SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 488 478
Rank change year-on-year -114 -10 +55
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 80 52 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 39
10th Percentile £445 £485 £473
25th Percentile £505 £519 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% +0.42%
75th Percentile £681 £638 £669
90th Percentile £740 £695 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% -2.50%

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 50,343 29,565 35,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.03% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,778 18,648 21,690
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,866 1,577 1,631
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.29 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.80 £51.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.79 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.11 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.26% -42.80% +0.34%

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 22 September 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 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 22 September 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 -120 54 £550 -7.56% 34
UK excluding London -91 28 £510 -15.00% 32
Work from Home -48 24 £650 +8.33% 3
London -74 23 £675 +17.39% 2
East of England -23 11 £510 -15.00% 9
Midlands -52 6 £650 -7.14% 7
West Midlands -48 5 £650 -7.14% 5
South East -59 5 - - 6
North of England -71 4 £595 - 6
Yorkshire -44 2 £595 - 4
East Midlands -16 1 £660 +7.76% 2
North East -35 1 £500 - 1
South West - 1 £750 - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 45 (56.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 35 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (38.75%) Project Management
5 22 (27.50%) Migration
6 20 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 19 (23.75%) Agile
7 19 (23.75%) Ariba
8 17 (21.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (18.75%) ERP
10 12 (15.00%) Change Management
10 12 (15.00%) PMO
10 12 (15.00%) Project Governance
10 12 (15.00%) SAP CO
10 12 (15.00%) SAP FI
10 12 (15.00%) SAP FI/CO
11 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 10 (12.50%) PMP
12 9 (11.25%) PMI Certification
12 9 (11.25%) PRINCE2
12 9 (11.25%) Programme Management
13 8 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
13 8 (10.00%) Programme Governance
13 8 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
14 7 (8.75%) Budget Management
14 7 (8.75%) Cutover Planning
14 7 (8.75%) Risk Management
14 7 (8.75%) Waterfall
15 6 (7.50%) Concur
15 6 (7.50%) IT Strategy

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 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (56.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (15.00%) SAP CO
2 12 (15.00%) SAP FI
2 12 (15.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (3.75%) SAP GRC
3 3 (3.75%) SAP PM
3 3 (3.75%) SAP QM
4 2 (2.50%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.50%) SAP FI-AA
4 2 (2.50%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.25%) SAP CAR
5 1 (1.25%) SAP EHS
5 1 (1.25%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.25%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.25%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.25%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (1.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.25%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.75%) Smartsheet
1 3 (3.75%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (2.50%) Azure
2 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.50%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.25%) AWS
3 1 (1.25%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Metadata
2 1 (1.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 32 (40.00%) Finance
2 18 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.75%) German Language
5 3 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.50%) Billing
6 2 (2.50%) Law
6 2 (2.50%) Legal
6 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Retail
7 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.75%) Middleware
3 1 (1.25%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (3.75%) FMCG
1 3 (3.75%) Private Cloud
2 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.50%) Life Science
2 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 31 (38.75%) Project Management
3 22 (27.50%) Migration
4 20 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 19 (23.75%) Agile
6 17 (21.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (18.75%) ERP
8 12 (15.00%) Change Management
8 12 (15.00%) Project Governance
9 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 9 (11.25%) PRINCE2
10 9 (11.25%) Programme Management
11 8 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
11 8 (10.00%) Programme Governance
11 8 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (8.75%) Budget Management
12 7 (8.75%) Cutover Planning
12 7 (8.75%) Risk Management
12 7 (8.75%) Waterfall
13 6 (7.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (12.50%) PMP
2 9 (11.25%) PMI Certification
3 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) Degree
5 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) PMO
2 3 (3.75%) GRC
3 2 (2.50%) QA
4 1 (1.25%) GMP
4 1 (1.25%) GxP
4 1 (1.25%) ITGC
4 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 19 (23.75%) Ariba
3 6 (7.50%) Concur
4 3 (3.75%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.25%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (1.25%) Cognos
6 1 (1.25%) Databricks
6 1 (1.25%) Google
6 1 (1.25%) IBM
6 1 (1.25%) IFS
6 1 (1.25%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.25%) Planview
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