SAP SD Job Trends

SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing SAP SD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	796	646	707
Rank change year-on-year	-150	+61	-72
Permanent jobs citing SAP SD	27	12	44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.022%	0.023%	0.065%
As % of the Business Applications category	0.69%	0.44%	1.27%
Number of salaries quoted	12	3	28
10^th Percentile	£36,925	£62,500	£58,000
25^th Percentile	£58,750	£66,250	£67,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£63,750	£75,000	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	-15.00%	-	+11.94%
75^th Percentile	£80,938	£101,250	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£91,250	£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 citing business application skills.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing business application skills	3,917	2,754	3,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	3.17%	5.23%	5.12%
Number of salaries quoted	2,358	1,593	1,683
10^th Percentile	£32,500	£31,250	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£38,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£58,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.84%	-2.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£81,344	£80,000	£80,625
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£53,690	£52,000	£51,238
% change year-on-year	+3.25%	+1.49%	-10.89%

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 13 November 2026.

SAP SD Top 10 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 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-160	25	£62,500	-16.67%	19
UK excluding London	-157	14	£62,500	-7.41%	7
London	-65	11	£65,000	-48.00%	10
South East	-70	9	£62,500	+4.17%	2
Work from Home	-82	6	£87,500	-5.41%	10
Midlands	-73	3	£100,000	+33.33%	2
West Midlands	-	3	£100,000	-
North West	-	1	£75,000	-	1
East of England	-	1	-	-	2
North of England	-	1	£75,000	-	1

SAP SD Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 November 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 citing SAP SD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP	100.0%	27
2	SAP S/4HANA	74.1%	20
3	Order to Cash	44.4%	12
4	Problem-Solving	29.6%	8
5	Migration	25.9%	7
6	Logistics	22.2%	6
6	Order Management	22.2%	6
6	Scenario Testing	22.2%	6
9	Business Process Mapping	18.5%	5
9	Presales	18.5%	5
9	Stakeholder Management	18.5%	5
9	Test Scripting	18.5%	5
9	User Stories	18.5%	5
9	Workshop Facilitation	18.5%	5
15	Accessibility	14.8%	4
15	ERP	14.8%	4
15	Mentoring	14.8%	4
15	Performance Improvement	14.8%	4
15	Process Improvement	14.8%	4
15	Prototyping	14.8%	4
15	User Acceptance Testing	14.8%	4
22	ABAP	11.1%	3
22	Architectural Design	11.1%	3
22	CRM	11.1%	3
22	Requirements Gathering	11.1%	3
22	SAP FI	11.1%	3
22	SAP TM	11.1%	3
22	SAP Travel Management	11.1%	3
22	System Integration Testing	11.1%	3
30	Accounts Payable	7.4%	2

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	74.1%	20
2	SAP FI	11.1%	3
2	SAP Travel Management	11.1%	3
4	SAP EWM	7.4%	2
4	SAP MM	7.4%	2
4	SAP SCM	7.4%	2
7	Magento	3.7%	1
7	SAP CAR	3.7%	1
7	SAP CO	3.7%	1
7	SAP CRM	3.7%	1
7	SAP ERP	3.7%	1
7	SAP FI/CO	3.7%	1
7	SAP PS	3.7%	1