SAP Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

SAP Manager
North West > Manchester

The median SAP Manager daily rate in Manchester is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 78 88
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 +23
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 6 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.40% 0.42% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.44% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £466 £100 £435
25th Percentile £472 £166 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £278 £500
Median % change year-on-year +120.72% -44.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £738 £389 £556
90th Percentile - £456 £575
North West median daily rate £600 £278 £500
% change year-on-year +116.22% -44.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.96
Median hourly rate - - £65.92
75th Percentile - - £68.88
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £65.92

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 1,389 903 1,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 94.06% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 631 1,072
10th Percentile £313 £300 £302
25th Percentile £400 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -6.98% -3.25%
75th Percentile £575 £561 £575
90th Percentile £639 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £460 £470 £495
% change year-on-year -2.13% -5.05% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 38 91
10th Percentile £18.72 £13.00 £12.24
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.11 £13.50
Median hourly rate £52.94 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.88% +20.37% -36.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £36.19 £61.88
90th Percentile £78.75 £61.50 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £30.95 £26.00
% change year-on-year +45.40% +19.04% -13.33%

SAP Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

SAP Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 20 March 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 Manchester region featuring SAP Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) ERP
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Line Management
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (16.67%) Data Quality

SAP Manager 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 4 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
1 3 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP