SAP Architect Job Trends

SAP Architect
UK

The median SAP Architect salary in the UK is £93,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 594 606
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 +256
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Architect 78 105 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 36 42 54
10th Percentile £80,625 £68,260 -
25th Percentile £82,250 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,750 £92,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +8.82% -10.53%
75th Percentile £98,750 £107,375 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £124,625 £117,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £97,500 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% -5.26%

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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

SAP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for SAP Architect job vacancies in the UK

SAP Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Architect over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Architect in the UK

SAP Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +49 70 £92,500 - 16
UK excluding London +67 33 £97,500 +14.71% 10
London +20 30 £84,500 -16.54% 8
Work from Home +49 18 £85,000 -10.53% 8
East of England +36 13 £97,500 -
North of England +15 10 £95,000 +5.56% 3
South East +40 9 £85,000 +6.25% 4
Yorkshire -6 6 £95,000 +5.56% 3
North West +20 3 £100,000 +21.73%
West Midlands +17 1 £87,500 -5.41%
Midlands +15 1 £87,500 -4.11% 3

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, SAP Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 44 (56.41%) Roadmaps
3 42 (53.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 27 (34.62%) Project Delivery
5 25 (32.05%) Agile
5 25 (32.05%) Azure
6 23 (29.49%) AWS
6 23 (29.49%) ERP
6 23 (29.49%) Logistics
7 19 (24.36%) Analytics
7 19 (24.36%) Ariba
8 18 (23.08%) Presales
9 16 (20.51%) Cost Reduction
9 16 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (19.23%) Business Strategy
10 15 (19.23%) Degree
10 15 (19.23%) Middleware
10 15 (19.23%) TOGAF
11 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (17.95%) Security Cleared
11 14 (17.95%) Technology Roadmap
12 13 (16.67%) Architectural Design
12 13 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
13 12 (15.38%) AWS Certification
13 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (15.38%) SAP BW
13 12 (15.38%) SAP IBP
13 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (15.38%) Workday
14 11 (14.10%) Data Governance

SAP Architect 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 3 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.54%) Maya
Business Applications
1 42 (53.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (15.38%) SAP IBP
3 5 (6.41%) SAP MM
4 4 (5.13%) SAP FI
5 2 (2.56%) SAP CAR
5 2 (2.56%) SAP CO
5 2 (2.56%) SAP CRM
5 2 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.56%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.56%) SAP PP
5 2 (2.56%) SAP QM
5 2 (2.56%) SAP Retail
6 1 (1.28%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.05%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) GCP
4 7 (8.97%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.38%) SAP BW
2 8 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.28%) Power BI
4 1 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 40 (51.28%) Finance
2 37 (47.44%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.21%) Manufacturing
4 14 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (14.10%) Publishing
6 10 (12.82%) Retail
7 9 (11.54%) Automotive
7 9 (11.54%) Games
7 9 (11.54%) Law
8 8 (10.26%) Banking
9 7 (8.97%) Telecoms
10 5 (6.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
12 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.28%) Back Office
13 1 (1.28%) Billing
13 1 (1.28%) Front Office
13 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (19.23%) Middleware
2 7 (8.97%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.28%) EDI
3 1 (1.28%) Node.js
3 1 (1.28%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.28%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (8.97%) PMI
2 7 (8.97%) Reinsurance
3 5 (6.41%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.56%) FMCG
6 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.28%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (56.41%) Roadmaps
2 27 (34.62%) Project Delivery
3 25 (32.05%) Agile
4 23 (29.49%) ERP
4 23 (29.49%) Logistics
5 19 (24.36%) Analytics
6 18 (23.08%) Presales
7 16 (20.51%) Cost Reduction
7 16 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (19.23%) Business Strategy
8 15 (19.23%) TOGAF
9 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (17.95%) Technology Roadmap
10 13 (16.67%) Architectural Design
10 13 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
11 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (14.10%) Data Governance
13 9 (11.54%) Asset Management
13 9 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.56%) ABAP
2 1 (1.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (19.23%) Degree
2 14 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 12 (15.38%) AWS Certification
4 11 (14.10%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (12.82%) SAP Certification
6 9 (11.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.97%) PMI Certification
8 5 (6.41%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.85%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.28%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) GRC
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 19 (24.36%) Ariba
3 12 (15.38%) Workday
4 3 (3.85%) Concur