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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 616 763
Rank change year-on-year +117 +147 -145
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 80 78 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.52% 2.10% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 20 38
10th Percentile £430 £411 £398
25th Percentile £500 £501 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £588 £586
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.26% +6.55%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £686
90th Percentile £750 £803 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £582 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
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 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 3,178 3,712 5,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 6.48% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,133 3,142
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £799 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 58 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.05 £15.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.16 £20.95
Median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +50.79% -11.58%
75th Percentile £59.50 £63.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.38 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -23.50% +133.33% -30.77%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +130 51 £596 -0.75% 8
Work from Home +112 43 £589 +2.42% 7
UK excluding London +52 26 £582 +5.88% 2
London +112 21 £600 -14.29% 3
East of England +23 13 £582 +37.02%
North of England +25 6 £575 -23.33% 2
North West +20 6 £575 -17.86% 2
South East +21 4 - -
West Midlands +19 3 - -
Midlands +15 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 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 40 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (8.75%) SAP MM
3 6 (7.50%) SAP FI
4 5 (6.25%) SAP CO
4 5 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (5.00%) SAP GTS
6 2 (2.50%) SAP ERP
6 2 (2.50%) SAP EWM
6 2 (2.50%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.25%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.25%) SAP CX
7 1 (1.25%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (1.25%) SAP LE
7 1 (1.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.25%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) LSMW
General
1 26 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.25%) Finance
4 8 (10.00%) Billing
5 7 (8.75%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (7.50%) French Language
6 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.00%) Legal
7 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.75%) Automotive
9 2 (2.50%) Back Office
9 2 (2.50%) Retail
10 1 (1.25%) Czech Language
10 1 (1.25%) German Language
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Publishing
10 1 (1.25%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (66.25%) Consultant
1 53 (66.25%) SAP Consultant
2 40 (50.00%) SAP SD Consultant
3 12 (15.00%) Architect
4 10 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
4 10 (12.50%) SAP Architect
4 10 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 9 (11.25%) Senior
5 9 (11.25%) Senior Consultant
5 9 (11.25%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 9 (11.25%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
5 9 (11.25%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (10.00%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
6 8 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.25%) SAP Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Lead
8 4 (5.00%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Functional Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.00%) EDI
2 5 (6.25%) Middleware
3 2 (2.50%) IDoc
3 2 (2.50%) SAP ALE
3 2 (2.50%) SAP TM
4 1 (1.25%) BAPI
4 1 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
1 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (2.50%) Life Science
1 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
1 2 (2.50%) PMI
1 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.25%) Logistics
2 12 (15.00%) Order Management
3 11 (13.75%) Order to Cash
4 10 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (11.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (10.00%) Project Management
6 8 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.75%) Analytical Thinking
7 7 (8.75%) Change Management
7 7 (8.75%) CRM
7 7 (8.75%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (8.75%) Migration
8 5 (6.25%) Agile
8 5 (6.25%) ERP
8 5 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.00%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (5.00%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.00%) Test Scripting
9 4 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (5.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (8.75%) SAP Certification
2 6 (7.50%) Degree
3 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.75%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) IFRS
1 2 (2.50%) PMO
1 2 (2.50%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.25%) GxP
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (10.00%) Ariba
3 4 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.75%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.50%) Oracle