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 £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 343 344
Rank change year-on-year -83 +1 +23
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 42 26 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 15
10th Percentile £450 £321 £460
25th Percentile £500 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £597 £585
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% +1.97% -1.68%
75th Percentile £663 £628 £593
90th Percentile £775 £725 £663
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% -2.50%
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

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 24,892 13,726 16,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.37% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,077 8,432 10,367
10th Percentile £305 £215 £220
25th Percentile £410 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,948 1,207 1,773
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.32 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £16.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -42.71% +17.07%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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
East of England -8 12 £510 -15.00%
Midlands -48 12 £613 +16.67%
West Midlands -50 12 £613 +28.95%
North of England -56 8 £569 -4.41% 2
Yorkshire -39 5 £588 -1.26%
South West -40 4 £825 +279.59%
South East -70 4 - -
North East - 2 £500 -
Scotland - 2 - -
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 4 August 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 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 19 (45.24%) PMO
3 15 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (30.95%) Project Management
5 12 (28.57%) Agile
6 11 (26.19%) ERP
7 10 (23.81%) PMP
7 10 (23.81%) SAP CO
7 10 (23.81%) SAP FI
7 10 (23.81%) SAP FI/CO
7 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (21.43%) Migration
9 8 (19.05%) PMI Certification
9 8 (19.05%) Project Delivery
10 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
10 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (14.29%) Change Management
11 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
11 6 (14.29%) IT Strategy
11 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
12 5 (11.90%) Cutover Planning
12 5 (11.90%) Dependency Management
13 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
13 4 (9.52%) Degree
13 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
13 4 (9.52%) Project Planning
13 4 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
13 4 (9.52%) SAP Implementation
13 4 (9.52%) Waterfall

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 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (23.81%) SAP CO
2 10 (23.81%) SAP FI
2 10 (23.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (4.76%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.38%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (2.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.38%) SAP GRC
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (2.38%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
1 2 (4.76%) Smartsheet
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Billing
6 1 (2.38%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) FMCG
1 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.38%) IoT
2 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (30.95%) Project Management
3 12 (28.57%) Agile
4 11 (26.19%) ERP
5 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (21.43%) Migration
7 8 (19.05%) Project Delivery
8 7 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (14.29%) Change Management
9 6 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 6 (14.29%) IT Strategy
9 6 (14.29%) Project Governance
10 5 (11.90%) Cutover Planning
10 5 (11.90%) Dependency Management
11 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
11 4 (9.52%) Project Planning
11 4 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
11 4 (9.52%) SAP Implementation
11 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) PMP
2 8 (19.05%) PMI Certification
3 4 (9.52%) Degree
4 2 (4.76%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (45.24%) PMO
2 2 (4.76%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) GRC
3 1 (2.38%) ITGC
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) Ariba
2 2 (4.76%) IFS
2 2 (4.76%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.38%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) MuleSoft