SAP Solutions Architect Job Trends

SAP Solution Architect
UK

The median SAP Solution Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 609 769
Rank change year-on-year -59 +160 +202
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 25 33 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.081% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.090% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 21
10th Percentile £80,000 £66,948 £82,500
25th Percentile £82,250 £75,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £96,875 £114,375 -
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

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 71,927 36,735 83,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.01% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46,076 23,059 63,351
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,608 £72,466
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -23 22 £84,750 -10.79% 9
Work from Home -4 10 £100,000 -2.44% 7
London +3 9 £84,750 -25.49% 3
UK excluding London -64 5 £100,000 +25.00% 4
North West -21 2 £100,000 +5.26%
South East -35 2 - - 1
North of England -55 2 £100,000 +11.11%
East of England - 1 £84,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (52.00%) Roadmaps
4 12 (48.00%) Logistics
5 11 (44.00%) Presales
6 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
7 7 (28.00%) Ariba
7 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
8 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (24.00%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (20.00%) Business Development
10 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
10 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (16.00%) TOGAF
11 3 (12.00%) Analytics
11 3 (12.00%) Middleware
11 3 (12.00%) Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (12.00%) SAP Certification
11 3 (12.00%) SDLC
11 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
12 2 (8.00%) Architecture Governance
12 2 (8.00%) Azure
12 2 (8.00%) Change Control
12 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
12 2 (8.00%) Data Strategy
12 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 2 (8.00%) ERP
12 2 (8.00%) ITIL

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:

Business Applications
1 15 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.00%) SAP IBP
3 1 (4.00%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG
3 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG-M
3 1 (4.00%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Retail
3 2 (8.00%) Automotive
3 2 (8.00%) Back Office
3 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Middleware
2 2 (8.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (48.00%) Logistics
3 11 (44.00%) Presales
4 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.00%) Business Development
7 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.00%) TOGAF
8 3 (12.00%) Analytics
8 3 (12.00%) Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (12.00%) SDLC
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
9 2 (8.00%) Architecture Governance
9 2 (8.00%) Change Control
9 2 (8.00%) Data Strategy
9 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) SAP Certification
3 2 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (28.00%) Ariba
3 1 (4.00%) Concur