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 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 389 409
Rank change year-on-year -64 +20 +76
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 120 93 139
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.39% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 63 80
10th Percentile £463 £431 £457
25th Percentile £500 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £741
90th Percentile £740 £720 £950
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -0.83% +3.45% -3.33%
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 £58.92 - £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 32,499 23,947 34,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 92.94% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,614 15,190 23,219
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,088 723 2,142
10th Percentile £15.06 £16.25 £13.19
25th Percentile £18.89 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £75.20 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -10.26%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 53 £600 - 26
Midlands -28 29 £500 -4.76% 6
North of England -52 23 £598 +13.81% 10
West Midlands -32 22 £500 -4.76% 6
Yorkshire -52 16 £600 +14.29% 3
South East -37 8 £500 -16.53% 15
East Midlands -22 7 £653 +24.29%
North West -28 6 £500 +11.11% 7
South West -28 3 £825 +25.38%
East of England -19 2 £675 -6.25%
North East -13 1 - -
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 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.

1 120 (100.00%) SAP
2 61 (50.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 45 (37.50%) ERP
4 44 (36.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (30.83%) Project Management
6 36 (30.00%) Migration
7 34 (28.33%) Change Management
8 32 (26.67%) Agile
8 32 (26.67%) Project Delivery
9 27 (22.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (20.83%) Waterfall
11 24 (20.00%) QA
12 23 (19.17%) Budget Management
13 21 (17.50%) PMP
14 19 (15.83%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (14.17%) Microsoft Project
16 16 (13.33%) Project Governance
16 16 (13.33%) SAP Implementation
17 15 (12.50%) Azure
17 15 (12.50%) PMO
17 15 (12.50%) ServiceNow
18 14 (11.67%) PRINCE2
18 14 (11.67%) SAP ERP
19 13 (10.83%) Data Migration
19 13 (10.83%) DevOps
19 13 (10.83%) GCP
19 13 (10.83%) Microsoft
19 13 (10.83%) Project Planning
20 12 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
20 12 (10.00%) Cybersecurity

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 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (14.17%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 61 (50.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (11.67%) SAP ERP
3 4 (3.33%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.50%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.50%) SAP FI
4 3 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.67%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.67%) SAP IBP
5 2 (1.67%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.67%) SAP MM
5 2 (1.67%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.83%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.83%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.83%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.83%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.83%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.83%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.83%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.50%) Azure
2 13 (10.83%) GCP
3 11 (9.17%) AWS
4 10 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
5 9 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.00%) SaaS
7 2 (1.67%) PaaS
8 1 (0.83%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) GIS
2 1 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.67%) LSMW
General
1 62 (51.67%) Finance
2 39 (32.50%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.83%) Local Government
6 6 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (4.17%) Retail
8 2 (1.67%) Legal
8 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.83%) RESTful
2 1 (0.83%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.83%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.33%) Life Science
5 3 (2.50%) FMCG
5 3 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.67%) IoT
7 1 (0.83%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.83%) IPTV
7 1 (0.83%) New Media
7 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.83%) Replication
7 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.50%) ERP
2 44 (36.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (30.83%) Project Management
4 36 (30.00%) Migration
5 34 (28.33%) Change Management
6 32 (26.67%) Agile
6 32 (26.67%) Project Delivery
7 27 (22.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (20.83%) Waterfall
9 23 (19.17%) Budget Management
10 19 (15.83%) User Acceptance Testing
11 16 (13.33%) Project Governance
11 16 (13.33%) SAP Implementation
12 14 (11.67%) PRINCE2
13 13 (10.83%) Data Migration
13 13 (10.83%) DevOps
13 13 (10.83%) Project Planning
14 12 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 12 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.67%) ABAP
2 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (17.50%) PMP
2 11 (9.17%) PMI Certification
3 10 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.67%) Degree
5 4 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.50%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.00%) QA
2 15 (12.50%) PMO
3 4 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.33%) GMP
4 3 (2.50%) GxP
4 3 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.67%) GDPR
5 2 (1.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.83%) NIST
6 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 120 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 13 (10.83%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.17%) Ariba
5 2 (1.67%) Concur
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle
5 2 (1.67%) Planview
5 2 (1.67%) Workday
6 1 (0.83%) Google
6 1 (0.83%) JD Edwards