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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 537 550
Rank change year-on-year -109 +13 +67
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 37 21 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.069% 0.064% 0.041%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.96% 0.75% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 5
10th Percentile £289 £630 -
25th Percentile £513 £638 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -20.83%
75th Percentile £702 £700 £530
90th Percentile £729 £715 £587
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 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.25 - -
Median hourly rate £29.50 - -
75th Percentile £29.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 - -

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 2,807 2,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.17% 8.56% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,160 1,605 1,617
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £458 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £660 £686
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 54 85
10th Percentile £17.01 £14.76 £23.65
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.25 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -15.62%
75th Percentile £71.91 £62.81 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.80 £74.25 £65.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £44.24 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.58% -1.69% -20.34%

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 22 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 10 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 22 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 -107 25 £715 +10.00% 8
London -68 13 £715 +10.00% 1
UK excluding London -108 12 £440 -34.81% 7
Work from Home -50 9 £500 - 3
West Midlands -51 7 - - 4
Midlands -53 7 - - 4
Wales - 3 £550 -
East of England -21 1 £330 -
North of England -66 1 - - 2
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 19 (51.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (18.92%) SAP MM
3 5 (13.51%) SAP QM
4 3 (8.11%) SAP SD
5 2 (5.41%) SAP CO
5 2 (5.41%) SAP FI
5 2 (5.41%) SAP FI-AA
5 2 (5.41%) SAP PP
5 2 (5.41%) SAP PS
6 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
6 1 (2.70%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.70%) SAP MRS
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) AWS
1 1 (2.70%) Azure
1 1 (2.70%) GCP
General
1 10 (27.03%) Finance
2 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
3 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) German Language
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Consultant
1 20 (54.05%) SAP Consultant
2 16 (43.24%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (21.62%) SAP Trainer
3 8 (21.62%) Trainer
4 3 (8.11%) Functional Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Manager
4 3 (8.11%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Asset Management Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) SAP PS Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Master Data Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Migration Manager
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Data Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) SAP PM Specialist
6 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.70%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.70%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Asset Management
2 17 (45.95%) EAM
3 12 (32.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (29.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (24.32%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (21.62%) Change Management
6 8 (21.62%) Defect Management
7 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (18.92%) Migration
7 7 (18.92%) Preventative Maintenance
8 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (13.51%) Data Migration
9 5 (13.51%) Quality Management
10 4 (10.81%) Budgeting
10 4 (10.81%) Business Transformation
10 4 (10.81%) Cutover Planning
10 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (10.81%) System Integration Testing
10 4 (10.81%) Translating Business Requirements
11 3 (8.11%) Agile
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Ariba
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft