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

 6 months to
12 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 131 150
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 +45
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 772 577 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 2.08% 1.66%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.35% 24.56% 23.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 320 272
10th Percentile £390 £425 £455
25th Percentile £510 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £609 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +1.46% -
75th Percentile £675 £696 £702
90th Percentile £750 £756 £850
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 7 12
10th Percentile £37.70 £27.91 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 £60.36
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £66.25 £62.46
90th Percentile £101.18 £78.50 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +69.73% -47.39% +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 3,171 2,349 2,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.96% 8.49% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 1,444 1,431
10th Percentile £363 £362 £363
25th Percentile £460 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.90%
75th Percentile £652 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 46 73
10th Percentile £17.57 £12.91 £22.15
25th Percentile £26.59 £28.05 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £51.49 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +14.43% -19.43%
75th Percentile £71.91 £66.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.75 £65.81
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% -9.46% -16.15%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -64 272 £600 -4.00% 232
South East -20 133 £580 -3.17% 53
North of England -32 130 £550 -5.17% 61
Midlands -4 94 £625 -9.09% 49
North West -19 86 £550 -5.17% 43
East of England -13 65 £600 - 22
West Midlands -13 56 £550 -15.38% 26
Yorkshire -23 39 £595 +13.33% 17
East Midlands +9 34 £638 -8.93% 22
South West -27 21 £538 +4.88% 27
North East -44 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 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.17%) NetWeaver
3 6 (0.78%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 28 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.02%) SAP FI
2 23 (2.98%) SAP CO
3 22 (2.85%) SAP FI/CO
4 21 (2.72%) SAP ERP
4 21 (2.72%) SAP SD
5 17 (2.20%) SAP EWM
5 17 (2.20%) SAP MDG
6 16 (2.07%) SAP GRC
7 15 (1.94%) SAP PP
8 13 (1.68%) SAP MM
9 12 (1.55%) SAP IBP
10 11 (1.42%) SAP Payroll
10 11 (1.42%) SAP QM
11 8 (1.04%) SAP Business One
11 8 (1.04%) SAP PM
12 7 (0.91%) SAP HR
13 6 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 6 (0.78%) SAP HCM
13 6 (0.78%) Teamcenter
14 5 (0.65%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 79 (10.23%) SuccessFactors
2 68 (8.81%) Azure
3 27 (3.50%) AWS
4 25 (3.24%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (1.81%) SaaS
7 9 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.17%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.04%) Boomi
8 8 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.04%) GCP
9 6 (0.78%) GitHub
10 4 (0.52%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.52%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.52%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.26%) IaaS
12 2 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Internet
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.15%) SAP HANA
2 26 (3.37%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.98%) Power BI
4 16 (2.07%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.91%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.78%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.78%) Metadata
7 5 (0.65%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.39%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.37%) JIRA
2 13 (1.68%) Hudson
3 5 (0.65%) LSMW
4 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Git
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 318 (41.19%) Finance
2 222 (28.76%) Social Skills
3 115 (14.90%) Manufacturing
4 77 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.83%) Pharmaceutical
7 38 (4.92%) Retail
8 26 (3.37%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.59%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.46%) Billing
11 17 (2.20%) Local Government
12 16 (2.07%) Legal
13 14 (1.81%) Banking
13 14 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.55%) Automotive
14 12 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 178 (23.06%) Consultant
2 164 (21.24%) SAP Consultant
3 155 (20.08%) Lead
4 118 (15.28%) Architect
5 85 (11.01%) SAP Manager
6 79 (10.23%) Analyst
7 73 (9.46%) SAP Architect
8 63 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (7.12%) Senior
10 52 (6.74%) Project Manager
11 43 (5.57%) SAP Analyst
12 37 (4.79%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 34 (4.40%) SAP Project Manager
13 34 (4.40%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.76%) Business Analyst
15 28 (3.63%) Data Migration Lead
16 24 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.85%) Logistics Analyst
18 19 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 18 (2.33%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.94%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (3.76%) Middleware
3 28 (3.63%) SAP Basis
4 18 (2.33%) SAPUI5
5 14 (1.81%) REST
6 13 (1.68%) BAPI
7 11 (1.42%) SOAP
8 10 (1.30%) IDoc
8 10 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.30%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.17%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.91%) EDI
11 6 (0.78%) Web Services
12 5 (0.65%) SAP TM
12 5 (0.65%) XML
13 4 (0.52%) OLE
14 3 (0.39%) JSON
14 3 (0.39%) SAP ALE
15 2 (0.26%) Node.js
15 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.81%) Public Cloud
2 36 (4.66%) Data Structures
3 35 (4.53%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (3.50%) FMCG
6 19 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.07%) Life Science
9 11 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.17%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.78%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.78%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.78%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.52%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
13 3 (0.39%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.91%) Windows
2 5 (0.65%) VMS
3 4 (0.52%) Linux
4 3 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (31.74%) Migration
2 210 (27.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 209 (27.07%) ERP
4 153 (19.82%) Data Migration
5 120 (15.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 118 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
7 116 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (13.99%) Validation
9 85 (11.01%) Logistics
10 84 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (9.72%) Workshop Facilitation
12 71 (9.20%) Agile
13 68 (8.81%) System Integration Testing
14 66 (8.55%) Roadmaps
15 64 (8.29%) Analytics
16 59 (7.64%) Change Management
17 57 (7.38%) Data Governance
18 55 (7.12%) Project Management
19 53 (6.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 49 (6.35%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.05%) ABAP
2 23 (2.98%) SQL
3 19 (2.46%) Python
4 5 (0.65%) Java
5 3 (0.39%) 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
1 120 (15.54%) Security Cleared
2 107 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.35%) Degree
4 27 (3.50%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.33%) PMP
7 17 (2.20%) ACCA
7 17 (2.20%) CIMA
8 15 (1.94%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.42%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.39%) CIPD
13 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.13%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.63%) PMO
3 26 (3.37%) QA
4 20 (2.59%) GRC
5 12 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.30%) GDPR
7 6 (0.78%) GxP
8 5 (0.65%) GMP
9 3 (0.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.65%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 764 (98.96%) SAP
2 53 (6.87%) Microsoft
3 46 (5.96%) Ariba
4 23 (2.98%) Oracle
5 18 (2.33%) Concur
6 11 (1.42%) Databricks
7 10 (1.30%) Informatica
8 9 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.04%) Sage
9 8 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.04%) Workday
10 7 (0.91%) Adobe
10 7 (0.91%) Sybase
11 6 (0.78%) IFS
11 6 (0.78%) Okta
12 5 (0.65%) IBM
12 5 (0.65%) OpenText
13 4 (0.52%) Baan
13 4 (0.52%) Dell
13 4 (0.52%) MuleSoft
448 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England