SAP Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

SAP Architect
North West > Manchester

The median SAP Architect daily rate in Manchester is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 82 79
Rank change year-on-year -24 -3 +23
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Architect 11 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.55% 0.20% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.22% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 5
10th Percentile £683 £594 -
25th Percentile £713 £628 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £696 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% +21.09% -
75th Percentile £738 £753 £613
90th Percentile £749 £781 £1,025
North West median daily rate £725 £696 £635
% change year-on-year +4.13% +9.65% +5.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,823 930 1,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.72% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 600 652
10th Percentile £316 £305 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £613 £575 £594
90th Percentile £700 £657 £688
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 78 35
10th Percentile £24.03 £13.00 £15.55
25th Percentile £33.64 £16.53 £19.01
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.71 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +176.40% -37.98% +84.21%
75th Percentile £73.88 £31.40 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £61.13 £85.60
North West median hourly rate £46.18 £24.88 £37.00
% change year-on-year +85.58% -32.75% +21.15%

SAP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SAP Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

SAP Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Architect job vacancies in Manchester

SAP Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Architect in Manchester over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Architect in Manchester

SAP Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, SAP Architect 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 Manchester region featuring SAP Architect in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Ariba
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.09%) ABAP
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Application Rationalisation
4 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) GCP

SAP Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SAP BW
1 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) SAP Basis
1 1 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (9.09%) SAP PI
1 1 (9.09%) SAPUI5
1 1 (9.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) FMCG
1 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Application Rationalisation
3 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) High Availability
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Governance
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Ariba