SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £598, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 473 498
Rank change year-on-year -31 +25 +127
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 74 61 82
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 29 42
10th Percentile £514 £461 £463
25th Percentile £563 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £553 £555
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -0.45% -7.50%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £638 £663 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -4.35%

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 33,883 29,520 39,341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 92.72% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,433 18,105 26,194
10th Percentile £300 £288 £280
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,985 889 1,660
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.05 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.29 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.62% -30.47% +55.17%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -28 63 £598 +10.90% 4
London -10 34 £600 +11.89% 3
UK excluding London -54 25 £600 +6.67% 3
Work from Home -1 24 £600 - 4
North of England -36 12 £595 +13.33% 1
Midlands -31 6 £600 -
Yorkshire -42 6 £595 +13.33%
North West -23 5 £538 +34.38% 1
West Midlands -30 4 £600 -
South East -17 2 - - 2
South West -21 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £525 -
East of England - 2 £675 - 1
North East - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 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 74 (100.00%) SAP
2 39 (52.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (44.59%) Project Management
4 28 (37.84%) ERP
4 28 (37.84%) Project Delivery
5 23 (31.08%) Migration
6 21 (28.38%) Agile
6 21 (28.38%) PMP
7 18 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (18.92%) Budget Management
9 14 (18.92%) Change Management
9 14 (18.92%) PRINCE2
10 13 (17.57%) PMI Certification
11 12 (16.22%) Waterfall
12 11 (14.86%) Risk Management
13 10 (13.51%) Data Migration
13 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (13.51%) Project Governance
14 8 (10.81%) Business Case
14 8 (10.81%) QA
14 8 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (9.46%) Cutover Planning
15 7 (9.46%) Logistics
16 6 (8.11%) Commercial Awareness
16 6 (8.11%) Degree
16 6 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (8.11%) PMO
16 6 (8.11%) Project Planning
16 6 (8.11%) SAP Implementation

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 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 39 (52.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.76%) SAP ERP
2 5 (6.76%) SAP IBP
3 4 (5.41%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.41%) SAP PP
4 3 (4.05%) SAP CO
4 3 (4.05%) SAP EWM
4 3 (4.05%) SAP FI
4 3 (4.05%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (2.70%) PRMS
5 2 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.70%) SAP GTS
5 2 (2.70%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.70%) SAP PM
5 2 (2.70%) SAP SCM
5 2 (2.70%) SAP SRM
6 1 (1.35%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.35%) SAP PS
6 1 (1.35%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.35%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
1 6 (8.11%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (1.35%) AWS
3 1 (1.35%) GCP
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.35%) SaaS
3 1 (1.35%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) GIS
1 2 (2.70%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) LSMW
General
1 38 (51.35%) Finance
2 24 (32.43%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.57%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.05%) German Language
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) French Language
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Danish Language
8 1 (1.35%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Norwegian Language
8 1 (1.35%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.35%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.35%) RESTful
2 1 (1.35%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Life Science
2 6 (8.11%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.05%) IoT
5 2 (2.70%) AS400
5 2 (2.70%) FMCG
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.35%) IPTV
6 1 (1.35%) New Media
6 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.35%) PMI
6 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) Project Management
2 28 (37.84%) ERP
2 28 (37.84%) Project Delivery
3 23 (31.08%) Migration
4 21 (28.38%) Agile
5 18 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (18.92%) Budget Management
7 14 (18.92%) Change Management
7 14 (18.92%) PRINCE2
8 12 (16.22%) Waterfall
9 11 (14.86%) Risk Management
10 10 (13.51%) Data Migration
10 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.51%) Project Governance
11 8 (10.81%) Business Case
11 8 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (9.46%) Cutover Planning
12 7 (9.46%) Logistics
13 6 (8.11%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) ABAP
2 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (28.38%) PMP
2 13 (17.57%) PMI Certification
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 5 (6.76%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (4.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.05%) SAP Certification
6 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) QA
2 6 (8.11%) PMO
3 5 (6.76%) Data Quality
4 3 (4.05%) GMP
5 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.35%) GDPR
6 1 (1.35%) NIST
6 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 74 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (5.41%) Ariba
2 4 (5.41%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.05%) Planview
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.70%) Rockwell
4 2 (2.70%) Workday
5 1 (1.35%) Concur
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.35%) OpenText