SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP SD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP SD over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 637 744
Rank change year-on-year +115 +107 -138
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 76 82 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.36% 2.15% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 46
10th Percentile £429 £413 £365
25th Percentile £500 £468 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £665
90th Percentile £757 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £425
% change year-on-year +9.09% +29.41% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
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 excluding London median hourly rate £65.92 £97.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.39% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP SD is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,225 3,814 5,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.38% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,885 2,195 3,127
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 56 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.25 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £29.21 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% +12.02%

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 27 April 2024.

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 10 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 27 April 2024. 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 +131 48 £596 -0.75% 11
Work from Home +129 43 £582 +1.25% 5
UK excluding London +65 28 £600 +9.09% 3
London +104 17 £500 -28.57% 6
East of England +28 13 £582 +29.41% 2
North of England +31 9 £717 -4.47%
North West +23 9 £717 +2.36%
West Midlands +28 3 - -
South East +23 3 - -
Midlands +20 3 - -

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 43 (56.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.21%) SAP MM
3 6 (7.89%) SAP FI
4 5 (6.58%) SAP CO
4 5 (6.58%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (5.26%) SAP GTS
6 2 (2.63%) SAP ERP
6 2 (2.63%) SAP EWM
6 2 (2.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (2.63%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (2.63%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.32%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.32%) SAP CX
7 1 (1.32%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (1.32%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) LSMW
General
1 24 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Finance
4 8 (10.53%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.89%) Billing
5 6 (7.89%) French Language
5 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
6 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.95%) Retail
8 2 (2.63%) Back Office
8 2 (2.63%) Swedish Language
9 1 (1.32%) German Language
9 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Publishing
9 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (65.79%) Consultant
2 49 (64.47%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (47.37%) SAP SD Consultant
4 13 (17.11%) Architect
5 11 (14.47%) Functional Consultant
5 11 (14.47%) SAP Architect
6 10 (13.16%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 10 (13.16%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (11.84%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 8 (10.53%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
9 7 (9.21%) Senior
9 7 (9.21%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (9.21%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 7 (9.21%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
10 6 (7.89%) Lead
11 4 (5.26%) Project Manager
11 4 (5.26%) SAP Manager
11 4 (5.26%) SAP Project Manager
11 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
11 4 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) EDI
2 6 (7.89%) Middleware
3 3 (3.95%) SAP TM
4 2 (2.63%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.32%) BAPI
5 1 (1.32%) IDoc
5 1 (1.32%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.63%) Life Science
2 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.63%) PMI
3 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.42%) Logistics
2 10 (13.16%) Order to Cash
3 9 (11.84%) Change Management
3 9 (11.84%) Order Management
3 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.84%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (10.53%) Project Management
4 8 (10.53%) Roadmaps
5 7 (9.21%) Analytical Thinking
6 6 (7.89%) CRM
6 6 (7.89%) Migration
7 5 (6.58%) Agile
7 5 (6.58%) ERP
7 5 (6.58%) Integration Testing
7 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (5.26%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (5.26%) Data Migration
8 4 (5.26%) Test Scripting
8 4 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (6.58%) Degree
1 5 (6.58%) SAP Certification
2 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) IFRS
1 2 (2.63%) PMO
2 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.32%) GxP
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (5.26%) Ariba
2 4 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.63%) Oracle