SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £592, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 472 528
Rank change year-on-year -40 +56 +124
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 62 79 106
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 59
10th Percentile £475 £479 £463
25th Percentile £519 £510 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £592 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £621 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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 31,481 33,928 43,540
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.88% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,970 20,456 29,619
10th Percentile £279 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,790 1,271 1,517
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £14.90
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

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 November 2025.

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 6 November 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 -4 53 £595 -0.83% 15
London -8 31 £575 -4.17% 9
UK excluding London -37 21 £600 - 11
Work from Home -8 16 £600 - 10
Midlands -26 9 £600 -6.80%
West Midlands -22 6 £600 -6.80%
North of England -34 6 £595 +20.81%
South East +1 3 - - 8
Yorkshire -26 3 £595 -
East Midlands - 3 £613 -
North West -19 2 - -
East of England - 2 £600 -
North East - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 31 (50.00%) Project Management
3 29 (46.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 25 (40.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (30.65%) Agile
6 18 (29.03%) Project Delivery
7 17 (27.42%) ERP
7 17 (27.42%) PMP
8 16 (25.81%) PRINCE2
9 15 (24.19%) Change Management
9 15 (24.19%) Migration
10 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (19.35%) PMI Certification
12 11 (17.74%) Budget Management
13 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (16.13%) Risk Management
14 9 (14.52%) SAP Implementation
14 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
15 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
15 8 (12.90%) Project Governance
16 7 (11.29%) Business Case
17 6 (9.68%) Degree
17 6 (9.68%) QA
17 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
18 5 (8.06%) Logistics
18 5 (8.06%) SuccessFactors
18 5 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
19 4 (6.45%) Analytics
19 4 (6.45%) Data Integration
19 4 (6.45%) Decision-Making

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (46.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.45%) SAP IBP
3 3 (4.84%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.84%) SAP GTS
4 2 (3.23%) PRMS
4 2 (3.23%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.23%) SAP EWM
4 2 (3.23%) SAP FI
4 2 (3.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.23%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.23%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.61%) SAP Business One
5 1 (1.61%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.61%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.61%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.61%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.61%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.61%) AWS
2 1 (1.61%) Azure
2 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.61%) GCP
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.61%) SaaS
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.61%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
General
1 26 (41.94%) Finance
1 26 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Manufacturing
3 8 (12.90%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.84%) French Language
5 3 (4.84%) Retail
6 2 (3.23%) German Language
6 2 (3.23%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.61%) Automotive
7 1 (1.61%) Danish Language
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Marketing
7 1 (1.61%) Norwegian Language
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
2 1 (1.61%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Life Science
2 3 (4.84%) FMCG
2 3 (4.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (3.23%) AS400
3 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.61%) IoT
4 1 (1.61%) IPTV
4 1 (1.61%) New Media
4 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.61%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.00%) Project Management
2 25 (40.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (30.65%) Agile
4 18 (29.03%) Project Delivery
5 17 (27.42%) ERP
6 16 (25.81%) PRINCE2
7 15 (24.19%) Change Management
7 15 (24.19%) Migration
8 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (17.74%) Budget Management
10 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (16.13%) Risk Management
11 9 (14.52%) SAP Implementation
11 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
12 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
12 8 (12.90%) Project Governance
13 7 (11.29%) Business Case
14 5 (8.06%) Logistics
14 5 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
15 4 (6.45%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) PMP
2 12 (19.35%) PMI Certification
3 6 (9.68%) Degree
3 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (4.84%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) GMP
2 3 (4.84%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (4.84%) Ariba
2 3 (4.84%) Workday
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.23%) Rockwell
3 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.61%) Concur
4 1 (1.61%) HP
4 1 (1.61%) OpenText
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle