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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 676 696
Rank change year-on-year +86 +20 +306
Permanent jobs citing SAP Certification 45 33 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.060% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.17% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 3
10th Percentile £62,000 £54,875 £59,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +11.49%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £109,500 £210,000 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £86,250 £80,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +7.81% +37.93% -13.43%

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 19,341 19,538 15,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.64% 35.56% 30.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,785 7,770 10,661
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,924 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.87% +4.76% +5.00%

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 2 January 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 2 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 +68 35 £83,750 +4.69% 12
London +59 20 £85,000 +9.68% 4
Work from Home +74 16 £99,000 +10.00% 10
UK excluding London +40 7 £86,250 +7.81% 4
South East +25 4 £90,000 +12.50% 3
North West +32 2 £93,750 +10.29%
North of England +18 2 £93,750 +10.29% 1
East of England +27 1 £75,000 - 3

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 13 (28.89%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Maya
Business Applications
1 36 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (20.00%) SAP PP
3 7 (15.56%) SAP CO
3 7 (15.56%) SAP FI
3 7 (15.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (15.56%) SAP IBP
4 6 (13.33%) SAP MII
5 4 (8.89%) SAP MM
6 2 (4.44%) SAP MDG
7 1 (2.22%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (6.67%) Collibra
3 3 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.22%) GCP
5 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) SAP BW
2 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.89%) SAP HANA
4 3 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 3 (6.67%) Metadata
5 2 (4.44%) Power BI
6 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (35.56%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) ERwin
2 3 (6.67%) PowerDesigner
General
1 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Finance
3 17 (37.78%) Manufacturing
4 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (17.78%) Public Sector
6 7 (15.56%) Retail
7 5 (11.11%) Automotive
7 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (6.67%) Publishing
9 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (4.44%) Games
9 2 (4.44%) Law
10 1 (2.22%) Banking
10 1 (2.22%) Front Office
10 1 (2.22%) German Language
10 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Consultant
1 22 (48.89%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (24.44%) Architect
2 11 (24.44%) SAP Architect
3 9 (20.00%) Senior
4 8 (17.78%) SAP PP Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) Lead
5 7 (15.56%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 7 (15.56%) Senior Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (13.33%) SAP CO Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) SAP FI Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
7 5 (11.11%) SAP Logistics Consultant
7 5 (11.11%) SAP PS Consultant
7 5 (11.11%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (51.11%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (2.22%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.22%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.22%) Data Fabric
6 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Analytics
2 18 (40.00%) Logistics
2 18 (40.00%) Presales
3 16 (35.56%) Agile
4 15 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 12 (26.67%) Production Planning
6 11 (24.44%) ITIL
7 9 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 9 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.00%) TOGAF
8 8 (17.78%) Time Management
8 8 (17.78%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (15.56%) Asset Management
9 7 (15.56%) Cash Management
9 7 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (15.56%) Data Modelling
9 7 (15.56%) Migration
9 7 (15.56%) Record to Report
9 7 (15.56%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (15.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) ABAP
2 3 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (44.44%) Degree
2 19 (42.22%) Security Cleared
3 11 (24.44%) Master's Degree
4 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.89%) AWS Certification
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
5 4 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.67%) ACCA
6 3 (6.67%) CIMA
6 3 (6.67%) PMI Certification
6 3 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) Data Quality
1 4 (8.89%) GMP
2 3 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) GDPR
3 1 (2.22%) IFRS
3 1 (2.22%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (13.33%) Ariba
3 3 (6.67%) Concur
4 1 (2.22%) Google
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce