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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 46 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +76
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 51 38 88
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.27% 3.55% 5.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 38.06% 33.93% 56.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 30 69
10th Percentile £477 £463 £473
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +23.81% -10.41%
75th Percentile £609 £700 £550
90th Percentile £650 £720 £710
England median daily rate £600 £600 £560
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £44.59
25th Percentile - - £45.66
Median hourly rate - - £51.63
75th Percentile - - £55.52
90th Percentile - - £55.54
England median hourly rate £67.50 £95.37 £51.63
% change year-on-year -29.22% +84.74% -23.52%

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 134 112 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.58% 10.47% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 55 107
10th Percentile £350 £363 £379
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -8.38%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £545
90th Percentile £713 £720 £622
England median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 14
10th Percentile - £22.33 £30.00
25th Percentile - £35.00 £37.71
Median hourly rate £12.75 £40.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -68.13% -17.31% -19.38%
75th Percentile £16.96 £55.00 £54.16
90th Percentile £21.02 £65.27 £55.54
England median hourly rate £47.48 £43.84 £56.49
% change year-on-year +8.29% -22.39% +56.27%

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 13 January 2026.

Daily 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 13 January 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 -5 35 £505 -22.31% 7
Cambridgeshire +1 9 £490 +18.79% 1
Hertfordshire - 6 £675 - 4
Suffolk - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (17.65%) SAP FI
2 8 (15.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 7 (13.73%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.92%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.92%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.88%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.96%) OCI
3 1 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) Power BI
2 8 (15.69%) Metadata
3 7 (13.73%) SAP HANA
4 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (5.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.92%) SAP BW
6 2 (3.92%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
General
1 27 (52.94%) Finance
2 19 (37.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (27.45%) Consultant
2 13 (25.49%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (19.61%) Architect
4 9 (17.65%) Lead
5 6 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) Data Architect
6 4 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.88%) Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Business Process Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Process Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Lean Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Process Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SAP Architect
8 2 (3.92%) SAP CO Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SAP FI Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Supply Chain Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) SAP Basis
1 6 (11.76%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (11.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Life Science
2 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) Analytics
2 18 (35.29%) ERP
3 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (19.61%) Lean Six Sigma
4 10 (19.61%) Process Improvement
4 10 (19.61%) Six Sigma
5 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (17.65%) Use Case
6 8 (15.69%) Accounts Payable
6 8 (15.69%) Business Process Mapping
6 8 (15.69%) Data Management
6 8 (15.69%) Process Management
6 8 (15.69%) Workflow
6 8 (15.69%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (13.73%) Business Continuity
7 7 (13.73%) Coaching
7 7 (13.73%) ITSM
7 7 (13.73%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 2 (3.92%) ACCA
2 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.92%) CIMA
3 1 (1.96%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GxP
1 5 (9.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.92%) QA
4 1 (1.96%) PMO
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 8 (15.69%) OpenText
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.88%) Ariba
6 1 (1.96%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.96%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.96%) Oracle