SAP IBP Job Trends

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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 709 709
Rank change year-on-year +101 0 +260
Permanent jobs citing SAP IBP 42 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.018% 0.017%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.59% 0.30% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 6
10th Percentile £61,125 £82,500 £59,875
25th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £63,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £90,000 £74,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.40% +3.10%
75th Percentile £98,750 £147,500 £76,750
90th Percentile £100,750 £172,500 £110,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £90,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% +46.34% -15.17%

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 2,634 3,280 2,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.44% 5.92% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,473 1,595 1,966
10th Percentile £32,100 £33,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -9.09% +2.33%

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 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP IBP in the UK

SAP IBP
Top 9 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 29 December 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 +93 37 £82,000 -8.89% 8
London +61 24 £82,250 -3.24% 6
UK excluding London +70 10 £77,500 -13.89% 1
North West +28 5 £55,000 -
North of England +9 5 £55,000 -38.89%
South West - 3 £77,500 -
Work from Home +76 2 £106,250 +18.06% 2
South East - 1 £95,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £75,000 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 18 (42.86%) Maya
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (88.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (26.19%) SAP CO
2 11 (26.19%) SAP FI
2 11 (26.19%) SAP FI/CO
3 10 (23.81%) SAP FSCM
3 10 (23.81%) SAP IS-U
4 7 (16.67%) SAP MM
5 6 (14.29%) SAP MII
6 4 (9.52%) SAP PP
7 3 (7.14%) SAP APO
8 1 (2.38%) SAP EWM
8 1 (2.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) AWS
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
1 10 (23.81%) GCP
2 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 8 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (7.14%) Power BI
3 3 (7.14%) Tableau
4 2 (4.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 33 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 29 (69.05%) Finance
3 23 (54.76%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (42.86%) Games
4 18 (42.86%) Law
4 18 (42.86%) Manufacturing
5 15 (35.71%) Automotive
6 14 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (19.05%) Banking
7 8 (19.05%) Telecoms
8 7 (16.67%) Retail
9 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.38%) Billing
9 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (61.90%) Senior
2 18 (42.86%) Consultant
3 16 (38.10%) SAP Consultant
4 15 (35.71%) Senior Consultant
5 13 (30.95%) Architect
5 13 (30.95%) SAP Architect
5 13 (30.95%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 9 (21.43%) IT Architect
6 9 (21.43%) Senior Architect
7 8 (19.05%) IT Consultant
7 8 (19.05%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 8 (19.05%) SAP Functional Architect
7 8 (19.05%) Senior IT Consultant
7 8 (19.05%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
8 6 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 4 (9.52%) SAP PP Consultant
9 4 (9.52%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
10 3 (7.14%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 3 (7.14%) SAP WM Consultant
10 3 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.19%) Middleware
2 6 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.38%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 18 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (19.05%) PMI
2 8 (19.05%) Reinsurance
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 4 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (7.14%) FMCG
5 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.38%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (2.38%) IoT
6 1 (2.38%) Replication
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (61.90%) Analytics
2 20 (47.62%) Logistics
3 19 (45.24%) ERP
3 19 (45.24%) Project Management
3 19 (45.24%) Risk Management
4 18 (42.86%) Business Strategy
4 18 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (40.48%) Agile
6 15 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (35.71%) Roadmaps
7 13 (30.95%) Migration
7 13 (30.95%) Order to Cash
8 12 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
8 12 (28.57%) Project Delivery
9 11 (26.19%) Record to Report
10 10 (23.81%) Business Transformation
10 10 (23.81%) Prototyping
10 10 (23.81%) Requirements Analysis
10 10 (23.81%) Requirements Management
11 9 (21.43%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) PMI Certification
3 7 (16.67%) SAP Certification
4 5 (11.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (9.52%) ACCA
5 4 (9.52%) CIMA
5 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.76%) AAT
6 2 (4.76%) ICAEW
6 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) GMP
2 2 (4.76%) IFRS
2 2 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (30.95%) Ariba
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) Atlassian