SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 381 412
Rank change year-on-year -68 +31 +79
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 124 98 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.40% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.43% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 68 79
10th Percentile £450 £404 £448
25th Percentile £506 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £599 £580
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +3.28% -3.33%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £713
90th Percentile £700 £725 £910
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.96
Median hourly rate £58.92 - £65.92
75th Percentile - - £68.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.96 - £65.92
% change year-on-year - - -5.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,185 22,733 34,999
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 93.02% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,607 15,058 23,418
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,238 789 2,273
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.14 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.40 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% - -23.53%

SAP Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP Manager job vacancy trend in England

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in England

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Manager in England over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Manager in England

SAP Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Manager job vacancies in England

SAP Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -45 56 £600 +4.35% 18
North of England -55 29 £595 +13.33% 5
Midlands -49 21 £480 -8.57% 3
Yorkshire -45 19 £595 +13.33% 2
West Midlands -50 19 £481 -10.47% 3
North West -28 9 £600 +116.22% 3
South East -65 7 £532 -11.19% 15
South West -27 5 £825 +25.38%
East of England -21 3 £650 -9.72% 2
East Midlands -35 2 £480 -8.57%
North East -14 1 £500 -28.57%
SAP Manager
UK

SAP Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, SAP Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SAP Manager in the job title.

1 124 (100.00%) SAP
2 63 (50.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 45 (36.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (34.68%) ERP
5 42 (33.87%) Migration
6 33 (26.61%) Agile
7 32 (25.81%) Project Delivery
8 31 (25.00%) Project Management
9 30 (24.19%) Change Management
10 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (17.74%) PMP
12 20 (16.13%) Budget Management
12 20 (16.13%) PMO
12 20 (16.13%) QA
13 19 (15.32%) Data Migration
14 17 (13.71%) Project Governance
14 17 (13.71%) Waterfall
15 15 (12.10%) PRINCE2
15 15 (12.10%) User Acceptance Testing
16 14 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Project
16 14 (11.29%) SAP Implementation
17 13 (10.48%) Cutover Planning
17 13 (10.48%) SAP ERP
18 12 (9.68%) Azure
18 12 (9.68%) PMI Certification
18 12 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (9.68%) Risk Management
19 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
20 9 (7.26%) AWS

SAP Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 63 (50.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (10.48%) SAP ERP
3 4 (3.23%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.42%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.42%) SAP FI
4 3 (2.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.42%) SAP MDG
4 3 (2.42%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.61%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.61%) SAP IBP
5 2 (1.61%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.81%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.81%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.81%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.81%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.81%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.68%) Azure
2 9 (7.26%) AWS
2 9 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.65%) GCP
3 7 (5.65%) SaaS
4 6 (4.84%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.61%) PaaS
6 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.81%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.61%) GIS
1 2 (1.61%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.42%) LSMW
3 1 (0.81%) Hudson
3 1 (0.81%) TestDirector
General
1 58 (46.77%) Finance
2 43 (34.68%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.29%) Manufacturing
4 13 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Local Government
5 6 (4.84%) Retail
6 5 (4.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.81%) German Language
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.61%) Middleware
3 1 (0.81%) RESTful
3 1 (0.81%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.81%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.06%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.84%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.03%) FMCG
5 4 (3.23%) Life Science
6 3 (2.42%) IoT
6 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.81%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.81%) IPTV
8 1 (0.81%) New Media
8 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Replication
8 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (34.68%) ERP
3 42 (33.87%) Migration
4 33 (26.61%) Agile
5 32 (25.81%) Project Delivery
6 31 (25.00%) Project Management
7 30 (24.19%) Change Management
8 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (16.13%) Budget Management
10 19 (15.32%) Data Migration
11 17 (13.71%) Project Governance
11 17 (13.71%) Waterfall
12 15 (12.10%) PRINCE2
12 15 (12.10%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (11.29%) SAP Implementation
14 13 (10.48%) Cutover Planning
15 12 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (9.68%) Risk Management
16 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.23%) ABAP
2 1 (0.81%) Java
2 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (17.74%) PMP
2 12 (9.68%) PMI Certification
3 8 (6.45%) Degree
4 7 (5.65%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.23%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.13%) PMO
1 20 (16.13%) QA
2 7 (5.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.23%) GMP
3 4 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.42%) GDPR
4 3 (2.42%) GxP
5 2 (1.61%) NIST
5 2 (1.61%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 124 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (7.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.26%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.03%) Ariba
4 2 (1.61%) Concur
4 2 (1.61%) JD Edwards
4 2 (1.61%) Oracle
4 2 (1.61%) Planview
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) IFS