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

 6 months to
12 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 146 158
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 794 541 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.98% 1.55%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.98% 24.69% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 302 291
10th Percentile £381 £425 £455
25th Percentile £500 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £750 £774 £825
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 8 12
10th Percentile - £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £60.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £71.25 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £98.41 £75.12 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £57.21 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +76.03% -47.24% +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 3,178 2,191 2,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.05% 8.03% 6.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 1,339 1,561
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £456 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.14%
75th Percentile £651 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 53 108
10th Percentile £19.22 £14.29 £17.88
25th Percentile £29.06 £36.48 £24.44
Median hourly rate £42.75 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% +50.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £72.50 £55.86
90th Percentile £88.75 £85.80 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £57.50 £40.33
% change year-on-year -10.43% +42.59% -19.35%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -42 282 £600 -4.00% 65
North of England -30 131 £513 -11.64% 21
South East -23 123 £580 +5.45% 29
Midlands +1 99 £625 +6.38% 19
North West -19 84 £513 -11.64% 12
East of England -3 78 £600 - 12
West Midlands -22 57 £575 -14.81% 9
Yorkshire -23 42 £595 +13.33% 9
East Midlands +1 38 £638 +27.50% 10
South West -22 18 £525 - 3
North East -37 5 £500 -13.04% 1
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 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.13%) Confluence
2 9 (1.13%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 27 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.63%) PTC Creo
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (3.90%) SAP FI
2 23 (2.90%) SAP SD
3 21 (2.64%) SAP CO
4 19 (2.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 18 (2.27%) SAP ERP
5 18 (2.27%) SAP EWM
6 16 (2.02%) SAP MDG
6 16 (2.02%) SAP MM
7 15 (1.89%) SAP PP
7 15 (1.89%) SAP Travel Management
8 13 (1.64%) SAP GRC
8 13 (1.64%) Teamcenter
9 12 (1.51%) SAP PM
9 12 (1.51%) SAP QM
10 11 (1.39%) SAP Payroll
11 9 (1.13%) SAP IBP
12 8 (1.01%) SAP Business One
13 6 (0.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 6 (0.76%) SAP FI-CA
13 6 (0.76%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.07%) Azure
2 63 (7.93%) SuccessFactors
3 26 (3.27%) AWS
4 24 (3.02%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (2.27%) SaaS
7 9 (1.13%) Boomi
7 9 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.13%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.01%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.88%) GCP
10 6 (0.76%) GitHub
11 5 (0.63%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.38%) Veeva
13 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.78%) SAP HANA
2 22 (2.77%) Power BI
3 18 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.14%) SAP BW
5 7 (0.88%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.76%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.38%) Metadata
8 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.38%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) GIS
9 2 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.90%) JIRA
2 13 (1.64%) Hudson
3 5 (0.63%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Git
5 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 325 (40.93%) Finance
2 238 (29.97%) Social Skills
3 114 (14.36%) Manufacturing
4 83 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 31 (3.90%) Retail
8 27 (3.40%) Local Government
9 23 (2.90%) General Ledger
10 19 (2.39%) Billing
11 16 (2.02%) Banking
12 15 (1.89%) Legal
13 14 (1.76%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.01%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.01%) Publishing
16 7 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 189 (23.80%) Consultant
2 167 (21.03%) SAP Consultant
3 163 (20.53%) Lead
4 121 (15.24%) Architect
5 85 (10.71%) SAP Architect
6 82 (10.33%) SAP Manager
7 79 (9.95%) Analyst
8 68 (8.56%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (7.56%) Project Manager
10 50 (6.30%) Senior
11 46 (5.79%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 40 (5.04%) SAP Analyst
12 40 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 38 (4.79%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (3.78%) Data Migration Lead
15 27 (3.40%) Financial Analyst
16 26 (3.27%) Business Analyst
17 22 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 21 (2.64%) Logistics Analyst
19 18 (2.27%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (9.07%) SAP Fiori
2 35 (4.41%) Middleware
3 28 (3.53%) SAP Basis
4 21 (2.64%) SAPUI5
5 17 (2.14%) BAPI
6 15 (1.89%) REST
6 15 (1.89%) SAP TM
7 11 (1.39%) SAP PI
8 10 (1.26%) IDoc
9 9 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.01%) SAP Core Interface
10 8 (1.01%) SOAP
11 6 (0.76%) EDI
12 4 (0.50%) OLE
12 4 (0.50%) Web Services
13 3 (0.38%) JSON
13 3 (0.38%) XML
14 2 (0.25%) Node.js
14 2 (0.25%) OAuth
14 2 (0.25%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.70%) Public Cloud
2 32 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
3 31 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.02%) FMCG
6 20 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.02%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.26%) Life Science
9 8 (1.01%) Taxonomies
10 6 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.76%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.76%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.63%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.50%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.50%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.38%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.64%) Windows
2 4 (0.50%) Linux
2 4 (0.50%) VMS
3 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (30.35%) Migration
2 222 (27.96%) ERP
3 184 (23.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 154 (19.40%) Data Migration
5 132 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 117 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (14.61%) Validation
8 112 (14.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 89 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (10.83%) Logistics
11 84 (10.58%) Workshop Facilitation
12 74 (9.32%) Project Management
13 70 (8.82%) Roadmaps
14 69 (8.69%) Agile
14 69 (8.69%) Analytics
15 67 (8.44%) Change Management
16 66 (8.31%) System Integration Testing
17 58 (7.30%) Data Governance
18 55 (6.93%) Data Modelling
19 52 (6.55%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.79%) ABAP
2 23 (2.90%) SQL
3 20 (2.52%) Python
4 5 (0.63%) Java
5 3 (0.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.13%) Groovy
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) Korn
6 1 (0.13%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (13.35%) Security Cleared
2 93 (11.71%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.05%) Degree
4 27 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 21 (2.64%) ACCA
6 21 (2.64%) CIMA
6 21 (2.64%) PMP
7 16 (2.02%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.02%) SAP Certification
8 6 (0.76%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.25%) CIPD
11 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.91%) PMO
3 28 (3.53%) QA
4 18 (2.27%) GRC
5 13 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.26%) GDPR
7 6 (0.76%) GxP
8 5 (0.63%) GMP
9 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 786 (98.99%) SAP
2 55 (6.93%) Microsoft
3 47 (5.92%) Ariba
4 21 (2.64%) Oracle
5 14 (1.76%) Concur
6 13 (1.64%) Sage
7 10 (1.26%) Informatica
8 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.01%) Okta
9 8 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.01%) Siemens
10 7 (0.88%) Adobe
10 7 (0.88%) Databricks
10 7 (0.88%) Sybase
10 7 (0.88%) Workday
11 6 (0.76%) IBM
11 6 (0.76%) IFS
12 5 (0.63%) Dell
12 5 (0.63%) OpenText
13 4 (0.50%) Baan
144 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England