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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 315 343
Rank change year-on-year -85 +28 +48
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Project Manager 42 21 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 24
10th Percentile £421 £259 £412
25th Percentile £500 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £586
90th Percentile £788 £658 £630
UK median daily rate £595 £598 £585
% change year-on-year -0.50% +2.22% +1.74%
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 22,284 11,788 19,029
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.21% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,998 7,554 11,618
10th Percentile £283 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £598
90th Percentile £681 £651 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -1.75% -2.10% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,487 844 2,244
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.79 £15.75
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.36% -30.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.55% -18.89%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -52 14 £595 +13.33% 2
West Midlands -47 12 £506 +9.46%
Midlands -61 12 £506 +9.46%
Yorkshire -51 9 £595 +13.33%
East of England -28 7 £510 - 7
South West -34 5 £825 +42.49% 1
North West -41 4 £538 +54.68% 2
South East -56 2 - - 6
Scotland - 2 - -
North East - 1 £500 -
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 6 May 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%) Project Management
3 18 (42.86%) ERP
4 17 (40.48%) PMO
4 17 (40.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (35.71%) PMP
6 12 (28.57%) Agile
6 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (23.81%) Migration
8 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (23.81%) Project Delivery
9 9 (21.43%) Cutover Planning
9 9 (21.43%) PMI Certification
9 9 (21.43%) Project Governance
10 8 (19.05%) PRINCE2
11 7 (16.67%) Budget Management
11 7 (16.67%) Dependency Management
11 7 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (14.29%) Business Case
12 6 (14.29%) Change Management
12 6 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
12 6 (14.29%) Degree
12 6 (14.29%) QA
12 6 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
13 4 (9.52%) Confluence
13 4 (9.52%) Data Migration
13 4 (9.52%) JIRA
13 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
13 4 (9.52%) Production Planning

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 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (40.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (9.52%) SAP CO
2 4 (9.52%) SAP FI
2 4 (9.52%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (7.14%) SAP ERP
3 3 (7.14%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (4.76%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (2.38%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.38%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) GIS
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 17 (40.48%) Finance
1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) IoT
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%) FMCG
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Project Management
2 18 (42.86%) ERP
3 12 (28.57%) Agile
3 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (26.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (23.81%) Migration
5 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (23.81%) Project Delivery
6 9 (21.43%) Cutover Planning
6 9 (21.43%) Project Governance
7 8 (19.05%) PRINCE2
8 7 (16.67%) Budget Management
8 7 (16.67%) Dependency Management
9 6 (14.29%) Business Case
9 6 (14.29%) Change Management
9 6 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
9 6 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
10 4 (9.52%) Data Migration
10 4 (9.52%) Production Planning
10 4 (9.52%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) PMP
2 9 (21.43%) PMI Certification
3 6 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.76%) SAP Certification
4 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (40.48%) PMO
2 6 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (4.76%) NIST
3 2 (4.76%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.38%) ITGC
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) JD Edwards
2 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Ariba
3 1 (2.38%) IFS
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft