SAP Solutions Architect Job Trends

SAP Solution Architect
UK

The median SAP Solution Architect salary in the UK is £84,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 630 638
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 +323
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 31 73 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 29
10th Percentile £80,500 £67,785 £75,000
25th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £91,250 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% -6.41% +2.63%
75th Percentile £94,375 £99,688 £110,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,500 £146,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £91,250 £80,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +14.06% -27.27% +15.79%

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 54,122 50,451 51,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.94% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,399 26,377 39,403
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Top 10 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 7 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 +55 24 £84,500 -8.65% 9
Work from Home +50 15 £85,000 -8.11% 5
UK excluding London +48 9 £91,250 +14.06% 5
London +16 8 £84,500 -17.56% 3
South East +26 4 £95,000 +18.75% 1
North West +25 3 £100,000 +5.26%
North of England +15 3 £100,000 +8.11% 3
East of England +21 1 £84,500 -
West Midlands +21 1 £87,500 -5.41%
Midlands +14 1 £87,500 -5.41%

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

For the 6 months to 7 January 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 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 22 (70.97%) Logistics
3 20 (64.52%) Roadmaps
4 18 (58.06%) Presales
5 16 (51.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
7 10 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (32.26%) Project Delivery
7 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (25.81%) Ariba
8 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (19.35%) Analytics
9 6 (19.35%) SAP Certification
9 6 (19.35%) TOGAF
10 5 (16.13%) Agile
10 5 (16.13%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
10 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
10 5 (16.13%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (16.13%) User Experience
11 4 (12.90%) Azure
11 4 (12.90%) Business Development
11 4 (12.90%) ITIL
12 3 (9.68%) AWS
12 3 (9.68%) AWS Certification
12 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
12 3 (9.68%) Business Strategy
12 3 (9.68%) Confluence
12 3 (9.68%) Degree
12 3 (9.68%) JIRA

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 3 (9.68%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 16 (51.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.68%) SAP IBP
3 1 (3.23%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 3 (9.68%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
2 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.13%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Automotive
6 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Back Office
7 1 (3.23%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (9.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (9.68%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Logistics
2 20 (64.52%) Roadmaps
3 18 (58.06%) Presales
4 10 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (32.26%) Project Delivery
4 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (19.35%) Analytics
6 6 (19.35%) TOGAF
7 5 (16.13%) Agile
7 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
7 5 (16.13%) User Experience
8 4 (12.90%) Business Development
8 4 (12.90%) ITIL
9 3 (9.68%) Business Strategy
9 3 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (9.68%) SDLC
9 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
10 2 (6.45%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) SAP Certification
3 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) AWS Certification
4 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 3 (9.68%) Master's Degree
5 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (25.81%) Ariba
3 1 (3.23%) Concur