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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 613 801
Rank change year-on-year -71 +188 +167
Permanent jobs citing SAP SD 13 24 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.057% 0.061%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.50% 0.98% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 17
10th Percentile - £55,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £55,500 £56,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,150 £80,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +15.94% +15.00%
75th Percentile £80,150 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £110,000 £82,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,150 £75,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +7.91% +15.83%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,592 2,453 3,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.41% 5.80% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 1,418 2,846
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,259
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,149 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +5.73% -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP SD
Salary Trend

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

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 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP SD in the UK

SAP SD
Top 7 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 21 March 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 -28 12 £66,150 -11.80% 7
UK excluding London -37 11 £66,150 -11.80% 5
South East - 6 £56,000 - 3
North of England -53 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
East of England -8 2 £76,300 - 1
Work from Home +7 1 - - 6

SAP SD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (69.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (7.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
1 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Billing
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Consultant
1 7 (53.85%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (46.15%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (46.15%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 6 (46.15%) SAP SD Consultant
2 6 (46.15%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP MM Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP SD Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP SD Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Application Security
2 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Data Transformation
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
2 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (7.69%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (7.69%) Contract Management
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (7.69%) Order Management
3 1 (7.69%) Order to Cash
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft