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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 704 696
Rank change year-on-year +63 -8 +321
Permanent jobs citing SAP Security 10 7 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.013% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.014% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 12
10th Percentile £66,750 - £50,500
25th Percentile £69,375 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -7.69% -1.52%
75th Percentile £81,250 £65,000 £75,679
90th Percentile - £68,000 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +29.17% -7.69% +15.56%

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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

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
Top 8 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 1 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 +77 8 £77,500 +29.17% 10
UK excluding London +63 6 £77,500 +29.17% 6
Work from Home +77 4 £77,500 - 4
London - 4 - - 4
North of England +24 2 £77,500 +29.17% 1
East of England +23 2 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £77,500 - 1

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 7 (70.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (40.00%) SAP GRC
3 3 (30.00%) SAP ERP
3 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) SAP Security Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Security Specialist
3 3 (30.00%) Management Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP GRC Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Middleware
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Development
1 3 (30.00%) Coaching
1 3 (30.00%) Commercialisation
1 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (30.00%) ERP
1 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (20.00%) Application Security
2 2 (20.00%) EAM
2 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (20.00%) RBAC
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP