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 30 May 2025, 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 126 124
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +95
Permanent jobs citing SAP 1,343 2,241 2,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.42% 2.17% 2.90%
As % of the Vendors category 6.09% 6.12% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 717 1,204 1,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,400 £38,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,498 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.91% -8.70% +15.00%

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 22,055 36,622 40,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.80% 35.46% 41.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,937 24,877 23,438
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,863 £45,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -8.66% +5.26%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Salary trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 -9 1,181 £56,000 -6.67% 3,693
UK excluding London +23 949 £51,498 -1.91% 3,649
Work from Home -87 359 £65,000 +4.00% 2,553
North of England +3 328 £50,818 +1.64% 802
North West +13 288 £50,818 -7.60% 374
London -58 271 £70,000 -13.85% 451
Midlands +61 258 £40,000 -20.00% 732
South East -10 233 £55,000 -2.65% 1,023
West Midlands +67 215 £40,000 -27.27% 388
South West +94 42 £60,000 +13.74% 403
East Midlands +8 41 £31,653 -25.52% 293
Scotland +86 35 £60,000 +5.26% 143
Yorkshire -20 34 £46,500 - 346
East of England -29 28 £70,000 +7.69% 537
Northern Ireland +23 19 £31,250 -10.71% 47
Wales +29 9 £60,000 +60.00% 95
North East +12 6 £45,000 - 89

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 64 (4.77%) Confluence
3 8 (0.60%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.60%) Kinematics
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.37%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.30%) SAP Portal
5 4 (0.30%) WordPress
6 3 (0.22%) CMS
7 2 (0.15%) Apache
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.074%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.074%) SAS
8 1 (0.074%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
Applications
1 124 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 120 (8.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.94%) Maya
4 19 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
7 8 (0.60%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.37%) Autodesk Inventor
9 5 (0.37%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 269 (20.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 84 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 53 (3.95%) SAP FI
4 50 (3.72%) SAP BPC
5 44 (3.28%) Infor LN
6 34 (2.53%) SAP ERP
7 32 (2.38%) Dynamics AX
7 32 (2.38%) SAP CO
8 30 (2.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 23 (1.71%) SAP Payroll
10 22 (1.64%) SAP HR
11 20 (1.49%) SAP HCM
11 20 (1.49%) SAP IBP
12 19 (1.41%) SAP Business One
13 17 (1.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 13 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
14 13 (0.97%) SAP EWM
15 12 (0.89%) SAP MM
15 12 (0.89%) SAP PP
15 12 (0.89%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 121 (9.01%) Azure
2 92 (6.85%) Power Platform
3 72 (5.36%) AWS
4 55 (4.10%) SuccessFactors
5 42 (3.13%) GCP
5 42 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (2.08%) SaaS
7 25 (1.86%) Boomi
8 18 (1.34%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 17 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (0.82%) Azure AI
12 11 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.82%) Veeva
13 10 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 8 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.60%) Google Workspace
15 8 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.71%) Firewall
2 16 (1.19%) DHCP
3 13 (0.97%) DNS
3 13 (0.97%) TCP/IP
4 12 (0.89%) VPN
5 9 (0.67%) LAN
5 9 (0.67%) Network Security
6 7 (0.52%) VLAN
7 6 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (0.45%) WAN
7 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.37%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.30%) Intranet
9 4 (0.30%) SSL
10 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.22%) NAS
10 3 (0.22%) SAN
11 2 (0.15%) LTE
11 2 (0.15%) Modbus
11 2 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.70%) Power BI
2 78 (5.81%) Tableau
3 50 (3.72%) SAP HANA
4 39 (2.90%) Data Lake
5 37 (2.76%) SAP BW
6 33 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
7 28 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (1.79%) SQL Server
9 18 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.19%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (1.12%) Relational Database
12 12 (0.89%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.82%) Metadata
13 11 (0.82%) MySQL
14 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.67%) Big Data
15 9 (0.67%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (6.18%) JIRA
2 41 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (0.67%) Git
4 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.22%) LSMW
5 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.22%) Vite
5 3 (0.22%) webpack
6 2 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.15%) Subversion
6 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.074%) CMake
7 1 (0.074%) GitLab
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.074%) Postman
7 1 (0.074%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.074%) WiX
General
1 551 (41.03%) Finance
2 433 (32.24%) Social Skills
3 374 (27.85%) Manufacturing
4 270 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
5 173 (12.88%) Law
6 150 (11.17%) Telecoms
7 143 (10.65%) Marketing
8 122 (9.08%) Public Sector
9 112 (8.34%) Electronics
10 84 (6.25%) Retail
11 63 (4.69%) Games
12 45 (3.35%) Aerospace
13 40 (2.98%) Police
14 37 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 36 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (1.49%) Automotive
18 19 (1.41%) Legal
19 18 (1.34%) Banking
Job Titles
1 224 (16.68%) Analyst
2 223 (16.60%) Lead
3 191 (14.22%) Senior
4 156 (11.62%) Architect
5 115 (8.56%) Consultant
6 95 (7.07%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
8 81 (6.03%) Business Manager
9 78 (5.81%) Business Development Manager
9 78 (5.81%) Development Manager
10 73 (5.44%) Developer
11 69 (5.14%) Project Manager
12 62 (4.62%) Lead Architect
13 58 (4.32%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 56 (4.17%) Administrator
15 54 (4.02%) SAP Manager
16 51 (3.80%) Support Analyst
17 50 (3.72%) Financial Analyst
18 48 (3.57%) Data Analyst
19 45 (3.35%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.69%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (2.53%) Middleware
3 28 (2.08%) REST
4 26 (1.94%) SAPUI5
5 24 (1.79%) EDI
6 16 (1.19%) SOAP
7 15 (1.12%) BAPI
8 13 (0.97%) FastAPI
8 13 (0.97%) SAP Basis
9 11 (0.82%) CSS
9 11 (0.82%) Node.js
10 10 (0.74%) IDoc
10 10 (0.74%) Web Services
11 9 (0.67%) Flask
11 9 (0.67%) HTML
12 8 (0.60%) JMS
12 8 (0.60%) OAuth
12 8 (0.60%) SAML
12 8 (0.60%) Spring
12 8 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 162 (12.06%) Management Information System
2 72 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
3 37 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.16%) PMI
6 28 (2.08%) Blockchain
7 26 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.86%) Driving Licence
8 25 (1.86%) IoT
9 24 (1.79%) Robotics
10 23 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.04%) FMCG
13 13 (0.97%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.89%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.60%) Pricing Data
17 7 (0.52%) Reinsurance
17 7 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.02%) Windows
2 32 (2.38%) Linux
3 30 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.74%) Unix
5 9 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.45%) Mac OS X
7 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.37%) AIX
8 5 (0.37%) SUSE
8 5 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.074%) Android
9 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.074%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.074%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (35.96%) ERP
2 316 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 292 (21.74%) Agile
4 273 (20.33%) Business Intelligence
5 266 (19.81%) Project Management
6 196 (14.59%) Analytics
7 173 (12.88%) Process Improvement
8 168 (12.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 167 (12.43%) Roadmaps
10 163 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 155 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 141 (10.50%) Project Delivery
13 132 (9.83%) CRM
14 130 (9.68%) Change Management
15 124 (9.23%) Programme Management
16 118 (8.79%) Business Development
17 116 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
18 113 (8.41%) Digital Marketing
19 110 (8.19%) Business Strategy
20 102 (7.59%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 104 (7.74%) SQL
2 94 (7.00%) Python
3 56 (4.17%) ABAP
4 38 (2.83%) Java
5 20 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 12 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.82%) VB
8 10 (0.74%) Bash
9 9 (0.67%) C#
9 9 (0.67%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.60%) C++
10 8 (0.60%) R
11 6 (0.45%) C
11 6 (0.45%) PHP
12 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.30%) VBA
14 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.15%) Perl
15 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 277 (20.63%) Degree
2 232 (17.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 131 (9.75%) Security Cleared
4 96 (7.15%) ACCA
5 94 (7.00%) CIMA
6 76 (5.66%) PMI Certification
7 52 (3.87%) PMP
7 52 (3.87%) SC Cleared
8 50 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (3.43%) Master's Degree
10 41 (3.05%) DV Cleared
11 28 (2.08%) CISA
12 22 (1.64%) ISACA
13 20 (1.49%) Azure Certification
13 20 (1.49%) SAP Certification
14 19 (1.41%) CISSP
15 16 (1.19%) CCAB
16 15 (1.12%) HNC
16 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 92 (6.85%) SLA
3 69 (5.14%) QA
4 58 (4.32%) GDPR
5 54 (4.02%) IFRS
6 42 (3.13%) GAAP
7 27 (2.01%) ITGC
8 19 (1.41%) GMP
9 18 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (1.04%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 10 (0.74%) PMO
15 7 (0.52%) GLP
15 7 (0.52%) GRC
15 7 (0.52%) GxP
16 6 (0.45%) IFRS 9
16 6 (0.45%) NIST
17 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.41%) Docker
3 8 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.37%) HDFS
4 5 (0.37%) NFS
5 4 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.30%) Firmware
6 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.15%) IAG
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.074%) Corosync
8 1 (0.074%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.074%) Kamailio
8 1 (0.074%) KVM
8 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.49%) Terraform
3 8 (0.60%) SCCM
4 4 (0.30%) Ansible
5 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.15%) Grafana
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.074%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.074%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.074%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.074%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.074%) Icinga
7 1 (0.074%) Kibana
7 1 (0.074%) logstash
7 1 (0.074%) Oozie
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.074%) Pacemaker
7 1 (0.074%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 293 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 176 (13.10%) Oracle
3 150 (11.17%) Salesforce
4 61 (4.54%) Google
5 59 (4.39%) Siemens
6 58 (4.32%) Workday
7 51 (3.80%) Infor
8 46 (3.43%) IBM
9 45 (3.35%) Cognos
10 33 (2.46%) Concur
11 31 (2.31%) Ariba
12 26 (1.94%) ServiceNow
13 21 (1.56%) Dell
14 18 (1.34%) Sage
14 18 (1.34%) VMware
15 16 (1.19%) Databricks
16 13 (0.97%) Adobe
17 12 (0.89%) Cisco
17 12 (0.89%) MuleSoft
18 11 (0.82%) OpenAI