SAP PM Contract Job Trends

SAP Plant Maintenance (PM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP PM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 540 566
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +208
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 28 24 65
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.066% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.92% 0.89% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 25
10th Percentile £488 £313 £494
25th Percentile £498 £557 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £671 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% +11.75% +2.39%
75th Percentile £688 £682 £713
90th Percentile £725 £698 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -24.24% +13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £82.73
25th Percentile - - £83.50
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £88.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP PM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,035 2,683 3,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 7.34% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,739 1,433 2,105
10th Percentile £358 £363 £364
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £653 £663 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 65 89
10th Percentile £15.92 £23.96 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -28.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £78.25 £61.76 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.19 £79.95 £89.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +61.40%

SAP PM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP PM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP PM job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP PM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PM

SAP PM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP PM over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP PM in the UK

SAP PM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PM

SAP PM
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PM within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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 -12 19 £675 -0.74% 17
UK excluding London -13 17 £515 -24.24% 12
Work from Home +12 8 £525 -12.50% 10
London -2 6 £525 -27.59% 6
South East - 6 - - 6
Midlands - 5 £700 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £700 - 1
Wales - 4 £508 - 1
North of England -36 1 £650 -4.41%
South West - 1 £700 - 4
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -

SAP PM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 11 (39.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (21.43%) SAP HR
3 3 (10.71%) SAP EWM
3 3 (10.71%) SAP PP
3 3 (10.71%) SAP QM
4 2 (7.14%) SAP WM
5 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
5 1 (3.57%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 9 (32.14%) Manufacturing
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Architect
2 7 (25.00%) Salesforce Architect
3 6 (21.43%) ABAP Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Developer
3 6 (21.43%) SAP Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) SAP Architect
4 5 (17.86%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 4 (14.29%) SAP PM Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Technical Architect
6 3 (10.71%) Salesforce Solution Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Lead
7 2 (7.14%) Lead Architect
7 2 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 2 (7.14%) SAP Manager
7 2 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (7.14%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 7 (25.00%) SAP PI
1 7 (25.00%) Visualforce
2 4 (14.29%) GraphQL
3 2 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (3.57%) BAPI
4 1 (3.57%) JSON
4 1 (3.57%) RESTful
4 1 (3.57%) WebSockets
4 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) FMCG
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Migration
1 10 (35.71%) Performance Optimisation
2 9 (32.14%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) Scrum
4 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 7 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 7 (25.00%) Project Management
5 6 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (21.43%) ETL
5 6 (21.43%) Integration Patterns
5 6 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (21.43%) SAP Implementation
5 6 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 4 (14.29%) Sequence Diagram
7 4 (14.29%) Use Case
7 4 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) ABAP
1 7 (25.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
5 2 (7.14%) PMP
6 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (32.14%) Salesforce
3 6 (21.43%) Adobe
4 2 (7.14%) IBM
5 1 (3.57%) Ariba