SAP SD Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP SD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP SD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 371 435
Rank change year-on-year +52 +64 +53
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 17 28 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.90% 2.42% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 11
10th Percentile £520 £550 £400
25th Percentile £528 £579 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £584 £750 £575
90th Percentile £592 £776 £725
UK median daily rate £540 £589 £563
% change year-on-year -8.31% +4.65% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £93.25
25th Percentile - £62.96 £94.38
Median hourly rate - £65.92 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year - -32.39% -
75th Percentile - £68.88 £99.38
90th Percentile - - £99.75
UK median hourly rate - £64.64 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -33.71% -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 896 1,159 1,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 5.58% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 736 928
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £462 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £529
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £657
90th Percentile £697 £725 £727
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 94 30
10th Percentile £22.33 £14.71 £22.56
25th Percentile £52.81 £21.63 £40.81
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.45 £69.69
90th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £85.13
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

SAP SD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAP SD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP SD in the UK excluding London

SAP SD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP SD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP SD in the UK excluding London

SAP SD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP SD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP SD in the UK excluding London

SAP SD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +18 8 £530 -26.03% 1
South East +47 4 £563 - 6
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Midlands +22 3 £585 - 2
West Midlands +13 2 £585 - 1
North West +10 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £530 -
East of England +18 1 £550 -5.56% 1
Wales - 1 - -
SAP SD
UK

SAP SD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (58.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (11.76%) SAP ECC
2 2 (11.76%) SAP GTS
2 2 (11.76%) SAP PM
3 1 (5.88%) SAP APO
3 1 (5.88%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.88%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.88%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.88%) SAP MDG
General
1 5 (29.41%) Billing
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) French Language
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Consultant
2 12 (70.59%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (47.06%) SAP SD Consultant
4 7 (41.18%) SAP MM Consultant
4 7 (41.18%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) SAP CO Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) SAP FI Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Change Management
1 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
1 4 (23.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (23.53%) Migration
1 4 (23.53%) Use Case
2 3 (17.65%) Logistics
2 3 (17.65%) Order to Cash
2 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.76%) ERP
3 2 (11.76%) Order Management
3 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
4 1 (5.88%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft