SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 468 506
Rank change year-on-year -71 +38 +61
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 89 58 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 43
10th Percentile £415 £429 £410
25th Percentile £500 £509 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £597 £585
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +1.97% +1.74%
75th Percentile £631 £659 £675
90th Percentile £728 £675 £900
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +13.33% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.96
Median hourly rate £58.92 - £65.92
75th Percentile - - £68.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.92

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 43,836 26,998 39,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.47% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,861 17,609 25,964
10th Percentile £319 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,872 1,048 2,673
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -23.73% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.63 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.56 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.65% -31.25% -5.73%

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 14 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 -96 69 £595 +3.48% 11
UK excluding London -89 41 £595 +13.33% 10
Work from Home -37 25 £625 -0.64% 8
London -44 25 £625 +6.38% 1
North of England -59 14 £595 +13.33% 2
Midlands -48 12 £506 +6.58%
West Midlands -56 12 £506 +6.58%
Yorkshire -48 9 £595 +13.33%
East of England -22 7 £510 - 5
North West -36 4 £538 +54.68% 2
South West -34 3 £825 +42.49%
South East -60 3 - - 5
Scotland - 2 - -
North East - 1 £500 -

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, SAP Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Project Manager in the job title.

1 89 (100.00%) SAP
2 50 (56.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 40 (44.94%) Project Management
4 31 (34.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (29.21%) Project Delivery
6 25 (28.09%) Migration
7 23 (25.84%) Agile
7 23 (25.84%) PMO
8 22 (24.72%) ERP
9 21 (23.60%) PMP
10 19 (21.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (19.10%) Project Governance
12 15 (16.85%) Cutover Planning
12 15 (16.85%) PMI Certification
12 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (15.73%) Ariba
14 13 (14.61%) Change Management
15 12 (13.48%) PRINCE2
16 11 (12.36%) Budget Management
16 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Project
17 10 (11.24%) Degree
18 9 (10.11%) Data Migration
18 9 (10.11%) JIRA
18 9 (10.11%) SAP CO
18 9 (10.11%) SAP FI
18 9 (10.11%) Waterfall
19 8 (8.99%) Dependency Management
19 8 (8.99%) QA
19 8 (8.99%) SAP FI/CO
19 8 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 50 (56.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (10.11%) SAP CO
2 9 (10.11%) SAP FI
3 8 (8.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (4.49%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (4.49%) SAP QM
5 3 (3.37%) SAP ERP
5 3 (3.37%) SAP EWM
5 3 (3.37%) SAP MDG
5 3 (3.37%) SAP PP
6 2 (2.25%) SAP MM
6 2 (2.25%) SAP PM
6 2 (2.25%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.12%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.12%) SAP CAR
7 1 (1.12%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (1.12%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.12%) SAP IBP
7 1 (1.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.62%) Azure
3 4 (4.49%) Smartsheet
4 3 (3.37%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.25%) AWS
5 2 (2.25%) GCP
5 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.25%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) GIS
1 2 (2.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.12%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.25%) LSMW
General
1 36 (40.45%) Finance
2 31 (34.83%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.98%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) German Language
5 3 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Banking
6 2 (2.25%) Local Government
6 2 (2.25%) Retail
7 1 (1.12%) Billing
7 1 (1.12%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.12%) Law
7 1 (1.12%) Marketing
7 1 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.12%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.62%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.49%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (2.25%) FMCG
3 2 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.25%) IoT
3 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.12%) Life Science
4 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.12%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.94%) Project Management
2 31 (34.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (29.21%) Project Delivery
4 25 (28.09%) Migration
5 23 (25.84%) Agile
6 22 (24.72%) ERP
7 19 (21.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (19.10%) Project Governance
9 15 (16.85%) Cutover Planning
9 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.61%) Change Management
11 12 (13.48%) PRINCE2
12 11 (12.36%) Budget Management
13 9 (10.11%) Data Migration
13 9 (10.11%) Waterfall
14 8 (8.99%) Dependency Management
14 8 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (7.87%) Decision-Making
15 7 (7.87%) Logistics
15 7 (7.87%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.62%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 21 (23.60%) PMP
2 15 (16.85%) PMI Certification
3 10 (11.24%) Degree
4 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.25%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (25.84%) PMO
2 8 (8.99%) QA
3 4 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.12%) ITGC
4 1 (1.12%) NIST
4 1 (1.12%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 89 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (15.73%) Ariba
3 4 (4.49%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.49%) Planview
4 2 (2.25%) Concur
4 2 (2.25%) Google
4 2 (2.25%) JD Edwards
4 2 (2.25%) Oracle
4 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.12%) IBM
5 1 (1.12%) IFS