SAP HCM Job Trends

SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP HCM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 686 782
Rank change year-on-year +46 +96 +233
Permanent jobs citing SAP HCM 30 9 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.018% 0.030%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.12% 0.31% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 21 5 17
10th Percentile £56,250 - £50,750
25th Percentile - £36,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% -20.69%
75th Percentile - £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,000 £72,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £39,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +53.85% -32.17% -11.54%

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 2,670 2,913 3,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.06% 5.83% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,406 2,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,623
25th Percentile £39,238 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,628 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +3.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP HCM job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP HCM
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP HCM

SAP HCM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Top 6 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 10 February 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
Work from Home +64 26 £60,000 -3.23% 13
England +63 23 £60,000 -14.29% 7
UK excluding London +34 21 £60,000 +53.85% 10
West Midlands +31 18 £60,000 +53.85% 5
Midlands +24 18 £60,000 +53.85% 5
East of England - 3 - -

SAP HCM
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:

Business Applications
1 22 (73.33%) SAP HR
2 21 (70.00%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (13.33%) German Language
2 3 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) SAP Support
2 11 (36.67%) Consultant
3 8 (26.67%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Payroll Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Lead
7 1 (3.33%) Management Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Management Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Time Management
2 4 (13.33%) Data Security
3 3 (10.00%) Presales
4 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.33%) Agile
5 1 (3.33%) ERP
5 1 (3.33%) GTM Strategy
5 1 (3.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (3.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (3.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (3.33%) Project Management
5 1 (3.33%) Release Management
5 1 (3.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (3.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.33%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (3.33%) User Experience
5 1 (3.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
1 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GDPR
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) Computacenter