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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 535 556
Rank change year-on-year -98 +21 +88
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 35 24 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.073% 0.028%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.91% 0.86% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 6
10th Percentile £482 £630 £313
25th Percentile £500 £638 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £503
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +29.35% -16.25%
75th Percentile £616 £700 £601
90th Percentile £682 £715 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £440 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -34.81% +22.73% -8.33%
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 3,859 2,780 2,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.24% 8.45% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,160 1,600 1,727
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% - -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £679
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 60 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.28 £22.98
25th Percentile £28.38 £27.23 £35.90
Median hourly rate £46.50 £44.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -0.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.50 £82.75 £65.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -18.18%

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 1 August 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 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 1 August 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 -115 21 £625 -3.85% 9
UK excluding London -96 14 £440 -34.81% 10
Work from Home -51 11 £500 - 3
London -65 10 £730 +12.31% 1
Midlands -56 7 - - 5
West Midlands -66 7 - - 5
Wales - 4 £550 - 2
East of England -17 1 £330 -
North of England -70 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - -
North West - 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 15 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (17.14%) SAP MM
3 5 (14.29%) SAP QM
4 2 (5.71%) SAP FI-AA
4 2 (5.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (5.71%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.86%) Maximo
5 1 (2.86%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.86%) SAP EWM
5 1 (2.86%) SAP MRS
5 1 (2.86%) SAP SD
5 1 (2.86%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) AWS
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) GCP
General
1 7 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) German Language
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Consultant
1 16 (45.71%) SAP Consultant
2 14 (40.00%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (22.86%) SAP Trainer
3 8 (22.86%) Trainer
4 4 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) SAP Manager
4 4 (11.43%) SAP Project Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Business Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) SAP Business Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) SAP Support
5 3 (8.57%) SAP Support Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Support Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Asset Management Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Middleware
1 2 (5.71%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.86%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.86%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Asset Management
2 18 (51.43%) EAM
3 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (31.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (22.86%) Change Management
4 8 (22.86%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 7 (20.00%) Migration
6 6 (17.14%) ERP
6 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (14.29%) Quality Management
8 4 (11.43%) Agile
8 4 (11.43%) Business Transformation
8 4 (11.43%) Logistics
8 4 (11.43%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (11.43%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (8.57%) Inventory Management
9 3 (8.57%) Preventative Maintenance
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (14.29%) Ariba
3 2 (5.71%) Google
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) HP
4 1 (2.86%) IFS
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow