SAP Payroll Jobs

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP Payroll skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP Payroll over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 864 945
Rank change year-on-year +169 +81 +272
Permanent jobs citing SAP Payroll 23 20 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.020% 0.031%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.83% 0.44% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 13
10th Percentile - £50,250 -
25th Percentile - £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +20.19% -0.95%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £111,250 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -30.00% +46.34%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP Payroll 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 2,766 4,559 6,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.95% 4.56% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,845 2,932 3,498
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +15.00%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP Payroll as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP Payroll.

Salary trend for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Payroll over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Payroll within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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 +174 23 £55,000 -12.00% 7
UK excluding London +183 18 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Work from Home +116 15 £55,000 -24.14% 6
Midlands +75 15 £55,000 -12.00%
West Midlands +71 15 £55,000 -12.00%
South East - 3 £35,000 -
London +123 2 £67,500 -43.75% 4

SAP Payroll
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:

Business Applications
1 16 (69.57%) SAP HR
2 15 (65.22%) SAP HCM
3 14 (60.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (8.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (78.26%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
1 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Analyst
1 15 (65.22%) SAP Analyst
2 13 (56.52%) SAP Support
2 13 (56.52%) SAP Support Analyst
2 13 (56.52%) Support Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) Payroll Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) HR Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP HR Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) HR Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Report Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (56.52%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (17.39%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Time Management
2 13 (56.52%) Data Security
3 4 (17.39%) Backlog Management
4 2 (8.70%) ERP
4 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.35%) Change Management
5 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.35%) Data Privacy
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Project Management
5 1 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.35%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.35%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) GDPR
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP