SAP Job Trends

SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SAP SE.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 130 114
Rank change year-on-year +53 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing SAP 1,764 1,199 1,757
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.82% 2.26% 2.68%
As % of the Vendors category 9.13% 6.04% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 716 582 1,131
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £50,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,400 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +5.23% -
75th Percentile £81,563 £90,000 £83,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -12.50%

All Vendors
UK

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,315 19,839 25,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 37.36% 38.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,814 10,036 19,696
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,264 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,404 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.72% +6.11% -5.00%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +58 1,594 £65,000 -3.70% 500
UK excluding London +64 1,230 £60,000 +14.29% 425
South East +100 530 £60,000 +11.65% 167
London +30 385 £75,000 -16.67% 161
Work from Home +28 346 £65,000 -9.71% 266
North of England +45 224 £74,000 +37.22% 74
Midlands -17 182 £60,000 +27.66% 66
West Midlands -9 116 £60,000 +33.33% 42
South West +57 114 £55,000 -6.38% 32
North West +13 106 £65,000 +18.18% 38
Yorkshire +41 100 £77,500 +47.62% 27
East of England +54 96 £60,000 -5.33% 71
East Midlands +12 64 £47,500 -17.39% 23
Scotland +25 54 £47,500 -50.00% 10
Northern Ireland +6 22 £55,000 +10.00% 7
North East +15 17 £78,500 +74.44% 10
Wales -17 9 £65,000 +36.84% 17

SAP
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 29 (1.64%) Confluence
2 14 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.40%) Anypoint
4 7 (0.40%) CMS
5 5 (0.28%) Apache
5 5 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) IIS
6 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.057%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.057%) SAS
7 1 (0.057%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 193 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (1.87%) Maya
4 15 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.34%) Windchill
9 1 (0.057%) Abaqus
9 1 (0.057%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.057%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 575 (32.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 78 (4.42%) SAP MDG
3 76 (4.31%) SAP CO
4 74 (4.20%) SAP FI
5 68 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO
6 57 (3.23%) SAP PM
7 44 (2.49%) SAP ERP
8 40 (2.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 37 (2.10%) SAP IBP
10 34 (1.93%) SAP Payroll
11 33 (1.87%) SAP HR
12 31 (1.76%) NetSuite
13 29 (1.64%) SAP HCM
14 27 (1.53%) SAP Business One
14 27 (1.53%) SAP PP
15 24 (1.36%) SAP MM
16 21 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
17 17 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
18 16 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
19 13 (0.74%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 194 (11.00%) Azure
2 163 (9.24%) Power Platform
3 77 (4.37%) AWS
3 77 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (4.20%) SuccessFactors
5 73 (4.14%) SaaS
6 35 (1.98%) GCP
7 33 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (1.47%) Boomi
9 21 (1.19%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.13%) Collibra
11 16 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 13 (0.74%) Entra ID
13 13 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.57%) IaaS
14 10 (0.57%) PaaS
14 10 (0.57%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 9 (0.51%) iPaaS
16 8 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.51%) WAN
2 7 (0.40%) DHCP
2 7 (0.40%) DNS
2 7 (0.40%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) Firewall
3 6 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.23%) HTTP
5 4 (0.23%) SNMP
6 3 (0.17%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LAN
6 3 (0.17%) Network Security
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.11%) Internet
7 2 (0.11%) IPsec
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
7 2 (0.11%) VoIP
7 2 (0.11%) Wireless
8 1 (0.057%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (9.07%) Power BI
2 105 (5.95%) SAP BW
3 82 (4.65%) Data Lake
4 53 (3.00%) BusinessObjects
5 36 (2.04%) Tableau
6 28 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
7 27 (1.53%) SAP HANA
8 21 (1.19%) MySQL
8 21 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
9 18 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 17 (0.96%) SQL Server
11 14 (0.79%) Metadata
11 14 (0.79%) Relational Database
12 13 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
13 9 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 9 (0.51%) Power Query
14 8 (0.45%) Big Data
14 8 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (0.40%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 130 (7.37%) JIRA
2 69 (3.91%) eCATT
3 38 (2.15%) NeoLoad
4 12 (0.68%) Git
4 12 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.34%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) JMeter
6 4 (0.23%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.23%) LSMW
6 4 (0.23%) Postman
6 4 (0.23%) Selenium
6 4 (0.23%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.23%) Toad
7 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.17%) ERwin
7 3 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.057%) Subversion
General
1 745 (42.23%) Finance
1 745 (42.23%) Social Skills
2 475 (26.93%) Manufacturing
3 362 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
4 331 (18.76%) Marketing
5 183 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 163 (9.24%) Telecoms
7 160 (9.07%) Electronics
8 128 (7.26%) Retail
9 100 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
10 88 (4.99%) Law
11 84 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.38%) Games
13 36 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (1.93%) Legal
15 25 (1.42%) Publishing
16 24 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.30%) Aerospace
18 19 (1.08%) Banking
Job Titles
1 371 (21.03%) Senior
2 285 (16.16%) Analyst
3 276 (15.65%) Lead
4 255 (14.46%) Consultant
5 217 (12.30%) Architect
6 194 (11.00%) SAP Consultant
7 107 (6.07%) SAP Analyst
8 106 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
9 77 (4.37%) SAP Architect
10 75 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
11 72 (4.08%) Developer
12 55 (3.12%) Senior Consultant
13 54 (3.06%) SAP Manager
14 46 (2.61%) Lead Architect
14 46 (2.61%) Senior SAP Consultant
15 40 (2.27%) SAP Support
16 39 (2.21%) Support Engineer
16 39 (2.21%) Test Leader
17 38 (2.15%) IT Architect
17 38 (2.15%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.06%) SAP Fiori
2 47 (2.66%) Middleware
3 37 (2.10%) REST
4 27 (1.53%) SAP CAF
5 22 (1.25%) SOAP
6 17 (0.96%) SAP Basis
7 16 (0.91%) JSON
7 16 (0.91%) XML
8 15 (0.85%) RESTful
9 14 (0.79%) OAuth
10 13 (0.74%) Kafka
11 11 (0.62%) BAPI
11 11 (0.62%) IBM Integration Bus
11 11 (0.62%) JMS
11 11 (0.62%) Node.js
11 11 (0.62%) SAML
11 11 (0.62%) SAPUI5
12 9 (0.51%) EDI
12 9 (0.51%) HTML
13 8 (0.45%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.27%) FMCG
2 92 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
3 58 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 53 (3.00%) Onboarding
5 50 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 44 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.32%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.10%) Driving Licence
9 24 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 15 (0.85%) e-Learning
12 14 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.68%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.57%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.57%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.51%) IoT
17 8 (0.45%) PMI
17 8 (0.45%) Social Media
18 7 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 40 (2.27%) Windows
2 21 (1.19%) Linux
3 20 (1.13%) Unix
4 18 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.23%) SUSE
6 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (28.12%) ERP
2 446 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
3 389 (22.05%) Business Intelligence
4 292 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 244 (13.83%) Analytics
6 235 (13.32%) Decision-Making
7 219 (12.41%) Agile
8 217 (12.30%) Project Management
9 211 (11.96%) Risk Management
10 205 (11.62%) Programme Management
11 204 (11.56%) Roadmaps
12 185 (10.49%) Source to Pay
13 170 (9.64%) Business Strategy
14 166 (9.41%) Data Modelling
15 165 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
16 163 (9.24%) Logistics
17 151 (8.56%) Digital Marketing
18 141 (7.99%) Data Management
18 141 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 130 (7.37%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 156 (8.84%) SQL
2 72 (4.08%) Python
3 53 (3.00%) ABAP
4 23 (1.30%) JavaScript
4 23 (1.30%) PowerShell
5 18 (1.02%) Java
6 17 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (0.96%) VBA
7 16 (0.91%) C#
8 15 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.57%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.51%) Bash
10 9 (0.51%) C++
11 4 (0.23%) R
11 4 (0.23%) VB
12 3 (0.17%) ActionScript
12 3 (0.17%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.17%) PHP
13 2 (0.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 366 (20.75%) Degree
2 193 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 103 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.02%) Master's Degree
5 51 (2.89%) ACCA
6 50 (2.83%) MBA
7 48 (2.72%) DV Cleared
8 43 (2.44%) CIMA
9 39 (2.21%) CISSP
10 35 (1.98%) PMI Certification
10 35 (1.98%) SAP Certification
11 30 (1.70%) CISM
12 27 (1.53%) PMP
13 26 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 26 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (0.85%) AWS Certification
15 15 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 7 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.60%) Data Quality
2 102 (5.78%) QA
3 43 (2.44%) GRC
4 39 (2.21%) GDPR
4 39 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.87%) NIST
6 32 (1.81%) SLA
7 20 (1.13%) IFRS
8 18 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (0.85%) PMO
10 11 (0.62%) IFRS 17
11 10 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.57%) Solvency II
12 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.40%) GAAP
13 5 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.23%) GMP
15 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.11%) COBIT
16 2 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.36%) Docker
3 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.057%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (3.91%) HP ALM
2 26 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.02%) Terraform
4 4 (0.23%) Ansible
4 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) Autotask
6 2 (0.11%) MOM
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.057%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.057%) Puppet
7 1 (0.057%) Rancher
Vendors
1 161 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 134 (7.60%) Oracle
3 80 (4.54%) Salesforce
4 73 (4.14%) HP
5 72 (4.08%) Workday
6 66 (3.74%) Ariba
7 37 (2.10%) OpenText
8 35 (1.98%) IBM
8 35 (1.98%) MuleSoft
9 27 (1.53%) Epicor
10 26 (1.47%) Dell
11 22 (1.25%) Google
11 22 (1.25%) Sage
11 22 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 20 (1.13%) Concur
13 19 (1.08%) Adobe
14 17 (0.96%) Infor
15 15 (0.85%) Cisco
16 14 (0.79%) IFS
17 13 (0.74%) Informatica