SAP Certification Job Trends

SAP Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAP Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 647 805
Rank change year-on-year +10 +158 +172
Permanent jobs citing SAP Certification 39 22 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.048% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.12% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 3
10th Percentile - £56,250 £59,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £70,625 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% +15.65%
75th Percentile £97,188 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £136,250 £210,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +37.93% -10.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SAP Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,451 17,789 21,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.48% 38.92% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,186 7,261 15,261
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

SAP Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Certification
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP Certification

SAP Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Certification over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Certification in the UK

SAP Certification
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 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 +9 27 £82,500 +3.13% 11
London +39 13 £92,500 +54.17% 4
Work from Home +36 12 £120,000 -2.04% 11
UK excluding London -9 6 £82,500 +3.13% 6
South East -22 3 - -
North West -12 2 £93,750 +10.29% 2
North of England -28 2 £93,750 +10.29% 2
East of England - 1 £75,000 -

SAP Certification
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 5 (12.82%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Maya
Business Applications
1 25 (64.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (15.38%) SAP PP
3 5 (12.82%) SAP CO
3 5 (12.82%) SAP ERP
3 5 (12.82%) SAP FI
3 5 (12.82%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (7.69%) SAP IBP
5 2 (5.13%) SAP MDG
5 2 (5.13%) SAP MII
6 1 (2.56%) SAP HCM
6 1 (2.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Collibra
3 3 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (5.13%) GCP
4 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (33.33%) SAP BW
2 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (12.82%) SAP HANA
3 3 (7.69%) Data Mining
3 3 (7.69%) Metadata
4 2 (5.13%) Power BI
5 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) JIRA
2 3 (7.69%) ERwin
2 3 (7.69%) PowerDesigner
General
1 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 16 (41.03%) Finance
3 13 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Publishing
6 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 2 (5.13%) Games
7 2 (5.13%) Law
7 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.56%) Automotive
8 1 (2.56%) Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Front Office
8 1 (2.56%) German Language
8 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Consultant
1 15 (38.46%) SAP Consultant
2 9 (23.08%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) SAP Analyst
3 8 (20.51%) Architect
3 8 (20.51%) SAP Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Senior
4 7 (17.95%) SAP PP Consultant
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
5 6 (15.38%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 6 (15.38%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
6 5 (12.82%) IT Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) IT Support
6 5 (12.82%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Lead
6 5 (12.82%) SAP CO Consultant
6 5 (12.82%) SAP FI Consultant
6 5 (12.82%) SAP Support
6 5 (12.82%) SAP Support Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.77%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (12.82%) Middleware
3 2 (5.13%) SAP PI
4 1 (2.56%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
1 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) Data Fabric
3 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Analytics
2 14 (35.90%) Roadmaps
3 9 (23.08%) Data Modelling
3 9 (23.08%) Logistics
4 8 (20.51%) Presales
4 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.51%) Production Planning
5 7 (17.95%) Agile
5 7 (17.95%) Asset Management
5 7 (17.95%) ERP
5 7 (17.95%) Time Management
6 6 (15.38%) Cash Management
6 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.38%) Data Architecture
6 6 (15.38%) Data Governance
6 6 (15.38%) Data Transformation
6 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 6 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
6 6 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) ABAP
2 3 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) Master's Degree
4 4 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
5 3 (7.69%) PMP
6 2 (5.13%) ACCA
6 2 (5.13%) CIMA
6 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) GDPR
2 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
3 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 2 (5.13%) QA
5 1 (2.56%) GMP
5 1 (2.56%) IFRS
5 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (10.26%) Ariba
3 3 (7.69%) Concur
4 2 (5.13%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Databricks
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce