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

 6 months to
7 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 131 161
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 +14
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 699 532 562
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.18% 1.52%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.13% 27.13% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 292 289
10th Percentile £400 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £501 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £594 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -1.04% -0.41%
75th Percentile £688 £695 £725
90th Percentile £775 £799 £875
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 4 5
10th Percentile £40.00 £62.38 £38.29
25th Percentile £51.81 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.58% -35.16%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.26 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £81.94 £63.66
UK median hourly rate £59.46 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -15.06% +13.64% -35.16%

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 2,897 1,961 2,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.11% 8.04% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,733 1,175 1,617
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £538 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 47 106
10th Percentile £20.09 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.72 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +50.00% -17.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.68 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -22 269 £600 -4.00% 71
North of England -32 117 £575 +4.55% 26
South East -13 95 £550 -4.35% 50
Midlands -28 85 £638 +22.60% 21
North West -39 63 £500 -9.09% 12
East of England -28 58 £600 - 20
West Midlands -28 50 £650 +4.00% 14
Yorkshire -17 48 £610 +31.89% 13
East Midlands -12 32 £600 +20.00% 7
South West -25 16 £625 +19.05% 6
North East -18 5 £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 9 (1.29%) Confluence
2 6 (0.86%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) CMS
4 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.72%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (4.72%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.29%) SAP EWM
3 26 (3.72%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.43%) SAP Travel Management
5 23 (3.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 23 (3.29%) SAP PP
6 21 (3.00%) SAP ERP
7 18 (2.58%) SAP PM
8 16 (2.29%) SAP QM
9 15 (2.15%) SAP MM
10 13 (1.86%) Teamcenter
11 12 (1.72%) SAP MDG
12 10 (1.43%) SAP SD
13 8 (1.14%) SAP Business One
14 7 (1.00%) SAP FI-CA
14 7 (1.00%) SAP IBP
14 7 (1.00%) SAP SCM
15 6 (0.86%) SAP GRC
15 6 (0.86%) SAP MDG-F
16 5 (0.72%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.59%) Azure
2 51 (7.30%) SuccessFactors
3 31 (4.43%) SaaS
4 20 (2.86%) AWS
4 20 (2.86%) Entra ID
4 20 (2.86%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.29%) Boomi
8 8 (1.14%) Smartsheet
9 5 (0.72%) GCP
10 4 (0.57%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.43%) Veeva
11 3 (0.43%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.29%) Collibra
12 2 (0.29%) GitHub
12 2 (0.29%) OCI
12 2 (0.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.72%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.29%) RFID
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.86%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.58%) Power BI
3 12 (1.72%) SAP BW
4 9 (1.29%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (1.14%) Metadata
5 8 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.57%) GIS
7 4 (0.57%) Tableau
8 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) DataStage
10 1 (0.14%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.29%) Hudson
3 4 (0.57%) LSMW
4 3 (0.43%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) 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
1 271 (38.77%) Finance
2 241 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 87 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.30%) Manufacturing
5 62 (8.87%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.43%) Local Government
9 18 (2.58%) General Ledger
10 17 (2.43%) Banking
11 16 (2.29%) Publishing
11 16 (2.29%) Retail
12 15 (2.15%) Billing
13 11 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.43%) Legal
15 9 (1.29%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.86%) Advertising
17 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 4 (0.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 174 (24.89%) Consultant
2 155 (22.17%) SAP Consultant
3 127 (18.17%) Lead
4 112 (16.02%) Architect
5 81 (11.59%) SAP Architect
6 75 (10.73%) SAP Manager
7 70 (10.01%) Solutions Architect
8 66 (9.44%) Project Manager
9 65 (9.30%) Analyst
10 52 (7.44%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 47 (6.72%) Senior
12 38 (5.44%) SAP Project Manager
13 32 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 29 (4.15%) Data Migration Lead
15 28 (4.01%) SAP Analyst
16 25 (3.58%) Financial Analyst
17 21 (3.00%) Finance Manager
18 20 (2.86%) Business Analyst
19 19 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
20 18 (2.58%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.15%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (4.43%) SAP Basis
3 26 (3.72%) Middleware
4 24 (3.43%) SAP TM
5 10 (1.43%) BAPI
5 10 (1.43%) REST
6 9 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.14%) IDoc
7 8 (1.14%) SAP Core Interface
7 8 (1.14%) SAPUI5
7 8 (1.14%) Web Services
8 5 (0.72%) EDI
8 5 (0.72%) SAP PI
9 4 (0.57%) OLE
9 4 (0.57%) XML
10 3 (0.43%) OAuth
10 3 (0.43%) SOAP
11 2 (0.29%) JSON
11 2 (0.29%) Node.js
11 2 (0.29%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.16%) Public Cloud
2 37 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.58%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.86%) FMCG
6 19 (2.72%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.29%) Life Science
8 8 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.86%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.86%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.57%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.57%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.43%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.43%) Windows
2 4 (0.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (30.47%) Migration
2 198 (28.33%) ERP
3 142 (20.31%) Data Migration
4 133 (19.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 111 (15.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
7 95 (13.59%) Validation
8 85 (12.16%) User Acceptance Testing
9 83 (11.87%) Workshop Facilitation
10 81 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (10.44%) Project Management
12 64 (9.16%) Change Management
13 62 (8.87%) Data Modelling
14 61 (8.73%) Analytics
15 60 (8.58%) Roadmaps
16 58 (8.30%) Data Governance
17 50 (7.15%) Logistics
18 48 (6.87%) Agile
19 47 (6.72%) System Integration Testing
20 45 (6.44%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.29%) ABAP
2 19 (2.72%) SQL
3 13 (1.86%) Python
4 4 (0.57%) Java
5 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) C#
6 1 (0.14%) Groovy
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) Korn
6 1 (0.14%) R
6 1 (0.14%) Tcl
6 1 (0.14%) VB
6 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 71 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.15%) Degree
4 29 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.58%) ACCA
5 25 (3.58%) CIMA
5 25 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.43%) PMP
6 17 (2.43%) SAP Certification
7 12 (1.72%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.86%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.29%) AAT
10 2 (0.29%) CCA
11 1 (0.14%) CAPM
11 1 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.01%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.72%) PMO
3 24 (3.43%) QA
4 13 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.57%) GRC
6 10 (1.43%) GDPR
7 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.29%) GAAP
8 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.29%) ITGC
8 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) GxP
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) SLA
9 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Grafana
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 691 (98.86%) SAP
2 45 (6.44%) Microsoft
3 44 (6.29%) Ariba
4 19 (2.72%) Okta
5 17 (2.43%) Oracle
6 16 (2.29%) Sage
7 14 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.86%) Informatica
9 8 (1.14%) IBM
9 8 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.00%) Concur
10 7 (1.00%) Siemens
10 7 (1.00%) Workday
11 5 (0.72%) Adobe
11 5 (0.72%) Dell
11 5 (0.72%) IFS
12 4 (0.57%) Baan
12 4 (0.57%) Databricks
12 4 (0.57%) OpenText
13 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights
192 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England