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 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 470 507
Rank change year-on-year -50 +37 +131
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 72 56 92
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 50
10th Percentile £465 £460 £448
25th Percentile £525 £505 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £625 £654 £675
90th Percentile £635 £685 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +5.78% +2.27% -8.33%

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 35,687 28,709 41,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.95% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,471 17,591 27,699
10th Percentile £300 £290 £275
25th Percentile £406 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £489
% change year-on-year -0.42% -2.45% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 837 2,322
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.91 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.76 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £61.54 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.85 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.23% -7.14% -

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -47 59 £595 -0.83% 10
London -26 32 £600 - 3
UK excluding London -58 23 £595 +5.78% 10
Work from Home -7 20 £600 - 5
North of England -48 11 £595 +13.33% 1
Yorkshire -54 6 £595 +13.33%
Midlands -43 5 £505 - 5
West Midlands -44 5 £505 - 5
North West -21 4 £538 +34.38% 1
South West -19 2 - -
South East -27 2 - - 3
East of England - 2 £675 -
North East - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 February 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 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 40 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 30 (41.67%) Project Management
4 25 (34.72%) Project Delivery
5 24 (33.33%) ERP
6 22 (30.56%) PMP
7 18 (25.00%) Migration
7 18 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (23.61%) Agile
9 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (18.06%) Budget Management
10 13 (18.06%) PMI Certification
10 13 (18.06%) PRINCE2
11 12 (16.67%) Project Governance
12 11 (15.28%) Change Management
12 11 (15.28%) PMO
13 10 (13.89%) Cutover Planning
13 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
14 9 (12.50%) Waterfall
15 8 (11.11%) Business Case
15 8 (11.11%) Degree
15 8 (11.11%) JIRA
15 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
15 8 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
16 7 (9.72%) Data Migration
16 7 (9.72%) QA
16 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
17 6 (8.33%) Ariba
17 6 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness

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 3 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 40 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.94%) SAP CO
2 5 (6.94%) SAP ERP
2 5 (6.94%) SAP FI
3 4 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (5.56%) SAP IBP
3 4 (5.56%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.56%) SAP PP
4 3 (4.17%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (4.17%) SAP PM
5 2 (2.78%) SAP EWM
5 2 (2.78%) SAP GTS
5 2 (2.78%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.78%) SAP SCM
5 2 (2.78%) SAP SRM
6 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.39%) SAP Business One
6 1 (1.39%) SAP PS
6 1 (1.39%) SAP QM
6 1 (1.39%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (5.56%) Azure
2 4 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.17%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (1.39%) SaaS
4 1 (1.39%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) GIS
2 1 (1.39%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) LSMW
General
1 38 (52.78%) Finance
2 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Banking
6 2 (2.78%) German Language
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Danish Language
7 1 (1.39%) Norwegian Language
7 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.39%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.39%) RESTful
2 1 (1.39%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (6.94%) Life Science
3 4 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.17%) IoT
5 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.39%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.39%) FMCG
6 1 (1.39%) IPTV
6 1 (1.39%) New Media
6 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) Project Management
2 25 (34.72%) Project Delivery
3 24 (33.33%) ERP
4 18 (25.00%) Migration
4 18 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (23.61%) Agile
6 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (18.06%) Budget Management
7 13 (18.06%) PRINCE2
8 12 (16.67%) Project Governance
9 11 (15.28%) Change Management
10 10 (13.89%) Cutover Planning
10 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
11 9 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 8 (11.11%) Business Case
12 8 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 7 (9.72%) Data Migration
13 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
14 6 (8.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) ABAP
2 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (30.56%) PMP
2 13 (18.06%) PMI Certification
3 8 (11.11%) Degree
4 4 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.78%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) PMO
2 7 (9.72%) QA
3 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.78%) GMP
4 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.39%) NIST
5 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (8.33%) Ariba
3 4 (5.56%) Planview
3 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.78%) Google
4 2 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.78%) Oracle
5 1 (1.39%) Concur