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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 135 157
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +20
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 738 519 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 2.15% 1.54%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.39% 26.44% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 283 292
10th Percentile £395 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £512 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.41%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £725
90th Percentile £760 £785 £874
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 6 10
10th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 £29.28
25th Percentile £41.25 £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £100.85 £78.53 £69.15
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -13.08% +5.52% +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 2,907 1,963 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.89% 8.12% 6.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 1,181 1,558
10th Percentile £363 £397 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £796
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 54 111
10th Percentile £23.79 £15.78 £14.71
25th Percentile £32.13 £34.98 £21.63
Median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.38 £55.80
90th Percentile £87.85 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -19.19%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -40 267 £600 -9.94% 99
North of England -34 131 £500 -13.79% 38
South East -15 112 £550 -2.31% 44
Midlands -18 88 £638 +22.60% 21
North West -26 75 £350 -36.36% 25
East of England -13 68 £600 - 15
Yorkshire -27 49 £610 +24.17% 13
West Midlands -29 48 £650 +4.00% 15
East Midlands -10 36 £625 +25.00% 6
South West -11 18 £525 - 5
North East -26 7 £500 -13.04% 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 10 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.22%) NetWeaver
3 8 (1.08%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 25 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.68%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.93%) SAP FI
2 24 (3.25%) SAP EWM
2 24 (3.25%) SAP Travel Management
3 22 (2.98%) SAP CO
4 20 (2.71%) SAP ERP
4 20 (2.71%) SAP FI/CO
5 15 (2.03%) SAP MM
5 15 (2.03%) SAP SD
6 13 (1.76%) Teamcenter
7 11 (1.49%) SAP MDG
7 11 (1.49%) SAP PM
7 11 (1.49%) SAP QM
8 10 (1.36%) SAP PP
9 8 (1.08%) SAP Business One
9 8 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
10 7 (0.95%) SAP GRC
10 7 (0.95%) SAP IBP
11 6 (0.81%) SAP FI-CA
11 6 (0.81%) SAP PSCD
11 6 (0.81%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.03%) Azure
2 53 (7.18%) SuccessFactors
3 30 (4.07%) SaaS
4 21 (2.85%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.71%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.57%) AWS
7 14 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.36%) Boomi
10 9 (1.22%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.54%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.41%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.41%) Veeva
12 3 (0.41%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.27%) GitHub
13 2 (0.27%) IaaS
13 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.81%) Network Security
2 3 (0.41%) VPN
3 2 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.27%) RFID
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.39%) SAP HANA
2 19 (2.57%) Power BI
3 16 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.76%) SAP BW
5 7 (0.95%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.81%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.81%) Metadata
6 6 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.41%) GIS
8 3 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.41%) Tableau
9 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.14%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.14%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.14%) Looker
9 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.79%) JIRA
2 13 (1.76%) Hudson
3 5 (0.68%) LSMW
4 3 (0.41%) Postman
5 2 (0.27%) Git
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) GCC
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 279 (37.80%) Finance
2 247 (33.47%) Social Skills
3 84 (11.38%) Manufacturing
4 83 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.47%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (3.25%) Local Government
8 21 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.85%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.71%) Banking
10 19 (2.57%) Retail
11 16 (2.17%) Billing
11 16 (2.17%) Publishing
12 12 (1.63%) Legal
13 11 (1.49%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.22%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.81%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 180 (24.39%) Consultant
2 161 (21.82%) SAP Consultant
3 137 (18.56%) Lead
4 116 (15.72%) Architect
5 80 (10.84%) SAP Architect
6 75 (10.16%) SAP Manager
7 69 (9.35%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (9.21%) Project Manager
9 62 (8.40%) Analyst
10 47 (6.37%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 44 (5.96%) Senior
12 39 (5.28%) SAP Project Manager
13 36 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 30 (4.07%) Data Migration Lead
15 27 (3.66%) SAP Analyst
16 23 (3.12%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.98%) Finance Manager
18 20 (2.71%) Business Analyst
19 19 (2.57%) Management Consultant
19 19 (2.57%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.64%) SAP Fiori
2 36 (4.88%) SAP Basis
3 29 (3.93%) Middleware
4 24 (3.25%) SAP TM
5 14 (1.90%) SAPUI5
6 13 (1.76%) BAPI
7 11 (1.49%) REST
8 9 (1.22%) IDoc
8 9 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.08%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.95%) SAP PI
11 5 (0.68%) EDI
11 5 (0.68%) Web Services
12 4 (0.54%) OAuth
12 4 (0.54%) OLE
12 4 (0.54%) XML
13 3 (0.41%) JSON
13 3 (0.41%) SOAP
14 2 (0.27%) SAML
14 2 (0.27%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.30%) Public Cloud
2 37 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.57%) Taxonomies
7 17 (2.30%) FMCG
8 11 (1.49%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.36%) Life Science
10 6 (0.81%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.68%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.54%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.54%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.54%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.41%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.41%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.63%) Windows
2 5 (0.68%) Linux
3 4 (0.54%) VMS
4 3 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (31.17%) Migration
2 209 (28.32%) ERP
3 151 (20.46%) Data Migration
4 143 (19.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 118 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 108 (14.63%) Validation
7 104 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing
9 83 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 82 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
11 75 (10.16%) Project Management
12 66 (8.94%) Change Management
13 65 (8.81%) Logistics
13 65 (8.81%) Roadmaps
14 64 (8.67%) Analytics
15 59 (7.99%) Agile
16 58 (7.86%) Data Governance
17 55 (7.45%) Data Modelling
18 50 (6.78%) System Integration Testing
19 49 (6.64%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.12%) ABAP
2 20 (2.71%) SQL
3 18 (2.44%) Python
4 4 (0.54%) Java
4 4 (0.54%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.14%) C#
5 1 (0.14%) Groovy
5 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.14%) Korn
5 1 (0.14%) Tcl
5 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 79 (10.70%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.05%) Degree
4 30 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.25%) ACCA
5 24 (3.25%) CIMA
5 24 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.57%) PMP
7 17 (2.30%) SAP Certification
8 14 (1.90%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.81%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.27%) AAT
12 2 (0.27%) CIPD
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.42%) PMO
3 24 (3.25%) QA
4 12 (1.63%) GRC
4 12 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.08%) GDPR
6 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.41%) ITGC
7 2 (0.27%) GAAP
7 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.27%) GxP
7 2 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.54%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 731 (99.05%) SAP
2 48 (6.50%) Microsoft
3 46 (6.23%) Ariba
4 23 (3.12%) Oracle
5 19 (2.57%) Okta
6 16 (2.17%) Sage
7 11 (1.49%) Informatica
8 10 (1.36%) Concur
9 9 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.08%) Siemens
11 7 (0.95%) Sybase
11 7 (0.95%) Workday
12 6 (0.81%) Databricks
12 6 (0.81%) Dell
12 6 (0.81%) IFS
13 5 (0.68%) Adobe
13 5 (0.68%) IBM
14 4 (0.54%) Baan
14 4 (0.54%) OpenText