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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 466 516
Rank change year-on-year -68 +50 +82
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 91 53 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 31 45
10th Percentile £425 £425 £409
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £598 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +8.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £669
90th Percentile £738 £660 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +13.33% +5.00% -14.89%
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 41,143 26,962 41,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.84% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,657 17,725 26,925
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.54%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,568 945 2,533
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.03 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.74 £20.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.81 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.45% -21.68%

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 1 April 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 15 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 1 April 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 -79 71 £595 +6.25% 16
UK excluding London -72 40 £595 +13.33% 13
London -59 29 £600 - 3
Work from Home -36 25 £600 - 7
North of England -58 15 £595 +13.33%
West Midlands -48 12 £506 +9.46% 4
Midlands -61 12 £506 +9.46% 4
Yorkshire -46 10 £595 +13.33%
South West -25 5 £825 +42.49%
North West -39 4 £538 +877.27%
East of England -26 3 £650 - 5
South East -58 2 - - 5
Scotland - 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 April 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 91 (100.00%) SAP
2 45 (49.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (38.46%) Project Management
4 28 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (28.57%) Migration
6 25 (27.47%) ERP
6 25 (27.47%) Project Delivery
7 23 (25.27%) PMP
8 22 (24.18%) Agile
9 20 (21.98%) PMO
10 18 (19.78%) Project Governance
11 16 (17.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (16.48%) Change Management
13 14 (15.38%) Cutover Planning
13 14 (15.38%) PMI Certification
13 14 (15.38%) PRINCE2
13 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (14.29%) Ariba
14 13 (14.29%) Budget Management
15 12 (13.19%) SAP Implementation
16 10 (10.99%) Data Migration
16 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Project
17 9 (9.89%) Business Case
17 9 (9.89%) JIRA
17 9 (9.89%) Waterfall
18 8 (8.79%) Degree
18 8 (8.79%) Dependency Management
18 8 (8.79%) QA
19 7 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
19 7 (7.69%) Dynamics 365

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 (5.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 45 (49.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.59%) SAP CO
2 6 (6.59%) SAP ERP
2 6 (6.59%) SAP FI
3 5 (5.49%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (4.40%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (4.40%) SAP PP
5 3 (3.30%) SAP MDG
5 3 (3.30%) SAP MM
5 3 (3.30%) SAP PM
6 2 (2.20%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (1.10%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.10%) SAP IBP
7 1 (1.10%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (1.10%) SAP PS
7 1 (1.10%) SAP QM
7 1 (1.10%) SAP SCM
7 1 (1.10%) SAP SRM
7 1 (1.10%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.49%) Azure
2 5 (5.49%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.20%) AWS
3 2 (2.20%) GCP
4 1 (1.10%) SaaS
4 1 (1.10%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) GIS
1 2 (2.20%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.10%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.89%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) LSMW
General
1 43 (47.25%) Finance
2 28 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 15 (16.48%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.30%) German Language
5 3 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Retail
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Local Government
6 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Danish Language
7 1 (1.10%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.10%) Marketing
7 1 (1.10%) Norwegian Language
7 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.10%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.10%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.49%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.10%) RESTful
2 1 (1.10%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.10%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (3.30%) IoT
3 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.10%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.10%) IPTV
4 1 (1.10%) Life Science
4 1 (1.10%) New Media
4 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.10%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.46%) Project Management
2 28 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (28.57%) Migration
4 25 (27.47%) ERP
4 25 (27.47%) Project Delivery
5 22 (24.18%) Agile
6 18 (19.78%) Project Governance
7 16 (17.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (16.48%) Change Management
9 14 (15.38%) Cutover Planning
9 14 (15.38%) PRINCE2
9 14 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.29%) Budget Management
11 12 (13.19%) SAP Implementation
12 10 (10.99%) Data Migration
13 9 (9.89%) Business Case
13 9 (9.89%) Waterfall
14 8 (8.79%) Dependency Management
15 7 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
15 7 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.49%) ABAP
2 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (25.27%) PMP
2 14 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 8 (8.79%) Degree
4 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.30%) SAP Certification
7 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.98%) PMO
2 8 (8.79%) QA
3 4 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.20%) NIST
4 2 (2.20%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (14.29%) Ariba
3 4 (4.40%) Planview
4 3 (3.30%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.20%) Google
5 2 (2.20%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle
5 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.10%) Concur
6 1 (1.10%) IFS