SAP Job Trends in the West Midlands

SAP
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 68 86
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 +53
Permanent jobs citing SAP 109 170 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.06% 4.10% 2.57%
As % of the Vendors category 8.70% 10.17% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 92 96 78
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,119 £27,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,822 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.93% +1.25%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £96,250 £86,825
England median annual salary £64,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.85% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,253 1,671 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.70% 40.34% 42.66%
Number of salaries quoted 763 814 1,380
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,375 £38,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SAP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SAP

SAP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham -4 60 £61,250 +0.41% 21
Staffordshire -28 22 £30,580 +6.10% 2
Warwickshire +22 5 £62,500 +8.70% 11
Worcestershire -10 5 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Shropshire -14 4 - - 8
Wednesbury - 4 £42,500 - 3
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 -
Coventry - 1 £53,048 - 1
SAP
England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (7.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (21.10%) SAP HR
1 23 (21.10%) SAP Payroll
1 23 (21.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (18.35%) SAP HCM
3 15 (13.76%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (10.09%) NetSuite
5 6 (5.50%) SAP PP
6 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (2.75%) SAP FI
7 2 (1.83%) SAP Business One
7 2 (1.83%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.92%) Odoo
8 1 (0.92%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.26%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.67%) Azure
4 1 (0.92%) ChatGPT
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 2 (1.83%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 2 (1.83%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.92%) Metadata
3 1 (0.92%) Tableau
General
1 38 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.69%) Manufacturing
3 27 (24.77%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (24.77%) Finance
4 10 (9.17%) Marketing
5 9 (8.26%) Law
6 8 (7.34%) Electronics
6 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.34%) Retail
6 8 (7.34%) Telecoms
7 7 (6.42%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.59%) Back Office
9 4 (3.67%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) SAP Support
2 15 (13.76%) Business Development Manager
2 15 (13.76%) Business Manager
2 15 (13.76%) Development Manager
3 14 (12.84%) Analyst
4 11 (10.09%) Developer
4 11 (10.09%) SAP Developer
5 10 (9.17%) SAP Analyst
6 7 (6.42%) Integration Developer
7 6 (5.50%) Field Engineer
7 6 (5.50%) Integration Specialist
8 5 (4.59%) Administrator
8 5 (4.59%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.67%) ABAP Developer
9 4 (3.67%) Architect
9 4 (3.67%) EPoS Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) EPoS Field Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) SAP Support Analyst
9 4 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.09%) BAPI
1 11 (10.09%) IBM Integration Bus
1 11 (10.09%) JMS
1 11 (10.09%) Middleware
1 11 (10.09%) OAuth
1 11 (10.09%) REST
1 11 (10.09%) SAML
1 11 (10.09%) SOAP
2 8 (7.34%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.83%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.92%) EDI
4 1 (0.92%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.01%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.42%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (5.50%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.50%) PDA
5 5 (4.59%) IoT
6 4 (3.67%) EPoS
6 4 (3.67%) FMCG
6 4 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.83%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) 3D Printing
8 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.92%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.92%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (22.02%) ERP
3 23 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (18.35%) Migration
5 18 (16.51%) CRM
6 16 (14.68%) Project Management
7 15 (13.76%) Active Listening
7 15 (13.76%) B2B
7 15 (13.76%) Business Development
7 15 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (13.76%) Deadline-Driven
7 15 (13.76%) Value Proposition
8 13 (11.93%) High Availability
8 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.01%) Programme Management
10 11 (10.09%) API Management
10 11 (10.09%) Event-Driven
10 11 (10.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 11 (10.09%) Service Delivery
11 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.17%) ABAP
2 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.17%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.26%) Degree
3 4 (3.67%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.75%) ACCA
4 3 (2.75%) CIMA
5 2 (1.83%) AAT
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.76%) SLA
2 7 (6.42%) GDPR
3 4 (3.67%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.83%) PMO
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.92%) QA
5 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
1 15 (13.76%) Salesforce
2 11 (10.09%) IBM
3 5 (4.59%) Epicor
3 5 (4.59%) Infor
4 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 4 (3.67%) Workday
5 3 (2.75%) Cognos
6 2 (1.83%) Ariba
6 2 (1.83%) Databricks
6 2 (1.83%) Kronos
7 1 (0.92%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow