SAP Solutions Architect Job Trends

SAP Solution Architect
UK

The median SAP Solution Architect salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 739 656 748
Rank change year-on-year -83 +92 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 50 25 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.050% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.056% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 28
10th Percentile £78,750 - £75,000
25th Percentile - £81,250 £75,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year - +12.68% -8.97%
75th Percentile - £115,000 £100,625
90th Percentile - £118,000 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £85,000 £80,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% +5.59% -26.82%

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 101,876 44,986 79,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 89.87% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 69,841 26,672 51,908
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,450
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,292 £47,602 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.05% -4.80% -4.76%

SAP Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
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 Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 August 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 -64 47 £100,000 - 10
UK excluding London -76 26 £100,000 +17.65% 7
North of England -19 22 £100,000 +21.21% 1
Yorkshire - 22 £100,000 - 1
London -28 21 - -
Work from Home -37 7 £117,500 +25.33% 5
West Midlands -15 4 £117,500 +34.29% 1
Midlands -36 4 £117,500 +34.29% 1

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 August 2026, SAP Solutions Architect 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 30 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (42.00%) Presales
4 16 (32.00%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (24.00%) ERP
5 12 (24.00%) Migration
6 6 (12.00%) Analytics
6 6 (12.00%) AWS
6 6 (12.00%) Data Modelling
6 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.00%) SAP ERP
7 5 (10.00%) Data Governance
7 5 (10.00%) Data Quality
7 5 (10.00%) Master Data Management
7 5 (10.00%) SAP MDG
8 4 (8.00%) AI
8 4 (8.00%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (8.00%) Data Migration
8 4 (8.00%) Generative AI
8 4 (8.00%) Internet
8 4 (8.00%) Logical Data Model
8 4 (8.00%) Logistics
8 4 (8.00%) Physical Data Model
8 4 (8.00%) SAP HANA
8 4 (8.00%) SAS
8 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (8.00%) System Integration Testing
8 4 (8.00%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing

SAP Solutions Architect 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.00%) SAS
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 30 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (12.00%) SAP ERP
3 5 (10.00%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.00%) SAP CRM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP EWM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MDG-M
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MDG-S
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MDM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.00%) SAP SCM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP SD
4 1 (2.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) AWS
2 4 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.00%) Azure
3 2 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (8.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (38.00%) Finance
2 8 (16.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.00%) French Language
4 4 (8.00%) German Language
4 4 (8.00%) Italian Language
4 4 (8.00%) Retail
4 4 (8.00%) Spanish Language
5 3 (6.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Middleware
1 2 (4.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.00%) BAPI
2 1 (2.00%) EDI
2 1 (2.00%) IDoc
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.00%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 24 (48.00%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.00%) AI Agents
3 4 (8.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.00%) Social Media
5 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.00%) Life Science
5 1 (2.00%) LIMS
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) Presales
2 16 (32.00%) Technical Leadership
3 12 (24.00%) ERP
3 12 (24.00%) Migration
4 6 (12.00%) Analytics
4 6 (12.00%) Data Modelling
4 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (10.00%) Data Governance
5 5 (10.00%) Master Data Management
6 4 (8.00%) AI
6 4 (8.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.00%) Generative AI
6 4 (8.00%) Logical Data Model
6 4 (8.00%) Logistics
6 4 (8.00%) Physical Data Model
6 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.00%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (8.00%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (6.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) Degree
1 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.00%) SAP Certification
2 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.00%) Ariba
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.00%) Sage