SAP SD Contract Job Trends in England

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP SD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 462 500
Rank change year-on-year -75 +38 +181
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 13 51 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.042% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.48% 2.42% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 26
10th Percentile £560 £404 £425
25th Percentile £613 £487 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £720 £598 £769
90th Percentile £783 £655 £783
UK median daily rate £644 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +17.05% -4.35% -

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP SD falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,683 2,110 2,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.63% 7.19% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,183 1,714
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 54 79
10th Percentile £18.19 £22.49 £34.08
25th Percentile £30.00 £32.19 £49.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% -18.25% +61.40%
75th Percentile £90.09 £67.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.78 £80.75 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £45.59 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.19% -19.30% +51.45%

SAP SD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP SD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP SD job vacancy trend in England

SAP SD
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP SD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP SD

SAP SD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP SD in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP SD in England

SAP SD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP SD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP SD

SAP SD
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -15 5 £625 +18.48% 1
South East +3 4 £713 - 1
North of England -35 3 £635 +15.45% 1
North West - 3 £635 -
SAP SD
UK

SAP SD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (15.38%) SAP MDG
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Travel Management
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) LSMW
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Billing
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
1 8 (61.54%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) SAP SD Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Functional Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP MDG Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Functional Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Management Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) SAP ALE
2 3 (23.08%) BAPI
2 3 (23.08%) EDI
2 3 (23.08%) IDoc
2 3 (23.08%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (15.38%) SOAP
4 1 (7.69%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Replication
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Order to Cash
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (15.38%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (15.38%) Model Validation
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
5 1 (7.69%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft