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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 130 156
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +20
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 719 534 566
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.23% 1.55%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.90% 26.98% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 294 292
10th Percentile £380 £454 £438
25th Percentile £500 £507 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £703
90th Percentile £775 £796 £848
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 5 8
10th Percentile £40.00 £62.75 £27.83
25th Percentile £50.75 - £53.70
Median hourly rate £58.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £92.24 £80.23 £62.63
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £67.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -16.30% +9.58% +4.85%

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 2,887 1,979 2,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.95% 8.25% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,200 1,557
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £538 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 50 104
10th Percentile £24.57 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £38.58 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +68.30% -27.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.64 £56.49
90th Percentile £87.65 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -28 271 £600 -9.43% 102
North of England -44 122 £500 -11.11% 32
South East -22 99 £540 -4.00% 42
Midlands -30 86 £638 +22.60% 26
North West -33 68 £350 -36.36% 21
East of England -20 67 £555 -7.50% 11
West Midlands -35 48 £650 +4.00% 15
Yorkshire -24 47 £625 +61.29% 11
East Midlands -9 35 £619 +23.75% 10
South West -25 14 £525 - 6
North East -27 7 £500 -13.04% 2
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 9 (1.25%) Confluence
2 7 (0.97%) NetWeaver
2 7 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 21 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.70%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.45%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.62%) SAP EWM
3 25 (3.48%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.34%) SAP Travel Management
5 22 (3.06%) SAP ERP
5 22 (3.06%) SAP FI/CO
6 16 (2.23%) SAP MM
7 15 (2.09%) SAP PP
8 14 (1.95%) SAP SD
8 14 (1.95%) Teamcenter
9 12 (1.67%) SAP PM
9 12 (1.67%) SAP QM
10 10 (1.39%) SAP MDG
11 8 (1.11%) SAP Business One
11 8 (1.11%) SAP IBP
12 7 (0.97%) SAP FI-CA
13 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
13 6 (0.83%) SAP PSCD
13 6 (0.83%) SAP SCM
14 5 (0.70%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 70 (9.74%) Azure
2 51 (7.09%) SuccessFactors
3 29 (4.03%) SaaS
4 21 (2.92%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.78%) AWS
5 20 (2.78%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.25%) Boomi
8 9 (1.25%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.56%) GCP
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.56%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.42%) Veeva
10 3 (0.42%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.28%) GitHub
11 2 (0.28%) IaaS
11 2 (0.28%) OCI
11 2 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.70%) Network Security
2 2 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.28%) RFID
2 2 (0.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.20%) SAP HANA
2 19 (2.64%) Power BI
3 12 (1.67%) SAP BW
3 12 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.83%) Metadata
4 6 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (0.70%) Sybase ASE
5 5 (0.70%) Tableau
6 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.56%) MaxDB
7 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.42%) GIS
7 3 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.14%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.14%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.14%) Looker
8 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (3.76%) JIRA
2 12 (1.67%) Hudson
3 4 (0.56%) LSMW
4 3 (0.42%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) Git
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) GCC
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 279 (38.80%) Finance
2 241 (33.52%) Social Skills
3 82 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (11.40%) Manufacturing
4 59 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
6 23 (3.20%) Local Government
7 22 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.64%) General Ledger
9 18 (2.50%) Banking
10 16 (2.23%) Billing
10 16 (2.23%) Publishing
10 16 (2.23%) Retail
11 9 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.11%) Legal
13 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 178 (24.76%) Consultant
2 160 (22.25%) SAP Consultant
3 129 (17.94%) Lead
4 114 (15.86%) Architect
5 82 (11.40%) SAP Architect
6 74 (10.29%) SAP Manager
7 72 (10.01%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (9.46%) Analyst
9 66 (9.18%) Project Manager
10 51 (7.09%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 45 (6.26%) Senior
12 38 (5.29%) SAP Project Manager
13 33 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 31 (4.31%) SAP Analyst
15 29 (4.03%) Data Migration Lead
16 26 (3.62%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (3.06%) Business Analyst
18 21 (2.92%) Finance Manager
19 19 (2.64%) Management Consultant
20 18 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.26%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (4.73%) SAP Basis
3 28 (3.89%) Middleware
4 24 (3.34%) SAP TM
5 12 (1.67%) BAPI
6 11 (1.53%) SAPUI5
7 10 (1.39%) REST
8 9 (1.25%) IDoc
8 9 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.11%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (0.83%) SAP PI
10 6 (0.83%) Web Services
11 5 (0.70%) EDI
12 4 (0.56%) OLE
12 4 (0.56%) XML
13 3 (0.42%) OAuth
13 3 (0.42%) SOAP
14 2 (0.28%) JSON
14 2 (0.28%) Node.js
14 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.74%) Public Cloud
2 36 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.62%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.48%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.64%) Taxonomies
7 18 (2.50%) FMCG
8 9 (1.25%) Life Science
8 9 (1.25%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.56%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.56%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.42%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.67%) Windows
2 5 (0.70%) Linux
3 4 (0.56%) VMS
4 3 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (31.15%) Migration
2 203 (28.23%) ERP
3 147 (20.45%) Data Migration
4 133 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 115 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 98 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (13.49%) Validation
8 85 (11.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 82 (11.40%) Workshop Facilitation
10 77 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (10.15%) Project Management
12 64 (8.90%) Change Management
13 61 (8.48%) Logistics
14 60 (8.34%) Analytics
15 58 (8.07%) Roadmaps
16 56 (7.79%) Data Governance
16 56 (7.79%) Data Modelling
17 52 (7.23%) Agile
18 48 (6.68%) Procure-to-Pay
19 47 (6.54%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (2.92%) ABAP
2 19 (2.64%) SQL
3 16 (2.23%) Python
4 4 (0.56%) Java
4 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.14%) C#
5 1 (0.14%) Groovy
5 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.14%) Korn
5 1 (0.14%) R
5 1 (0.14%) Tcl
5 1 (0.14%) VB
5 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 73 (10.15%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.82%) Degree
4 30 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.34%) ACCA
5 24 (3.34%) CIMA
5 24 (3.34%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.36%) PMP
7 16 (2.23%) SAP Certification
8 13 (1.81%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.83%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.28%) AAT
11 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.14%) CAPM
12 1 (0.14%) CCA
12 1 (0.14%) CIPD
12 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.56%) PMO
3 23 (3.20%) QA
4 11 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.39%) GRC
6 8 (1.11%) GDPR
7 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.28%) GAAP
7 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.28%) ITGC
7 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.42%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 711 (98.89%) SAP
2 48 (6.68%) Ariba
2 48 (6.68%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.92%) Oracle
4 19 (2.64%) Okta
5 16 (2.23%) Sage
6 11 (1.53%) Informatica
7 9 (1.25%) Concur
7 9 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.11%) Siemens
9 7 (0.97%) Workday
10 6 (0.83%) IFS
11 5 (0.70%) Adobe
11 5 (0.70%) Dell
11 5 (0.70%) IBM
11 5 (0.70%) Sybase
12 4 (0.56%) Baan
12 4 (0.56%) OpenText
13 3 (0.42%) QAD