SAP Analyst Job Trends

SAP Analyst
UK

The median SAP Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 680 612
Rank change year-on-year +133 -68 +408
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Analyst 105 71 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.11% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31 49 83
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +5.77%

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 47,047 63,901 50,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 94.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,947 35,849 38,981
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Top 13 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 November 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 +151 101 £52,500 -12.50% 28
UK excluding London +132 93 £52,500 -12.50% 19
South East +89 62 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Work from Home +79 20 £55,000 -8.33% 20
Midlands +64 17 £50,000 -16.67% 7
West Midlands +54 11 £55,000 -8.33% 4
North West +28 7 £24,000 -60.00% 8
North of England +4 7 £24,000 -60.00% 9
East Midlands +26 6 £50,000 +17.65% 3
London +46 4 £68,750 +19.57% 10
South West +29 4 £58,750 -2.08%
Northern Ireland +5 2 - -
Scotland -4 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 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.

1 105 (100.00%) SAP
2 76 (72.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 73 (69.52%) Logistics
4 69 (65.71%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (60.00%) Quality Management
5 63 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 62 (59.05%) Translating Business Requirements
7 57 (54.29%) Architectural Design
7 57 (54.29%) Data Collection
7 57 (54.29%) Data Management
7 57 (54.29%) Decision Quality
7 57 (54.29%) Impact Analysis
7 57 (54.29%) Incident Management
7 57 (54.29%) SAP Implementation
7 57 (54.29%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (11.43%) ABAP
8 12 (11.43%) GDPR
8 12 (11.43%) SuccessFactors
9 10 (9.52%) Time Management
10 8 (7.62%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.62%) Power BI
10 8 (7.62%) Power Platform
10 8 (7.62%) SQL
11 7 (6.67%) Change Management
11 7 (6.67%) Data Security
11 7 (6.67%) Migration
11 7 (6.67%) SAP HCM
11 7 (6.67%) SAP HR
11 7 (6.67%) SAP Payroll
12 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence

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 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 76 (72.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (6.67%) SAP HCM
2 7 (6.67%) SAP HR
2 7 (6.67%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (4.76%) SAP Business One
3 5 (4.76%) SAP PP
4 4 (3.81%) SAP EWM
4 4 (3.81%) SAP WM
5 2 (1.90%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.90%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.90%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.90%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.95%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.95%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.95%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.95%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.95%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.43%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (7.62%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.95%) Azure
3 1 (0.95%) SaaS
3 1 (0.95%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.62%) Power BI
2 4 (3.81%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 71 (67.62%) Finance
2 69 (65.71%) Social Skills
3 62 (59.05%) Manufacturing
4 58 (55.24%) Marketing
5 11 (10.48%) Retail
6 5 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.76%) Law
6 5 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Billing
8 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.95%) Games
8 1 (0.95%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.95%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.95%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (69.52%) Logistics
2 69 (65.71%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (60.00%) Quality Management
3 63 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 62 (59.05%) Translating Business Requirements
5 57 (54.29%) Architectural Design
5 57 (54.29%) Data Collection
5 57 (54.29%) Data Management
5 57 (54.29%) Decision Quality
5 57 (54.29%) Impact Analysis
5 57 (54.29%) Incident Management
5 57 (54.29%) SAP Implementation
5 57 (54.29%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (9.52%) Time Management
7 8 (7.62%) Decision-Making
8 7 (6.67%) Change Management
8 7 (6.67%) Data Security
8 7 (6.67%) Migration
9 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (5.71%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.43%) ABAP
2 8 (7.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (3.81%) Degree
1 4 (3.81%) GISP
1 4 (3.81%) SAP Certification
1 4 (3.81%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.43%) GDPR
2 4 (3.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.81%) SLA
3 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.95%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.95%) GRC
4 1 (0.95%) QA
Vendors
1 105 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.95%) Sage