SAP Project Leader Contracts

SAP Project Lead
UK

The median SAP Project Lead daily rate in the UK is £618, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 580 706
Rank change year-on-year +66 +126 +147
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Leader 6 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.005% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.005% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £583 - £610
25th Percentile £591 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £580 £680
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% -14.71% +51.11%
75th Percentile £632 - £688
90th Percentile £632 - £710
UK excluding London median daily rate - £580 £680
% change year-on-year - -14.71% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SAP Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Project Leader in the UK

SAP Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Project Leader in the UK

SAP Project Leader
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Project Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +43 4 - -
England +57 2 £618 +6.47%
London +39 2 £618 -

SAP Project Leader Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SAP Project Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Project Leader in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
1 6 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Inventory Management
3 4 (66.67%) EAM
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
3 4 (66.67%) German Language
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (16.67%) SAP PS
5 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
5 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

SAP Project Leader Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PS
General
1 4 (66.67%) German Language
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (66.67%) EAM
2 4 (66.67%) Inventory Management
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP