
14 15 (13.89%) SAP Payroll
14 15 (13.89%) SAP HCM
15 14 (12.96%) Time Management
15 14 (12.96%) SAP Fiori
16 11 (10.19%) Retail
17 10 (9.26%) Power BI

SAP Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 82 (75.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (13.89%) SAP HCM
2 15 (13.89%) SAP HR
2 15 (13.89%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (4.63%) SAP Business One
4 4 (3.70%) SAP EWM
4 4 (3.70%) SAP WM
5 2 (1.85%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.85%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.85%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.93%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.93%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.93%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.93%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.93%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (9.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.78%) Azure
4 1 (0.93%) SaaS
4 1 (0.93%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Power BI
2 2 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.85%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 71 (65.74%) Finance
2 64 (59.26%) Social Skills
3 61 (56.48%) Manufacturing
4 58 (53.70%) Marketing
5 11 (10.19%) Retail
6 7 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.48%) Law
7 5 (4.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.78%) Legal
9 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.85%) Games
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.96%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.85%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.93%) EDI
3 1 (0.93%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.93%) IDoc
3 1 (0.93%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.93%) FMCG
2 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.93%) TRADACOMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (63.89%) Logistics
2 67 (62.04%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (59.26%) User Acceptance Testing
4 62 (57.41%) Translating Business Requirements
5 57 (52.78%) Architectural Design
5 57 (52.78%) Data Collection
5 57 (52.78%) Data Management
5 57 (52.78%) Decision Quality
5 57 (52.78%) Impact Analysis
5 57 (52.78%) Incident Management
5 57 (52.78%) Quality Management
5 57 (52.78%) SAP Implementation
5 57 (52.78%) Technical Leadership
6 16 (14.81%) Data Security
7 14 (12.96%) Time Management
8 8 (7.41%) Data Analysis
9 7 (6.48%) Migration
9 7 (6.48%) Process Improvement
10 6 (5.56%) Data Migration
10 6 (5.56%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) ABAP
2 8 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (3.70%) GISP
2 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.93%) CIPD
3 1 (0.93%) Degree
3 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.44%) GDPR
2 5 (4.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.70%) SLA
4 2 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.85%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) QA
Vendors
1 108 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.85%) Sage