SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP IBP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 633 865
Rank change year-on-year -35 +232 +5
Permanent jobs citing SAP IBP 48 19 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.043% 0.025%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.77% 0.83% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 39 6 16
10th Percentile - £64,375 £66,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £78,500 £74,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +5.02% +15.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,375 £103,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £130,000 £108,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £110,000 £70,000 £74,750
% change year-on-year +57.14% -6.35% +15.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP IBP 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 2,711 2,282 4,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 5.22% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 1,492 2,951
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.04%

SAP IBP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP IBP job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP IBP
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP IBP

SAP IBP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP IBP over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP IBP in the UK

SAP IBP
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 IBP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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 -24 43 £80,000 +6.67% 9
London +10 33 £80,000 +7.02% 3
UK excluding London -30 14 £110,000 +57.14% 7
North of England -27 9 £110,000 -
Yorkshire - 5 £110,000 -
North West -3 4 £47,000 -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Work from Home +15 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £80,000 -
Midlands - 1 £80,000 -

SAP IBP
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:

Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 45 (93.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (70.83%) SAP PP
3 5 (10.42%) SAP APO
3 5 (10.42%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
3 5 (10.42%) SAP SD
4 3 (6.25%) SAP MM
5 2 (4.17%) SAP EWM
5 2 (4.17%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (2.08%) SAP CAR
6 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
6 1 (2.08%) SAP MII
6 1 (2.08%) SAP Retail
General
1 34 (70.83%) Manufacturing
2 31 (64.58%) Law
3 6 (12.50%) Retail
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (83.33%) Consultant
1 40 (83.33%) SAP Consultant
2 32 (66.67%) SAP PP Consultant
3 31 (64.58%) Managing Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) Senior
5 4 (8.33%) Architect
5 4 (8.33%) SAP SCM Consultant
5 4 (8.33%) SAP SD Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Project Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) SAP Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Supply Chain Architect
8 1 (2.08%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.17%) Middleware
2 2 (4.17%) SAP TM
3 1 (2.08%) BAPI
3 1 (2.08%) EDI
3 1 (2.08%) IDoc
3 1 (2.08%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (64.58%) Life Science
3 4 (8.33%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) FMCG
4 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (70.83%) Analytics
1 34 (70.83%) Production Planning
2 31 (64.58%) Business Development
3 7 (14.58%) Logistics
3 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 6 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (10.42%) Inventory Management
5 5 (10.42%) Order to Cash
5 5 (10.42%) Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (10.42%) Supply Chain Planning
5 5 (10.42%) System Integration Testing
5 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.25%) Revenue Recognition
7 3 (6.25%) Roadmaps
7 3 (6.25%) TOGAF
8 2 (4.17%) Architecture Governance
8 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (6.25%) AAT
1 3 (6.25%) ACCA
1 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (6.25%) CIMA
1 3 (6.25%) ICAEW
2 1 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) IFRS
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Ariba
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle