SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 386 401
Rank change year-on-year -76 +15 +63
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 127 86 139
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.38% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 57 75
10th Percentile £445 £448 £450
25th Percentile £506 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £688
90th Percentile £738 £730 £900
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £35.55 - -
25th Percentile £50.58 - £62.96
Median hourly rate £60.96 £65.00 £65.92
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -1.40% +31.84%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £68.88
90th Percentile £79.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £65.92
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.40% +31.84%

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 37,652 22,655 34,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.58% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,467 15,083 22,632
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,567 919 2,443
10th Percentile £15.74 £14.11 £12.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.61% -18.24% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £28.68 £36.65
% change year-on-year +55.19% -21.76% -18.56%

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 10 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Manager in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Manager 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 10 May 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 -46 50 £600 - 11
North of England -39 32 £595 +6.25% 13
Midlands -55 20 £490 -18.33% 1
Yorkshire -41 19 £595 +13.33% 7
West Midlands -49 18 £500 -6.98%
North West -31 12 £550 +10.00% 6
South East -66 12 £550 -5.86% 7
East of England -28 7 £510 -24.44% 3
South West -39 3 £825 +25.38%
East Midlands -33 2 £480 -31.43% 1
North East - 1 £500 - 2
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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.

1 127 (100.00%) SAP
2 77 (60.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 49 (38.58%) Migration
4 42 (33.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (31.50%) ERP
6 33 (25.98%) Agile
7 32 (25.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 31 (24.41%) Project Delivery
8 31 (24.41%) Project Management
9 30 (23.62%) Change Management
10 28 (22.05%) PMO
11 23 (18.11%) Data Migration
12 19 (14.96%) QA
13 18 (14.17%) Budget Management
14 17 (13.39%) PMP
15 16 (12.60%) Cutover Planning
15 16 (12.60%) Microsoft Project
16 15 (11.81%) Azure
16 15 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (11.81%) Project Governance
16 15 (11.81%) User Acceptance Testing
16 15 (11.81%) Waterfall
17 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (9.45%) JIRA
18 12 (9.45%) Programme Management
18 12 (9.45%) Resource Allocation
19 11 (8.66%) Data Quality
19 11 (8.66%) Decision-Making
19 11 (8.66%) PMI Certification
19 11 (8.66%) PRINCE2

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 5 (3.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (12.60%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 77 (60.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (7.87%) SAP ERP
3 6 (4.72%) SAP CO
3 6 (4.72%) SAP FI
3 6 (4.72%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (3.15%) SAP MDG
4 4 (3.15%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (2.36%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.57%) SAP MDG-F
6 2 (1.57%) SAP PP
6 2 (1.57%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.79%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.79%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.79%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.79%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.79%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.81%) Azure
2 9 (7.09%) AWS
2 9 (7.09%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.51%) GCP
4 5 (3.94%) SaaS
5 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.15%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.36%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.57%) PaaS
7 2 (1.57%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.79%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) GIS
1 2 (1.57%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.79%) Metadata
2 1 (0.79%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.36%) LSMW
3 1 (0.79%) Hudson
3 1 (0.79%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.79%) TestRail
General
1 54 (42.52%) Finance
2 46 (36.22%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.02%) Manufacturing
4 13 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.72%) Local Government
6 6 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.94%) Retail
8 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.57%) German Language
10 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.79%) Law
10 1 (0.79%) Marketing
10 1 (0.79%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.36%) Middleware
1 3 (2.36%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.79%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (7.87%) FMCG
3 7 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.15%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.57%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.57%) IoT
6 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) Life Science
7 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.79%) Replication
7 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.58%) Migration
2 42 (33.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (31.50%) ERP
4 33 (25.98%) Agile
5 32 (25.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (24.41%) Project Delivery
6 31 (24.41%) Project Management
7 30 (23.62%) Change Management
8 23 (18.11%) Data Migration
9 18 (14.17%) Budget Management
10 16 (12.60%) Cutover Planning
11 15 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (11.81%) Project Governance
11 15 (11.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (11.81%) Waterfall
12 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (9.45%) Programme Management
13 12 (9.45%) Resource Allocation
14 11 (8.66%) PRINCE2
14 11 (8.66%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.94%) ABAP
2 1 (0.79%) Java
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (13.39%) PMP
2 11 (8.66%) PMI Certification
3 10 (7.87%) Degree
4 7 (5.51%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.72%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.57%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (22.05%) PMO
2 19 (14.96%) QA
3 11 (8.66%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.36%) GDPR
5 3 (2.36%) GMP
5 3 (2.36%) GxP
6 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.79%) ITGC
6 1 (0.79%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 127 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (7.87%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.51%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.94%) Ariba
5 2 (1.57%) Concur
5 2 (1.57%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.57%) Oracle
5 2 (1.57%) Planview
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) HP
6 1 (0.79%) IBM
6 1 (0.79%) IFS