SAP Manager Job Trends

SAP Manager
UK

The median SAP Manager salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 620 629
Rank change year-on-year +20 +9 +245
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Manager 49 91 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20 68 46
10th Percentile £64,750 £70,500 £49,236
25th Percentile £70,000 £84,500 £72,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +9.09% +11.49%
75th Percentile £86,563 £102,813 £97,500
90th Percentile £97,375 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,000 £91,250 £82,500
% change year-on-year -18.90% +10.61% +26.92%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

SAP Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SAP Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in the UK

SAP Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Manager over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Manager in the UK

SAP Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 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 +23 47 £77,500 -13.89% 22
UK excluding London +25 26 £74,000 -18.90% 18
London +31 17 £80,000 -11.11% 16
Work from Home +68 14 £90,000 +9.09% 9
North of England +14 14 £80,000 -17.95% 3
Yorkshire - 7 £90,000 - 2
South East +30 6 - - 14
North West +16 6 £74,500 -23.59% 1
East of England +30 5 £70,000 +23.89% 1
Midlands +7 1 - - 1
West Midlands +6 1 - - 1

SAP Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, SAP Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SAP Manager in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) SAP
2 28 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (18.37%) Degree
5 9 (18.37%) Project Delivery
5 9 (18.37%) Project Management
6 8 (16.33%) Agile
6 8 (16.33%) Change Management
6 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
6 8 (16.33%) ITIL
7 7 (14.29%) PMI Certification
8 6 (12.24%) Analytics
8 6 (12.24%) Business Strategy
8 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (12.24%) ERP
8 6 (12.24%) JIRA
8 6 (12.24%) PMP
8 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
8 6 (12.24%) SAP Implementation
9 5 (10.20%) ABAP
9 5 (10.20%) Azure
9 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.20%) IT Strategy
9 5 (10.20%) QA
9 5 (10.20%) Risk Management
9 5 (10.20%) Scrum
9 5 (10.20%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
10 4 (8.16%) Ariba

SAP Manager Skill Set
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 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.16%) SAP CO
2 4 (8.16%) SAP FI
2 4 (8.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (6.12%) SAP PS
4 2 (4.08%) SAP Business One
5 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.04%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.04%) SAP IBP
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) Azure
1 5 (10.20%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (6.12%) Collibra
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.04%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.16%) SAP HANA
2 3 (6.12%) Data Mining
2 3 (6.12%) Metadata
2 3 (6.12%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.04%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) ERwin
2 3 (6.12%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (34.69%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.16%) Retail
5 3 (6.12%) Banking
5 3 (6.12%) Publishing
6 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Law
6 2 (4.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) EDI
1 3 (6.12%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.12%) FMCG
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (2.04%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (18.37%) Project Delivery
3 9 (18.37%) Project Management
4 8 (16.33%) Agile
4 8 (16.33%) Change Management
4 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
4 8 (16.33%) ITIL
5 6 (12.24%) Analytics
5 6 (12.24%) Business Strategy
5 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (12.24%) ERP
5 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
5 6 (12.24%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.20%) IT Strategy
6 5 (10.20%) Risk Management
6 5 (10.20%) Scrum
6 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
7 4 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) ABAP
2 4 (8.16%) SQL
3 1 (2.04%) Groovy
3 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Degree
2 7 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 6 (12.24%) PMP
4 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.16%) SAP Certification
5 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.08%) ACCA
6 2 (4.08%) CIMA
6 2 (4.08%) CIPD
7 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) QA
2 4 (8.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.12%) GRC
3 3 (6.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.04%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) GxP
4 1 (2.04%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (8.16%) Ariba
2 4 (8.16%) Concur
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle