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 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 351 345
Rank change year-on-year -111 -6 +31
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 27 18 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.095% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 11
10th Percentile - £508 £438
25th Percentile £500 £573 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £709 £605
90th Percentile £750 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £592 £600
% change year-on-year -7.09% -1.33% -

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 25,779 14,050 16,173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 89.53% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,021 8,640 9,212
10th Percentile £303 £213 £217
25th Percentile £413 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £590
90th Percentile £688 £670 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,448 1,313 1,302
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.33 £16.30 £19.59
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.08 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.50% -41.69% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.57 £69.65 £74.43
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -15 11 £510 -15.00% 9
Midlands -51 6 £650 -7.14%
West Midlands -40 5 £650 -7.14%
South East -58 5 - -
North of England -76 4 £500 -15.97%
Yorkshire -37 2 £500 -15.97%
East Midlands -19 1 £660 +7.76%
North East -45 1 £500 -
South West - 1 £750 -
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 3 October 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 27 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (40.74%) PMO
3 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (37.04%) SAP CO
4 10 (37.04%) SAP FI
4 10 (37.04%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (33.33%) Project Management
6 8 (29.63%) ERP
6 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (25.93%) Agile
7 7 (25.93%) Decision-Making
8 6 (22.22%) IT Strategy
8 6 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (18.52%) Ariba
9 5 (18.52%) PMI Certification
9 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
10 4 (14.81%) Change Management
10 4 (14.81%) Migration
10 4 (14.81%) PMP
10 4 (14.81%) Programme Governance
10 4 (14.81%) Supplier Management
11 3 (11.11%) AI
11 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
11 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
11 3 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
11 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
11 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
12 2 (7.41%) Budget 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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 12 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (37.04%) SAP CO
2 10 (37.04%) SAP FI
2 10 (37.04%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (7.41%) SAP QM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (3.70%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
1 2 (7.41%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Billing
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Middleware
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) FMCG
2 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Life Science
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) PMI
3 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (33.33%) Project Management
3 8 (29.63%) ERP
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (25.93%) Agile
4 7 (25.93%) Decision-Making
5 6 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 6 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 4 (14.81%) Change Management
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
7 4 (14.81%) Programme Governance
7 4 (14.81%) Supplier Management
8 3 (11.11%) AI
8 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
8 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
8 3 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) PMI Certification
2 4 (14.81%) PMP
3 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) GRC
2 1 (3.70%) ITGC
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (18.52%) Ariba
3 1 (3.70%) Cegedim Rx
3 1 (3.70%) IFS
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.70%) Planview
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow