SAP Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 686 634 856
Rank change year-on-year -52 +222 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 50 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.033% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.037% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 32 10 17
10th Percentile £50,000 £58,075 £52,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -37.50% +53.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,625 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £81,250
% change year-on-year -8.00% -23.08% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 86,844 37,958 93,943
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 89.30% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 57,790 21,252 68,852
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -6.54%

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 39 £70,000 +12.00% 9
UK excluding London -27 36 £57,500 -8.00% 8
West Midlands - 12 £50,000 -
Midlands - 12 £50,000 -
Work from Home +18 10 £55,000 -12.00% 6
East of England - 10 £70,000 - 3
London -19 7 £70,000 +12.00% 2
Scotland - 7 - -
South East - 4 £82,500 - 3
North West -10 3 £60,000 -25.00% 2
North of England -27 3 £60,000 -15.79% 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, SAP Project Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring SAP Project Manager in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 26 (52.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (34.00%) Migration
4 15 (30.00%) Agile
5 13 (26.00%) ERP
5 13 (26.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (24.00%) Project Management
7 10 (20.00%) Change Control
7 10 (20.00%) Data Migration
8 9 (18.00%) PMI Certification
8 9 (18.00%) PMP
8 9 (18.00%) PRINCE2
8 9 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.00%) SAP Implementation
10 7 (14.00%) Impact Assessments
10 7 (14.00%) IT Strategy
10 7 (14.00%) NEBOSH
10 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
11 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (12.00%) PMO
11 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
11 6 (12.00%) SuccessFactors
11 6 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
12 5 (10.00%) Budget Management
12 5 (10.00%) Data Governance
12 5 (10.00%) Project Governance
12 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
13 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
13 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving

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:

Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (52.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.00%) SAP CX
3 2 (4.00%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (8.00%) Smartsheet
3 3 (6.00%) Azure
3 3 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
1 1 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (30.00%) Finance
2 9 (18.00%) Manufacturing
3 8 (16.00%) Legal
4 5 (10.00%) Aerospace
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Advertising
7 2 (4.00%) Billing
7 2 (4.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
1 7 (14.00%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.00%) FMCG
3 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Migration
2 15 (30.00%) Agile
3 13 (26.00%) ERP
3 13 (26.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (24.00%) Project Management
5 10 (20.00%) Change Control
5 10 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 9 (18.00%) PRINCE2
6 9 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (16.00%) SAP Implementation
8 7 (14.00%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (14.00%) IT Strategy
8 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
9 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.00%) System Integration Testing
10 5 (10.00%) Budget Management
10 5 (10.00%) Data Governance
10 5 (10.00%) Project Governance
10 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) PMI Certification
1 9 (18.00%) PMP
2 3 (6.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) NEBOSH
2 6 (12.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (6.00%) Ariba
3 2 (4.00%) Concur
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft