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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 39 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 +53
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 71 56 48
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.24% 4.46% 2.91%
As % of the Business Applications category 38.80% 42.42% 45.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 45 34
10th Percentile £416 £500 £463
25th Percentile £510 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £650 £745 £739
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £60.00 - -
90th Percentile £93.62 - -
England median hourly rate £55.25 £65.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.52% +2.67%

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 183 132 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.35% 10.52% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 84 62
10th Percentile £363 £475 £325
25th Percentile £500 £525 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £554 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +10.75% +2.56%
75th Percentile £647 £641 £640
90th Percentile £714 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 11
10th Percentile £14.96 £47.30 £13.69
25th Percentile £30.69 £60.00 £28.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +75.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £57.25 £75.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £91.20 £78.50 £55.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -16.15%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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
Bedfordshire -7 28 £600 - 2
Hertfordshire +5 23 £510 +7.37% 2
Essex - 11 £490 - 1
Cambridgeshire +14 8 £580 -13.75%
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.86%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.41%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) SAP GRC
2 2 (2.82%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.82%) SAP ERP
2 2 (2.82%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.82%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.82%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.41%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.86%) Azure
2 2 (2.82%) IaaS
2 2 (2.82%) PaaS
2 2 (2.82%) Veeva
3 1 (1.41%) AWS
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
3 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.41%) dbt
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.41%) GitHub
3 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.41%) SaaS
3 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) SAP HANA
1 7 (9.86%) Sybase ASE
2 6 (8.45%) MaxDB
2 6 (8.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.41%) Power BI
3 1 (1.41%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 30 (42.25%) Manufacturing
2 26 (36.62%) Finance
3 19 (26.76%) Social Skills
4 18 (25.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (35.21%) Analyst
2 21 (29.58%) SAP Analyst
3 20 (28.17%) Logistics Analyst
4 17 (23.94%) SAP Logistics Analyst
5 16 (22.54%) Lead
6 7 (9.86%) Project Manager
6 7 (9.86%) SAP Engineer
6 7 (9.86%) SAP Support
6 7 (9.86%) Support Engineer
7 6 (8.45%) SAP Basis Support
8 4 (5.63%) Architect
8 4 (5.63%) SAP Architect
9 3 (4.23%) Consultant
9 3 (4.23%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (4.23%) Service Analyst
10 2 (2.82%) PMO Project Manager
10 2 (2.82%) Report Analyst
10 2 (2.82%) SAP Financial Leader
10 2 (2.82%) Senior
10 2 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (9.86%) SAP Basis
3 6 (8.45%) SAPUI5
4 1 (1.41%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.82%) Life Science
3 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.41%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
2 3 (4.23%) Linux
2 3 (4.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Migration
2 26 (36.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 21 (29.58%) Logistics
4 15 (21.13%) ERP
5 11 (15.49%) Project Management
6 9 (12.68%) Analytics
6 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (11.27%) Agile
7 8 (11.27%) Asset Management
7 8 (11.27%) Data Migration
7 8 (11.27%) Performance Tuning
7 8 (11.27%) Validation
8 7 (9.86%) Data Governance
8 7 (9.86%) Data Management
8 7 (9.86%) High Availability
9 6 (8.45%) Data Design
9 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.45%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (7.04%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Python
2 3 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) ABAP
4 1 (1.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) Security Cleared
2 10 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.27%) Degree
4 3 (4.23%) ACCA
4 3 (4.23%) CIMA
5 1 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.41%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (28.17%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.23%) GDPR
2 3 (4.23%) GRC
2 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.82%) ITGC
3 2 (2.82%) PMO
4 1 (1.41%) GxP
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (9.86%) Ariba
2 7 (9.86%) Oracle
2 7 (9.86%) Sybase
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.82%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.82%) Siemens
5 1 (1.41%) IFS