SAP SD Contract Job Trends in the North of England

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SAP SD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 182 163
Rank change year-on-year -74 -19 +14
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 3 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.040% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.82% 2.95% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £540 £526 £558
25th Percentile £563 £528 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £648 £644
90th Percentile - £691 £663
England median daily rate £550 £615 £575
% change year-on-year -10.57% +6.96% +27.78%

All Business Application Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 367 305 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 4.86% 7.65% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 178 127
10th Percentile £274 £400 £408
25th Percentile £400 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £628
90th Percentile £700 £720 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 17
10th Percentile £17.40 - £35.36
25th Percentile £28.50 £12.82 £37.55
Median hourly rate £40.00 £16.96 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +135.85% -57.94% -27.80%
75th Percentile £71.91 £46.54 £45.00
90th Percentile £87.20 £59.67 £47.21
England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £40.33
% change year-on-year -1.83% +1.04% -28.62%

SAP SD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SAP SD job vacancy trend in the North of England

SAP SD
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

SAP SD
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

SAP SD
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -55 3 £600 -5.51% 5
SAP SD
England

SAP SD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Order to Cash
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Order Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP