SAP Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 484 543
Rank change year-on-year -3 +59 +157
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 63 90 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.22% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 51 81
10th Percentile £435 £438 £463
25th Percentile £500 £505 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +0.84% +8.18%
75th Percentile £634 £691 £650
90th Percentile £705 £900 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £597 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +8.45% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £65.92 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.83% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.92 -

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 29,261 40,308 53,403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 92.99% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,659 25,937 37,084
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,318 2,814 1,558
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £38.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -10.47% +70.13%
75th Percentile £55.25 £63.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +96.47%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 13 Contract 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 5 July 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 +21 45 £585 -2.50% 30
London +37 22 £568 -12.69% 15
UK excluding London +22 22 £597 +8.45% 15
Work from Home +5 14 £599 +8.91% 11
South East +35 8 £599 +19.80% 3
Midlands +8 6 £475 -20.00% 6
West Midlands +6 5 £475 -20.00% 5
North of England -6 5 £595 +1.71% 2
East of England +25 3 £600 +5.73%
North West -6 3 £348 -40.60% 2
Yorkshire +5 2 £595 -
South West +31 1 £217 -55.42% 3
East Midlands +4 1 £700 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 34 (53.97%) Social Skills
3 33 (52.38%) Project Management
4 32 (50.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 26 (41.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (38.10%) Finance
7 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (26.98%) Project Delivery
9 16 (25.40%) ERP
10 14 (22.22%) Agile
11 13 (20.63%) Migration
12 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
12 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (17.46%) Asset Management
13 11 (17.46%) Ariba
14 10 (15.87%) PRINCE2
15 9 (14.29%) Change Management
16 8 (12.70%) Logistics
17 7 (11.11%) Waterfall
17 7 (11.11%) PMP
17 7 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
17 7 (11.11%) Budget Management
18 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
18 6 (9.52%) PMO
18 6 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (7.94%) Project Planning
19 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
19 5 (7.94%) SAP Implementation
19 5 (7.94%) Life Science
19 5 (7.94%) German Language

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 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (50.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.35%) SAP GTS
2 4 (6.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (4.76%) SAP EWM
3 3 (4.76%) SAP FI
3 3 (4.76%) SAP IBP
4 2 (3.17%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (3.17%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.17%) SAP HCM
4 2 (3.17%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.17%) SAP PM
4 2 (3.17%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.59%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.59%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
5 1 (1.59%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (1.59%) SAP Retail
5 1 (1.59%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.59%) SAP SRM
5 1 (1.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (3.17%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 2 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.59%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) GIS
2 1 (1.59%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) LSMW
General
1 34 (53.97%) Social Skills
2 24 (38.10%) Finance
3 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (7.94%) German Language
5 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Legal
7 3 (4.76%) Retail
8 2 (3.17%) Automotive
8 2 (3.17%) French Language
8 2 (3.17%) Marketing
8 2 (3.17%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.59%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.59%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Life Science
2 4 (6.35%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (3.17%) FMCG
4 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) IoT
5 1 (1.59%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (52.38%) Project Management
2 26 (41.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (26.98%) Project Delivery
5 16 (25.40%) ERP
6 14 (22.22%) Agile
7 13 (20.63%) Migration
8 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (17.46%) Asset Management
10 10 (15.87%) PRINCE2
11 9 (14.29%) Change Management
12 8 (12.70%) Logistics
13 7 (11.11%) Budget Management
13 7 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
13 7 (11.11%) Waterfall
14 5 (7.94%) Business Case
14 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (7.94%) Order to Cash
14 5 (7.94%) Project Planning
14 5 (7.94%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (11.11%) PMP
2 5 (7.94%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.76%) Degree
4 2 (3.17%) SAP Certification
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) CIMA
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) PMO
2 4 (6.35%) PMBOK
2 4 (6.35%) QA
3 3 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.59%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (17.46%) Ariba
3 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.17%) Workday
4 1 (1.59%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.59%) Concur
4 1 (1.59%) HP
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle