SAP Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Programme Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Programme Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 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
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 364 418
Rank change year-on-year -3 +54 +89
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Programme Manager 5 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.028% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.031% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £705 £538 £638
25th Percentile £713 £594 £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £663 £875
Median % change year-on-year +9.43% -24.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £738 £683 £1,100
90th Percentile £745 £697 -
UK median daily rate £750 £675 £700
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -3.45%

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,684 16,336 20,268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 92.36% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,376 9,703 13,629
10th Percentile £213 £225 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £686 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,234 1,513 1,142
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.18 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +12.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.20 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

SAP Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Programme 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 Programme Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
North West - 3 £700 - 1
North of England - 3 £700 - 1
East of England +2 1 £750 +50.00%
South East - 1 - -
SAP Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, SAP Programme 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 Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (60.00%) GxP
3 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) Ariba
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) ERP
5 1 (20.00%) Life Science
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy

SAP Programme 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Service Design
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GxP
1 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Ariba
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft