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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 499 568
Rank change year-on-year -105 +69 +77
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 37 24 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.083% 0.040%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.08% 0.99% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 14
10th Percentile - £498 £328
25th Percentile £500 £523 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £569 £493
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% +15.48% -17.92%
75th Percentile £619 £611 £588
90th Percentile £725 £634 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.25 - -
Median hourly rate £29.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.86% - -
75th Percentile £29.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -57.86% - -

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 3,438 2,435 3,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.03% 8.47% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,943 1,376 1,819
10th Percentile £359 £400 £368
25th Percentile £450 £468 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.37% +2.43% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 55 118
10th Percentile £26.35 £16.71 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £36.49 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

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 29 May 2026.

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 12 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 29 May 2026. 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 -121 23 £600 +5.49% 5
UK excluding London -96 17 £563 - 5
Work from Home -25 16 £500 - 2
London -74 8 £700 +23.08% 1
Midlands -60 6 - - 2
West Midlands -62 6 - - 2
North of England -68 6 £575 - 1
North West -30 4 £600 -
East of England -26 3 £600 -
Wales - 2 £550 -
Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
South West - 1 - - 1

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 20 (54.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (16.22%) SAP MM
3 3 (8.11%) SAP EWM
3 3 (8.11%) SAP MRS
3 3 (8.11%) SAP PP
4 2 (5.41%) SAP EHS
4 2 (5.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (5.41%) SAP QM
5 1 (2.70%) Maximo
5 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.70%) SAP PS
5 1 (2.70%) SAP SD
5 1 (2.70%) SAP SM
5 1 (2.70%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) AWS
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) GCP
General
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
2 4 (10.81%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Czech Language
4 1 (2.70%) German Language
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Consultant
1 14 (37.84%) SAP Consultant
2 10 (27.03%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (21.62%) SAP Trainer
3 8 (21.62%) Trainer
4 6 (16.22%) Lead
5 5 (13.51%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (13.51%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Business Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Business Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Support
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Support Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Support Consultant
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Architect
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.41%) SAP Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.41%) Middleware
3 1 (2.70%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.70%) SAP TM
3 1 (2.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.41%) FMCG
3 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Asset Management
2 14 (37.84%) EAM
3 10 (27.03%) Migration
4 7 (18.92%) ERP
5 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (13.51%) Data Migration
7 4 (10.81%) Business Process Analysis
7 4 (10.81%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (10.81%) Inventory Management
7 4 (10.81%) Order Management
7 4 (10.81%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.11%) Preventative Maintenance
8 3 (8.11%) Roadmaps
8 3 (8.11%) Test Scripting
8 3 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (5.41%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (21.62%) Ariba
3 2 (5.41%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) HP
4 1 (2.70%) IFS
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow