SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 388 421
Rank change year-on-year -84 +33 +28
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 129 91 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.38% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.41% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 60 70
10th Percentile £440 £425 £450
25th Percentile £500 £504 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £698
90th Percentile £740 £750 £866
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
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 38,471 22,237 34,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.35% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,758 14,699 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -1.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,703 932 2,576
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.18 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -20.53% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.08 £37.50
% change year-on-year +52.04% -25.13% -16.67%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -63 48 £600 - 16
North of England -61 30 £595 -3.64% 21
Yorkshire -45 18 £595 - 13
Midlands -50 18 £480 -21.63% 4
West Midlands -54 16 £481 -19.79% 4
South East -60 13 £800 +36.93% 7
East of England -25 12 £510 -24.44% 4
North West -38 10 £550 +22.22% 8
South West -30 4 £825 +42.49%
East Midlands -27 2 £480 -31.43%
North East - 2 £500 - 2
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 129 (100.00%) SAP
2 77 (59.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 44 (34.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (33.33%) Migration
5 38 (29.46%) ERP
6 31 (24.03%) PMO
7 28 (21.71%) Agile
7 28 (21.71%) Project Management
8 27 (20.93%) Project Delivery
8 27 (20.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 26 (20.16%) Change Management
10 21 (16.28%) Data Migration
11 18 (13.95%) Cutover Planning
11 18 (13.95%) PMP
12 15 (11.63%) QA
13 14 (10.85%) Budget Management
13 14 (10.85%) Programme Management
14 13 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Project
14 13 (10.08%) PMI Certification
14 13 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (10.08%) Project Governance
14 13 (10.08%) Waterfall
15 12 (9.30%) PRINCE2
15 12 (9.30%) User Acceptance Testing
16 11 (8.53%) Azure
16 11 (8.53%) Decision-Making
16 11 (8.53%) SAP CO
16 11 (8.53%) SAP FI
16 11 (8.53%) SAP FI/CO

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 (3.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 77 (59.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (8.53%) SAP CO
2 11 (8.53%) SAP FI
2 11 (8.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 9 (6.98%) SAP ERP
4 4 (3.10%) SAP MDG
5 3 (2.33%) SAP QM
6 2 (1.55%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.55%) SAP MDG-F
6 2 (1.55%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.78%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.78%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.78%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.78%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 1 (0.78%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.78%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.53%) Azure
2 7 (5.43%) AWS
3 6 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.33%) GCP
5 3 (2.33%) SaaS
5 3 (2.33%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.55%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.55%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.78%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) Power BI
2 1 (0.78%) GIS
2 1 (0.78%) Metadata
2 1 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (7.75%) JIRA
2 2 (1.55%) LSMW
3 1 (0.78%) Hudson
3 1 (0.78%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.78%) TestRail
General
1 49 (37.98%) Finance
2 40 (31.01%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.18%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.65%) Local Government
5 6 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.88%) Retail
7 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.55%) German Language
9 2 (1.55%) Law
10 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Billing
10 1 (0.78%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.88%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (3.10%) Middleware
3 1 (0.78%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.30%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (8.53%) FMCG
3 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.55%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.55%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.78%) IoT
6 1 (0.78%) Life Science
6 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) Replication
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (33.33%) Migration
3 38 (29.46%) ERP
4 28 (21.71%) Agile
4 28 (21.71%) Project Management
5 27 (20.93%) Project Delivery
5 27 (20.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (20.16%) Change Management
7 21 (16.28%) Data Migration
8 18 (13.95%) Cutover Planning
9 14 (10.85%) Budget Management
9 14 (10.85%) Programme Management
10 13 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (10.08%) Project Governance
10 13 (10.08%) Waterfall
11 12 (9.30%) PRINCE2
11 12 (9.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (8.53%) Decision-Making
13 10 (7.75%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.43%) ABAP
2 1 (0.78%) Java
2 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.95%) PMP
2 13 (10.08%) PMI Certification
3 8 (6.20%) Degree
4 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.55%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (24.03%) PMO
2 15 (11.63%) QA
3 10 (7.75%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.33%) GDPR
4 3 (2.33%) GMP
4 3 (2.33%) GxP
4 3 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.78%) ITGC
5 1 (0.78%) NIST
5 1 (0.78%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 129 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.10%) Ariba
5 2 (1.55%) Concur
5 2 (1.55%) IFS
5 2 (1.55%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.55%) Oracle
5 2 (1.55%) Planview
6 1 (0.78%) Cognos
6 1 (0.78%) HP
6 1 (0.78%) IBM