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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 535 548
Rank change year-on-year -127 +13 +49
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 40 18 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.054% 0.055%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.03% 0.62% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 9
10th Percentile £237 £613 £313
25th Percentile £491 £618 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £670
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% -2.99% +11.67%
75th Percentile £715 £700 £671
90th Percentile £756 £715 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £675 £680
% change year-on-year -51.11% -0.74% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.23 - -
25th Percentile £27.56 - -
Median hourly rate £28.75 - -
75th Percentile £29.56 - -
90th Percentile £29.68 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 - -

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 3,873 2,885 2,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.06% 8.71% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,120 1,642 1,505
10th Percentile £362 £358 £354
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £655 £672 £675
90th Percentile £763 £760 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 49 76
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.96 £24.75
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.25 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £45.59
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -28.71% -17.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £64.33
90th Percentile £90.60 £85.00 £67.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.68 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.09% -8.89% -19.89%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -111 30 £715 +5.93% 38
London -62 13 £715 - 7
UK excluding London -122 13 £330 -51.11% 33
West Midlands -44 7 - - 3
Midlands -53 7 - - 6
Work from Home -68 7 £478 -21.72% 10
North of England -73 2 - - 7
Wales - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -37 1 - - 4
North West - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £330 - 2

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (55.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (25.00%) SAP MM
3 6 (15.00%) SAP CO
3 6 (15.00%) SAP FI
3 6 (15.00%) SAP SD
4 5 (12.50%) SAP PS
4 5 (12.50%) SAP QM
5 2 (5.00%) SAP FI-AA
5 2 (5.00%) SAP PP
6 1 (2.50%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) AWS
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) GCP
General
1 14 (35.00%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Manufacturing
3 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) German Language
5 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (52.50%) Consultant
1 21 (52.50%) SAP Consultant
2 15 (37.50%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (20.00%) SAP Trainer
3 8 (20.00%) Trainer
4 5 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
4 5 (12.50%) Project Consultant
4 5 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 5 (12.50%) SAP PS Consultant
5 3 (7.50%) Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Asset Management Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) SAP PM Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Migration Manager
7 1 (2.50%) SAP CO Business Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.50%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.50%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.50%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
1 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (82.50%) Asset Management
2 22 (55.00%) EAM
3 14 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (30.00%) Defect Management
4 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (27.50%) Migration
6 10 (25.00%) Data Migration
7 9 (22.50%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (20.00%) Change Management
8 8 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (17.50%) Budgeting
9 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (17.50%) Cutover Planning
9 7 (17.50%) Preventative Maintenance
9 7 (17.50%) Validation
10 6 (15.00%) Integration Testing
10 6 (15.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
11 5 (12.50%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (22.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Ariba
3 1 (2.50%) Google