SAP Business Analyst Job Trends

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) salary in the UK is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 699 733
Rank change year-on-year +63 +34 +236
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 12 2 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.004% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.004% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £52,875 £70,750 £62,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £71,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £60,313 £79,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £60,875 £81,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.69%

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 56,236 49,146 59,685
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.50% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34,885 25,424 46,340
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.14%

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 11 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 22 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 +70 11 £60,000 -25.00% 2
UK excluding London - 8 £57,500 - 2
North of England - 3 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 3 - -
Work from Home +78 2 £60,000 -20.00% 1
North West - 2 - -
London +44 1 £60,000 -25.00%
Midlands - 1 £57,500 - 1
North East - 1 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £57,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, 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 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (41.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Logistics
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (16.67%) Boomi
5 2 (16.67%) BPMN
5 2 (16.67%) Confluence
5 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) JIRA
5 2 (16.67%) Lucidchart
5 2 (16.67%) Middleware
5 2 (16.67%) MoSCoW
5 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
5 2 (16.67%) People Management
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 2 (16.67%) SAP PI
5 2 (16.67%) SAP PP
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (16.67%) SAP PP
3 1 (8.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (8.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (8.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Boomi
1 2 (16.67%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (8.33%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Middleware
1 2 (16.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (25.00%) Change Management
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (25.00%) Logistics
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (16.67%) BPMN
3 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) People Management
3 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) SWOT Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft