SAP Business Analyst Job Trends

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 775 666 772
Rank change year-on-year -109 +106 -51
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 26 7 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.014% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.016% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 9
10th Percentile £52,000 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £74,063 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.58% -16.79%

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 108,269 43,856 72,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 89.61% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,176 25,746 43,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £74,100
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Business Analyst over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Top 10 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 September 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 -109 26 £60,000 +9.09% 11
UK excluding London -120 25 £60,000 +9.09% 9
West Midlands - 15 £55,000 - 1
Midlands - 15 £55,000 - 2
North of England -64 9 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 - - 2
North West -41 2 £57,500 -
Work from Home -41 2 £63,750 +15.91% 6
North East - 2 £60,000 -
South East -44 1 £95,000 +72.73% 4

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (34.62%) Migration
4 8 (30.77%) Data Migration
4 8 (30.77%) ERP
4 8 (30.77%) SAP CO
4 8 (30.77%) SAP FI
4 8 (30.77%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Degree
5 6 (23.08%) Hudson
5 6 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
6 5 (19.23%) Integration Testing
6 5 (19.23%) SAP Certification
7 4 (15.38%) Change Management
7 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) Data Cleansing
7 4 (15.38%) MS Visio
7 4 (15.38%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (15.38%) Validation
8 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
8 3 (11.54%) Logistics
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.54%) System Integration Testing
9 2 (7.69%) Accounts Payable
9 2 (7.69%) Accounts Receivable
9 2 (7.69%) Agile
9 2 (7.69%) Boomi
9 2 (7.69%) BPMN

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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (30.77%) SAP CO
2 8 (30.77%) SAP FI
2 8 (30.77%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.85%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Boomi
1 2 (7.69%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Hudson
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) LSMW
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
1 7 (26.92%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.69%) General Ledger
2 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Middleware
1 2 (7.69%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Migration
2 8 (30.77%) Data Migration
2 8 (30.77%) ERP
2 8 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (23.08%) Test Scripting
4 5 (19.23%) Integration Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (15.38%) Data Cleansing
5 4 (15.38%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (15.38%) Validation
6 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Logistics
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (11.54%) System Integration Testing
7 2 (7.69%) Agile
7 2 (7.69%) BPMN
7 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) SWOT Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) MuleSoft