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 £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 339 369
Rank change year-on-year -37 +30 +63
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 23 21 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 28
10th Percentile £561 £438 £489
25th Percentile £573 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £568
Median % change year-on-year - +5.73% -5.42%
75th Percentile £625 £658 £638
90th Percentile £645 £700 £703
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 16,071 14,630 18,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 92.33% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,915 8,581 12,451
10th Percentile £209 £213 £214
25th Percentile £363 £369 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
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 1,589 927 1,250
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.12 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £72.50 £77.05
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025. 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 -40 9 £595 +13.33%
Midlands -30 6 £600 -6.80%
North West -16 5 £600 +21.83%
West Midlands -26 4 £600 -6.80%
South East -15 3 - -
Yorkshire -40 3 £595 +13.33%
South West -14 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £525 -
East of England - 2 £600 -
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 11 December 2025, 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 14 (60.87%) Project Management
3 12 (52.17%) ERP
4 9 (39.13%) Migration
5 8 (34.78%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (26.09%) Business Case
6 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (26.09%) QA
6 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (21.74%) Agile
7 5 (21.74%) PMP
7 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
8 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
8 4 (17.39%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
9 3 (13.04%) Change Management
9 3 (13.04%) Commercial Awareness
9 3 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (13.04%) PMO
9 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
9 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
9 3 (13.04%) SAP ERP
9 3 (13.04%) SAP Payroll
9 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (8.70%) Cutover Planning
10 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (8.70%) Data Cleansing

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:

Business Applications
1 8 (34.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (13.04%) SAP ERP
2 3 (13.04%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (8.70%) PRMS
4 1 (4.35%) SAP HR
4 1 (4.35%) SAP PM
4 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
3 5 (21.74%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Dutch Language
5 1 (4.35%) French Language
5 1 (4.35%) German Language
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) AS400
1 2 (8.70%) Life Science
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.35%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Project Management
2 12 (52.17%) ERP
3 9 (39.13%) Migration
4 6 (26.09%) Business Case
4 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
6 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 3 (13.04%) Commercial Awareness
6 3 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
6 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Inventory Management
7 2 (8.70%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) PMP
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
2 3 (13.04%) PMO
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) Rockwell
3 1 (4.35%) Ariba
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Workday