SAP PP Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Production Planning (PP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP PP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 496 545
Rank change year-on-year 0 +49 +161
Contract jobs citing SAP PP 32 32 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.099% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.32% 1.40% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 25
10th Percentile £523 £515 £425
25th Percentile £536 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £623 £605
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% +2.81% +3.32%
75th Percentile £577 £700 £715
90th Percentile £594 £746 £790
UK median daily rate £558 £636 £605
% change year-on-year -12.38% +5.08% -0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.50 - -
Median hourly rate £38.00 - -
75th Percentile £39.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £38.00 - -

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP PP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,419 2,285 2,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.66% 7.08% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 1,255 1,667
10th Percentile £358 £371 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.51%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £765 £775 £761
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 67 63
10th Percentile £12.82 £24.14 £32.82
25th Percentile £22.80 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £40.75 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -28.62% +29.12%
75th Percentile £65.63 £61.60 £65.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.60 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% -18.18% +22.22%

SAP PP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP PP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP PP job vacancy trend in England

SAP PP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PP

SAP PP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PP

SAP PP
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 PP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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 9 £539 -13.87% 2
North of England -22 9 £558 +11.50% 3
Yorkshire - 7 - -
Midlands -9 6 - - 1
West Midlands -14 4 - - 1
East of England - 3 - -
North East - 2 £558 -
SAP PP
UK

SAP PP
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:

Business Applications
1 19 (59.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.38%) SAP MM
2 3 (9.38%) SAP SCM
2 3 (9.38%) SAP VC
3 2 (6.25%) SAP EWM
3 2 (6.25%) SAP QM
4 1 (3.13%) SAP APO
4 1 (3.13%) SAP GTS
4 1 (3.13%) SAP IBP
4 1 (3.13%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.13%) SAP PP-PI
4 1 (3.13%) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Manufacturing
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) French Language
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.13%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Consultant
2 18 (56.25%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (43.75%) SAP PP Consultant
4 7 (21.88%) SAP QM Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Floorwalker
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Architect
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Manager
6 2 (6.25%) SAP MM Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Management Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Procurement Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Procurement Project Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.13%) SAP EWM Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) SAP PM Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) SAP PP Trainer
7 1 (3.13%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (3.13%) SAP Trainer
7 1 (3.13%) Trainer
7 1 (3.13%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) EDI
1 2 (6.25%) IDoc
1 2 (6.25%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.13%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Life Science
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) IoT
4 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Production Planning
2 10 (31.25%) Migration
3 9 (28.13%) Quality Management
4 8 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 7 (21.88%) Use Case
6 6 (18.75%) Change Management
6 6 (18.75%) Project Delivery
7 5 (15.63%) Coaching
7 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (15.63%) Thought Leadership
8 4 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (12.50%) Digital Twin
8 4 (12.50%) Generative AI
8 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (12.50%) Order Management
9 3 (9.38%) Bill of Materials
9 3 (9.38%) Logistics
9 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
10 2 (6.25%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.13%) QA
1 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) SAP