SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 415 414
Rank change year-on-year -85 -1 +18
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 132 92 118
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.36% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 51 50
10th Percentile £488 £463 £463
25th Percentile £510 £516 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £669
90th Percentile £750 £756 £721
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £31.49 - -
25th Percentile £40.41 - -
Median hourly rate £55.27 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.97% - -
75th Percentile £70.14 - -
90th Percentile £79.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.27 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -14.97% - -

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 42,921 25,440 30,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 91.33% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,465 16,413 18,833
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,560 1,395 1,422
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.76 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.44 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -89 52 £675 +12.50% 34
North of England -51 23 £595 -3.64% 11
Midlands -47 19 £638 +21.43% 8
South East -60 19 £638 +27.50% 10
East of England -24 12 £510 -15.00% 7
North West -50 12 £550 +0.92% 5
East Midlands -9 10 £638 -8.93% 2
Yorkshire -30 9 £595 - 5
West Midlands -43 9 £650 +30.00% 6
North East -43 1 £500 - 1
South West - 1 £750 - 1
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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.

1 132 (100.00%) SAP
2 85 (64.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 47 (35.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (28.79%) Migration
5 30 (22.73%) ERP
6 19 (14.39%) Decision-Making
6 19 (14.39%) Project Management
7 18 (13.64%) Data Migration
7 18 (13.64%) Project Delivery
8 17 (12.88%) Change Management
8 17 (12.88%) Cutover Planning
8 17 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (12.12%) Agile
9 16 (12.12%) PMO
9 16 (12.12%) Risk Management
9 16 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
9 16 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (11.36%) Integration Testing
10 15 (11.36%) Validation
11 14 (10.61%) Programme Management
11 14 (10.61%) Roadmaps
12 13 (9.85%) Programme Governance
12 13 (9.85%) SC Cleared
12 13 (9.85%) Security Cleared
13 12 (9.09%) PMP
13 12 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (9.09%) Test Strategy
14 11 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (8.33%) PMI Certification
14 11 (8.33%) 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 2 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 85 (64.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (7.58%) SAP CO
2 10 (7.58%) SAP FI
2 10 (7.58%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (3.79%) SAP GRC
3 5 (3.79%) SAP QM
4 3 (2.27%) SAP EWM
4 3 (2.27%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.52%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.52%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.76%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.76%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.76%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.76%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.76%) SAP FI-AR
6 1 (0.76%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.76%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.76%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.82%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (3.79%) Tricentis Tosca
3 4 (3.03%) Azure
4 3 (2.27%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.52%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.52%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) Metadata
1 2 (1.52%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (3.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) TestRail
General
1 46 (34.85%) Finance
2 25 (18.94%) Social Skills
3 20 (15.15%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.79%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.79%) Law
6 5 (3.79%) Retail
7 4 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.27%) Billing
8 3 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.27%) Local Government
8 3 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.52%) German Language
9 2 (1.52%) Legal
9 2 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.58%) Middleware
2 6 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.52%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.52%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.55%) FMCG
1 6 (4.55%) Life Science
2 5 (3.79%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.27%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (28.79%) Migration
3 30 (22.73%) ERP
4 19 (14.39%) Decision-Making
4 19 (14.39%) Project Management
5 18 (13.64%) Data Migration
5 18 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 17 (12.88%) Change Management
6 17 (12.88%) Cutover Planning
6 17 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (12.12%) Agile
7 16 (12.12%) Risk Management
7 16 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
7 16 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (11.36%) Integration Testing
8 15 (11.36%) Validation
9 14 (10.61%) Programme Management
9 14 (10.61%) Roadmaps
10 13 (9.85%) Programme Governance
11 12 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.03%) ABAP
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.85%) SC Cleared
1 13 (9.85%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.09%) PMP
3 11 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.03%) Degree
5 3 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.12%) PMO
2 11 (8.33%) QA
3 5 (3.79%) GRC
4 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.27%) GxP
5 2 (1.52%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) GMP
6 1 (0.76%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 132 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (7.58%) Ariba
3 6 (4.55%) Concur
4 3 (2.27%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.76%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (0.76%) Cognos
6 1 (0.76%) Databricks
6 1 (0.76%) HP
6 1 (0.76%) IBM
6 1 (0.76%) IFS
6 1 (0.76%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.76%) Planview