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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 703 627 771
Rank change year-on-year -76 +144 +154
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 24 27 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.062% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.069% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 24
10th Percentile - £66,512 £78,250
25th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,500 £80,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -20.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £86,750 £114,688 -
90th Percentile £92,500 £125,000 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,250
% change year-on-year +3.13% -0.31% +0.31%

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 84,369 38,923 91,211
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 89.45% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55,003 23,201 67,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -22 22 £83,500 +1.21% 11
UK excluding London -55 12 £82,500 +3.13% 5
Yorkshire -43 10 £82,500 -2.94%
North of England -52 10 £82,500 -2.94%
London -18 8 £84,500 -29.58% 6
Work from Home +11 4 £105,000 +23.53% 6
South East -23 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £84,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 24 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (29.17%) ERP
3 7 (29.17%) Migration
3 7 (29.17%) Roadmaps
4 6 (25.00%) Ariba
4 6 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 6 (25.00%) Logistics
5 5 (20.83%) Data Governance
5 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
5 5 (20.83%) Master Data Management
5 5 (20.83%) Middleware
5 5 (20.83%) SAP ERP
5 5 (20.83%) SAP MDG
6 4 (16.67%) Analytics
6 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.67%) Logical Data Model
6 4 (16.67%) Physical Data Model
6 4 (16.67%) Presales
6 4 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (12.50%) Azure
7 3 (12.50%) Data Architecture
7 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Performance Testing
7 3 (12.50%) SAP Certification
7 3 (12.50%) SDLC
7 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 3 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap

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 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (20.83%) SAP ERP
2 5 (20.83%) SAP MDG
3 1 (4.17%) SAP EWM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP IBP
3 1 (4.17%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MDG-M
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MDM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP MM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.17%) SAP SD
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Manufacturing
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Retail
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Middleware
2 2 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (8.33%) SAP PI
3 1 (4.17%) BAPI
3 1 (4.17%) EDI
3 1 (4.17%) IDoc
3 1 (4.17%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) ERP
1 7 (29.17%) Migration
1 7 (29.17%) Roadmaps
2 6 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (25.00%) Logistics
3 5 (20.83%) Data Governance
3 5 (20.83%) Master Data Management
4 4 (16.67%) Analytics
4 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Logical Data Model
4 4 (16.67%) Physical Data Model
4 4 (16.67%) Presales
4 4 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Performance Testing
5 3 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP Certification
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (25.00%) Ariba
3 1 (4.17%) Concur
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Sage