SAP SD Job Trends

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP SD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	795	669	712
Rank change year-on-year	-126	+43	-58
Permanent jobs citing SAP SD	27	8	47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.023%	0.016%	0.067%
As % of the Business Applications category	0.74%	0.30%	1.36%
Number of salaries quoted	15	3	31
10^th Percentile	£35,830	£62,500	£58,750
25^th Percentile	£58,750	£66,250	£67,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£75,000	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	-13.33%	-	+9.89%
75^th Percentile	£85,000	£101,250	£87,500
90^th Percentile	£111,000	£115,500	£95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£62,500	£67,500	£70,000
% change year-on-year	-7.41%	-3.57%	+16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills	3,668	2,657	3,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	3.06%	5.44%	4.97%
Number of salaries quoted	2,224	1,505	1,757
10^th Percentile	£31,711	£30,930	£34,636
25^th Percentile	£42,438	£38,125	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£57,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.35%	-4.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£78,750	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£97,500	£96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary	£52,500	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-11.95%

SAP SD Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP SD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP SD Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP SD.

SAP SD Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP SD over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

SAP SD Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP SD within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 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 Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-120	27	£65,000	-13.33%	17
UK excluding London	-137	16	£62,500	-7.41%	9
London	-56	12	£65,000	-48.00%	8
South East	-59	6	£62,500	+4.17%	4
North of England	-	6	£80,000	-	2
North West	-	4	£80,000	-	2
Midlands	-59	2	£100,000	+33.33%
Work from Home	-65	2	-	-	8
East of England	-	2	£40,450	-	2
West Midlands	-	2	£100,000	-
Yorkshire	-	2	£110,000	-

SAP SD Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing SAP SD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for SAP SD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP	100.0%	27
2	SAP S/4HANA	88.9%	24
3	Order to Cash	55.6%	15
4	Logistics	40.7%	11
5	Migration	29.6%	8
5	Workshop Facilitation	29.6%	8
7	SAP TM	25.9%	7
7	SAP Travel Management	25.9%	7
7	Translating Business Requirements	25.9%	7
7	User Acceptance Testing	25.9%	7
11	Order Management	22.2%	6
11	System Integration Testing	22.2%	6
11	Test Scripting	22.2%	6
14	SAP Fiori	18.5%	5
14	Scenario Testing	18.5%	5
14	Stakeholder Engagement	18.5%	5
14	User Stories	18.5%	5
18	Accessibility	14.8%	4
18	Business Process Mapping	14.8%	4
18	Knowledge Transfer	14.8%	4
18	Middleware	14.8%	4
18	Performance Improvement	14.8%	4
18	Presales	14.8%	4
18	Problem-Solving	14.8%	4
18	Procure-to-Pay	14.8%	4
18	Prototyping	14.8%	4
18	Root Cause Analysis	14.8%	4
18	SAP EWM	14.8%	4
29	Analytics	11.1%	3
29	Continuous Improvement	11.1%	3

SAP SD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Business Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP S/4HANA	88.9%	24
2	SAP Travel Management	25.9%	7
3	SAP EWM	14.8%	4
4	SAP GTS	11.1%	3
4	SAP IBP	11.1%	3
4	SAP MM	11.1%	3
7	Magento	7.4%	2
7	SAP CAR	7.4%	2
7	SAP Forecasting and Replenishment	7.4%	2
10	SAP CO	3.7%	1
10	SAP CRM	3.7%	1
10	SAP FI	3.7%	1
10	SAP FI/CO	3.7%	1
10	SAP MDG	3.7%	1
10	SAP PP	3.7%	1
10	SAP PS	3.7%	1
10	SAP SCM	3.7%	1