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

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 130 147
Rank change year-on-year -25 +17 +40
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 668 508 599
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.10% 1.59%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.98% 26.20% 22.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 274 323
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £583
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.09% -2.83%
75th Percentile £693 £700 £675
90th Percentile £774 £800 £823
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 5 1
10th Percentile £48.63 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +197.87% -75.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £87.05 £24.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £110.57 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £78.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year -23.59% +234.15% -75.26%

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 2,786 1,939 2,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.26% 8.00% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,668 1,160 1,688
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £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 109 52 105
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.34 £15.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £40.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +45.53% -13.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.15 £86.00 £69.55
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £40.62
% change year-on-year -10.83% +47.73% -14.49%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -27 254 £600 -1.64% 65
North of England -34 129 £588 +6.91% 12
South East -22 80 £585 -1.02% 57
Midlands -23 80 £638 +18.06% 15
North West -42 73 £550 - 7
East of England -23 63 £508 -15.42% 8
Yorkshire -23 51 £600 +54.84% 5
West Midlands -33 44 £650 +4.00% 11
East Midlands -15 32 £600 +20.00% 4
South West -20 13 £663 +0.68% 1
North East -16 4 £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 (1.50%) Confluence
2 6 (0.90%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.45%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 16 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.75%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (6.59%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.49%) SAP CO
2 30 (4.49%) SAP EWM
3 27 (4.04%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (3.89%) SAP MM
4 26 (3.89%) SAP PP
5 23 (3.44%) SAP Travel Management
6 21 (3.14%) SAP ERP
6 21 (3.14%) SAP PM
7 15 (2.25%) SAP QM
8 13 (1.95%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 13 (1.95%) Teamcenter
9 9 (1.35%) SAP MDG
9 9 (1.35%) SAP Retail
9 9 (1.35%) SAP SD
10 7 (1.05%) SAP FI-CA
10 7 (1.05%) SAP SCM
10 7 (1.05%) SAP VC
11 6 (0.90%) SAP IBP
11 6 (0.90%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 65 (9.73%) Azure
2 43 (6.44%) SuccessFactors
3 36 (5.39%) SaaS
4 20 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 19 (2.84%) AWS
6 16 (2.40%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.20%) GCP
9 7 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.60%) Smartsheet
10 4 (0.60%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.45%) Veeva
12 2 (0.30%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.30%) Boomi
12 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.30%) Collibra
12 2 (0.30%) OCI
12 2 (0.30%) PaaS
12 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.75%) Network Security
2 2 (0.30%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.30%) RFID
2 2 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.29%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.40%) Power BI
2 16 (2.40%) SAP BW
3 13 (1.95%) Metadata
4 10 (1.50%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.90%) GIS
7 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.60%) Tableau
9 3 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.30%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.15%) DB2
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.74%) JIRA
2 8 (1.20%) Hudson
3 3 (0.45%) LSMW
4 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 256 (38.32%) Finance
2 246 (36.83%) Social Skills
3 80 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.68%) Manufacturing
5 63 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (4.19%) Local Government
8 25 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.99%) Retail
10 19 (2.84%) Banking
11 16 (2.40%) Publishing
12 11 (1.65%) Billing
12 11 (1.65%) General Ledger
13 9 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.20%) Legal
15 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 201 (30.09%) Consultant
2 178 (26.65%) SAP Consultant
3 114 (17.07%) Lead
4 110 (16.47%) Architect
5 78 (11.68%) SAP Architect
6 71 (10.63%) Solutions Architect
7 65 (9.73%) SAP Manager
8 60 (8.98%) Project Manager
9 52 (7.78%) Analyst
10 50 (7.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 33 (4.94%) SAP Project Manager
13 32 (4.79%) Senior
14 27 (4.04%) SAP Analyst
15 22 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 21 (3.14%) Finance Manager
17 19 (2.84%) Management Consultant
18 18 (2.69%) Business Analyst
18 18 (2.69%) Data Migration Lead
18 18 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.74%) SAP Fiori
2 38 (5.69%) SAP Basis
3 24 (3.59%) SAP TM
4 23 (3.44%) Middleware
5 8 (1.20%) BAPI
5 8 (1.20%) Web Services
6 7 (1.05%) SAP Business Workflow
6 7 (1.05%) SAPUI5
7 6 (0.90%) IDoc
7 6 (0.90%) REST
8 5 (0.75%) SAP Core Interface
8 5 (0.75%) SAP PI
9 4 (0.60%) OLE
9 4 (0.60%) XML
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.30%) Node.js
11 2 (0.30%) OAuth
11 2 (0.30%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) EDI
12 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.43%) Public Cloud
2 32 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.29%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.14%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.84%) FMCG
5 19 (2.84%) Taxonomies
6 8 (1.20%) Life Science
6 8 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.60%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.60%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.45%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.45%) Tandem
11 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.50%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (26.05%) Migration
2 168 (25.15%) ERP
3 129 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (17.22%) Data Migration
5 112 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 88 (13.17%) Workshop Facilitation
7 87 (13.02%) Validation
8 77 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 67 (10.03%) Roadmaps
10 67 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
11 66 (9.88%) Analytics
12 63 (9.43%) Project Management
13 62 (9.28%) Change Management
14 56 (8.38%) Data Modelling
15 52 (7.78%) Procure-to-Pay
16 48 (7.19%) Data Governance
17 42 (6.29%) SAP Implementation
18 41 (6.14%) Agile
19 38 (5.69%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.74%) ABAP
2 15 (2.25%) SQL
3 11 (1.65%) Python
4 3 (0.45%) Java
4 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) C#
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Korn
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Tcl
5 1 (0.15%) VB
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (12.87%) Security Cleared
2 67 (10.03%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.74%) Degree
4 37 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.29%) SAP Certification
6 21 (3.14%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.10%) PMP
8 13 (1.95%) ACCA
8 13 (1.95%) CIMA
9 9 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.30%) AAT
11 2 (0.30%) CCA
11 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.79%) PMO
3 21 (3.14%) QA
4 13 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.80%) GDPR
6 8 (1.20%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.30%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) P3O
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 661 (98.95%) SAP
2 50 (7.49%) Ariba
3 37 (5.54%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.84%) Okta
5 15 (2.25%) Sage
6 14 (2.10%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.95%) Informatica
8 12 (1.80%) OpenText
9 11 (1.65%) Oracle
10 7 (1.05%) Concur
10 7 (1.05%) IBM
10 7 (1.05%) Siemens
11 5 (0.75%) ESRI
11 5 (0.75%) Workday
12 4 (0.60%) Adobe
13 3 (0.45%) IFS
14 2 (0.30%) Databricks
14 2 (0.30%) Tagetik
14 2 (0.30%) Wolters Kluwer
154 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England