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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 465 498
Rank change year-on-year -63 +33 +101
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 95 52 90
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 30 48
10th Percentile £438 £423 £411
25th Percentile £500 £500 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +5.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £669
90th Percentile £744 £662 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +13.33% -4.55% -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 42,306 27,128 40,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.60% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,259 17,804 26,404
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £627 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,679 980 2,578
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.65 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.26 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.42 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.20% -10.22% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.58 £72.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.28% -14.29% -17.38%

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 April 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 15 April 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 -87 76 £595 +6.97% 9
UK excluding London -71 43 £595 +13.33% 8
London -44 30 £600 +7.14% 1
Work from Home -16 25 £600 - 5
North of England -58 16 £595 +13.33% 2
West Midlands -49 13 £513 +10.81% 1
Midlands -51 13 £513 +10.81% 1
Yorkshire -45 11 £595 +13.33%
East of England -24 6 £550 - 2
South West -27 5 £825 +42.49%
North West -40 4 £538 +877.27% 2
Scotland - 2 - -
South East -57 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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 95 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (45.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 37 (38.95%) Project Management
4 30 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (27.37%) Project Delivery
6 25 (26.32%) ERP
6 25 (26.32%) PMP
7 24 (25.26%) Agile
7 24 (25.26%) Migration
8 23 (24.21%) PMO
9 18 (18.95%) Project Governance
10 16 (16.84%) Change Management
11 15 (15.79%) PMI Certification
11 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (14.74%) Ariba
12 14 (14.74%) Budget Management
12 14 (14.74%) Cutover Planning
12 14 (14.74%) PRINCE2
13 12 (12.63%) SAP Implementation
14 10 (10.53%) Data Migration
14 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
14 10 (10.53%) QA
14 10 (10.53%) Waterfall
15 9 (9.47%) Degree
15 9 (9.47%) JIRA
15 9 (9.47%) SAP CO
15 9 (9.47%) SAP FI
16 8 (8.42%) Business Case
16 8 (8.42%) 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 5 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 43 (45.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (9.47%) SAP CO
2 9 (9.47%) SAP FI
3 8 (8.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (6.32%) SAP ERP
5 4 (4.21%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (4.21%) SAP PP
6 3 (3.16%) SAP MDG
6 3 (3.16%) SAP MM
6 3 (3.16%) SAP PM
7 2 (2.11%) SAP EWM
7 2 (2.11%) SAP QM
8 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (1.05%) SAP GTS
8 1 (1.05%) SAP IBP
8 1 (1.05%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.05%) SAP SCM
8 1 (1.05%) SAP SD
8 1 (1.05%) SAP SRM
8 1 (1.05%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.26%) Azure
2 5 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.11%) AWS
3 2 (2.11%) GCP
4 1 (1.05%) SaaS
4 1 (1.05%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.05%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) GIS
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) LSMW
General
1 44 (46.32%) Finance
2 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
3 15 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.16%) German Language
4 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (3.16%) Retail
5 2 (2.11%) Banking
5 2 (2.11%) Local Government
5 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.05%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.05%) Marketing
6 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.05%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.05%) RESTful
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.05%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.16%) IoT
4 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.05%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.05%) IPTV
5 1 (1.05%) Life Science
5 1 (1.05%) New Media
5 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.05%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (38.95%) Project Management
2 30 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (27.37%) Project Delivery
4 25 (26.32%) ERP
5 24 (25.26%) Agile
5 24 (25.26%) Migration
6 18 (18.95%) Project Governance
7 16 (16.84%) Change Management
8 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (14.74%) Budget Management
9 14 (14.74%) Cutover Planning
9 14 (14.74%) PRINCE2
10 12 (12.63%) SAP Implementation
11 10 (10.53%) Data Migration
11 10 (10.53%) Waterfall
12 8 (8.42%) Business Case
12 8 (8.42%) Commercial Awareness
12 8 (8.42%) Dependency Management
13 7 (7.37%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.26%) ABAP
2 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (26.32%) PMP
2 15 (15.79%) PMI Certification
3 9 (9.47%) Degree
4 4 (4.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (3.16%) SAP Certification
6 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (24.21%) PMO
2 10 (10.53%) QA
3 4 (4.21%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.11%) NIST
4 2 (2.11%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 95 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (14.74%) Ariba
3 4 (4.21%) Planview
4 3 (3.16%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.11%) Google
5 2 (2.11%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.11%) Oracle
5 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.05%) Concur
6 1 (1.05%) IBM
6 1 (1.05%) IFS