SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Manager
UK > England

The median SAP Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 388 406
Rank change year-on-year -82 +18 +54
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 123 95 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.42% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 60 70
10th Percentile £447 £425 £450
25th Percentile £500 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £675 £691 £692
90th Percentile £738 £750 £806
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 39,333 22,600 34,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.37% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,258 14,872 22,778
10th Percentile £325 £290 £288
25th Percentile £414 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £726 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.55% -4.76% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 986 2,652
10th Percentile £15.86 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -24.49% -14.44%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.23% -26.13% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -74 46 £600 - 9
North of England -64 28 £591 -0.63% 15
Yorkshire -38 17 £595 - 10
Midlands -60 16 £490 -20.00% 2
West Midlands -54 15 £500 -16.67% 2
South East -60 14 £800 +36.93% 2
East of England -15 12 £510 -24.44% 1
North West -42 9 £500 +11.11% 5
South West -21 4 £825 +75.10%
North East - 2 £500 - 1
East Midlands -27 1 £480 -31.43%
SAP Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 123 (100.00%) SAP
2 72 (58.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 42 (34.15%) Migration
4 41 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (29.27%) ERP
6 32 (26.02%) PMO
7 28 (22.76%) Agile
8 26 (21.14%) Project Management
9 25 (20.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (18.70%) Change Management
10 23 (18.70%) Project Delivery
11 21 (17.07%) Data Migration
12 18 (14.63%) Cutover Planning
13 16 (13.01%) PMP
14 14 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (11.38%) Programme Management
14 14 (11.38%) QA
15 13 (10.57%) Budget Management
15 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Project
16 12 (9.76%) Decision-Making
16 12 (9.76%) PMI Certification
16 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (9.76%) Project Governance
16 12 (9.76%) SAP CO
16 12 (9.76%) SAP FI
16 12 (9.76%) SAP FI/CO
16 12 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
16 12 (9.76%) Waterfall
17 11 (8.94%) Azure
17 11 (8.94%) 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 5 (4.07%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 72 (58.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (9.76%) SAP CO
2 12 (9.76%) SAP FI
2 12 (9.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (6.50%) SAP ERP
4 4 (3.25%) SAP MDG
5 3 (2.44%) SAP QM
6 2 (1.63%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.63%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.81%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.81%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.81%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 1 (0.81%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.81%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.81%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.94%) Azure
2 7 (5.69%) AWS
3 4 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.44%) GCP
4 3 (2.44%) SaaS
4 3 (2.44%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.63%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.81%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.81%) GIS
2 1 (0.81%) Metadata
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (8.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.63%) LSMW
3 1 (0.81%) Hudson
3 1 (0.81%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 46 (37.40%) Finance
2 36 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.82%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.07%) Local Government
6 5 (4.07%) Retail
7 4 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.63%) German Language
9 2 (1.63%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Billing
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.07%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (3.25%) Middleware
3 1 (0.81%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (8.94%) FMCG
3 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Life Science
5 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.81%) Replication
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (34.15%) Migration
2 41 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (29.27%) ERP
4 28 (22.76%) Agile
5 26 (21.14%) Project Management
6 25 (20.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (18.70%) Change Management
7 23 (18.70%) Project Delivery
8 21 (17.07%) Data Migration
9 18 (14.63%) Cutover Planning
10 14 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (11.38%) Programme Management
11 13 (10.57%) Budget Management
12 12 (9.76%) Decision-Making
12 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (9.76%) Project Governance
12 12 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (9.76%) Waterfall
13 11 (8.94%) PRINCE2
14 10 (8.13%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.69%) ABAP
2 1 (0.81%) Java
2 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (13.01%) PMP
2 12 (9.76%) PMI Certification
3 8 (6.50%) Degree
4 6 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.63%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (26.02%) PMO
2 14 (11.38%) QA
3 10 (8.13%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.44%) GDPR
4 3 (2.44%) GMP
4 3 (2.44%) GxP
4 3 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.81%) ITGC
5 1 (0.81%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 123 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.25%) Ariba
3 4 (3.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.63%) Concur
4 2 (1.63%) IFS
4 2 (1.63%) JD Edwards
4 2 (1.63%) Oracle
4 2 (1.63%) Planview
5 1 (0.81%) Cognos
5 1 (0.81%) HP
5 1 (0.81%) IBM