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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 475 539
Rank change year-on-year -38 +64 +132
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 55 84 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 39 66
10th Percentile £493 £473 £463
25th Percentile £520 £522 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% - -
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £685 £728 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £585 £600
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +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 30,003 35,798 46,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 92.95% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,960 22,064 31,748
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,684 1,483
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +95.45%

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
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 18 September 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 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 18 September 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 -8 39 £595 +1.71% 19
London +14 22 £575 -6.12% 13
UK excluding London -19 17 £600 +2.56% 12
Work from Home +9 15 £600 +4.35% 12
Midlands -15 8 £700 +16.67%
North of England -19 6 £595 +1.71%
West Midlands -12 5 £700 +16.67%
North West -21 3 £640 +9.40%
East Midlands - 3 £613 -
East of England +3 2 £600 +5.73%
Yorkshire -14 2 £595 -
South East +18 1 - - 12
North East -1 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 55 (100.00%) SAP
2 33 (60.00%) Project Management
3 30 (54.55%) Social Skills
4 28 (50.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 23 (41.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (36.36%) Project Delivery
7 18 (32.73%) Finance
8 15 (27.27%) ERP
9 13 (23.64%) Agile
10 12 (21.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (21.82%) Change Management
10 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (20.00%) Migration
12 10 (18.18%) Manufacturing
12 10 (18.18%) PRINCE2
13 9 (16.36%) PMP
14 8 (14.55%) Budget Management
14 8 (14.55%) PMI Certification
15 7 (12.73%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (12.73%) Risk Management
15 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
15 7 (12.73%) Data Migration
15 7 (12.73%) Asset Management
15 7 (12.73%) Logistics
16 6 (10.91%) Degree
16 6 (10.91%) German Language
16 6 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
16 6 (10.91%) Project Governance
16 6 (10.91%) Ariba
16 6 (10.91%) PMO

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 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (50.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.27%) SAP EWM
2 4 (7.27%) SAP GTS
2 4 (7.27%) SAP IBP
3 2 (3.64%) PRMS
3 2 (3.64%) SAP ERP
3 2 (3.64%) SAP HR
3 2 (3.64%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.82%) SAP Business One
4 1 (1.82%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.82%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.82%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.82%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
4 1 (1.82%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.82%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.82%) SAP POS DM
4 1 (1.82%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.82%) SAP Retail
4 1 (1.82%) SAP SCM
4 1 (1.82%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.64%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) AWS
3 1 (1.82%) Azure
3 1 (1.82%) GCP
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) GIS
2 1 (1.82%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 30 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.73%) Finance
3 10 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 7 (12.73%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (10.91%) German Language
6 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (7.27%) French Language
7 4 (7.27%) Retail
8 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.64%) Legal
9 2 (3.64%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.82%) Automotive
10 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.82%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.82%) Marketing
10 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.27%) Life Science
3 3 (5.45%) FMCG
3 3 (5.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.64%) AS400
5 1 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.82%) IoT
5 1 (1.82%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (60.00%) Project Management
2 23 (41.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 15 (27.27%) ERP
5 13 (23.64%) Agile
6 12 (21.82%) Change Management
6 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (21.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (20.00%) Migration
8 10 (18.18%) PRINCE2
9 8 (14.55%) Budget Management
10 7 (12.73%) Asset Management
10 7 (12.73%) Data Migration
10 7 (12.73%) Logistics
10 7 (12.73%) Risk Management
10 7 (12.73%) Waterfall
11 6 (10.91%) Project Governance
11 6 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (9.09%) Change Control
12 5 (9.09%) EAM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) PMP
2 8 (14.55%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.91%) Degree
4 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) PMO
2 5 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) GMP
4 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (10.91%) Ariba
3 3 (5.45%) Workday
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.64%) Rockwell
4 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.82%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.82%) HP
5 1 (1.82%) OpenText
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle