SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 473 506
Rank change year-on-year -42 +33 +133
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 67 70 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 52
10th Percentile £475 £458 £463
25th Percentile £563 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £621 £623 £656
90th Percentile £630 £658 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £568
% change year-on-year - +5.73% -5.42%

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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

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 7 December 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 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 7 December 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 -31 59 £600 +2.56% 3
London +3 34 £584 +12.21%
UK excluding London -37 23 £600 - 3
Work from Home -16 20 £600 +9.09%
North of England -40 9 £595 +13.33%
Midlands -30 6 £600 -6.80%
North West -16 5 £600 +21.83%
West Midlands -26 4 £600 -6.80%
South East -15 3 - -
Yorkshire -40 3 £595 +13.33%
South West -14 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £525 -
East of England - 2 £600 - 3
North East - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 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 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 34 (50.75%) Project Management
3 33 (49.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 24 (35.82%) Agile
5 21 (31.34%) ERP
5 21 (31.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (29.85%) Migration
6 20 (29.85%) Project Delivery
7 17 (25.37%) PMP
8 16 (23.88%) PRINCE2
9 15 (22.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (20.90%) Change Management
11 12 (17.91%) PMI Certification
12 11 (16.42%) Budget Management
12 11 (16.42%) Risk Management
12 11 (16.42%) Waterfall
13 10 (14.93%) Project Governance
14 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (11.94%) Data Migration
16 7 (10.45%) SAP Implementation
16 7 (10.45%) SuccessFactors
17 6 (8.96%) Business Case
17 6 (8.96%) Degree
17 6 (8.96%) QA
18 5 (7.46%) Decision-Making
18 5 (7.46%) Logistics
18 5 (7.46%) Master Data Management
18 5 (7.46%) Matrix Organization
18 5 (7.46%) Performance Metrics
18 5 (7.46%) Project Planning

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 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (49.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.46%) SAP IBP
3 3 (4.48%) SAP ERP
3 3 (4.48%) SAP EWM
3 3 (4.48%) SAP MM
3 3 (4.48%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (4.48%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.99%) PRMS
4 2 (2.99%) SAP GTS
4 2 (2.99%) SAP PM
4 2 (2.99%) SAP SCM
4 2 (2.99%) SAP SRM
5 1 (1.49%) SAP Business One
5 1 (1.49%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.49%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.49%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.49%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.49%) AWS
2 1 (1.49%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.49%) GCP
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.49%) SaaS
2 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.49%) GIS
2 1 (1.49%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) LSMW
General
1 30 (44.78%) Finance
2 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Manufacturing
4 8 (11.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.48%) Retail
8 2 (2.99%) French Language
8 2 (2.99%) German Language
8 2 (2.99%) Marketing
9 1 (1.49%) Danish Language
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.49%) Norwegian Language
9 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.49%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.49%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Life Science
2 5 (7.46%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.48%) IoT
3 3 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (2.99%) AS400
4 2 (2.99%) FMCG
4 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.49%) IPTV
5 1 (1.49%) New Media
5 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.49%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) Project Management
2 24 (35.82%) Agile
3 21 (31.34%) ERP
3 21 (31.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (29.85%) Migration
4 20 (29.85%) Project Delivery
5 16 (23.88%) PRINCE2
6 15 (22.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (20.90%) Change Management
8 11 (16.42%) Budget Management
8 11 (16.42%) Risk Management
8 11 (16.42%) Waterfall
9 10 (14.93%) Project Governance
10 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.94%) Data Migration
12 7 (10.45%) SAP Implementation
13 6 (8.96%) Business Case
14 5 (7.46%) Decision-Making
14 5 (7.46%) Matrix Organization
14 5 (7.46%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) PMP
2 12 (17.91%) PMI Certification
3 6 (8.96%) Degree
4 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.48%) SAP Certification
6 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) QA
2 4 (5.97%) PMO
3 3 (4.48%) GMP
4 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.49%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) NIST
5 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (5.97%) Ariba
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.99%) Rockwell
3 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.99%) Workday
4 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.49%) Concur
4 1 (1.49%) HP
4 1 (1.49%) OpenText