SAP Test Manager Contract Job Trends

SAP Test Manager
UK

The median SAP Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 509 566
Rank change year-on-year -95 +57 +151
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Test Manager 13 11 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.038% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.040% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £441 £400 £345
25th Percentile £479 £406 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +6.87% -1.75%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £571
90th Percentile £613 £608 £596
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £413
% change year-on-year -11.11% +36.36% -17.50%

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 39,828 27,223 41,240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.95% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,890 17,719 27,066
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 888 2,490
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £12.91
25th Percentile £19.22 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%

SAP Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Test Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP Test Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Test Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Test Manager job vacancies in the UK

SAP Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Test Manager over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Test Manager in the UK

SAP Test Manager
Top 9 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 Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 March 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 -101 8 £512 -0.20% 4
Work from Home -21 7 £522 -9.30% 1
London -50 4 £523 +14.63% 1
UK excluding London -78 4 £500 -11.11% 3
North of England - 2 £500 -
North West - 2 £500 -
East Midlands -35 1 £480 -8.57%
Midlands -67 1 £480 -8.57%
South East - 1 £550 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, SAP Test 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 Test Manager in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (53.85%) Test Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) Ariba
4 4 (30.77%) Defect Management
4 4 (30.77%) ERP
4 4 (30.77%) QA
4 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (30.77%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Test Planning
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Test Management
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Line Management
6 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
7 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
7 1 (7.69%) JIRA
7 1 (7.69%) Oracle
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) SaaS

SAP Test 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
2 1 (7.69%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (15.38%) German Language
1 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Public Speaking
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Local Government
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Test Strategy
2 4 (30.77%) Defect Management
2 4 (30.77%) ERP
2 4 (30.77%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Test Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 3 (23.08%) Test Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Line Management
4 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (38.46%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle