SAP SD Contracts

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 507 588
Rank change year-on-year +13 +81 +161
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 42 84 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.66% 2.67% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 29 21
10th Percentile £415 £429 £425
25th Percentile £513 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £582 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -3.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £663
90th Percentile £705 £686 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £582 £551
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.72% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
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 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,525 3,151 3,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.20% 7.30% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,854 2,214
10th Percentile £388 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £666 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 113 58
10th Percentile £21.46 £15.74 £22.82
25th Percentile £30.75 £25.00 £39.56
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.33 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -18.54% +36.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 £57.50 £61.56
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £72.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year +50.00% -25.46% +59.02%

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 1 July 2025.

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 13 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 1 July 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
England +37 32 £575 -1.20% 54
UK excluding London +26 17 £550 -5.50% 18
Work from Home +13 14 £553 -5.13% 29
London +38 13 £570 -5.00% 38
North of England +10 7 £530 -7.83% 1
South East +50 6 £575 - 11
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Midlands +13 2 - - 3
North East +2 2 £530 -
East of England +14 1 £550 -5.50%
North West +5 1 - - 1
West Midlands +5 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 - -

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:

Business Applications
1 30 (71.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (11.90%) SAP FI
3 4 (9.52%) SAP GTS
4 2 (4.76%) SAP ECC
5 1 (2.38%) SAP APO
5 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
5 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (2.38%) SAP IBP
5 1 (2.38%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP PM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.38%) SAP Travel Management
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) LSMW
General
1 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Billing
3 8 (19.05%) Finance
4 4 (9.52%) French Language
4 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (71.43%) Consultant
2 28 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (50.00%) SAP SD Consultant
4 7 (16.67%) SAP MM Consultant
4 7 (16.67%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
5 5 (11.90%) Lead
6 4 (9.52%) Principal Consultant
6 4 (9.52%) Principal SAP Consultant
6 4 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 3 (7.14%) Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) SAP Business Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) SAP FI Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) SAP FI Business Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Functional Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Procurement Consultant
9 1 (2.38%) SAP Manager
9 1 (2.38%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) BAPI
1 6 (14.29%) EDI
1 6 (14.29%) IDoc
1 6 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (11.90%) SAP ALE
3 2 (4.76%) Middleware
3 2 (4.76%) SAP Core Interface
4 1 (2.38%) EDIFACT
4 1 (2.38%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.76%) Private Cloud
2 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Order to Cash
2 9 (21.43%) Data Migration
2 9 (21.43%) Logistics
2 9 (21.43%) Migration
3 6 (14.29%) Change Management
3 6 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (11.90%) Analytics
4 5 (11.90%) Configuration Management
4 5 (11.90%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (11.90%) Release Management
4 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
4 5 (11.90%) Test Management
5 4 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (9.52%) ERP
5 4 (9.52%) Order Management
5 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.52%) Use Case
6 3 (7.14%) Process Improvement
6 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) ACCA
2 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.38%) PMP
2 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
2 2 (4.76%) GxP
3 1 (2.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.38%) IFRS
3 1 (2.38%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (11.90%) Ariba
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow