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

 6 months to
17 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 139 144
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +41
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 651 499 629
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 2.03% 1.66%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.21% 25.84% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 272 338
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £488 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £584 £577
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +1.21% -3.83%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £756 £799 £804
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 3 4
10th Percentile £46.88 £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% -45.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £106.65 £55.52
90th Percentile £90.09 £118.41 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
% change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -45.66%

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 2,689 1,931 2,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.30% 7.86% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,615 1,149 1,730
10th Percentile £363 £381 £381
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -1.96%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 52 116
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.34 £15.84
25th Percentile £28.88 £40.00 £25.08
Median hourly rate £55.72 £60.00 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +26.98% +7.39%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.06
90th Percentile £89.88 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -10.83% +33.33% +2.27%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -6 259 £600 -1.23% 64
North of England -31 136 £600 +11.11% 20
North West -22 83 £604 +4.09% 15
Midlands -17 78 £550 +1.85% 27
South East -23 64 £500 -14.53% 57
East of England -18 60 £505 -22.31% 15
Yorkshire -17 49 £595 +58.67% 4
West Midlands -32 44 £600 -4.00% 14
East Midlands -18 31 £525 +5.00% 13
South West -22 8 £700 +6.38% 3
North East -14 3 £500 -28.57% 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 (1.54%) Confluence
2 7 (1.08%) NetWeaver
3 6 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.61%) CMS
5 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.46%) MTS
Applications
1 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.77%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (6.91%) SAP FI
2 35 (5.38%) SAP MM
3 32 (4.92%) SAP CO
4 28 (4.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 25 (3.84%) SAP Travel Management
6 24 (3.69%) SAP EWM
7 23 (3.53%) SAP PP
8 21 (3.23%) SAP PM
9 15 (2.30%) SAP ERP
9 15 (2.30%) SAP QM
10 13 (2.00%) Teamcenter
11 12 (1.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 11 (1.69%) SAP MDG
13 9 (1.38%) SAP SD
14 8 (1.23%) SAP Retail
15 7 (1.08%) SAP FI-CA
15 7 (1.08%) SAP SCM
15 7 (1.08%) SAP VC
15 7 (1.08%) SAP WM
16 5 (0.77%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 69 (10.60%) Azure
2 36 (5.53%) SuccessFactors
3 30 (4.61%) SaaS
4 18 (2.76%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.30%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.00%) AWS
6 13 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.23%) GCP
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.46%) Veeva
9 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
9 2 (0.31%) Boomi
9 2 (0.31%) Collibra
9 2 (0.31%) GitHub
9 2 (0.31%) OCI
9 2 (0.31%) PaaS
9 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.31%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.77%) Network Security
2 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.31%) RFID
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.45%) SAP HANA
2 15 (2.30%) Power BI
2 15 (2.30%) SAP BW
3 12 (1.84%) Metadata
4 9 (1.38%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (1.08%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.92%) GIS
7 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau
9 2 (0.31%) DB2
9 2 (0.31%) MaxDB
9 2 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.38%) JIRA
2 5 (0.77%) Hudson
3 3 (0.46%) Git
3 3 (0.46%) GitLab
4 2 (0.31%) LSMW
4 2 (0.31%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 250 (38.40%) Finance
2 247 (37.94%) Social Skills
3 80 (12.29%) Manufacturing
4 74 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (9.83%) Public Sector
6 44 (6.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (4.30%) Local Government
8 26 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.92%) Banking
10 17 (2.61%) Retail
11 14 (2.15%) Publishing
12 13 (2.00%) Billing
13 12 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.54%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.92%) Legal
16 6 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.77%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
18 4 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 219 (33.64%) Consultant
2 190 (29.19%) SAP Consultant
3 101 (15.51%) Architect
3 101 (15.51%) Lead
4 71 (10.91%) SAP Architect
5 70 (10.75%) Solutions Architect
6 63 (9.68%) Project Manager
7 58 (8.91%) SAP Manager
8 51 (7.83%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 49 (7.53%) Analyst
10 37 (5.68%) SAP Project Manager
11 36 (5.53%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 29 (4.45%) Senior
13 28 (4.30%) SAP Analyst
14 26 (3.99%) Management Consultant
15 22 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 19 (2.92%) Finance Manager
17 18 (2.76%) Business Analyst
18 17 (2.61%) Finance Project Manager
19 16 (2.46%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.07%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (5.22%) SAP Basis
3 26 (3.99%) SAP TM
4 20 (3.07%) Middleware
5 12 (1.84%) BAPI
5 12 (1.84%) Web Services
6 9 (1.38%) SAPUI5
7 8 (1.23%) IDoc
8 7 (1.08%) SAP Business Workflow
9 6 (0.92%) REST
10 5 (0.77%) SAP PI
11 4 (0.61%) XML
12 3 (0.46%) EDI
12 3 (0.46%) OLE
12 3 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.46%) SAP Core Interface
13 2 (0.31%) Node.js
13 2 (0.31%) OAuth
13 2 (0.31%) SAML
14 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.29%) Public Cloud
2 25 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.61%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.61%) FMCG
5 17 (2.61%) Taxonomies
6 16 (2.46%) Life Science
7 9 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (0.92%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.61%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.61%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.46%) Tandem
12 2 (0.31%) Data Fabric
12 2 (0.31%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.00%) Windows
2 6 (0.92%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (23.81%) ERP
2 148 (22.73%) Migration
3 136 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (16.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 95 (14.59%) Data Migration
6 89 (13.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 79 (12.14%) Validation
8 75 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (10.60%) Analytics
10 68 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 64 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 63 (9.68%) Roadmaps
13 60 (9.22%) Change Management
14 59 (9.06%) Project Management
15 54 (8.29%) Data Modelling
16 47 (7.22%) Data Governance
16 47 (7.22%) Procure-to-Pay
17 46 (7.07%) SAP Implementation
18 43 (6.61%) Logistics
19 41 (6.30%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.15%) ABAP
2 16 (2.46%) SQL
3 9 (1.38%) Python
4 3 (0.46%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) Java
6 1 (0.15%) Korn
6 1 (0.15%) R
6 1 (0.15%) Tcl
6 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 72 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.99%) Degree
4 36 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.53%) SAP Certification
6 14 (2.15%) PMP
7 13 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.54%) ACCA
8 10 (1.54%) CIMA
9 9 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.31%) AAT
13 2 (0.31%) CCA
13 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.15%) CAPM
14 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.99%) PMO
3 20 (3.07%) QA
4 9 (1.38%) GDPR
4 9 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.08%) GRC
6 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.31%) GAAP
7 1 (0.15%) GMP
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) IFRS
7 1 (0.15%) ITGC
7 1 (0.15%) P3O
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 26 (3.99%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.15%) Linux-HA
2 1 (0.15%) Pacemaker
2 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 644 (98.92%) SAP
2 47 (7.22%) Ariba
3 35 (5.38%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.61%) Okta
5 15 (2.30%) Sage
6 14 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.84%) Informatica
7 12 (1.84%) Oracle
7 12 (1.84%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.69%) OpenText
9 7 (1.08%) IBM
9 7 (1.08%) Siemens
10 6 (0.92%) Adobe
10 6 (0.92%) Concur
11 5 (0.77%) ESRI
11 5 (0.77%) IFS
11 5 (0.77%) Workday
12 2 (0.31%) Algorithmics
12 2 (0.31%) Dell
12 2 (0.31%) Temenos
181 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England