SAP S/4HANA Contract Job Trends in England

SAP S/4HANA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 130 145
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 +37
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 680 527 597
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.16% 1.60%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.78% 26.89% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 287 325
10th Percentile £400 £458 £450
25th Percentile £499 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £582
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +0.17% -3.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £774 £800 £820
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 5 1
10th Percentile £48.63 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +197.87% -75.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £87.05 £24.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £110.57 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £78.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year -23.59% +234.15% -75.26%

All Business Application Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,859 1,960 2,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.29% 8.04% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 1,177 1,661
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 49 102
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.28 £50.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.76 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +63.28% -19.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £57.45
90th Percentile £88.38 £86.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -11.67% +58.63% -19.95%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in England

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in England over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in England

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in England over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in England

SAP S/4HANA
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 April 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
London -28 261 £600 -2.83% 65
North of England -48 124 £575 +4.55% 12
South East -18 90 £550 -4.35% 57
Midlands -21 79 £638 +16.97% 15
North West -37 71 £525 -4.55% 7
East of England -28 62 £510 -15.00% 8
Yorkshire -24 47 £595 +40.00% 5
West Midlands -34 44 £650 +4.00% 11
East Midlands -15 32 £600 +20.00% 4
South West -16 14 £663 +12.87% 1
North East -21 5 £500 -13.04%
SAP S/4HANA
UK

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 10 (1.47%) Confluence
2 6 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.74%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.59%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.44%) MTS
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 17 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.74%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (6.47%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.41%) SAP CO
2 30 (4.41%) SAP EWM
3 27 (3.97%) SAP FI/CO
4 25 (3.68%) SAP MM
4 25 (3.68%) SAP PP
5 23 (3.38%) SAP Travel Management
6 22 (3.24%) SAP PM
7 19 (2.79%) SAP ERP
8 16 (2.35%) SAP QM
9 13 (1.91%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 13 (1.91%) Teamcenter
10 10 (1.47%) SAP MDG
11 9 (1.32%) SAP SD
12 7 (1.03%) SAP FI-CA
12 7 (1.03%) SAP SCM
12 7 (1.03%) SAP VC
13 6 (0.88%) SAP IBP
13 6 (0.88%) SAP Retail
13 6 (0.88%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 62 (9.12%) Azure
2 48 (7.06%) SuccessFactors
3 35 (5.15%) SaaS
4 20 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.65%) AWS
6 16 (2.35%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.03%) GCP
9 4 (0.59%) Boomi
9 4 (0.59%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.59%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.44%) Veeva
11 2 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.29%) Collibra
11 2 (0.29%) GitHub
11 2 (0.29%) OCI
11 2 (0.29%) PaaS
11 2 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.74%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.29%) RFID
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.79%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.35%) Power BI
3 13 (1.91%) Metadata
3 13 (1.91%) SAP BW
4 11 (1.62%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.59%) GIS
7 4 (0.59%) Tableau
8 3 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) DataStage
10 1 (0.15%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.68%) JIRA
2 8 (1.18%) Hudson
3 4 (0.59%) LSMW
4 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 266 (39.12%) Finance
2 248 (36.47%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.62%) Manufacturing
5 61 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.74%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (3.97%) Local Government
8 24 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.79%) Banking
10 16 (2.35%) Publishing
11 15 (2.21%) Retail
12 12 (1.76%) General Ledger
13 11 (1.62%) Billing
14 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.18%) Legal
15 7 (1.03%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.88%) Advertising
16 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (28.82%) Consultant
2 173 (25.44%) SAP Consultant
3 121 (17.79%) Lead
4 109 (16.03%) Architect
5 80 (11.76%) SAP Architect
6 69 (10.15%) SAP Manager
6 69 (10.15%) Solutions Architect
7 60 (8.82%) Project Manager
8 54 (7.94%) Analyst
9 50 (7.35%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 37 (5.44%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 33 (4.85%) SAP Project Manager
11 33 (4.85%) Senior
12 27 (3.97%) SAP Analyst
13 22 (3.24%) Data Migration Lead
13 22 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 21 (3.09%) Finance Manager
15 20 (2.94%) Financial Analyst
16 18 (2.65%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.65%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.32%) SAP Fiori
2 38 (5.59%) SAP Basis
3 23 (3.38%) Middleware
3 23 (3.38%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.18%) BAPI
4 8 (1.18%) Web Services
5 7 (1.03%) SAP Business Workflow
5 7 (1.03%) SAPUI5
6 6 (0.88%) IDoc
6 6 (0.88%) REST
6 6 (0.88%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.74%) SAP PI
8 4 (0.59%) OLE
8 4 (0.59%) XML
9 3 (0.44%) EDI
10 2 (0.29%) Node.js
10 2 (0.29%) OAuth
10 2 (0.29%) SAML
11 1 (0.15%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.41%) Public Cloud
2 35 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.24%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.79%) FMCG
6 19 (2.79%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.32%) Life Science
8 7 (1.03%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.59%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.44%) Data Fabric
12 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.47%) Windows
2 4 (0.59%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (26.76%) Migration
2 170 (25.00%) ERP
3 128 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 123 (18.09%) Data Migration
5 110 (16.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 92 (13.53%) Validation
7 83 (12.21%) Workshop Facilitation
8 82 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (10.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 72 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (9.56%) Analytics
12 64 (9.41%) Project Management
13 63 (9.26%) Change Management
14 62 (9.12%) Roadmaps
15 56 (8.24%) Data Modelling
16 50 (7.35%) Procure-to-Pay
17 49 (7.21%) Data Governance
18 41 (6.03%) System Integration Testing
19 40 (5.88%) Agile
20 39 (5.74%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.82%) ABAP
2 17 (2.50%) SQL
3 12 (1.76%) Python
4 3 (0.44%) Java
4 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) C#
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Korn
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Tcl
5 1 (0.15%) VB
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.15%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.62%) Degree
4 36 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.38%) SAP Certification
7 17 (2.50%) ACCA
7 17 (2.50%) CIMA
8 14 (2.06%) PMP
9 9 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.18%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.29%) AAT
11 2 (0.29%) CCA
11 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) CAPM
12 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.15%) PMO
3 23 (3.38%) QA
4 13 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.76%) GDPR
6 8 (1.18%) GRC
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.44%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 672 (98.82%) SAP
2 49 (7.21%) Ariba
3 36 (5.29%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.79%) Okta
5 15 (2.21%) Sage
6 14 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.91%) Informatica
8 12 (1.76%) OpenText
9 11 (1.62%) Oracle
10 8 (1.18%) Concur
10 8 (1.18%) IBM
11 7 (1.03%) Siemens
12 5 (0.74%) Adobe
12 5 (0.74%) Workday
13 3 (0.44%) Databricks
13 3 (0.44%) ESRI
13 3 (0.44%) IFS
14 2 (0.29%) Algorithmics
14 2 (0.29%) Baan