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 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 385 433
Rank change year-on-year -56 +48 +68
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 102 92 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.38% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 51 80
10th Percentile £475 £456 £457
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -0.43% -5.33%
75th Percentile £625 £654 £706
90th Percentile £752 £720 £900
UK median daily rate £595 £588 £578
% change year-on-year +1.28% +1.73% -3.75%

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 29,830 24,448 35,088
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 93.01% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,019 15,064 23,689
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,843 738 1,948
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.98 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.26 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -9.98% -13.33% +7.14%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -22 51 £600 +6.67% 22
Midlands -36 21 £514 -2.10% 2
North of England -51 16 £595 +13.33% 7
West Midlands -23 13 £500 +21.65% 2
Yorkshire -41 9 £595 +13.33% 4
East Midlands -18 8 £675 +28.57%
North West -30 6 £500 +11.11% 3
South East -33 6 £500 -14.57% 15
East of England -14 2 £675 -6.25%
South West -21 2 - -
North East -14 1 - -
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 January 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.

1 102 (100.00%) SAP
2 50 (49.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 43 (42.16%) ERP
4 34 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 32 (31.37%) Project Management
5 32 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (29.41%) Agile
6 30 (29.41%) Migration
7 28 (27.45%) Change Management
8 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (20.59%) Waterfall
10 20 (19.61%) Budget Management
11 18 (17.65%) PMP
11 18 (17.65%) QA
12 17 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (13.73%) SAP ERP
14 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (12.75%) Risk Management
14 13 (12.75%) ServiceNow
15 12 (11.76%) PRINCE2
15 12 (11.76%) Project Planning
16 11 (10.78%) Azure
17 10 (9.80%) Data Migration
17 10 (9.80%) DevOps
17 10 (9.80%) GCP
17 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
17 10 (9.80%) Project Governance
17 10 (9.80%) Regulatory Compliance
17 10 (9.80%) SAP Implementation
17 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared

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:

Applications
1 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 50 (49.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (13.73%) SAP ERP
3 5 (4.90%) SAP IBP
4 3 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.94%) SAP EWM
4 3 (2.94%) SAP MM
4 3 (2.94%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (2.94%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.96%) PRMS
5 2 (1.96%) SAP Business One
5 2 (1.96%) SAP GTS
5 2 (1.96%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.96%) SAP SCM
5 2 (1.96%) SAP SRM
6 1 (0.98%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.98%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.98%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.98%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.98%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.78%) Azure
2 10 (9.80%) GCP
3 9 (8.82%) SuccessFactors
4 8 (7.84%) AWS
4 8 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.92%) SaaS
6 2 (1.96%) PaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) GIS
2 1 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) LSMW
General
1 53 (51.96%) Finance
2 36 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Manufacturing
5 9 (8.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (5.88%) Retail
7 5 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.90%) Local Government
8 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.98%) RESTful
2 1 (0.98%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.84%) Life Science
2 8 (7.84%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.92%) FMCG
6 3 (2.94%) IoT
6 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.96%) AS400
7 2 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.98%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.98%) IPTV
8 1 (0.98%) New Media
8 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.98%) Replication
8 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) ERP
2 34 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 32 (31.37%) Project Management
3 32 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (29.41%) Agile
4 30 (29.41%) Migration
5 28 (27.45%) Change Management
6 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (20.59%) Waterfall
8 20 (19.61%) Budget Management
9 17 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (12.75%) Risk Management
11 12 (11.76%) PRINCE2
11 12 (11.76%) Project Planning
12 10 (9.80%) Data Migration
12 10 (9.80%) DevOps
12 10 (9.80%) Project Governance
12 10 (9.80%) Regulatory Compliance
12 10 (9.80%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) ABAP
1 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) PMP
2 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.82%) PMI Certification
3 9 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.88%) Degree
5 4 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.94%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.65%) QA
2 8 (7.84%) PMO
3 6 (5.88%) GMP
4 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.94%) GxP
6 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.96%) GDPR
6 2 (1.96%) SLA
7 1 (0.98%) NIST
7 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 102 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (12.75%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.96%) Ariba
4 2 (1.96%) Concur
4 2 (1.96%) Oracle
4 2 (1.96%) Planview
4 2 (1.96%) Rockwell
4 2 (1.96%) Workday
5 1 (0.98%) Google