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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 315 350
Rank change year-on-year -83 +35 +36
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 46 22 38
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 14 19
10th Percentile £435 £280 £406
25th Percentile £500 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £595 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £621 £648 £585
90th Percentile £765 £706 £642
UK median daily rate £531 £595 £600
% change year-on-year -10.71% -0.83% +4.35%
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 23,008 11,906 19,202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 91.75% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,224 7,553 11,557
10th Percentile £300 £213 £213
25th Percentile £403 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £594
90th Percentile £678 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,660 877 2,431
10th Percentile £14.68 £13.53 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.09 £16.95 £15.79
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.04% -25.33% -16.67%

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 5 June 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 June 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 -16 13 £510 - 2
Midlands -45 12 £506 +6.58%
West Midlands -48 12 £506 +6.58%
North of England -72 11 £588 -1.26% 3
Yorkshire -45 8 £595 -
South West -29 4 £825 +65.00%
South East -68 4 - -
North East - 2 £500 -
Scotland - 2 - -
North West -38 1 £475 +36.69% 3
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 June 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 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 22 (47.83%) PMO
3 20 (43.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (36.96%) Project Management
5 15 (32.61%) ERP
5 15 (32.61%) PMP
5 15 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (26.09%) Agile
7 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (21.74%) PMI Certification
8 10 (21.74%) Project Delivery
8 10 (21.74%) SAP CO
8 10 (21.74%) SAP FI
8 10 (21.74%) SAP FI/CO
9 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2
9 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (17.39%) Cutover Planning
10 8 (17.39%) Dependency Management
10 8 (17.39%) Migration
10 8 (17.39%) Project Governance
11 7 (15.22%) Budget Management
11 7 (15.22%) Change Management
12 6 (13.04%) Degree
12 6 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (13.04%) IT Strategy
12 6 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
13 5 (10.87%) Business Case
13 5 (10.87%) Commercial Awareness
13 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
13 5 (10.87%) QA

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 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (43.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (21.74%) SAP CO
2 10 (21.74%) SAP FI
2 10 (21.74%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (4.35%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.35%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.17%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (2.17%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (2.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (2.17%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.35%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 18 (39.13%) Finance
2 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 12 (26.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Retail
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Billing
5 1 (2.17%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) FMCG
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.17%) IoT
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Project Management
2 15 (32.61%) ERP
2 15 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (26.09%) Agile
4 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 9 (19.57%) PRINCE2
6 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (17.39%) Cutover Planning
7 8 (17.39%) Dependency Management
7 8 (17.39%) Migration
7 8 (17.39%) Project Governance
8 7 (15.22%) Budget Management
8 7 (15.22%) Change Management
9 6 (13.04%) IT Strategy
9 6 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
10 5 (10.87%) Business Case
10 5 (10.87%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
11 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) PMP
2 10 (21.74%) PMI Certification
3 6 (13.04%) Degree
4 2 (4.35%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (47.83%) PMO
2 5 (10.87%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) ITGC
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.35%) IFS
2 2 (4.35%) JD Edwards
2 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.17%) Ariba
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft