SAP Security Job Trends

SAP Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 632 802
Rank change year-on-year -48 +170 +208
Permanent jobs citing SAP Security 10 22 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.052% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.056% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 17
10th Percentile £66,750 - £50,000
25th Percentile £69,375 £47,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,125 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,250 - £72,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +34.78% -4.17% -1.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

SAP Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,555 39,559 74,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.69% 93.50% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35,503 22,222 56,291
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,910 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

SAP Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Security job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP Security

SAP Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Security over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Security in the UK

SAP Security
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 Security within the UK over the 6 months to 20 March 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 -43 8 £77,500 +34.78% 8
UK excluding London -42 6 £77,500 +34.78% 9
London 0 4 - -
Work from Home +14 3 £71,250 +51.60% 3
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
South East -20 1 £80,000 +36.17% 3
Yorkshire -44 1 £77,500 +19.23% 1
North of England -52 1 £77,500 +64.89% 4

SAP Security
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) SAP GRC
1 4 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (10.00%) SAP MDG
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Security Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Architect
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Security Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP GRC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) EAM
1 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Application Security
2 1 (10.00%) Business Development
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Commercialisation
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Post-Merger Integration
2 1 (10.00%) RBAC
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (10.00%) Security Management
2 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP