SAP Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £597, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 515 581
Rank change year-on-year +56 +66 +112
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 60 85 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 44 73
10th Percentile £434 £412 £475
25th Percentile £503 £484 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £597 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £650
90th Percentile £671 £900 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.27% +7.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £65.92 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.83% +16.67%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.92 -

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 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 12 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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +34 41 £575 -1.71% 11
UK excluding London +30 21 £525 -4.55% 7
Work from Home +35 19 £600 +14.29% 9
London +35 19 £588 -9.62% 3
South East +41 7 £599 +8.91% 1
North of England +14 6 £525 -10.26% 3
South West +48 5 £579 +15.80%
Midlands +21 3 £463 -11.90% 1
West Midlands +15 3 £463 -7.50% 1
Yorkshire +13 3 £525 - 1
North West +1 3 £348 -40.09% 2
East of England +27 1 - -

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, SAP Project Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 34 (56.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 31 (51.67%) Social Skills
4 30 (50.00%) Project Management
5 22 (36.67%) Finance
6 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (30.00%) ERP
8 17 (28.33%) Project Delivery
9 15 (25.00%) Ariba
10 12 (20.00%) Agile
11 11 (18.33%) Manufacturing
11 11 (18.33%) Migration
12 9 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (15.00%) Change Management
12 9 (15.00%) Asset Management
12 9 (15.00%) PRINCE2
12 9 (15.00%) PMP
13 8 (13.33%) PMI Certification
13 8 (13.33%) Waterfall
13 8 (13.33%) Logistics
13 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (11.67%) Budget Management
15 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (10.00%) Degree
15 6 (10.00%) Life Science
15 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
15 6 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
15 6 (10.00%) PMO
15 6 (10.00%) Resource Allocation

SAP Project Manager 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 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (56.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (5.00%) SAP EWM
3 3 (5.00%) SAP IBP
4 2 (3.33%) SAP ERP
4 2 (3.33%) SAP FI
4 2 (3.33%) SAP GTS
4 2 (3.33%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.33%) SAP PM
4 2 (3.33%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.67%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.67%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.67%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.67%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.67%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.67%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (1.67%) SAP Retail
5 1 (1.67%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.67%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.67%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.67%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) GIS
1 1 (1.67%) Power BI
1 1 (1.67%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) GCC
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
1 1 (1.67%) LSMW
General
1 31 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (36.67%) Finance
3 11 (18.33%) Manufacturing
4 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.33%) Local Government
5 5 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (8.33%) Retail
6 4 (6.67%) German Language
7 3 (5.00%) Legal
8 2 (3.33%) Marketing
8 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.67%) Automotive
9 1 (1.67%) French Language
9 1 (1.67%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.67%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Life Science
2 5 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.67%) FMCG
4 1 (1.67%) IoT
4 1 (1.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.00%) Project Management
2 19 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (30.00%) ERP
4 17 (28.33%) Project Delivery
5 12 (20.00%) Agile
6 11 (18.33%) Migration
7 9 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 9 (15.00%) Change Management
7 9 (15.00%) PRINCE2
7 9 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (13.33%) Logistics
8 8 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 7 (11.67%) Budget Management
10 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
10 6 (10.00%) Risk Management
11 5 (8.33%) EAM
11 5 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) PMP
2 8 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.00%) Degree
4 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.33%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.67%) CIMA
5 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) PMO
2 4 (6.67%) PMBOK
3 3 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.00%) QA
3 3 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.33%) GxP
5 1 (1.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (25.00%) Ariba
3 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.67%) Concur
4 1 (1.67%) Planview
4 1 (1.67%) Workday