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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 50 58
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +47
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 72 48 38
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.99% 3.68% 2.56%
As % of the Business Applications category 35.47% 39.67% 38.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 26
10th Percentile £497 £500 £463
25th Percentile £560 £566 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £650
90th Percentile £775 £746 £688
England median daily rate £575 £621 £600
% change year-on-year -7.44% +3.54% -
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 £40.00 £65.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -38.46% +5.52% +14.07%

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 203 121 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.42% 9.29% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 69 47
10th Percentile £416 £475 £340
25th Percentile £500 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £555 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.75% +11.00% -
75th Percentile £664 £613 £638
90th Percentile £788 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 15
10th Percentile £14.96 £45.80 £20.21
25th Percentile £16.75 £59.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +75.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £44.25 £73.13 £55.33
90th Percentile £91.00 £74.25 £61.96
England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £40.33
% change year-on-year -1.83% +1.04% -28.62%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 0 27 £1,000 +90.48% 16
Cambridgeshire +24 26 £581 -13.55% 8
Bedfordshire -21 10 £463 -22.92% 1
Essex - 8 £490 - 6
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 (6.94%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) SAP HCM
2 5 (6.94%) SAP Travel Management
3 4 (5.56%) SAP HR
4 3 (4.17%) SAP GRC
4 3 (4.17%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (2.78%) SAP ERP
5 2 (2.78%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.39%) SAP BPC
6 1 (1.39%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.39%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (1.39%) AWS
2 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
2 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.39%) dbt
2 1 (1.39%) GitHub
2 1 (1.39%) IaaS
2 1 (1.39%) PaaS
2 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) MaxDB
1 5 (6.94%) SAP HANA
1 5 (6.94%) SQL Server
1 5 (6.94%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (1.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 27 (37.50%) Finance
2 22 (30.56%) Manufacturing
3 11 (15.28%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.78%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Billing
7 1 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Analyst
2 20 (27.78%) Logistics Analyst
3 18 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
4 17 (23.61%) SAP Logistics Analyst
5 16 (22.22%) Consultant
6 14 (19.44%) SAP Consultant
7 12 (16.67%) Management Consultant
8 10 (13.89%) Lead
9 9 (12.50%) Architect
10 7 (9.72%) SAP Architect
11 5 (6.94%) Integration Architect
11 5 (6.94%) SAP Basis Support
11 5 (6.94%) SAP Engineer
11 5 (6.94%) SAP Support
11 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
12 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Leader
13 3 (4.17%) Service Analyst
13 3 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
14 2 (2.78%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 2 (2.78%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.28%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (6.94%) SAP Basis
2 5 (6.94%) SAPUI5
3 2 (2.78%) EDI
4 1 (1.39%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.78%) Life Science
1 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.39%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Linux
1 1 (1.39%) Unix
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.22%) Migration
2 24 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 22 (30.56%) Logistics
4 15 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (13.89%) ERP
6 9 (12.50%) Analytics
7 7 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (9.72%) Time Management
8 6 (8.33%) Data Migration
8 6 (8.33%) Order to Cash
8 6 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (8.33%) Roadmaps
9 5 (6.94%) Change Management
9 5 (6.94%) Data Governance
9 5 (6.94%) High Availability
9 5 (6.94%) Programme Management
9 5 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.78%) Python
1 2 (2.78%) SQL
2 1 (1.39%) ABAP
2 1 (1.39%) Java
2 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (1.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.39%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (27.78%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.56%) PMO
3 3 (4.17%) GRC
4 2 (2.78%) GDPR
5 1 (1.39%) GxP
5 1 (1.39%) ITGC
5 1 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Grafana
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.94%) Oracle
2 5 (6.94%) Sybase
3 4 (5.56%) Ariba
3 4 (5.56%) Workday
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.39%) Salesforce