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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 142 137
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +71
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 679 493 654
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 1.90% 1.75%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.78% 25.43% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 251 335
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +1.74% -1.88%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £672
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 3 4
10th Percentile £44.40 £73.41 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £78.53 £45.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -
75th Percentile £90.09 £106.65 £55.52
90th Percentile - £118.41 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £47.75
% change year-on-year -31.07% +82.30% -

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 2,634 1,939 2,766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.59% 7.48% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,560 1,115 1,665
10th Percentile £360 £381 £380
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 53 112
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.42 £15.51
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.00 £25.10
Median hourly rate £56.50 £59.40 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +25.05% +27.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £59.40 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.05% +27.35%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +3 258 £602 -3.70% 67
North of England -8 169 £625 +15.74% 32
North West +6 119 £642 +16.73% 20
South East +4 76 £575 -2.95% 48
Midlands -39 66 £500 -9.09% 30
East of England -16 55 £505 -15.83% 18
Yorkshire -18 47 £595 +56.07% 11
West Midlands -26 39 £513 -18.00% 15
East Midlands -25 25 £500 -9.09% 14
South West -27 8 £700 +7.03% 8
North East -20 2 - - 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 8 (1.18%) Confluence
2 6 (0.88%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.59%) CMS
3 4 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.44%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Camunda
Applications
1 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.74%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 51 (7.51%) SAP FI
2 41 (6.04%) SAP MM
3 39 (5.74%) SAP CO
4 34 (5.01%) SAP FI/CO
5 31 (4.57%) SAP EWM
6 27 (3.98%) SAP PP
7 23 (3.39%) SAP Travel Management
8 20 (2.95%) SAP ERP
8 20 (2.95%) SAP PM
8 20 (2.95%) SAP QM
9 16 (2.36%) SAP EHS
9 16 (2.36%) SAP VC
10 12 (1.77%) SAP MDG
11 10 (1.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 10 (1.47%) Teamcenter
12 8 (1.18%) SAP PS
12 8 (1.18%) SAP Retail
12 8 (1.18%) SAP SCM
12 8 (1.18%) SAP SD
12 8 (1.18%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 59 (8.69%) Azure
2 27 (3.98%) SaaS
3 21 (3.09%) SuccessFactors
4 18 (2.65%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.21%) Entra ID
6 11 (1.62%) AWS
6 11 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.47%) GCP
8 4 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.44%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.44%) Veeva
10 2 (0.29%) Azure API Management
10 2 (0.29%) Boomi
10 2 (0.29%) Collibra
10 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.15%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.29%) RFID
1 2 (0.29%) VPN
2 1 (0.15%) Firewall
2 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.30%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.65%) Power BI
3 15 (2.21%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.77%) Metadata
5 8 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.88%) GIS
8 4 (0.59%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.59%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.44%) DB2
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (2.36%) JIRA
2 3 (0.44%) Hudson
3 2 (0.29%) Git
3 2 (0.29%) GitLab
3 2 (0.29%) Postman
4 1 (0.15%) LSMW
General
1 248 (36.52%) Finance
2 243 (35.79%) Social Skills
3 75 (11.05%) Manufacturing
4 62 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (8.84%) Public Sector
6 49 (7.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (4.27%) Local Government
8 23 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.80%) Retail
10 18 (2.65%) Banking
11 16 (2.36%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.91%) Billing
14 11 (1.62%) Publishing
15 10 (1.47%) General Ledger
16 7 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.74%) Legal
17 5 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.59%) Financial Institution
19 3 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 268 (39.47%) Consultant
2 220 (32.40%) SAP Consultant
3 98 (14.43%) Lead
4 88 (12.96%) Architect
5 64 (9.43%) SAP Architect
6 61 (8.98%) SAP Manager
7 59 (8.69%) Project Manager
8 58 (8.54%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (6.92%) Management Consultant
10 45 (6.63%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 43 (6.33%) Analyst
12 39 (5.74%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 36 (5.30%) SAP Project Manager
14 29 (4.27%) Senior
15 28 (4.12%) SAP Analyst
16 20 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 18 (2.65%) SAP CO Consultant
17 18 (2.65%) SAP FI Consultant
18 17 (2.50%) SAP QM Consultant
19 16 (2.36%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (10.60%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (4.42%) SAP TM
3 27 (3.98%) SAP Basis
4 20 (2.95%) Web Services
5 18 (2.65%) BAPI
6 14 (2.06%) Middleware
7 8 (1.18%) SAPUI5
8 6 (0.88%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.74%) REST
10 4 (0.59%) IDoc
10 4 (0.59%) SAP PI
10 4 (0.59%) XML
11 2 (0.29%) EDI
11 2 (0.29%) Node.js
11 2 (0.29%) OAuth
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.29%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) Drools
12 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.92%) Public Cloud
2 27 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.65%) Life Science
6 15 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.21%) FMCG
7 14 (2.06%) Taxonomies
8 10 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.74%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.59%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.59%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) IoT
11 3 (0.44%) Tandem
12 2 (0.29%) Clustering
12 2 (0.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.62%) Windows
2 5 (0.74%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (23.86%) ERP
2 137 (20.18%) Migration
3 132 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 104 (15.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (12.67%) Data Migration
6 84 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (12.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 73 (10.75%) Analytics
9 67 (9.87%) Validation
10 62 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (8.98%) Roadmaps
12 59 (8.69%) Change Management
13 58 (8.54%) Logistics
14 53 (7.81%) User Acceptance Testing
15 52 (7.66%) Data Modelling
15 52 (7.66%) Project Management
16 51 (7.51%) Procure-to-Pay
17 47 (6.92%) SAP Implementation
18 43 (6.33%) Data Governance
19 42 (6.19%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 34 (5.01%) ABAP
2 14 (2.06%) SQL
3 6 (0.88%) Python
4 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) C#
5 1 (0.15%) Java
5 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Tcl
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 133 (19.59%) Security Cleared
2 113 (16.64%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 36 (5.30%) Degree
5 20 (2.95%) SAP Certification
6 14 (2.06%) PMP
7 12 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.33%) ACCA
8 9 (1.33%) CIMA
8 9 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.03%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.29%) AAT
12 2 (0.29%) CAPM
12 2 (0.29%) CCA
12 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.74%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.39%) PMO
3 14 (2.06%) QA
4 12 (1.77%) GDPR
5 9 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) GMP
7 2 (0.29%) GRC
7 2 (0.29%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.29%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.29%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 673 (99.12%) SAP
2 43 (6.33%) Ariba
3 34 (5.01%) Microsoft
4 14 (2.06%) Adobe
4 14 (2.06%) Okta
4 14 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.77%) Sage
6 11 (1.62%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.47%) Informatica
7 10 (1.47%) OpenText
8 7 (1.03%) IBM
8 7 (1.03%) Oracle
8 7 (1.03%) Siemens
9 5 (0.74%) Concur
9 5 (0.74%) ESRI
10 4 (0.59%) Workday
11 3 (0.44%) IFS
12 2 (0.29%) Algorithmics
12 2 (0.29%) Databricks
12 2 (0.29%) Wolters Kluwer