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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 146 151
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +93
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 644 526 630
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.07% 1.79% 1.67%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.00% 24.93% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 243 304
10th Percentile £425 £451 £450
25th Percentile £500 £507 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% +5.45% -6.14%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £675
90th Percentile £759 £773 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £581 £560
% change year-on-year +3.27% +3.75% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 4
10th Percentile £50.10 £61.14 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £67.88 £45.66
Median hourly rate £83.82 £79.12 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% +53.26% -24.91%
75th Percentile £90.09 £97.19 £55.52
90th Percentile £94.82 £114.63 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £79.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.59% +66.57% -29.63%

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 2,683 2,110 2,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.63% 7.19% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,183 1,714
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 54 79
10th Percentile £18.19 £22.49 £34.08
25th Percentile £30.00 £32.19 £49.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% -18.25% +61.40%
75th Percentile £90.09 £67.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.78 £80.75 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £45.59 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.19% -19.30% +51.45%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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 +16 261 £600 +3.63% 59
North of England +27 161 £633 +15.14% 101
North West +27 121 £671 +16.70% 46
South East +22 85 £586 -4.27% 138
East of England -13 45 £575 -11.54% 72
Midlands -26 45 £650 +18.18% 89
Yorkshire -14 37 £575 +16.46% 52
West Midlands -9 32 £625 - 47
East Midlands -29 12 £700 +27.27% 38
South West -24 7 £700 +14.01% 53
North East -14 2 £575 -11.54% 4
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 6 (0.93%) Anypoint
1 6 (0.93%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.78%) Confluence
3 3 (0.47%) MTS
3 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Camunda
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (6.83%) SAP FI
2 40 (6.21%) SAP MM
3 34 (5.28%) SAP CO
4 31 (4.81%) SAP EWM
5 30 (4.66%) SAP FI/CO
6 29 (4.50%) SAP PP
7 27 (4.19%) SAP QM
8 24 (3.73%) SAP ERP
9 18 (2.80%) SAP MDG
10 17 (2.64%) SAP PS
10 17 (2.64%) SAP VC
11 16 (2.48%) SAP PM
12 14 (2.17%) SAP EHS
12 14 (2.17%) SAP WM
13 11 (1.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 10 (1.55%) SAP HCM
15 8 (1.24%) SAP GRC
15 8 (1.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
16 7 (1.09%) SAP Retail
16 7 (1.09%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (7.76%) Azure
2 29 (4.50%) Power Platform
3 22 (3.42%) SaaS
4 21 (3.26%) SuccessFactors
5 12 (1.86%) GCP
6 11 (1.71%) AWS
7 10 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.09%) Snowflake
9 6 (0.93%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.93%) PaaS
10 5 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.62%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.47%) OCI
13 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.31%) Collibra
13 2 (0.31%) iPaaS
13 2 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
13 2 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.31%) Firewall
1 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.16%) FTP
2 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.83%) SAP HANA
2 29 (4.50%) Power BI
3 25 (3.88%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.86%) SAP Data Services
5 11 (1.71%) Metadata
6 10 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.62%) Tableau
9 3 (0.47%) DB2
9 3 (0.47%) GIS
9 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.16%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Lumira
11 1 (0.16%) MaxDB
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.95%) JIRA
2 3 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.16%) Hudson
4 1 (0.16%) LSMW
General
1 225 (34.94%) Social Skills
2 218 (33.85%) Finance
3 83 (12.89%) Manufacturing
4 75 (11.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 56 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (6.83%) Public Sector
7 27 (4.19%) Retail
8 21 (3.26%) Local Government
9 19 (2.95%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.17%) Banking
11 13 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.40%) Billing
15 5 (0.78%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.62%) Legal
16 4 (0.62%) Marketing
17 3 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 2 (0.31%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 266 (41.30%) Consultant
2 221 (34.32%) SAP Consultant
3 79 (12.27%) Lead
4 78 (12.11%) Architect
5 64 (9.94%) SAP Architect
6 56 (8.70%) SAP Manager
7 51 (7.92%) Project Manager
8 49 (7.61%) Analyst
9 43 (6.68%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (5.90%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 35 (5.43%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 34 (5.28%) Management Consultant
13 31 (4.81%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (4.66%) SAP Analyst
15 24 (3.73%) SAP QM Consultant
16 22 (3.42%) Programme Manager
16 22 (3.42%) Senior
17 19 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 18 (2.80%) SAP MM Consultant
19 17 (2.64%) SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.42%) SAP Fiori
2 22 (3.42%) SAP Basis
3 21 (3.26%) BAPI
3 21 (3.26%) Web Services
4 15 (2.33%) SAP PI
5 13 (2.02%) SAP TM
6 10 (1.55%) Middleware
7 9 (1.40%) IDoc
8 7 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.93%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (0.62%) SAPUI5
10 4 (0.62%) XML
11 3 (0.47%) EDI
11 3 (0.47%) Node.js
11 3 (0.47%) REST
11 3 (0.47%) SAP ALE
11 3 (0.47%) SOAP
12 2 (0.31%) JSON
12 2 (0.31%) SAP XI
13 1 (0.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.66%) Greenfield Project
2 29 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (4.04%) Public Cloud
4 24 (3.73%) Life Science
5 16 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
6 15 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.17%) FMCG
8 12 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.86%) Private Cloud
9 8 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.09%) Augmented Reality
10 7 (1.09%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.78%) Taxonomies
11 5 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.62%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.62%) PMI
12 4 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) Linux
2 5 (0.78%) Windows
3 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (22.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 140 (21.74%) ERP
3 109 (16.93%) Migration
4 92 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 72 (11.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 67 (10.40%) Agile
7 67 (10.40%) Analytics
7 67 (10.40%) Data Migration
8 66 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (8.70%) Validation
10 53 (8.23%) Logistics
11 51 (7.92%) Process Improvement
12 50 (7.76%) Roadmaps
13 47 (7.30%) Project Management
14 45 (6.99%) User Acceptance Testing
15 42 (6.52%) Data Modelling
16 41 (6.37%) SAP Implementation
17 38 (5.90%) Change Management
17 38 (5.90%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.43%) ABAP
2 16 (2.48%) SQL
3 12 (1.86%) Python
4 4 (0.62%) Java
5 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.16%) C#
6 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.16%) R
6 1 (0.16%) Tcl
6 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (22.98%) Security Cleared
2 121 (18.79%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.43%) Degree
4 33 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.26%) SAP Certification
6 17 (2.64%) PMP
7 16 (2.48%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.33%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.86%) ACCA
9 12 (1.86%) CIMA
10 11 (1.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.93%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.31%) CISA
15 2 (0.31%) CISM
15 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.28%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.88%) QA
3 18 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (2.33%) GDPR
4 15 (2.33%) GxP
4 15 (2.33%) PMO
5 7 (1.09%) GRC
6 3 (0.47%) GMP
6 3 (0.47%) IFRS
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.31%) PMBOK
8 1 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.16%) GAAP
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.31%) IAG
2 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.31%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 635 (98.60%) SAP
2 37 (5.75%) Ariba
3 32 (4.97%) Microsoft
4 15 (2.33%) Oracle
5 14 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.86%) Adobe
7 11 (1.71%) OpenText
7 11 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.55%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.24%) Concur
10 7 (1.09%) Workday
11 6 (0.93%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.93%) Hyperion
12 5 (0.78%) Informatica
12 5 (0.78%) Okta
13 3 (0.47%) Google
13 3 (0.47%) IBM
14 2 (0.31%) Alteryx
14 2 (0.31%) Citrix
14 2 (0.31%) HP