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 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 328 368
Rank change year-on-year -58 +40 +53
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 38 19 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 28
10th Percentile £409 £272 £419
25th Percentile £481 £434 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £578
90th Percentile £755 £658 £662
UK median daily rate £595 £598 £540
% change year-on-year -0.50% +10.74% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.96
Median hourly rate - - £65.92
75th Percentile - - £68.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.92 - £65.92
% change year-on-year - - -5.83%

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 19,491 12,329 19,753
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.32% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,618 7,717 12,328
10th Percentile £250 £209 £210
25th Percentile £385 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £671 £681
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,099 683 2,059
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.26 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.97 £15.66
Median hourly rate £33.17 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +2.06% -1.71% -14.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -1.44% +6.06% -18.67%

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 7 March 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 7 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
North of England -55 15 £595 +28.65% 3
West Midlands -44 12 £506 +9.46% 6
Midlands -54 12 £506 +9.46% 6
Yorkshire -53 9 £595 +13.33%
South West -25 5 £825 +42.49%
North West -34 4 £538 +136.26% 3
South East -38 3 - - 1
East of England -21 2 £675 -
North East - 2 £500 -
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 7 March 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 38 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (52.63%) ERP
3 18 (47.37%) Project Management
4 16 (42.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (39.47%) PMP
6 12 (31.58%) PMO
7 11 (28.95%) Migration
8 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (26.32%) Project Delivery
8 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (23.68%) Business Case
9 9 (23.68%) Cutover Planning
9 9 (23.68%) Project Governance
10 8 (21.05%) Agile
10 8 (21.05%) PMI Certification
10 8 (21.05%) PRINCE2
10 8 (21.05%) QA
10 8 (21.05%) SAP Implementation
11 7 (18.42%) Budget Management
11 7 (18.42%) Commercial Awareness
11 7 (18.42%) Dependency Management
11 7 (18.42%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (15.79%) Change Management
13 5 (13.16%) Degree
13 5 (13.16%) JIRA
13 5 (13.16%) SAP ERP
14 4 (10.53%) Confluence
14 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
14 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Project

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 4 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (42.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (13.16%) SAP ERP
3 3 (7.89%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (5.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (2.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (7.89%) Azure
3 2 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (2.63%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) JIRA
General
1 22 (57.89%) Finance
2 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
3 12 (31.58%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) IoT
1 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) ERP
2 18 (47.37%) Project Management
3 11 (28.95%) Migration
4 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (26.32%) Project Delivery
4 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (23.68%) Business Case
5 9 (23.68%) Cutover Planning
5 9 (23.68%) Project Governance
6 8 (21.05%) Agile
6 8 (21.05%) PRINCE2
6 8 (21.05%) SAP Implementation
7 7 (18.42%) Budget Management
7 7 (18.42%) Commercial Awareness
7 7 (18.42%) Dependency Management
8 6 (15.79%) Change Management
9 4 (10.53%) Data Migration
9 4 (10.53%) Production Planning
9 4 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) PMP
2 8 (21.05%) PMI Certification
3 5 (13.16%) Degree
4 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) PMO
2 8 (21.05%) QA
3 2 (5.26%) NIST
3 2 (5.26%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.26%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.63%) IFS
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft