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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 31 105
Rank change year-on-year -42 +74 +9
Permanent jobs citing SAP 158 210 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.01% 6.29% 2.34%
As % of the Vendors category 9.65% 14.66% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 123 131 140
10th Percentile £37,250 - £27,300
25th Percentile £52,500 £28,822 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £33,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +103.03% -40.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £60,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%

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 1,638 1,432 2,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.81% 42.89% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 944 920 2,175
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,875 £76,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -11.11%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -13 90 £75,000 +36.36% 14
Shropshire -16 16 - - 3
Staffordshire -45 14 £30,580 +6.10% 1
Worcestershire -12 11 £67,000 - 8
Coventry - 10 £50,000 - 4
Willenhall - 5 - -
Sutton Coldfield -9 2 £72,500 +137.08%
Wolverhampton - 2 £52,500 -
Warwickshire -17 1 £65,000 +112.56% 6
Wednesbury - 1 £42,500 - 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 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (28.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (18.99%) SAP Payroll
3 26 (16.46%) SAP HCM
4 22 (13.92%) SAP HR
5 13 (8.23%) SAP CO
5 13 (8.23%) SAP FI
5 13 (8.23%) SAP FI/CO
6 11 (6.96%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (3.80%) NetSuite
8 5 (3.16%) SAP PP
9 3 (1.90%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 3 (1.90%) SAP FSCM
9 3 (1.90%) SAP MM
10 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (1.27%) SAP Business One
10 2 (1.27%) SAP Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Odoo
11 1 (0.63%) SAP PS
11 1 (0.63%) SAP SD
11 1 (0.63%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.09%) SuccessFactors
2 12 (7.59%) Azure
3 7 (4.43%) AWS
4 5 (3.16%) GCP
4 5 (3.16%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.90%) SaaS
6 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.63%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) DHCP
1 1 (0.63%) DNS
1 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.43%) SAP HANA
2 5 (3.16%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.53%) Metadata
4 3 (1.90%) Power BI
4 3 (1.90%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Yeoman
General
1 28 (17.72%) Manufacturing
2 26 (16.46%) Finance
2 26 (16.46%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.59%) Retail
5 7 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.16%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.16%) Back Office
7 3 (1.90%) Law
7 3 (1.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Billing
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Electronics
9 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.63%) Marketing
9 1 (0.63%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (25.95%) SAP Support
2 32 (20.25%) Analyst
3 24 (15.19%) SAP Analyst
4 22 (13.92%) SAP Manager
5 21 (13.29%) Consultant
5 21 (13.29%) SAP Consultant
6 20 (12.66%) Architect
7 13 (8.23%) Senior
8 12 (7.59%) Business Manager
8 12 (7.59%) Project Manager
8 12 (7.59%) SAP Project Manager
9 11 (6.96%) Business Analyst
9 11 (6.96%) Business Development Manager
9 11 (6.96%) Development Manager
9 11 (6.96%) SAP Business Analyst
9 11 (6.96%) SAP Support Consultant
9 11 (6.96%) Support Consultant
10 10 (6.33%) SAP CO Business Analyst
10 10 (6.33%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
10 10 (6.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.70%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.53%) XML
3 3 (1.90%) BAPI
3 3 (1.90%) IBM Integration Bus
3 3 (1.90%) JMS
3 3 (1.90%) Middleware
3 3 (1.90%) OAuth
3 3 (1.90%) REST
3 3 (1.90%) SAML
3 3 (1.90%) SOAP
4 1 (0.63%) EDI
4 1 (0.63%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.63%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.63%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (5.06%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.80%) FMCG
4 5 (3.16%) IoT
4 5 (3.16%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.90%) Life Science
5 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.90%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.90%) Replication
5 3 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.63%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.63%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.63%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 23 (14.56%) ERP
2 20 (12.66%) Migration
3 19 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (11.39%) Analytics
5 15 (9.49%) CRM
5 15 (9.49%) Project Delivery
5 15 (9.49%) Roadmaps
6 14 (8.86%) Business Development
6 14 (8.86%) Data Governance
6 14 (8.86%) Project Management
7 13 (8.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (7.59%) Data Architecture
8 12 (7.59%) Data Migration
9 11 (6.96%) Active Listening
9 11 (6.96%) B2B
9 11 (6.96%) Deadline-Driven
9 11 (6.96%) Value Proposition
10 10 (6.33%) Data Modelling
10 10 (6.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.80%) ABAP
2 5 (3.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.96%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.43%) Degree
3 5 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 5 (3.16%) CCSP
3 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.16%) CISM
3 5 (3.16%) CISSP
4 4 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.53%) PMP
5 3 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.03%) SLA
2 14 (8.86%) Data Quality
3 13 (8.23%) GDPR
4 6 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (3.16%) NIST
6 3 (1.90%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.27%) QA
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.63%) GRC
8 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (6.96%) Microsoft
1 11 (6.96%) Salesforce
2 8 (5.06%) Ariba
3 7 (4.43%) Databricks
4 3 (1.90%) IBM
4 3 (1.90%) Infor
5 2 (1.27%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.27%) Epicor
6 1 (0.63%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle
6 1 (0.63%) VMware
6 1 (0.63%) Workday