SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £589, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 388 419
Rank change year-on-year -104 +31 +31
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 122 101 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.43% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 62 65
10th Percentile £446 £428 £443
25th Percentile £500 £520 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £688
90th Percentile £746 £750 £838
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 40,088 23,260 34,683
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.28% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,631 15,261 22,669
10th Percentile £325 £293 £293
25th Percentile £418 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,855 1,061 2,606
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.87 £16.67
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.78
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.15% -8.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.86% -29.47% -12.79%

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 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 26 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 26 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 -72 45 £600 - 3
North of England -53 28 £595 -7.03% 6
Yorkshire -33 17 £595 - 2
Midlands -56 16 £490 -21.60% 7
West Midlands -51 15 £500 -20.00% 6
South East -60 15 £650 +11.25% 6
East of England -23 11 £510 -15.00%
North West -42 9 £600 +33.33% 4
South West -31 4 £825 +75.10%
North East - 2 £500 -
East Midlands -9 1 £480 -31.43% 1
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 122 (100.00%) SAP
2 73 (59.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 41 (33.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (32.79%) Migration
5 34 (27.87%) ERP
6 31 (25.41%) PMO
7 28 (22.95%) Agile
8 25 (20.49%) Project Management
9 24 (19.67%) Change Management
9 24 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (17.21%) Data Migration
11 20 (16.39%) Project Delivery
12 19 (15.57%) Cutover Planning
13 16 (13.11%) PMP
14 15 (12.30%) Programme Management
15 14 (11.48%) Budget Management
15 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Project
15 14 (11.48%) QA
16 13 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (10.66%) Decision-Making
16 13 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
17 12 (9.84%) Azure
17 12 (9.84%) PMI Certification
17 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
17 12 (9.84%) SAP CO
17 12 (9.84%) SAP FI
17 12 (9.84%) SAP FI/CO
18 11 (9.02%) JIRA
18 11 (9.02%) PRINCE2
18 11 (9.02%) Project Governance

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 (4.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 73 (59.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (9.84%) SAP CO
2 12 (9.84%) SAP FI
2 12 (9.84%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (5.74%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.46%) SAP MDG
4 3 (2.46%) SAP QM
5 2 (1.64%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.64%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.82%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.82%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.82%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Convergent Charging
6 1 (0.82%) SAP FI-AR
6 1 (0.82%) SAP MDG-S
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.82%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.84%) Azure
2 7 (5.74%) AWS
3 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.46%) GCP
4 3 (2.46%) SaaS
4 3 (2.46%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.64%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.82%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.82%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) Power BI
2 1 (0.82%) GIS
2 1 (0.82%) Metadata
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (9.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Hudson
2 1 (0.82%) LSMW
2 1 (0.82%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.82%) TestRail
General
1 44 (36.07%) Finance
2 37 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.93%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.92%) Retail
6 5 (4.10%) Local Government
6 5 (4.10%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.46%) German Language
7 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.64%) Law
9 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.82%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Billing
9 1 (0.82%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.82%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) Middleware
2 3 (2.46%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.82%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.02%) FMCG
1 11 (9.02%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.82%) IoT
4 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (32.79%) Migration
3 34 (27.87%) ERP
4 28 (22.95%) Agile
5 25 (20.49%) Project Management
6 24 (19.67%) Change Management
6 24 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (17.21%) Data Migration
8 20 (16.39%) Project Delivery
9 19 (15.57%) Cutover Planning
10 15 (12.30%) Programme Management
11 14 (11.48%) Budget Management
12 13 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (10.66%) Decision-Making
12 13 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (9.02%) PRINCE2
14 11 (9.02%) Project Governance
14 11 (9.02%) Resource Allocation
14 11 (9.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.92%) ABAP
2 1 (0.82%) Java
2 1 (0.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (13.11%) PMP
2 12 (9.84%) PMI Certification
3 8 (6.56%) Degree
4 6 (4.92%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.64%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.82%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.41%) PMO
2 14 (11.48%) QA
3 9 (7.38%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.46%) GDPR
4 3 (2.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.64%) GMP
5 2 (1.64%) GxP
6 1 (0.82%) ITGC
6 1 (0.82%) NIST
6 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 122 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (5.74%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.28%) Ariba
4 3 (2.46%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.64%) Concur
5 2 (1.64%) IFS
5 2 (1.64%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.64%) Oracle
5 2 (1.64%) Planview
6 1 (0.82%) Cognos
6 1 (0.82%) HP
6 1 (0.82%) IBM