SAP Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK excluding London is £597, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 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
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 335 367
Rank change year-on-year -11 +32 +92
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 26 32 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.19% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 41
10th Percentile £321 £455 £488
25th Percentile £463 £500 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £597 £585 £595
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% -1.68% +8.18%
75th Percentile £628 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% +4.35%

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 13,908 16,765 20,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 92.03% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,513 10,270 14,134
10th Percentile £216 £220 £228
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 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,226 1,734 1,150
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.37 £19.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.09 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.24% +20.00% +75.69%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Project 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Midlands -12 9 £525 -12.50%
South East +34 8 £599 +33.11% 1
West Midlands -11 6 £475 -20.83%
North of England -23 6 £595 +1.71% 1
North West -9 4 £348 -40.60% 1
East of England +5 3 £600 +5.73%
East Midlands - 3 £613 -
Yorkshire -11 2 £595 -
South West +28 1 £217 -55.42%
SAP Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 2025, SAP Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (57.69%) Project Management
3 14 (53.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
4 13 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (46.15%) Finance
5 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (42.31%) Manufacturing
7 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
7 8 (30.77%) ERP
7 8 (30.77%) Migration
8 7 (26.92%) Agile
8 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (26.92%) Project Delivery
9 6 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (23.08%) Life Science
10 5 (19.23%) Logistics
10 5 (19.23%) PMP
10 5 (19.23%) Project Planning
10 5 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (15.38%) Product Requirements
11 4 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (15.38%) Business Case
11 4 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
11 4 (15.38%) Time Management
11 4 (15.38%) PMBOK
11 4 (15.38%) Order to Cash
11 4 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (15.38%) Asset Management

SAP Project 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 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (53.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (7.69%) PRMS
3 2 (7.69%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.85%) SAP EWM
4 1 (3.85%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (7.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 2 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) GIS
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Finance
3 11 (42.31%) Manufacturing
4 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (7.69%) Automotive
8 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Dutch Language
8 1 (3.85%) French Language
8 1 (3.85%) German Language
8 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.85%) Legal
8 1 (3.85%) Local Government
8 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Life Science
2 4 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (7.69%) AS400
3 2 (7.69%) FMCG
3 2 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Project Management
2 13 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (30.77%) ERP
4 8 (30.77%) Migration
4 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
5 7 (26.92%) Agile
5 7 (26.92%) Project Delivery
5 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (19.23%) Logistics
7 5 (19.23%) Project Planning
8 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
8 4 (15.38%) Business Case
8 4 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (15.38%) Order to Cash
8 4 (15.38%) Product Requirements
8 4 (15.38%) Time Management
9 3 (11.54%) Change Management
9 3 (11.54%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) PMP
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CIMA
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) PMBOK
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Ariba
2 2 (7.69%) Rockwell
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) Workday