SuccessFactors Job Trends

SAP SuccessFactors
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SuccessFactors skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 628 633
Rank change year-on-year +58 +5 +254
Permanent jobs citing SuccessFactors 83 65 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.40% 0.34% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 48 32 73
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,750 £78,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +12.50% -2.10%
75th Percentile £90,156 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £97,250 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +7.76% -10.77%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

SuccessFactors falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 21,008 19,262 25,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.74% 36.23% 39.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,455 11,321 20,754
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

SuccessFactors
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SuccessFactors job vacancy trend in the UK

SuccessFactors
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SuccessFactors over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SuccessFactors in the UK

SuccessFactors
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SuccessFactors within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +62 58 £81,500 +5.16% 33
UK excluding London +51 34 £61,250 -2.00% 25
Work from Home +82 33 £75,000 +7.14% 13
London +37 32 £84,500 -3.43% 15
Midlands +16 10 £56,250 -8.16% 4
Scotland +4 10 - - 1
West Midlands +15 9 £55,000 -10.20% 4
North of England +18 8 £92,500 -2.63% 9
Yorkshire - 5 £95,000 - 4
South East +27 3 £76,875 -14.58% 10
East of England - 3 - - 1
North West +17 2 £54,250 -42.89% 5
North East - 1 £97,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £57,500 -

SuccessFactors
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 (2.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 23 (27.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (16.87%) SAP HCM
3 13 (15.66%) Workday HCM
4 10 (12.05%) SAP Payroll
5 9 (10.84%) SAP HR
6 3 (3.61%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.02%) SaaS
3 4 (4.82%) AWS
4 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.20%) IaaS
5 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 37 (44.58%) Finance
2 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 21 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Retail
5 8 (9.64%) Law
6 7 (8.43%) Legal
7 5 (6.02%) German Language
8 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Automotive
9 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (31.33%) Consultant
2 14 (16.87%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (15.66%) Architect
4 10 (12.05%) Analyst
5 9 (10.84%) Lead
6 7 (8.43%) HR Manager
6 7 (8.43%) SAP Architect
6 7 (8.43%) SAP Manager
6 7 (8.43%) Senior
6 7 (8.43%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (6.02%) Payroll Consultant
8 5 (6.02%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 5 (6.02%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (4.82%) Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) SAP Support
9 4 (4.82%) Systems Manager
10 3 (3.61%) Payroll Manager
10 3 (3.61%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) Middleware
2 4 (4.82%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (2.41%) Web Services
4 1 (1.20%) JSON
4 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.64%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.41%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.41%) Data Fabric
4 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.41%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.20%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 26 (31.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (21.69%) Agile
3 18 (21.69%) Roadmaps
4 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.25%) Analytics
6 10 (12.05%) Asset Management
6 10 (12.05%) Change Management
6 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (10.84%) Data Security
7 9 (10.84%) Decision-Making
7 9 (10.84%) Project Management
7 9 (10.84%) Time Management
8 8 (9.64%) Project Delivery
8 8 (9.64%) Risk Management
8 8 (9.64%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (8.43%) ERP
9 7 (8.43%) Migration
10 6 (7.23%) Data Modelling
10 6 (7.23%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) SQL
2 4 (4.82%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (8.43%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) CIPD
2 3 (3.61%) SAP Certification
2 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) ISTQB
3 2 (2.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) GDPR
2 6 (7.23%) QA
3 4 (4.82%) PMO
4 2 (2.41%) GRC
4 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.41%) SLA
5 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 73 (87.95%) SAP
2 23 (27.71%) Workday
3 16 (19.28%) Oracle
4 11 (13.25%) Ariba
5 4 (4.82%) Concur
6 3 (3.61%) Computacenter
6 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.41%) Kronos
7 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.41%) Okta