SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP HCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP HCM over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 752 726 994
Rank change year-on-year -26 +268 +87
Permanent jobs citing SAP HCM 13 15 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.025% 0.014%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.37% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 14
10th Percentile £30,000 £51,000 £52,150
25th Percentile £36,000 £53,750 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £80,750
90th Percentile - £76,000 £89,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £62,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -12.80% -19.35% +19.23%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP HCM 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 3,493 3,188 5,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.36% 5.41% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,703 2,066 3,256
10th Percentile £36,000 £35,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% - +10.00%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HCM within the UK over the 6 months to 16 January 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 -29 13 £77,500 +24.00% 2
Work from Home +37 8 £62,000 -0.80% 1
London +15 6 £87,500 +16.67% 2
UK excluding London -34 6 £54,500 -12.80%
Midlands -19 5 £39,000 -44.29%
West Midlands -29 5 £39,000 -44.29%
South East -28 1 £90,000 +44.00%

SAP HCM
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP HR
2 3 (23.08%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (15.38%) SAP CO
3 2 (15.38%) SAP CRM
3 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
3 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (7.69%) SAP MM
4 1 (7.69%) SAP PS
4 1 (7.69%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Boomi
2 2 (15.38%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Sybase ASE
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Dutch Language
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) SAP Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Service Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) SAP HR Architect
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) HR Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) HR Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) HR Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Report Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) EDI
2 1 (7.69%) JDBC
2 1 (7.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Coaching
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
1 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
4 1 (7.69%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) ABAP
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) VB
2 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) Dell
2 4 (30.77%) DocuSign
3 1 (7.69%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (7.69%) Sybase