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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 123 137
Rank change year-on-year -41 +14 +61
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 812 641 581
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.29% 1.80%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.19% 26.50% 25.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 373 260
10th Percentile £390 £425 £455
25th Percentile £502 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £672 £700 £700
90th Percentile £750 £750 £802
UK median daily rate £575 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -6.88% +2.92% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 7 12
10th Percentile £22.49 £27.91 £57.15
25th Percentile - £47.41 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +5.52% +14.07%
75th Percentile £87.50 £86.25 £67.49
90th Percentile £101.51 £95.90 £86.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.44% -47.39% +26.04%

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 3,223 2,419 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.92% 8.66% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,843 1,463 1,255
10th Percentile £371 £358 £371
25th Percentile £469 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £765 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 36 67
10th Percentile £15.15 £12.82 £24.14
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.80 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +1.04% -28.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £81.25 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £38.93 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +19.79% -27.78% -18.18%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -66 288 £600 -3.23% 220
South East -6 136 £580 -0.17% 95
North of England -64 130 £525 -18.48% 87
Midlands -15 97 £563 -13.46% 79
North West -54 89 £550 -15.38% 48
West Midlands +3 72 £500 -18.37% 37
East of England -6 72 £582 -3.04% 32
Yorkshire -23 38 £500 -4.76% 31
East Midlands -15 23 £625 -10.71% 42
South West -19 22 £550 +7.32% 20
North East -37 3 £450 -21.74% 8
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 7 (0.86%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.37%) Confluence
4 2 (0.25%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 47 (5.79%) SAP FI
2 33 (4.06%) SAP CO
3 31 (3.82%) SAP SD
4 28 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 28 (3.45%) SAP MM
5 27 (3.33%) SAP Payroll
6 26 (3.20%) SAP MDG
7 24 (2.96%) SAP GRC
7 24 (2.96%) SAP HCM
8 20 (2.46%) SAP HR
9 19 (2.34%) SAP ERP
10 16 (1.97%) SAP PP
11 15 (1.85%) SAP EWM
11 15 (1.85%) SAP PM
12 14 (1.72%) SAP QM
13 10 (1.23%) SAP PS
14 9 (1.11%) SAP IBP
15 8 (0.99%) SAP Business One
15 8 (0.99%) SAP Travel Management
16 7 (0.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (8.00%) Azure
2 62 (7.64%) SuccessFactors
3 34 (4.19%) AWS
4 27 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 22 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (2.22%) GCP
7 11 (1.35%) Boomi
8 9 (1.11%) GitHub
9 7 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (0.86%) Smartsheet
9 7 (0.86%) Tricentis Tosca
10 6 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.62%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.49%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.49%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.67%) SAP HANA
2 36 (4.43%) SAP BW
3 20 (2.46%) Power BI
4 15 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.74%) Metadata
7 5 (0.62%) MaxDB
7 5 (0.62%) Sybase ASE
8 4 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.37%) GIS
9 3 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.37%) Tableau
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.12%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (2.34%) JIRA
2 9 (1.11%) Hudson
3 7 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) LSMW
5 4 (0.49%) Postman
6 3 (0.37%) Git
7 1 (0.12%) ERwin
7 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 339 (41.75%) Finance
2 220 (27.09%) Social Skills
3 140 (17.24%) Manufacturing
4 65 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (6.77%) Retail
6 50 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.42%) Pharmaceutical
8 31 (3.82%) General Ledger
9 28 (3.45%) Legal
10 23 (2.83%) Billing
11 22 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.34%) Aerospace
14 18 (2.22%) Automotive
15 15 (1.85%) Banking
16 8 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.86%) Aviation
17 7 (0.86%) Local Government
18 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 199 (24.51%) Consultant
2 178 (21.92%) SAP Consultant
3 144 (17.73%) Architect
4 137 (16.87%) Lead
5 88 (10.84%) Analyst
5 88 (10.84%) SAP Architect
6 86 (10.59%) SAP Manager
7 59 (7.27%) Senior
8 53 (6.53%) SAP Analyst
8 53 (6.53%) Solutions Architect
9 43 (5.30%) Project Manager
10 34 (4.19%) SAP Project Manager
11 33 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 29 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 29 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 29 (3.57%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.71%) Integration Architect
13 22 (2.71%) Logistics Analyst
14 21 (2.59%) Data Migration Lead
14 21 (2.59%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (11.70%) SAP Fiori
2 38 (4.68%) SAPUI5
3 31 (3.82%) Middleware
4 28 (3.45%) SAP Basis
5 27 (3.33%) REST
6 20 (2.46%) SOAP
7 15 (1.85%) BAPI
7 15 (1.85%) SAP PI
8 11 (1.35%) IDoc
9 10 (1.23%) SAP ALE
10 9 (1.11%) EDI
10 9 (1.11%) SAP Core Interface
10 9 (1.11%) Web Services
11 8 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (0.74%) JSON
12 6 (0.74%) Kafka
12 6 (0.74%) XML
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth2
14 4 (0.49%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.16%) Public Cloud
2 37 (4.56%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (3.94%) FMCG
4 30 (3.69%) Data Structures
5 26 (3.20%) Life Science
6 25 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.72%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.60%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.11%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.11%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.99%) Replication
13 6 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.49%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 4 (0.49%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.62%) VMS
2 4 (0.49%) Windows
3 1 (0.12%) Linux
3 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (33.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 249 (30.67%) Migration
3 212 (26.11%) ERP
4 150 (18.47%) User Acceptance Testing
5 145 (17.86%) Data Migration
6 115 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (12.56%) Validation
8 101 (12.44%) Logistics
9 97 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 83 (10.22%) Analytics
10 83 (10.22%) System Integration Testing
11 73 (8.99%) Roadmaps
12 67 (8.25%) Agile
13 62 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (7.02%) Change Management
15 55 (6.77%) Data Governance
15 55 (6.77%) Workshop Facilitation
16 49 (6.03%) Enterprise Architecture
16 49 (6.03%) Procure-to-Pay
16 49 (6.03%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.27%) ABAP
2 25 (3.08%) SQL
3 16 (1.97%) Python
4 4 (0.49%) Java
5 1 (0.12%) Groovy
5 1 (0.12%) Korn
5 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.12%) SAPscript
5 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (4.19%) Degree
5 18 (2.22%) ACCA
5 18 (2.22%) CIMA
5 18 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.22%) PMP
6 17 (2.09%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.35%) SAP Certification
8 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.62%) CIPD
11 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.25%) APMG
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.08%) PMO
3 24 (2.96%) GRC
3 24 (2.96%) QA
4 11 (1.35%) GxP
5 5 (0.62%) GDPR
5 5 (0.62%) GMP
5 5 (0.62%) SLA
6 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.25%) ITGC
7 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) APQC
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.12%) NIST
8 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.74%) IAG
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.12%) Grafana
Vendors
1 806 (99.26%) SAP
2 75 (9.24%) Microsoft
3 52 (6.40%) Ariba
4 27 (3.33%) Concur
5 21 (2.59%) Oracle
6 14 (1.72%) Databricks
7 9 (1.11%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.11%) Workday
8 8 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.86%) Adobe
9 7 (0.86%) Dell
9 7 (0.86%) Informatica
9 7 (0.86%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.86%) Siemens
10 5 (0.62%) JD Edwards
10 5 (0.62%) Sybase
11 4 (0.49%) Baan
11 4 (0.49%) OpenText
11 4 (0.49%) UiPath
12 3 (0.37%) Splunk