SAP SD Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 178 123 117
Rank change year-on-year -55 -6 +26
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.077% 0.14% 0.083%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.16% 1.42% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £540 £545 -
25th Percentile £563 £574 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% -
75th Percentile - £684 £675
90th Percentile - £706 -
England median daily rate £550 £615 £575
% change year-on-year -10.57% +6.96% +27.78%

All Business Application Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 258 212 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 6.64% 9.79% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 134 94
10th Percentile £275 £415 £410
25th Percentile £463 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £647 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £687
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 9 16
10th Percentile £18.71 - £35.36
25th Percentile £28.50 - £37.00
Median hourly rate £57.75 £12.82 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +350.47% -68.21% -27.80%
75th Percentile £74.74 £30.15 £43.58
90th Percentile £87.50 £63.84 £46.18
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 West

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

SAP SD job vacancy trend in the North West

SAP SD
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP SD
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP SD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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