SAP Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 324 331
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 +98
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 47 68 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.34% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 60
10th Percentile £425 £425 £450
25th Percentile £489 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £585 £650
90th Percentile £740 £643 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £65.92 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +119.73% -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.92 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.40% +31.84% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 12,358 19,738 21,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 92.42% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,721 11,728 14,888
10th Percentile £220 £213 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 965 2,554 1,115
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.63 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.97 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -1.23% +102.50%
75th Percentile £58.58 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.37 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%

SAP Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SAP Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
South East +53 17 £584 +16.85% 24
North of England -2 15 £640 +9.40% 19
Midlands +7 9 £625 +19.05% 20
West Midlands +12 8 £625 +19.05% 17
North West -6 8 £450 -23.08% 18
East of England +22 5 £600 +5.73% 6
Yorkshire -8 3 £595 +13.33%
South West +39 2 £471 -5.77% 10
East Midlands +6 1 £700 - 3
SAP Manager
UK

SAP Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, SAP Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Manager in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) SAP
2 31 (65.96%) Social Skills
3 28 (59.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 24 (51.06%) Finance
4 24 (51.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (48.94%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (34.04%) Project Management
6 16 (34.04%) Manufacturing
7 12 (25.53%) Risk Management
7 12 (25.53%) Agile
7 12 (25.53%) ERP
8 10 (21.28%) Change Management
8 10 (21.28%) Migration
8 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (19.15%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
9 9 (19.15%) Life Science
9 9 (19.15%) Programme Management
9 9 (19.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 8 (17.02%) Ariba
10 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (17.02%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (14.89%) Asset Management
11 7 (14.89%) Project Planning
11 7 (14.89%) PRINCE2
12 6 (12.77%) Logistics
12 6 (12.77%) Time Management
12 6 (12.77%) Strategic Thinking
12 6 (12.77%) Critical Thinking
13 5 (10.64%) Digital Transformation Programme

SAP Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 28 (59.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (19.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (4.26%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.13%) SAP EWM
4 1 (2.13%) SAP HCM
4 1 (2.13%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (2.13%) SAP PM
4 1 (2.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (10.64%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) GIS
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
1 1 (2.13%) LoadRunner
General
1 31 (65.96%) Social Skills
2 24 (51.06%) Finance
3 16 (34.04%) Manufacturing
4 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (17.02%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.38%) Automotive
7 3 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Legal
9 1 (2.13%) Local Government
9 1 (2.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Life Science
1 9 (19.15%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (10.64%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.26%) FMCG
3 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.13%) PMI
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (51.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (48.94%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (34.04%) Project Management
4 12 (25.53%) Agile
4 12 (25.53%) ERP
4 12 (25.53%) Risk Management
5 10 (21.28%) Change Management
5 10 (21.28%) Migration
6 9 (19.15%) Programme Management
6 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
7 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (14.89%) Asset Management
8 7 (14.89%) PRINCE2
8 7 (14.89%) Project Planning
9 6 (12.77%) Critical Thinking
9 6 (12.77%) Logistics
9 6 (12.77%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (12.77%) Time Management
10 5 (10.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 4 (8.51%) Order to Cash
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) PMP
2 3 (6.38%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CIMA
4 1 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) QA
2 4 (8.51%) PMBOK
3 3 (6.38%) GxP
3 3 (6.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (4.26%) PMO
5 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) HP ALM
2 1 (2.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (17.02%) Ariba
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.38%) HP
5 2 (4.26%) Micro Focus
6 1 (2.13%) Oracle
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow