SAP Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager - SAP
UK

The median Project Manager - SAP salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 760 735
Rank change year-on-year +107 -25 +398
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 20 32 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.041% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.043% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 25
10th Percentile - £57,500 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £95,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +46.15% -
75th Percentile £82,813 £105,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £104,375 - £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +6.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,155 74,074 57,839
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 95.25% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25,862 44,536 44,785
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Project Manager 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 10 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 16 September 2025. 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 +106 16 £65,000 -35.00% 20
Work from Home +76 11 £62,500 +4.17% 12
UK excluding London +98 7 £65,000 -13.33% 12
London +55 7 £66,250 -36.90% 13
South West +68 2 £65,000 -
North of England +55 2 £62,500 +4.17%
South East +47 2 £65,000 -23.53% 12
Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 -
Midlands +63 1 £110,000 +22.22%
West Midlands +54 1 £110,000 +22.22%

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, SAP Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SAP Project Manager in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (70.00%) Project Management
3 12 (60.00%) Agile
4 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
5 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
5 8 (40.00%) Finance
6 7 (35.00%) PMP
6 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (30.00%) Business Case
8 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
8 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (25.00%) Degree
9 4 (20.00%) ERP
9 4 (20.00%) Presales
9 4 (20.00%) QA
9 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (15.00%) Risk Register
10 3 (15.00%) SAP HANA
10 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
10 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team Management
10 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
10 3 (15.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 3 (15.00%) Business Change Management
10 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
10 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (15.00%) Supplier Management
10 3 (15.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Project Management
2 12 (60.00%) Agile
3 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
4 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Business Case
6 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (20.00%) ERP
7 4 (20.00%) Presales
8 3 (15.00%) Business Change Management
8 3 (15.00%) Change Management
8 3 (15.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 3 (15.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.00%) Risk Register
8 3 (15.00%) Supplier Management
8 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team Management
8 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
9 2 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) PMP
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) GRC
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft