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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 507 565
Rank change year-on-year -73 +58 +90
Contract jobs citing SAP PM 41 23 22
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.079% 0.051%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.20% 0.95% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 2 18
10th Percentile - £498 £313
25th Percentile £500 £523 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £569 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% +10.98% -12.77%
75th Percentile £725 £611 £588
90th Percentile - £634 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 3,423 2,412 3,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.21% 8.29% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,951 1,358 1,895
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £669 £685
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 50 118
10th Percentile £25.59 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £38.58 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £57.87
90th Percentile £88.45 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year -5.83% +48.79% -17.70%

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 8 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 13 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 8 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 -100 26 £625 +9.89% 12
Work from Home -19 18 £500 - 2
UK excluding London -88 18 £600 - 11
London -57 9 £700 +23.08% 3
North of England -57 6 £575 - 1
North West -36 4 £600 -
South West - 4 £700 - 1
East of England -28 3 £600 -
West Midlands -61 2 - - 5
South East -66 2 - - 1
Midlands -74 2 - - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £500 -
Wales - 2 £550 -

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 27 (65.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (17.07%) SAP EWM
2 7 (17.07%) SAP PP
3 6 (14.63%) SAP MM
3 6 (14.63%) SAP QM
4 3 (7.32%) SAP MRS
4 3 (7.32%) SAP WM
5 2 (4.88%) SAP EHS
5 2 (4.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (2.44%) Maximo
6 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
6 1 (2.44%) SAP PS
6 1 (2.44%) SAP SD
6 1 (2.44%) SAP SM
6 1 (2.44%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) AWS
1 3 (7.32%) Azure
1 3 (7.32%) GCP
General
1 8 (19.51%) Manufacturing
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Czech Language
5 1 (2.44%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Consultant
1 15 (36.59%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (26.83%) SAP PM Consultant
3 8 (19.51%) Architect
3 8 (19.51%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (17.07%) SAP Architect
4 7 (17.07%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Functional Consultant
5 6 (14.63%) Lead
5 6 (14.63%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) Business Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Business Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Support
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Support Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) SAP Trainer
6 4 (9.76%) Support Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) Trainer
7 2 (4.88%) SAP Developer
7 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.88%) Middleware
3 1 (2.44%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.44%) SAP TM
3 1 (2.44%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) FMCG
1 4 (9.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Asset Management
2 10 (24.39%) EAM
2 10 (24.39%) Migration
3 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.07%) ERP
5 6 (14.63%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (12.20%) Data Migration
6 5 (12.20%) Order Management
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) Business Process Analysis
7 4 (9.76%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (9.76%) Inventory Management
7 4 (9.76%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (9.76%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (7.32%) Functional Testing
8 3 (7.32%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (7.32%) Roadmaps
8 3 (7.32%) Test Scripting
8 3 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (19.51%) Ariba
3 3 (7.32%) IBM
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.88%) Google
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.44%) Adobe
5 1 (2.44%) HP
5 1 (2.44%) IFS
5 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow