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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 37
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +69
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 60 50 99
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.29% 4.68% 5.27%
As % of the Business Applications category 37.74% 40.32% 59.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 42 76
10th Percentile £477 £500 £475
25th Percentile £500 £514 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +23.81% -5.49%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £582
90th Percentile £650 £718 £750
England median daily rate £600 £599 £575
% change year-on-year +0.17% +4.17% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £53.50 - £44.59
25th Percentile £57.50 - £45.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £51.63
75th Percentile - - £55.52
90th Percentile - - £55.54
England median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
% change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -

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 159 124 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.71% 11.60% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 71 112
10th Percentile £331 £425 £382
25th Percentile £413 £500 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £600 £698 £575
90th Percentile £713 £720 £748
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 17
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.65 -
25th Percentile £16.96 £32.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +12.20% -27.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £51.63
90th Percentile - £68.45 £55.52
England median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +27.35%

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 26 February 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
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 26 February 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
Bedfordshire -4 41 £505 -22.31% 3
Cambridgeshire +11 10 £490 +18.79% 1
Hertfordshire - 5 £750 -
Essex - 3 - - 3
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 2 (3.33%) NetWeaver
1 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) PTC Creo
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (15.00%) SAP FI
2 8 (13.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 7 (11.67%) SAP MM
4 6 (10.00%) Teamcenter
5 2 (3.33%) SAP CO
5 2 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (3.33%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.67%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.33%) Veeva
4 1 (1.67%) IaaS
4 1 (1.67%) PaaS
4 1 (1.67%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.67%) Metadata
2 5 (8.33%) SAP HANA
3 3 (5.00%) Power BI
4 2 (3.33%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.67%) MaxDB
5 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (48.33%) Finance
2 18 (30.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 18 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (28.33%) Consultant
2 13 (21.67%) Lead
3 12 (20.00%) Architect
4 11 (18.33%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
5 6 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 5 (8.33%) Data Architect
6 5 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.67%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.67%) Senior
8 3 (5.00%) Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Implementation Specialist
8 3 (5.00%) SAP Architect
9 2 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
9 2 (3.33%) SAP Analyst
9 2 (3.33%) SAP Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) SAP Support
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Reporting Analyst
9 2 (3.33%) Six Sigma Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.33%) SAP Basis
2 7 (11.67%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (10.00%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (1.67%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Life Science
2 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (3.33%) Linux
2 2 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.00%) Analytics
2 18 (30.00%) ERP
3 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (13.33%) Accounts Payable
5 8 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 8 (13.33%) Migration
5 8 (13.33%) Workflow
6 7 (11.67%) Business Continuity
6 7 (11.67%) Invoice Processing
6 7 (11.67%) ITSM
6 7 (11.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (11.67%) Lean Six Sigma
6 7 (11.67%) OCR
6 7 (11.67%) Performance Improvement
6 7 (11.67%) Six Sigma
6 7 (11.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 6 (10.00%) Data Management
7 6 (10.00%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) ABAP
2 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.67%) ACCA
1 4 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (6.67%) CIMA
2 3 (5.00%) Degree
2 3 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.33%) GxP
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) ITGC
3 1 (1.67%) PMO
3 1 (1.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (15.00%) ServiceNow
3 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.33%) OpenText
4 6 (10.00%) Siemens
5 5 (8.33%) Ariba
6 2 (3.33%) Sybase
7 1 (1.67%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.67%) Oracle