SAP PP Contracts

SAP Production Planning (PP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP PP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP PP over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 551 631
Rank change year-on-year +85 +80 +189
Contract jobs citing SAP PP 63 36 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.62% 1.11% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 23
10th Percentile £513 £420 £503
25th Percentile £537 £429 £546
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £600 £680
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% -11.76% +7.77%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £721
90th Percentile £613 £665 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £583 £625 £680
% change year-on-year -6.72% -8.09% +4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP PP 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 2,406 3,241 3,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.26% 7.51% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,357 1,885 2,190
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £669 £688 £685
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 112 55
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.60
25th Percentile £38.58 £21.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.78 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% -14.15% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.50 £64.38
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £41.87 £49.00
% change year-on-year +43.32% -14.56% +113.04%

SAP PP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP PP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP PP.

Daily rate trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP PP over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP PP.

Hourly rate trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PP within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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 +85 41 £583 -2.83% 21
UK excluding London +59 21 £583 -6.72% 15
London +58 17 £569 +32.98% 5
Work from Home +46 17 £583 +36.37% 9
North of England +25 15 £583 -6.72% 4
North West +12 7 £585 -6.40% 4
Yorkshire +8 5 - -
Midlands +20 4 - - 1
North East - 3 £558 -
South East +42 2 - - 2
West Midlands +13 1 - - 1

SAP PP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 32 (50.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (14.29%) SAP R/3
3 8 (12.70%) SAP MM
4 5 (7.94%) SAP VC
5 4 (6.35%) SAP MII
6 2 (3.17%) SAP FI
6 2 (3.17%) SAP IBP
6 2 (3.17%) SAP PLM
6 2 (3.17%) SAP PP-PI
6 2 (3.17%) SAP QM
6 2 (3.17%) SAP SCM
7 1 (1.59%) SAP APO
7 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
7 1 (1.59%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (1.59%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.59%) SAP PM
7 1 (1.59%) SAP PS
7 1 (1.59%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.59%) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) DTS
1 1 (1.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 33 (52.38%) Manufacturing
2 21 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.63%) Aerospace
4 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.35%) French Language
8 2 (3.17%) Automotive
9 1 (1.59%) Finance
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Marketing
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (79.37%) Consultant
1 50 (79.37%) SAP Consultant
2 47 (74.60%) SAP PP Consultant
3 22 (34.92%) SAP QM Consultant
4 13 (20.63%) Functional Consultant
4 13 (20.63%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 13 (20.63%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) SAP MM Consultant
6 6 (9.52%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
6 6 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 5 (7.94%) Lead
8 4 (6.35%) Lead Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) Architect
9 3 (4.76%) Management Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) Quality Management Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) SAP Architect
9 3 (4.76%) SAP Manager
9 3 (4.76%) SAP Quality Management Consultant
10 2 (3.17%) Project Manager
10 2 (3.17%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) EDI
1 2 (3.17%) IDoc
1 2 (3.17%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (3.17%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.11%) Life Science
2 7 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 5 (7.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (6.35%) FMCG
4 4 (6.35%) PACS
4 4 (6.35%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.17%) IoT
6 2 (3.17%) LIMS
7 1 (1.59%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.46%) Inventory Management
4 10 (15.87%) Integration Testing
4 10 (15.87%) Migration
5 9 (14.29%) Document Management
6 8 (12.70%) Change Management
7 7 (11.11%) Data Migration
7 7 (11.11%) Use Case
7 7 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
8 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.94%) Logistics
8 5 (7.94%) Order Management
8 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.35%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (6.35%) Coaching
9 4 (6.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 4 (6.35%) Digital Twin
9 4 (6.35%) Generative AI
9 4 (6.35%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 13 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.17%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.59%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) GxP
2 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle
2 2 (3.17%) Progress
2 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.59%) Ariba