SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK is £511, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 482 490
Rank change year-on-year -94 +8 +42
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 91 64 82
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 35 41
10th Percentile £421 £435 £475
25th Percentile £500 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.08% -0.83% -
75th Percentile £656 £634 £694
90th Percentile £741 £705 £938
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £598 £585
% change year-on-year -14.72% +2.22% +1.74%
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 48,972 29,978 37,340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 91.54% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,547 19,070 24,184
10th Percentile £331 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,337 1,464 2,247
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.71 £13.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.32
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -40.16% -2.97%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.02 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +8.59%

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 28 July 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 13 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 28 July 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 -91 68 £511 -14.08% 6
UK excluding London -74 44 £510 -14.72% 4
London -65 23 £650 +13.04% 2
Work from Home -52 22 £650 +8.33% 1
West Midlands -44 14 £544 +14.47%
Midlands -44 14 £544 -7.45%
East of England -11 12 £510 -15.00%
North of England -71 8 £569 -4.41% 4
Yorkshire -38 5 £588 -1.26% 3
South West -32 4 £825 +279.59%
South East -73 4 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
North East - 2 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 91 (100.00%) SAP
2 48 (52.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 41 (45.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (37.36%) Project Management
5 24 (26.37%) Migration
5 24 (26.37%) PMO
6 23 (25.27%) Agile
7 18 (19.78%) PMP
7 18 (19.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (18.68%) ERP
8 17 (18.68%) Project Delivery
8 17 (18.68%) Project Governance
9 16 (17.58%) PMI Certification
10 15 (16.48%) Change Management
11 14 (15.38%) Ariba
11 14 (15.38%) PRINCE2
11 14 (15.38%) SAP CO
11 14 (15.38%) SAP FI
11 14 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
12 13 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
13 10 (10.99%) Degree
14 9 (9.89%) Decision-Making
14 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (8.79%) Budget Management
15 8 (8.79%) Dependency Management
15 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
15 8 (8.79%) Waterfall
16 7 (7.69%) Data Migration
16 7 (7.69%) IT Strategy
16 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Project

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 (5.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (52.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (15.38%) SAP CO
2 14 (15.38%) SAP FI
2 14 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (3.30%) SAP GRC
3 3 (3.30%) SAP PM
3 3 (3.30%) SAP QM
4 2 (2.20%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.20%) SAP EWM
4 2 (2.20%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.20%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.10%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.10%) SAP FI-AA
5 1 (1.10%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.10%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.10%) SAP MDG-S
5 1 (1.10%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.10%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.10%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.40%) Azure
2 3 (3.30%) Smartsheet
2 3 (3.30%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.20%) AWS
3 2 (2.20%) GCP
3 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.20%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) JIRA
General
1 32 (35.16%) Finance
2 28 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 17 (18.68%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.30%) German Language
5 3 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.30%) Retail
6 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.20%) Billing
6 2 (2.20%) Law
6 2 (2.20%) Local Government
7 1 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Banking
7 1 (1.10%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.20%) Middleware
3 1 (1.10%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.20%) FMCG
2 2 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.20%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.10%) IoT
3 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.10%) Life Science
3 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (37.36%) Project Management
3 24 (26.37%) Migration
4 23 (25.27%) Agile
5 18 (19.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 17 (18.68%) ERP
6 17 (18.68%) Project Delivery
6 17 (18.68%) Project Governance
7 15 (16.48%) Change Management
8 14 (15.38%) PRINCE2
9 13 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
10 9 (9.89%) Decision-Making
10 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (8.79%) Budget Management
11 8 (8.79%) Dependency Management
11 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
11 8 (8.79%) Waterfall
12 7 (7.69%) Data Migration
12 7 (7.69%) SAP Implementation
12 7 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (19.78%) PMP
2 16 (17.58%) PMI Certification
3 10 (10.99%) Degree
4 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.20%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (26.37%) PMO
2 4 (4.40%) QA
3 3 (3.30%) GRC
4 1 (1.10%) GMP
4 1 (1.10%) GxP
4 1 (1.10%) ITGC
4 1 (1.10%) NIST
4 1 (1.10%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (15.38%) Ariba
3 5 (5.49%) Concur
4 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.20%) Google
5 2 (2.20%) IFS
5 2 (2.20%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.10%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (1.10%) Cognos
6 1 (1.10%) IBM
6 1 (1.10%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.10%) Planview
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