SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) formerly SAP Virsa
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP GRC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP GRC over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 865 979
Rank change year-on-year +191 +114 +226
Permanent jobs citing SAP GRC 10 20 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.020% 0.008%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.35% 0.44% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 4
10th Percentile £55,875 £57,500 £58,954
25th Percentile £57,188 £70,000 £60,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £69,724
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.57% +4.85%
75th Percentile £68,125 - £98,911
90th Percentile £80,125 £76,250 £137,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,224
% change year-on-year -13.33% +14.99% +13.43%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP GRC falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,864 4,508 6,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.49% 4.58% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,868 2,928 3,450
10th Percentile £33,525 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £38,805 £42,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +11.11%

SAP GRC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP GRC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP GRC in the UK

SAP GRC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP GRC.

Salary trend for SAP GRC in the UK

SAP GRC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP GRC over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP GRC in the UK

SAP GRC
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 GRC within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +180 10 £62,500 -16.67% 5
UK excluding London +200 7 £65,000 -13.33% 6
South East +106 4 £71,250 -5.00% 2
North of England +84 2 £61,250 +11.36% 1
Work from Home +178 1 £75,000 +36.36% 8
London +101 1 £60,000 -20.00% 1
Yorkshire +69 1 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Midlands +61 1 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands +49 1 £65,000 -
North West - 1 £57,500 -

SAP GRC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (20.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
3 3 (30.00%) Compliance Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Governance Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Security Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (20.00%) EDI
2 2 (20.00%) EDIFACT
2 2 (20.00%) IDoc
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) FMCG
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) TRADACOMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) SAP Security
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (20.00%) Logistics
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) EAM
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) GRC
2 2 (20.00%) ITGC
2 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft