SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 470 499
Rank change year-on-year -101 +29 +51
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 81 62 86
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 48
10th Percentile £418 £435 £428
25th Percentile £500 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -4.17% +0.42%
75th Percentile £618 £634 £695
90th Percentile £738 £705 £911
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £597 £550
% change year-on-year -14.50% +8.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.96
Median hourly rate £58.92 - £65.92
75th Percentile - - £68.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.92

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 47,423 28,164 40,143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.05% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,738 18,025 25,769
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,196 1,261 2,867
10th Percentile £15.61 £13.78 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.23 £17.33 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% -28.00% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -95 64 £510 -12.82% 6
UK excluding London -74 43 £510 -14.50% 4
London -88 20 £650 +14.54% 2
Work from Home -43 18 £588 -1.92% 3
West Midlands -48 12 £506 +6.58% 2
Midlands -54 12 £506 +6.58% 2
East of England -18 11 £510 -15.00%
North of England -70 10 £569 -4.41%
Yorkshire -47 7 £595 -
South West -26 4 £825 +279.59%
South East -70 4 - - 2
North East - 2 £500 -
Scotland - 2 - -
North West -47 1 £475 +36.69%

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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 81 (100.00%) SAP
2 42 (51.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (35.80%) Project Management
5 26 (32.10%) PMO
6 20 (24.69%) Agile
6 20 (24.69%) Migration
7 19 (23.46%) ERP
7 19 (23.46%) PMP
8 18 (22.22%) Project Delivery
9 15 (18.52%) PMI Certification
9 15 (18.52%) Project Governance
9 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (16.05%) Change Management
10 13 (16.05%) Cutover Planning
10 13 (16.05%) PRINCE2
10 13 (16.05%) SAP CO
10 13 (16.05%) SAP FI
10 13 (16.05%) SAP FI/CO
11 11 (13.58%) Ariba
12 10 (12.35%) Degree
12 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
13 8 (9.88%) Data Migration
13 8 (9.88%) Decision-Making
13 8 (9.88%) Dependency Management
13 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Project
14 7 (8.64%) IT Strategy
14 7 (8.64%) SAP Implementation
14 7 (8.64%) Waterfall

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 5 (6.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 42 (51.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (16.05%) SAP CO
2 13 (16.05%) SAP FI
2 13 (16.05%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (3.70%) SAP QM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.47%) SAP EWM
4 2 (2.47%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.47%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.23%) SAP CAR
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 1 (1.23%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.23%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.23%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.23%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.23%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.17%) Azure
2 3 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.70%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.47%) AWS
3 2 (2.47%) GCP
3 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.47%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) GIS
2 1 (1.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 26 (32.10%) Finance
1 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.47%) Billing
4 2 (2.47%) German Language
4 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.47%) Law
4 2 (2.47%) Local Government
4 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.47%) Retail
5 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.23%) Banking
5 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) Middleware
1 1 (1.23%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.47%) FMCG
2 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.23%) IoT
3 1 (1.23%) Life Science
3 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (35.80%) Project Management
3 20 (24.69%) Agile
3 20 (24.69%) Migration
4 19 (23.46%) ERP
5 18 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 15 (18.52%) Project Governance
6 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (16.05%) Change Management
7 13 (16.05%) Cutover Planning
7 13 (16.05%) PRINCE2
8 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
9 8 (9.88%) Data Migration
9 8 (9.88%) Decision-Making
9 8 (9.88%) Dependency Management
10 7 (8.64%) IT Strategy
10 7 (8.64%) SAP Implementation
10 7 (8.64%) Waterfall
11 6 (7.41%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 19 (23.46%) PMP
2 15 (18.52%) PMI Certification
3 10 (12.35%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (32.10%) PMO
2 6 (7.41%) QA
3 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) GMP
3 1 (1.23%) ITGC
3 1 (1.23%) NIST
3 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 81 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (13.58%) Ariba
3 5 (6.17%) Concur
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.47%) Google
5 2 (2.47%) IFS
5 2 (2.47%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.47%) Planview
6 1 (1.23%) Cognos
6 1 (1.23%) IBM
6 1 (1.23%) Oracle