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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 509 571
Rank change year-on-year -104 +62 +90
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 40 22 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.073% 0.039%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.11% 0.89% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 11
10th Percentile - - £313
25th Percentile £500 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +36.84% -20.83%
75th Percentile £600 - £544
90th Percentile £655 - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -29.17%
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 3,606 2,479 3,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.20% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,027 1,406 1,884
10th Percentile £358 £386 £363
25th Percentile £450 £458 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -1.59% +1.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 60 121
10th Percentile £21.25 £20.47 £15.43
25th Percentile £30.66 £32.25 £22.33
Median hourly rate £53.00 £58.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +46.88% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.91 £73.13 £56.49
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.93 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.45% +50.00% -25.46%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -113 29 £600 -7.69% 2
UK excluding London -105 19 £563 - 2
Work from Home -49 14 £500 -
London -61 11 £730 +12.31%
West Midlands -59 7 - - 1
North of England -60 7 £575 - 1
Midlands -64 7 - - 1
North West -39 5 £600 -
East of England -27 3 £600 -
Wales - 2 £550 -
Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
South 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 18 (45.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (17.50%) SAP MM
3 5 (12.50%) SAP QM
4 3 (7.50%) SAP MRS
5 2 (5.00%) SAP EHS
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (5.00%) SAP PP
6 1 (2.50%) Maximo
6 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
6 1 (2.50%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP PS
6 1 (2.50%) SAP SD
6 1 (2.50%) SAP SM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) AWS
1 3 (7.50%) Azure
1 3 (7.50%) GCP
General
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Manufacturing
3 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.50%) Automotive
4 1 (2.50%) German Language
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Consultant
1 18 (45.00%) SAP Consultant
2 13 (32.50%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (20.00%) SAP Trainer
3 8 (20.00%) Trainer
4 6 (15.00%) Lead
5 4 (10.00%) Business Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) SAP Business Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) SAP Support
5 4 (10.00%) SAP Support Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Support Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Architect
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.00%) Middleware
3 1 (2.50%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.50%) SAP TM
3 1 (2.50%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) Asset Management
2 16 (40.00%) EAM
3 11 (27.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (22.50%) Migration
6 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (17.50%) ERP
7 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (17.50%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (15.00%) Change Management
9 5 (12.50%) Defect Management
9 5 (12.50%) Quality Management
9 5 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
9 5 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (10.00%) Business Process Analysis
10 4 (10.00%) Business Transformation
10 4 (10.00%) Data Migration
10 4 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
10 4 (10.00%) Inventory Management
10 4 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (20.00%) Ariba
3 2 (5.00%) Google
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.50%) HP
4 1 (2.50%) IFS
4 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow