SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 456 504
Rank change year-on-year -97 +48 +46
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 81 63 85
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 33 48
10th Percentile £420 £430 £428
25th Percentile £500 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -4.17% +0.84%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £695
90th Percentile £738 £715 £911
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.18% -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 46,390 27,334 40,477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.27% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,221 17,578 25,945
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,091 1,160 2,956
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.75 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £27.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.85% -26.80% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -2.55%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -92 64 £513 -10.87% 9
UK excluding London -81 43 £510 -14.29% 4
Work from Home -28 19 £606 +1.21% 4
London -83 19 £638 +10.87% 5
West Midlands -51 12 £506 +6.58%
Midlands -51 12 £506 +6.58%
East of England -20 11 £510 - 1
North of England -65 10 £569 -4.41% 2
Yorkshire -49 7 £595 -
South West -24 4 £825 +279.59%
South East -62 4 - - 1
North East - 2 £500 -
Scotland - 2 - -
North West -41 1 £475 +36.69% 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 81 (100.00%) SAP
2 41 (50.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (35.80%) Project Management
5 26 (32.10%) PMO
6 21 (25.93%) Migration
7 19 (23.46%) Agile
8 18 (22.22%) ERP
8 18 (22.22%) PMP
8 18 (22.22%) Project Delivery
9 14 (17.28%) Cutover Planning
9 14 (17.28%) PMI Certification
9 14 (17.28%) Project Governance
9 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (16.05%) SAP CO
10 13 (16.05%) SAP FI
10 13 (16.05%) SAP FI/CO
11 12 (14.81%) Change Management
11 12 (14.81%) PRINCE2
12 11 (13.58%) Ariba
13 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (11.11%) Data Migration
14 9 (11.11%) Degree
14 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
15 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
15 8 (9.88%) Dependency Management
15 8 (9.88%) Waterfall
16 7 (8.64%) Decision-Making
16 7 (8.64%) IT Strategy
16 7 (8.64%) SAP Implementation

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 (6.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 41 (50.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (16.05%) SAP CO
2 13 (16.05%) SAP FI
2 13 (16.05%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (3.70%) SAP MDG
3 3 (3.70%) SAP QM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.47%) SAP EWM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.23%) SAP CAR
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (1.23%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.23%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.23%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.23%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.17%) Azure
2 3 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.70%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.47%) AWS
3 2 (2.47%) GCP
3 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.47%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) GIS
2 1 (1.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) LSMW
General
1 26 (32.10%) Finance
2 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.75%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.47%) Billing
5 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.47%) Law
5 2 (2.47%) Local Government
5 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.47%) Retail
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Banking
6 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.23%) German Language
6 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.23%) Middleware
2 1 (1.23%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.47%) FMCG
2 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.23%) IoT
3 1 (1.23%) Life Science
3 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.23%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (35.80%) Project Management
3 21 (25.93%) Migration
4 19 (23.46%) Agile
5 18 (22.22%) ERP
5 18 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 14 (17.28%) Cutover Planning
6 14 (17.28%) Project Governance
6 14 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (14.81%) Change Management
7 12 (14.81%) PRINCE2
8 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (11.11%) Data Migration
10 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
10 8 (9.88%) Dependency Management
10 8 (9.88%) Waterfall
11 7 (8.64%) Decision-Making
11 7 (8.64%) IT Strategy
11 7 (8.64%) SAP Implementation
11 7 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (22.22%) PMP
2 14 (17.28%) PMI Certification
3 9 (11.11%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (32.10%) PMO
2 6 (7.41%) QA
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.23%) ITGC
4 1 (1.23%) NIST
4 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 81 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (13.58%) Ariba
3 5 (6.17%) Concur
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.70%) Planview
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) IFS
6 2 (2.47%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.47%) Oracle
7 1 (1.23%) Cognos
7 1 (1.23%) IBM