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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 420 411
Rank change year-on-year -56 -9 +25
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 146 88 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.35% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 47 53
10th Percentile £488 £458 £453
25th Percentile £514 £538 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £675
90th Percentile £744 £752 £724
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £585
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £32.23 - -
25th Percentile £42.27 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -
75th Percentile £76.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £69.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +6.15% - -

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 42,428 25,399 30,679
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,511 16,402 19,718
10th Percentile £325 £281 £302
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,254 1,363 1,634
10th Percentile £15.15 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £20.74
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -70 57 £663 +10.42% 45
North of England -53 28 £598 -3.24% 25
South East -54 23 £650 - 10
Midlands -36 20 £638 -8.93% 5
North West -53 14 £600 +10.09% 22
East of England -14 13 £510 -15.00% 8
West Midlands -33 11 £650 -7.14% 5
Yorkshire -34 11 £591 -0.63% 3
East Midlands -8 9 £638 +4.08%
North East - 2 £500 -
South West - 1 £750 - 10
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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.

1 146 (100.00%) SAP
2 93 (63.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 50 (34.25%) Migration
3 50 (34.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (24.66%) ERP
5 25 (17.12%) Data Migration
6 24 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (15.75%) Agile
8 21 (14.38%) Decision-Making
8 21 (14.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (13.70%) Cutover Planning
9 20 (13.70%) PMO
9 20 (13.70%) Project Delivery
10 19 (13.01%) Change Management
10 19 (13.01%) Programme Management
10 19 (13.01%) Project Management
11 17 (11.64%) Integration Testing
11 17 (11.64%) Risk Management
12 16 (10.96%) Roadmaps
12 16 (10.96%) System Integration Testing
13 15 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (10.27%) Test Strategy
13 15 (10.27%) Validation
14 14 (9.59%) Defect Management
14 14 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (9.59%) Programme Governance
14 14 (9.59%) QA
15 13 (8.90%) Middleware
15 13 (8.90%) Programme Delivery
15 13 (8.90%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 93 (63.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (6.85%) SAP CO
2 10 (6.85%) SAP FI
2 10 (6.85%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (4.11%) SAP ERP
4 5 (3.42%) SAP GRC
5 4 (2.74%) SAP MDG
6 3 (2.05%) SAP QM
7 2 (1.37%) SAP EWM
7 2 (1.37%) SAP MDG-F
7 2 (1.37%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.68%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.68%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.68%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.68%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 1 (0.68%) SAP FI-AR
8 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.68%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.85%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (5.48%) Azure
3 5 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (3.42%) Tricentis Tosca
4 4 (2.74%) AWS
5 3 (2.05%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.37%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.37%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.68%) SaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.68%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) Metadata
1 2 (1.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (6.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Hudson
2 1 (0.68%) LSMW
2 1 (0.68%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 52 (35.62%) Finance
2 35 (23.97%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.01%) Manufacturing
4 8 (5.48%) Retail
5 7 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.11%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.42%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Law
8 4 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Billing
9 3 (2.05%) German Language
9 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Local Government
10 2 (1.37%) Legal
10 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.90%) Middleware
2 6 (4.11%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.37%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.37%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.16%) FMCG
2 8 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.11%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.74%) Life Science
4 4 (2.74%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.25%) Migration
1 50 (34.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (24.66%) ERP
3 25 (17.12%) Data Migration
4 24 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (15.75%) Agile
6 21 (14.38%) Decision-Making
6 21 (14.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (13.70%) Cutover Planning
7 20 (13.70%) Project Delivery
8 19 (13.01%) Change Management
8 19 (13.01%) Programme Management
8 19 (13.01%) Project Management
9 17 (11.64%) Integration Testing
9 17 (11.64%) Risk Management
10 16 (10.96%) Roadmaps
10 16 (10.96%) System Integration Testing
11 15 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (10.27%) Test Strategy
11 15 (10.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.42%) ABAP
2 1 (0.68%) Java
2 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (8.90%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.22%) PMP
2 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.53%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.42%) Degree
5 4 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) PMO
2 14 (9.59%) QA
3 8 (5.48%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.42%) GRC
5 3 (2.05%) GDPR
5 3 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.68%) GMP
6 1 (0.68%) GxP
6 1 (0.68%) ITGC
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 146 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (4.11%) Ariba
3 5 (3.42%) Concur
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.37%) IFS
5 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.68%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (0.68%) Cognos
6 1 (0.68%) Databricks
6 1 (0.68%) HP
6 1 (0.68%) IBM
6 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.68%) Planview