SAP Business Analyst Job Trends

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 640 740 680
Rank change year-on-year +100 -60 +362
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 14 2 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.003% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.003% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 25
10th Percentile £52,625 £70,750 £63,000
25th Percentile £52,813 £71,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £60,313 £79,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £60,875 £81,250 £79,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

SAP Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

SAP Business Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 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 +114 13 £57,500 -28.13% 3
UK excluding London - 10 £56,250 - 4
North of England - 5 - -
North West - 5 - -
East of England - 3 - - 2
London +69 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, SAP Business 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 6 (42.86%) Logistics
3 5 (35.71%) People Management
3 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
3 5 (35.71%) Service Management
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
6 2 (14.29%) SAP FI
6 2 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (14.29%) SAP PP
6 2 (14.29%) SAP SD
6 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (7.14%) Business Process Modelling
7 1 (7.14%) Change Management
7 1 (7.14%) Coaching
7 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
7 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.14%) CRM
7 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
7 1 (7.14%) Degree
7 1 (7.14%) Microsoft

SAP Business 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
2 2 (14.29%) SAP FI
2 2 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (14.29%) SAP PP
2 2 (14.29%) SAP SD
3 1 (7.14%) SAP CRM
3 1 (7.14%) SAP HCM
3 1 (7.14%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Retail
3 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (35.71%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.14%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
1 6 (42.86%) Logistics
2 5 (35.71%) People Management
2 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) Service Management
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Order to Cash
5 1 (7.14%) Record to Report
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft