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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 867 967
Rank change year-on-year +193 +100 +225
Permanent jobs citing SAP HCM 18 29 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.029% 0.021%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.63% 0.64% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 12
10th Percentile £45,500 £50,750 -
25th Percentile - £53,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile - £73,125 £75,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £98,750 £78,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.20% -5.77% -7.14%

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 2,852 4,510 6,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.48% 4.58% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,859 2,927 3,448
10th Percentile £33,600 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £38,787 £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 £75,500 £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 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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +165 18 £55,000 -12.00% 13
UK excluding London +203 17 £55,000 -10.20% 6
Midlands - 17 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands - 17 £55,000 - 2
Work from Home +196 16 £55,000 -12.00% 10
London +106 1 £95,000 +13.43% 8

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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 12 (66.67%) SAP Payroll
2 11 (61.11%) SAP HR
2 11 (61.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (5.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.56%) SAP CRM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (5.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (22.22%) Boomi
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Sybase ASE
General
1 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) SAP Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) SAP Support
2 11 (61.11%) SAP Support Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) Support Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Service Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (61.11%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (22.22%) Middleware
3 1 (5.56%) JDBC
3 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Time Management
2 11 (61.11%) Data Security
3 4 (22.22%) Coaching
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (5.56%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (5.56%) Change Management
6 1 (5.56%) CRM
6 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.56%) Data Privacy
6 1 (5.56%) ERP
6 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.56%) RBAC
6 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (5.56%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) ABAP
2 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (22.22%) Dell
2 4 (22.22%) DocuSign
3 1 (5.56%) Sybase