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 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 655 761
Rank change year-on-year -100 +106 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 54 21 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.042% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.047% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 13
10th Percentile £50,000 £59,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -23.53% +30.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £105,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +3.85%

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 106,082 44,571 74,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 89.73% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,120 26,247 45,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK

SAP Project Manager
Top 12 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 11 September 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 -93 40 £70,000 +7.69% 13
UK excluding London -89 34 £55,000 -15.38% 10
London -48 13 £70,000 +5.66% 3
West Midlands -22 10 £55,000 -50.00% 2
Midlands -38 10 £55,000 -50.00% 2
North of England -33 9 £55,000 -12.00%
Work from Home -38 9 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Scotland - 8 - -
North West - 8 £55,000 -
South East -41 4 £82,500 +26.92% 4
East of England - 3 - - 4
Yorkshire -47 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 September 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 54 (100.00%) SAP
2 29 (53.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (33.33%) Project Management
4 15 (27.78%) Migration
4 15 (27.78%) Project Delivery
5 14 (25.93%) Agile
6 12 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (20.37%) Change Control
7 11 (20.37%) ERP
8 10 (18.52%) Data Migration
8 10 (18.52%) PRINCE2
9 9 (16.67%) PMI Certification
9 9 (16.67%) PMP
9 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (14.81%) NEBOSH
11 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (12.96%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (11.11%) Data Governance
12 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
12 6 (11.11%) Project Governance
13 4 (7.41%) Budget Management
13 4 (7.41%) Change Management
13 4 (7.41%) PMO
13 4 (7.41%) Release Management
13 4 (7.41%) Resource Allocation
13 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
13 4 (7.41%) Smartsheet
13 4 (7.41%) System Integration Testing
13 4 (7.41%) Waterfall

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 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (53.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.56%) SAP CX
3 2 (3.70%) SAP MDG
3 2 (3.70%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (7.41%) Smartsheet
3 3 (5.56%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (27.78%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Legal
3 8 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Advertising
7 1 (1.85%) Law
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.41%) FMCG
2 4 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.85%) Life Science
4 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Project Management
2 15 (27.78%) Migration
2 15 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 14 (25.93%) Agile
4 12 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.37%) Change Control
5 11 (20.37%) ERP
6 10 (18.52%) Data Migration
6 10 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (11.11%) Data Governance
9 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (11.11%) Project Governance
10 4 (7.41%) Change Management
10 4 (7.41%) Release Management
10 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
10 4 (7.41%) System Integration Testing
10 4 (7.41%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 9 (16.67%) PMP
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) NEBOSH
2 4 (7.41%) PMO
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (5.56%) Ariba
3 2 (3.70%) Concur
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft