SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP SD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP SD over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 617 743
Rank change year-on-year +109 +126 -120
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 77 76 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.39% 2.03% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 44
10th Percentile £429 £410 £365
25th Percentile £500 £490 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £671
90th Percentile £750 £805 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £582 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £61.81 £93.25 -
25th Percentile £62.00 £94.38 -
Median hourly rate £64.64 £97.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.71% - -
75th Percentile £67.92 £99.38 -
90th Percentile £68.50 £99.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.92 £97.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.39% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP SD is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,222 3,736 4,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.52% 6.43% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 2,155 3,089
10th Percentile £375 £363 £380
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £685 £653
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 54 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.54 £16.13
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £48.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.42% +37.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £59.13 £64.69 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £81.88 £61.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -16.78% +108.29% -5.90%

SAP SD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP SD in the UK

SAP SD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP SD.

Daily rate trend for SAP SD in the UK

SAP SD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP SD over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP SD in the UK

SAP SD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP SD.

Hourly rate trend for SAP SD in the UK

SAP SD
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP SD within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 49 £582 -2.94% 10
Work from Home +126 42 £582 +1.25% 7
UK excluding London +71 26 £582 +5.88% 4
London +95 19 £550 -21.43% 4
East of England +16 13 £582 +37.02% 2
North West +27 6 £575 -17.86%
North of England +20 6 £575 -23.33%
South East +20 4 - - 1
Midlands +30 3 - -
West Midlands +23 3 - -

SAP SD
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 2 (2.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 40 (51.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.09%) SAP MM
3 6 (7.79%) SAP FI
4 5 (6.49%) SAP CO
4 5 (6.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (5.19%) SAP GTS
6 2 (2.60%) SAP ERP
6 2 (2.60%) SAP EWM
6 2 (2.60%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.30%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.30%) SAP CX
7 1 (1.30%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (1.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.30%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) LSMW
General
1 23 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.58%) Finance
4 7 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.79%) Billing
5 6 (7.79%) French Language
5 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.19%) Legal
6 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.60%) Back Office
7 2 (2.60%) Retail
8 1 (1.30%) German Language
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Publishing
8 1 (1.30%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (66.23%) Consultant
1 51 (66.23%) SAP Consultant
2 39 (50.65%) SAP SD Consultant
3 12 (15.58%) Architect
4 10 (12.99%) SAP Architect
5 9 (11.69%) Functional Consultant
5 9 (11.69%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 9 (11.69%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (10.39%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
6 8 (10.39%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 8 (10.39%) Senior
6 8 (10.39%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (10.39%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 8 (10.39%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
7 5 (6.49%) Lead
8 4 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.19%) SAP Manager
8 4 (5.19%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) EDI
2 5 (6.49%) Middleware
3 2 (2.60%) IDoc
3 2 (2.60%) SAP ALE
3 2 (2.60%) SAP TM
4 1 (1.30%) BAPI
4 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
1 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (2.60%) Life Science
1 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
1 2 (2.60%) PMI
1 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) Logistics
2 10 (12.99%) Order Management
3 9 (11.69%) Order to Cash
3 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.69%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
5 7 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (9.09%) Change Management
5 7 (9.09%) CRM
5 7 (9.09%) Migration
5 7 (9.09%) Project Management
6 6 (7.79%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (6.49%) Agile
7 5 (6.49%) ERP
8 4 (5.19%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (5.19%) Master Data Management
8 4 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.19%) Test Scripting
8 4 (5.19%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (5.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) SAP Certification
2 5 (6.49%) Degree
3 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.60%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) IFRS
1 2 (2.60%) PMO
1 2 (2.60%) QA
2 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.30%) GxP
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.49%) Ariba
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.60%) Oracle