SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 504 476
Rank change year-on-year -101 -28 +48
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 77 56 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 30 38
10th Percentile £440 £496 £471
25th Percentile £500 £521 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £675 £623 £692
90th Percentile £730 £680 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% -2.50%

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 50,334 29,798 35,032
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.81% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,572 18,806 21,176
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,026 1,619 1,521
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.76 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £74.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.74 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.44% -41.69% -2.16%

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 6 October 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 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 October 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 -112 51 £510 -13.85% 12
UK excluding London -96 25 £510 -15.00% 7
Work from Home -62 23 £650 +12.07% 1
London -94 22 £650 +13.04% 5
East of England -17 10 £510 -15.00% 7
Midlands -44 5 £650 -7.14%
South East -53 5 - -
West Midlands -47 4 £625 -10.71%
North of England -73 4 £500 -19.03%
Yorkshire -35 2 £500 -15.97%
East Midlands -10 1 £660 +7.76%
North East -37 1 £500 -
South West - 1 £750 -

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 77 (100.00%) SAP
2 46 (59.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 34 (44.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (40.26%) Project Management
5 22 (28.57%) Migration
6 21 (27.27%) Ariba
7 19 (24.68%) Project Delivery
8 18 (23.38%) Agile
9 16 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (19.48%) ERP
11 13 (16.88%) Project Governance
12 12 (15.58%) PMO
13 11 (14.29%) Change Management
13 11 (14.29%) SAP CO
13 11 (14.29%) SAP FI
13 11 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
14 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
14 10 (12.99%) PRINCE2
15 9 (11.69%) PMI Certification
15 9 (11.69%) Programme Management
16 8 (10.39%) PMP
16 8 (10.39%) Programme Delivery
16 8 (10.39%) Programme Governance
16 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
16 8 (10.39%) Workshop Facilitation
17 7 (9.09%) Concur
17 7 (9.09%) Cutover Planning
17 7 (9.09%) Risk Management
17 7 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
18 6 (7.79%) Budget Management

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 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (59.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (14.29%) SAP CO
2 11 (14.29%) SAP FI
2 11 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (3.90%) SAP GRC
3 3 (3.90%) SAP PM
4 2 (2.60%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.60%) SAP FI-AA
4 2 (2.60%) SAP HR
4 2 (2.60%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.30%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (1.30%) SAP EHS
5 1 (1.30%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.30%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.30%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.30%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (1.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.30%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.30%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.90%) Smartsheet
1 3 (3.90%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (2.60%) Azure
2 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.30%) AWS
3 1 (1.30%) GCP
3 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
General
1 31 (40.26%) Finance
2 17 (22.08%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.78%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.90%) German Language
5 3 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.90%) Retail
6 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.60%) Billing
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.90%) Middleware
3 1 (1.30%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (5.19%) FMCG
2 3 (3.90%) Life Science
2 3 (3.90%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.30%) PMI
4 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (40.26%) Project Management
3 22 (28.57%) Migration
4 19 (24.68%) Project Delivery
5 18 (23.38%) Agile
6 16 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (19.48%) ERP
8 13 (16.88%) Project Governance
9 11 (14.29%) Change Management
10 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
10 10 (12.99%) PRINCE2
11 9 (11.69%) Programme Management
12 8 (10.39%) Programme Delivery
12 8 (10.39%) Programme Governance
12 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
12 8 (10.39%) Workshop Facilitation
13 7 (9.09%) Cutover Planning
13 7 (9.09%) Risk Management
13 7 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
14 6 (7.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) PMI Certification
2 8 (10.39%) PMP
3 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Degree
5 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) PMO
2 3 (3.90%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) GMP
3 1 (1.30%) GxP
3 1 (1.30%) ITGC
3 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) SAP
2 21 (27.27%) Ariba
3 7 (9.09%) Concur
4 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.30%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (1.30%) Cognos
6 1 (1.30%) Databricks
6 1 (1.30%) Google
6 1 (1.30%) IFS
6 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.30%) Planview