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 20 January 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 626 649
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +307
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 28 73 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 32 31
10th Percentile £80,250 £67,785 £77,500
25th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £91,250 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.40% -6.41% +2.63%
75th Percentile £95,000 £99,688 £110,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,500 £145,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £97,500 £80,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +21.88% -20.00% +5.26%

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 55,541 49,002 57,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.63% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 34,360 25,280 44,689
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,272 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.04%

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 20 January 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 20 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 +35 22 £84,500 -8.65% 2
Work from Home +58 12 £91,250 -1.35% 1
London +19 8 £84,500 -17.56% 2
UK excluding London +42 7 £97,500 +21.88% 2
South East +29 4 £95,000 +18.75% 2
North West +22 2 £100,000 +5.26%
North of England +7 2 £100,000 +8.11%
East of England +26 1 £84,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 28 (100.00%) SAP
2 19 (67.86%) Logistics
3 17 (60.71%) Roadmaps
4 15 (53.57%) Presales
4 15 (53.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
6 10 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (35.71%) Project Delivery
7 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (25.00%) Ariba
10 5 (17.86%) Analytics
10 5 (17.86%) SAP Certification
10 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
10 5 (17.86%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (17.86%) TOGAF
11 4 (14.29%) Agile
11 4 (14.29%) Business Development
11 4 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
11 4 (14.29%) User Experience
12 3 (10.71%) Azure
12 3 (10.71%) ITIL
12 3 (10.71%) Middleware
12 3 (10.71%) Procure-to-Pay
12 3 (10.71%) SAP IBP
12 3 (10.71%) SDLC
12 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
13 2 (7.14%) Architecture Governance

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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 15 (53.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (10.71%) SAP IBP
3 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.57%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (7.14%) Automotive
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Back Office
6 1 (3.57%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (10.71%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Logistics
2 17 (60.71%) Roadmaps
3 15 (53.57%) Presales
4 10 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (35.71%) Project Delivery
5 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.86%) Analytics
7 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
7 5 (17.86%) TOGAF
8 4 (14.29%) Agile
8 4 (14.29%) Business Development
8 4 (14.29%) User Experience
9 3 (10.71%) ITIL
9 3 (10.71%) Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (10.71%) SDLC
9 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
10 2 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
10 2 (7.14%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SAP Certification
3 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (25.00%) Ariba
3 1 (3.57%) Concur