SAP Security Job Trends

SAP Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 782 764
Rank change year-on-year +115 -18 +433
Permanent jobs citing SAP Security 9 14 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.018% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.022% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 11
10th Percentile £67,625 - £47,500
25th Percentile £71,563 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - +6.12%
75th Percentile £89,188 £70,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £94,475 £98,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £67,224
% change year-on-year +19.23% -3.31% +19.51%

All Process and 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 43,869 63,416 56,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.70% 81.19% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,728 36,039 42,828
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

SAP Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Security 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP Security in the UK

SAP Security
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 Security within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +103 7 £80,000 +23.08% 7
UK excluding London +106 4 £77,500 +19.23% 6
Work from Home +73 4 £87,750 +46.25% 5
South East +45 2 £73,750 +5.36% 4
North of England +23 2 £77,500 +24.00%
London - 2 £98,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £77,500 -

SAP Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 9 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (44.44%) SAP BPC
2 4 (44.44%) SAP GRC
3 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
3 1 (11.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
1 2 (22.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) SAP Security Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SAP GRC Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Basis Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Basis
3 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (11.11%) Post-Merger Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP