SAP Implementation Contract Job Trends in Manchester

SAP Implementation
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SAP Implementation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 73 90
Rank change year-on-year -40 +17 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP Implementation 4 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.21% 0.72% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.81% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £273 £419 -
25th Percentile £306 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £356 £800 -
90th Percentile £368 - -
North West median daily rate £350 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% -14.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

SAP Implementation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,628 859 1,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.57% 87.92% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 562 741
10th Percentile £303 £301 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £488 £453 £493
% change year-on-year +7.56% -8.06% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 47 64
10th Percentile £22.63 £15.93 £13.37
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.26 £20.38
Median hourly rate £62.25 £22.63 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.08% -33.44% +76.62%
75th Percentile £77.00 £61.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £86.75 £78.00 £73.90
North West median hourly rate £55.72 £28.88 £29.00
% change year-on-year +92.97% -0.43% -0.51%

SAP Implementation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SAP Implementation job vacancy trend in Manchester

SAP Implementation
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SAP Implementation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SAP Implementation

SAP Implementation
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SAP Implementation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SAP Implementation

SAP Implementation
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Implementation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Stockport - 1 £300 -
SAP Implementation
North West

SAP Implementation
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 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Hudson
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Local Government
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Support
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP