SAP S/4HANA Contract Job Trends in the East of England

SAP S/4HANA
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 48 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 +54
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 63 48 38
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.85% 3.72% 2.48%
As % of the Business Applications category 36.00% 38.71% 39.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 28
10th Percentile £385 £500 £463
25th Percentile £558 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +8.11% +5.71%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £671 £743 £700
England median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.13 - -
90th Percentile £94.75 - -
England median hourly rate £51.50 £65.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -20.77% +5.52% +12.00%

All Business Application Skills
East of England

SAP S/4HANA falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 175 124 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 7.90% 9.62% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 73 51
10th Percentile £386 £475 £325
25th Percentile £500 £513 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £555 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.86% +11.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £711 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 7 16
10th Percentile £14.96 £44.60 £19.84
25th Percentile £16.75 £56.25 £33.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £70.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +69.70% -15.82%
75th Percentile £44.25 £73.75 £55.16
90th Percentile £91.40 £76.00 £61.43
England median hourly rate £40.00 £44.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -10.61% -0.56% -19.89%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP S/4HANA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in the East of England

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP S/4HANA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the East of England

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP S/4HANA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the East of England

SAP S/4HANA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP S/4HANA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hertfordshire +2 24 £510 -2.86% 10
Bedfordshire -13 16 £650 +8.33% 2
Cambridgeshire +17 13 £615 -8.55% 15
Essex - 9 £490 - 1
Suffolk - 1 - -
SAP S/4HANA
England

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (7.94%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) SAP GRC
1 3 (4.76%) SAP HR
2 2 (3.17%) SAP ERP
2 2 (3.17%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.59%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.59%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.59%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.59%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (1.59%) AWS
2 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
2 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.59%) dbt
2 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.59%) GitHub
2 1 (1.59%) IaaS
2 1 (1.59%) PaaS
2 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.94%) MaxDB
1 5 (7.94%) SAP HANA
1 5 (7.94%) SQL Server
1 5 (7.94%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.59%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 24 (38.10%) Manufacturing
2 21 (33.33%) Finance
3 17 (26.98%) Social Skills
4 10 (15.87%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.59%) Billing
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (34.92%) Analyst
2 20 (31.75%) Logistics Analyst
3 19 (30.16%) SAP Analyst
4 17 (26.98%) SAP Logistics Analyst
5 9 (14.29%) Lead
6 7 (11.11%) Architect
7 6 (9.52%) Project Manager
8 5 (7.94%) SAP Architect
8 5 (7.94%) SAP Basis Support
8 5 (7.94%) SAP Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) SAP Support
8 5 (7.94%) Support Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Consultant
10 3 (4.76%) Integration Architect
10 3 (4.76%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
10 3 (4.76%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (3.17%) SAP Manager
11 2 (3.17%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.46%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (7.94%) SAP Basis
2 5 (7.94%) SAPUI5
3 2 (3.17%) EDI
4 1 (1.59%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.17%) Life Science
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Linux
1 1 (1.59%) Unix
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (53.97%) Migration
2 24 (38.10%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 22 (34.92%) Logistics
4 13 (20.63%) ERP
5 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.29%) Analytics
6 9 (14.29%) Project Management
7 8 (12.70%) Data Migration
7 8 (12.70%) Validation
8 7 (11.11%) Agile
8 7 (11.11%) Data Governance
8 7 (11.11%) Data Management
8 7 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (9.52%) Data Design
9 6 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (7.94%) High Availability
11 4 (6.35%) Database Optimisation
11 4 (6.35%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) Python
1 2 (3.17%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) ABAP
2 1 (1.59%) Java
2 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.94%) Degree
3 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.59%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (31.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.76%) GRC
3 2 (3.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) GxP
4 1 (1.59%) ITGC
4 1 (1.59%) PMO
4 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (9.52%) Oracle
3 5 (7.94%) Ariba
3 5 (7.94%) Sybase
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.17%) Workday
6 1 (1.59%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.59%) IFS
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce