SAP Manager Contracts

SAP Manager
UK

The median SAP Manager daily rate in the UK is £599, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 427 447
Rank change year-on-year +35 +20 +114
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Manager 127 175 274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.40% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.43% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 90 116
10th Percentile £456 £423 £481
25th Percentile £513 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £659 £700 £691
90th Percentile £700 £950 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £598 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +8.73% -4.35% +5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £34.00
25th Percentile - £62.96 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.92 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +31.84% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £68.88 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.92 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +119.73% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

SAP Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Manager in the UK

SAP Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Manager in the UK

SAP Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Manager over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Manager in the UK

SAP Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Manager in the UK

SAP Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +15 89 £597 +1.53% 29
London +34 47 £575 -9.80% 13
Work from Home +17 40 £600 +9.09% 21
UK excluding London +14 39 £598 +8.73% 15
South East +40 13 £584 +6.23% 5
North of England +2 11 £560 -3.45% 4
Midlands +22 8 £600 +14.29% 3
West Midlands +19 8 £600 +17.07% 3
South West +47 6 £658 +31.60% 1
North West -2 5 £500 -13.04% 3
Yorkshire +2 4 £525 -8.70% 1
East of England +26 2 £600 +9.09%

SAP Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring SAP Manager in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) SAP
2 66 (51.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 57 (44.88%) Social Skills
4 48 (37.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (37.80%) Project Management
5 33 (25.98%) Finance
5 33 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (25.20%) ERP
7 27 (21.26%) Ariba
8 26 (20.47%) Agile
9 24 (18.90%) Project Delivery
10 23 (18.11%) Manufacturing
11 22 (17.32%) Change Management
11 22 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (16.54%) Risk Management
13 18 (14.17%) Migration
14 17 (13.39%) Budget Management
15 16 (12.60%) PRINCE2
15 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (11.81%) Waterfall
17 13 (10.24%) PMP
17 13 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (10.24%) SAP Implementation
17 13 (10.24%) SuccessFactors
18 12 (9.45%) PMI Certification
18 12 (9.45%) Retail
18 12 (9.45%) Programme Management
19 11 (8.66%) Asset Management
19 11 (8.66%) Resource Allocation
20 10 (7.87%) User Acceptance Testing

SAP Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 66 (51.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (6.30%) SAP ERP
3 6 (4.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 5 (3.94%) SAP EWM
5 4 (3.15%) SAP IBP
6 3 (2.36%) SAP MM
6 3 (2.36%) SAP PP
6 3 (2.36%) SAP WM
7 2 (1.57%) SAP FI
7 2 (1.57%) SAP GTS
7 2 (1.57%) SAP HCM
7 2 (1.57%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (1.57%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.79%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.79%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.79%) SAP PP-PI
8 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.79%) SAP SRM
8 1 (0.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.24%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.57%) Azure
3 2 (1.57%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.79%) Boomi
4 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.79%) Veeva
4 1 (0.79%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) GIS
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) SAP BW
1 1 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) GCC
2 1 (0.79%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.79%) LSMW
General
1 57 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 33 (25.98%) Finance
3 23 (18.11%) Manufacturing
4 22 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.45%) Retail
6 9 (7.09%) Local Government
7 8 (6.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.15%) Automotive
9 4 (3.15%) German Language
9 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.36%) Legal
11 2 (1.57%) French Language
11 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.57%) Marketing
11 2 (1.57%) Publishing
12 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.36%) SAP Basis
2 2 (1.57%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.57%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.79%) IDoc
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
3 1 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.79%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) SOAP
3 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.30%) Life Science
2 7 (5.51%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (5.51%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.72%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.36%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.36%) FMCG
4 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.79%) PMI
5 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Tandem
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.80%) Project Management
1 48 (37.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (25.20%) ERP
4 26 (20.47%) Agile
5 24 (18.90%) Project Delivery
6 22 (17.32%) Change Management
7 21 (16.54%) Risk Management
8 18 (14.17%) Migration
9 17 (13.39%) Budget Management
10 16 (12.60%) PRINCE2
10 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (11.81%) Waterfall
12 13 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (10.24%) SAP Implementation
13 12 (9.45%) Programme Management
14 11 (8.66%) Asset Management
14 11 (8.66%) Resource Allocation
15 10 (7.87%) Decision-Making
15 10 (7.87%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.36%) ABAP
2 1 (0.79%) Java
2 1 (0.79%) Smalltalk
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (10.24%) PMP
2 12 (9.45%) PMI Certification
3 10 (7.87%) Degree
4 5 (3.94%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.57%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.79%) CIMA
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) PMO
2 6 (4.72%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.72%) QA
3 4 (3.15%) PMBOK
4 3 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.57%) GxP
6 1 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.79%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 127 (100.00%) SAP
2 27 (21.26%) Ariba
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.36%) Concur
4 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.57%) Micro Focus
5 2 (1.57%) Oracle
5 2 (1.57%) Remedy
6 1 (0.79%) Dell
6 1 (0.79%) HP
6 1 (0.79%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.79%) Planview
6 1 (0.79%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.79%) Workday