SAP Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - SAP daily rate in the UK excluding London is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 336 363
Rank change year-on-year -45 +27 +65
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 23 14 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.10% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 29
10th Percentile £417 £470 £421
25th Percentile £573 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.78% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £658 £588
90th Percentile - £671 £698
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £555
% change year-on-year -0.83% +8.11% -7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 17,746 12,577 19,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.48% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,794 7,521 12,266
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £490
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -2.65% -2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,856 658 1,890
10th Percentile £14.19 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.98 £20.30 £16.12
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.13 £35.98
Median % change year-on-year -12.85% -10.69% +10.69%
75th Percentile £61.64 £63.75 £62.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

SAP Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 in the UK excluding London.

SAP Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Project Manager in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
North of England -54 11 £595 +13.33% 1
Yorkshire -51 6 £595 +13.33%
West Midlands -36 5 £505 - 2
Midlands -51 5 £505 - 2
North West -26 4 £538 +34.38% 1
South West -17 2 - -
South East -28 2 - - 3
East of England - 2 £675 -
North East - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
SAP Project Manager
UK

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 February 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Project Manager in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (65.22%) ERP
3 12 (52.17%) Project Management
4 11 (47.83%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (39.13%) PMP
6 8 (34.78%) Business Case
7 7 (30.43%) Migration
7 7 (30.43%) QA
8 6 (26.09%) Budget Management
8 6 (26.09%) Commercial Awareness
8 6 (26.09%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
8 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (21.74%) Cutover Planning
9 5 (21.74%) PMO
10 4 (17.39%) Project Governance
10 4 (17.39%) SAP ERP
10 4 (17.39%) SAP Implementation
11 3 (13.04%) Agile
11 3 (13.04%) Degree
11 3 (13.04%) Dependency Management
11 3 (13.04%) JIRA
11 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
11 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
11 3 (13.04%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
11 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
11 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
11 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management

SAP Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (47.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (17.39%) SAP ERP
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) IoT
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) ERP
2 12 (52.17%) Project Management
3 8 (34.78%) Business Case
4 7 (30.43%) Migration
5 6 (26.09%) Budget Management
5 6 (26.09%) Commercial Awareness
5 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Project Delivery
5 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (21.74%) Cutover Planning
7 4 (17.39%) Project Governance
7 4 (17.39%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Dependency Management
8 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
8 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (8.70%) Change Management
9 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (8.70%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) PMP
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
2 5 (21.74%) PMO
3 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow