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

 6 months to
9 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 130 148
Rank change year-on-year -30 +18 +53
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 787 581 549
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.09% 1.65%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.62% 24.69% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 320 272
10th Percentile £390 £425 £455
25th Percentile £508 £512 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £708
90th Percentile £750 £755 £850
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -3.04% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 8 12
10th Percentile £37.70 £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £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 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £101.18 £77.50 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +69.23% -47.24% +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 3,197 2,353 2,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.99% 8.46% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,871 1,444 1,438
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £459 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.05%
75th Percentile £652 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 47 74
10th Percentile £17.57 £12.93 £22.23
25th Percentile £27.10 £28.70 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +15.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £71.91 £68.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.50 £67.05
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% -14.69%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -72 282 £600 -4.00% 147
South East -17 135 £580 -3.01% 40
North of England -27 130 £550 -5.17% 36
Midlands -5 96 £600 -11.11% 38
North West -21 87 £550 -5.17% 19
East of England -8 68 £600 - 16
West Midlands -16 57 £550 -15.38% 22
Yorkshire -19 38 £595 +13.33% 17
East Midlands +8 35 £638 -8.93% 15
South West -30 20 £525 +2.44% 7
North East -45 5 £500 -13.04%
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 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.14%) NetWeaver
3 7 (0.89%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 28 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (4.32%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.30%) SAP CO
3 25 (3.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 23 (2.92%) SAP SD
5 20 (2.54%) SAP ERP
6 18 (2.29%) SAP EWM
7 17 (2.16%) SAP MDG
8 16 (2.03%) SAP GRC
8 16 (2.03%) SAP PP
9 14 (1.78%) SAP MM
10 12 (1.52%) SAP IBP
10 12 (1.52%) SAP QM
11 11 (1.40%) SAP Payroll
12 8 (1.02%) SAP Business One
12 8 (1.02%) SAP PM
13 7 (0.89%) SAP Travel Management
13 7 (0.89%) Teamcenter
14 6 (0.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 6 (0.76%) SAP HCM
14 6 (0.76%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.91%) SuccessFactors
2 67 (8.51%) Azure
3 26 (3.30%) AWS
4 25 (3.18%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (1.91%) SaaS
7 9 (1.14%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.14%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.02%) Boomi
8 8 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (0.89%) GCP
10 6 (0.76%) GitHub
11 4 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.51%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.25%) IaaS
13 2 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.94%) SAP HANA
2 27 (3.43%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.92%) Power BI
4 16 (2.03%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.89%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.76%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.76%) Metadata
6 6 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.38%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.13%) Looker
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.43%) JIRA
2 13 (1.65%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) 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
1 325 (41.30%) Finance
2 223 (28.34%) Social Skills
3 116 (14.74%) Manufacturing
4 77 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 38 (4.83%) Retail
8 26 (3.30%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.54%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.41%) Billing
11 18 (2.29%) Local Government
12 16 (2.03%) Banking
12 16 (2.03%) Legal
13 14 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.52%) Automotive
14 12 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.89%) Advertising
16 7 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (23.13%) Consultant
2 167 (21.22%) SAP Consultant
3 155 (19.70%) Lead
4 121 (15.37%) Architect
5 87 (11.05%) SAP Manager
6 82 (10.42%) Analyst
7 76 (9.66%) SAP Architect
8 66 (8.39%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (7.24%) Senior
10 54 (6.86%) Project Manager
11 45 (5.72%) SAP Analyst
12 37 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 37 (4.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 36 (4.57%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (3.81%) Data Migration Lead
15 29 (3.68%) Business Analyst
16 26 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.80%) Logistics Analyst
18 21 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 18 (2.29%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.77%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (3.81%) Middleware
3 27 (3.43%) SAP Basis
4 17 (2.16%) SAPUI5
5 13 (1.65%) BAPI
5 13 (1.65%) REST
6 10 (1.27%) IDoc
6 10 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.27%) SAP PI
6 10 (1.27%) SOAP
7 9 (1.14%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (0.89%) EDI
8 7 (0.89%) SAP TM
9 6 (0.76%) Web Services
10 5 (0.64%) XML
11 4 (0.51%) OLE
12 3 (0.38%) JSON
12 3 (0.38%) SAP ALE
13 2 (0.25%) Node.js
13 2 (0.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.77%) Public Cloud
2 36 (4.57%) Data Structures
2 36 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.43%) FMCG
5 20 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.03%) Life Science
8 11 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.14%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.76%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.76%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.76%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.38%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.89%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (31.64%) Migration
2 211 (26.81%) ERP
3 210 (26.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 156 (19.82%) Data Migration
5 121 (15.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 117 (14.87%) User Acceptance Testing
7 116 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (13.72%) Validation
9 86 (10.93%) Logistics
10 84 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (9.40%) Workshop Facilitation
12 73 (9.28%) Agile
13 68 (8.64%) Roadmaps
13 68 (8.64%) System Integration Testing
14 65 (8.26%) Analytics
15 59 (7.50%) Change Management
16 58 (7.37%) Project Management
17 57 (7.24%) Data Governance
18 54 (6.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 49 (6.23%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.83%) ABAP
2 23 (2.92%) SQL
3 19 (2.41%) Python
4 5 (0.64%) Java
5 3 (0.38%) 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
1 123 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.86%) Degree
4 29 (3.68%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (2.54%) ACCA
6 20 (2.54%) CIMA
6 20 (2.54%) PMP
7 17 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.52%) SAP Certification
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.38%) CIPD
11 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.25%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.56%) PMO
3 26 (3.30%) QA
4 20 (2.54%) GRC
5 12 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.27%) GDPR
7 6 (0.76%) GxP
8 5 (0.64%) GMP
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.25%) 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 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.64%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 779 (98.98%) SAP
2 53 (6.73%) Microsoft
3 47 (5.97%) Ariba
4 23 (2.92%) Oracle
5 18 (2.29%) Concur
6 11 (1.40%) Databricks
7 10 (1.27%) Informatica
8 9 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.02%) Sage
9 8 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.02%) Workday
10 7 (0.89%) Adobe
10 7 (0.89%) Sybase
11 6 (0.76%) IFS
11 6 (0.76%) Okta
12 5 (0.64%) IBM
12 5 (0.64%) OpenText
13 4 (0.51%) Baan
13 4 (0.51%) Dell
13 4 (0.51%) UiPath
298 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England