SAP Contracts in Manchester

SAP
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 38 54
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 +16
Contract jobs citing SAP 58 60 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 6.26% 3.96% 3.43%
As % of the Vendors category 13.12% 11.32% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 36
10th Percentile £425 £424 £323
25th Percentile £508 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £579 £438
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +32.29% -18.60%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £586
90th Percentile £705 £738 £686
North West median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - £18.05 £26.31
25th Percentile - £24.12 £26.40
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.60 £27.60
Median % change year-on-year +63.96% +32.59% -
75th Percentile - £57.25 £28.70
90th Percentile - £64.44 £28.73
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £32.12 £27.70
% change year-on-year +86.83% +15.94% +84.67%

All Vendors
Manchester

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 442 530 668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.73% 34.94% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 353 476
10th Percentile £230 £313 £300
25th Percentile £398 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £703 £656
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 42 16
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.81 £13.31
25th Percentile £14.20 £12.51 £18.73
Median hourly rate £32.50 £17.72 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year +83.41% -45.64% +93.30%
75th Percentile £60.00 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £60.00 -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Manchester

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for SAP in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Manchester

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in Manchester

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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 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bolton -7 5 - - 13
Wigan - 2 - -
Audenshaw - 1 £500 -
Bury - 1 - - 4
SAP
North West

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (37.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (10.34%) Primavera
2 6 (10.34%) SAP APO
3 4 (6.90%) SAP EWM
3 4 (6.90%) SAP PS
4 2 (3.45%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.72%) Maximo
5 1 (1.72%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.72%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.72%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.72%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.72%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.07%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (3.45%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.72%) Slack
3 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (17.24%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.17%) SAP HANA
3 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.72%) Power BI
4 1 (1.72%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Gradle
1 10 (17.24%) Jenkins
1 10 (17.24%) JUnit
1 10 (17.24%) Liquibase
1 10 (17.24%) Mockito
2 5 (8.62%) GitLab
3 3 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 23 (39.66%) Finance
2 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 16 (27.59%) Manufacturing
4 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
5 10 (17.24%) Electronics
5 10 (17.24%) Marketing
5 10 (17.24%) Telecoms
6 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Retail
8 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Consultant
2 9 (15.52%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (13.79%) Architect
3 8 (13.79%) Developer
4 6 (10.34%) Project Planner
4 6 (10.34%) SAP Architect
4 6 (10.34%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 6 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Java Developer
5 5 (8.62%) Java Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Java Software Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Project Manager
5 5 (8.62%) React Developer
5 5 (8.62%) SAP Manager
5 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.24%) Kafka
1 10 (17.24%) OpenAPI
1 10 (17.24%) React
1 10 (17.24%) Spring
1 10 (17.24%) Spring Boot
1 10 (17.24%) Swagger
2 5 (8.62%) Middleware
3 4 (6.90%) SAP Core Interface
4 3 (5.17%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (5.17%) SAP PI
4 3 (5.17%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.45%) Tandem
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Agile
2 14 (24.14%) Migration
2 14 (24.14%) Project Management
3 12 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (20.69%) Software Engineering
4 10 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 10 (17.24%) Containerisation
4 10 (17.24%) DevOps
4 10 (17.24%) Digital Marketing
4 10 (17.24%) Microservices
4 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (17.24%) Programme Management
4 10 (17.24%) TDD
5 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.34%) Critical Path Analysis
6 6 (10.34%) Decision-Making
6 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
6 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (10.34%) Time Management
7 5 (8.62%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) Java
1 10 (17.24%) SQL
1 10 (17.24%) TypeScript
2 3 (5.17%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 20 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (32.76%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.62%) Degree
4 3 (5.17%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (3.45%) CIMA
5 2 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.45%) PMP
5 2 (3.45%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.72%) CIPD
6 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.45%) PMO
3 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (17.24%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) MuleSoft
2 3 (5.17%) Concur
3 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Hitachi
4 1 (1.72%) Pega
4 1 (1.72%) TOWER Software