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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 125 140
Rank change year-on-year -39 +15 +62
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 804 640 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.30% 1.76%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.24% 26.55% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 366 258
10th Percentile £390 £443 £461
25th Percentile £513 £520 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £750 £750 £818
UK median daily rate £575 £621 £600
% change year-on-year -7.44% +3.54% +4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 8 13
10th Percentile £27.78 £29.01 £35.33
25th Percentile - £54.95 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +5.52% +14.07%
75th Percentile £87.50 £81.88 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.84 £95.68 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.08% -47.24% +26.04%

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 3,185 2,411 2,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.84% 8.66% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,831 1,454 1,287
10th Percentile £375 £360 £363
25th Percentile £469 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 39 69
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.82 £24.15
25th Percentile £20.31 £24.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £41.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -24.77%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £79.00 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £34.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +16.01% -23.38% -18.55%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -79 286 £600 -3.23% 275
South East -17 135 £580 -0.92% 108
North of England -67 125 £550 -14.60% 91
Midlands -9 92 £569 -18.75% 93
North West -59 86 £550 -15.38% 55
East of England -13 72 £582 -3.04% 30
West Midlands +1 68 £513 -18.00% 48
Yorkshire -21 36 £500 -10.71% 29
South West -17 26 £550 +7.32% 17
East Midlands -10 22 £625 -10.71% 45
North East -46 3 £450 -21.74% 7
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 7 (0.87%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 26 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 40 (4.98%) SAP FI
2 30 (3.73%) SAP SD
3 28 (3.48%) SAP CO
4 26 (3.23%) SAP MDG
5 25 (3.11%) SAP GRC
5 25 (3.11%) SAP Payroll
6 23 (2.86%) SAP FI/CO
6 23 (2.86%) SAP MM
7 22 (2.74%) SAP HCM
8 21 (2.61%) SAP ERP
9 18 (2.24%) SAP HR
10 17 (2.11%) SAP EWM
11 16 (1.99%) SAP PP
12 14 (1.74%) SAP PM
12 14 (1.74%) SAP QM
13 12 (1.49%) SAP IBP
14 10 (1.24%) SAP PS
15 8 (1.00%) SAP Business One
15 8 (1.00%) SAP Travel Management
16 7 (0.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (8.08%) Azure
2 63 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
3 34 (4.23%) AWS
4 28 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 21 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.11%) GCP
7 11 (1.37%) Boomi
8 10 (1.24%) Smartsheet
9 8 (1.00%) GitHub
10 7 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
11 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (0.62%) SaaS
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.50%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.35%) SAP HANA
2 34 (4.23%) SAP BW
3 22 (2.74%) Power BI
4 14 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.75%) Metadata
6 5 (0.62%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.62%) Sybase ASE
7 4 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.37%) GIS
8 3 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.37%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.12%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.12%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.74%) JIRA
2 8 (1.00%) Hudson
3 6 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.50%) Postman
5 3 (0.37%) Git
5 3 (0.37%) LSMW
6 1 (0.12%) ERwin
6 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 330 (41.04%) Finance
2 216 (26.87%) Social Skills
3 127 (15.80%) Manufacturing
4 65 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (6.22%) Retail
6 48 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 42 (5.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 31 (3.86%) General Ledger
9 25 (3.11%) Legal
10 22 (2.74%) Billing
11 21 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.36%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.74%) Automotive
13 14 (1.74%) Banking
14 8 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.87%) Local Government
16 6 (0.75%) Aviation
16 6 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (24.50%) Consultant
2 176 (21.89%) SAP Consultant
3 140 (17.41%) Architect
4 139 (17.29%) Lead
5 85 (10.57%) SAP Manager
6 84 (10.45%) SAP Architect
7 83 (10.32%) Analyst
8 60 (7.46%) Senior
9 53 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (5.85%) SAP Analyst
11 42 (5.22%) Project Manager
12 33 (4.10%) SAP Project Manager
12 33 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 29 (3.61%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 28 (3.48%) Business Analyst
15 27 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 24 (2.99%) Integration Architect
17 23 (2.86%) Data Migration Lead
17 23 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
18 22 (2.74%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.32%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (4.23%) SAPUI5
3 31 (3.86%) SAP Basis
4 30 (3.73%) Middleware
5 25 (3.11%) REST
6 18 (2.24%) SOAP
7 15 (1.87%) BAPI
8 14 (1.74%) SAP PI
9 10 (1.24%) SAP Core Interface
10 9 (1.12%) EDI
10 9 (1.12%) Web Services
11 8 (1.00%) IDoc
11 8 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.00%) SAP ALE
12 6 (0.75%) JSON
12 6 (0.75%) XML
13 5 (0.62%) Kafka
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth2
14 4 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.22%) Public Cloud
2 37 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (3.73%) Data Structures
3 30 (3.73%) FMCG
4 24 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.86%) Life Science
6 20 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.74%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.24%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.12%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.00%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.87%) Replication
13 6 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.62%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
15 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 4 (0.50%) Operational Technology
16 3 (0.37%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.62%) VMS
2 4 (0.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.12%) Linux
3 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (31.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 237 (29.48%) Migration
3 211 (26.24%) ERP
4 143 (17.79%) Data Migration
5 141 (17.54%) User Acceptance Testing
6 115 (14.30%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (12.56%) Validation
8 98 (12.19%) Logistics
8 98 (12.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 81 (10.07%) System Integration Testing
10 76 (9.45%) Analytics
11 71 (8.83%) Roadmaps
12 66 (8.21%) Agile
13 65 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (7.09%) Change Management
15 56 (6.97%) Data Governance
16 54 (6.72%) Workshop Facilitation
17 48 (5.97%) Decision-Making
17 48 (5.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 47 (5.85%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 56 (6.97%) ABAP
2 24 (2.99%) SQL
3 17 (2.11%) Python
4 5 (0.62%) Java
5 1 (0.12%) Groovy
5 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.12%) Korn
5 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.12%) SAPscript
5 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 131 (16.29%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.68%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (4.73%) Degree
5 20 (2.49%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.24%) PMP
7 17 (2.11%) ACCA
7 17 (2.11%) CIMA
8 16 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.24%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.62%) CIPD
11 5 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.25%) APMG
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.23%) PMO
3 25 (3.11%) GRC
4 24 (2.99%) QA
5 11 (1.37%) GxP
6 5 (0.62%) GDPR
6 5 (0.62%) GMP
7 4 (0.50%) SLA
8 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.25%) ITGC
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) APQC
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.87%) IAG
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.12%) Grafana
Vendors
1 797 (99.13%) SAP
2 71 (8.83%) Microsoft
3 52 (6.47%) Ariba
4 24 (2.99%) Concur
5 21 (2.61%) Oracle
6 13 (1.62%) Databricks
7 9 (1.12%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.12%) Workday
8 8 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.87%) Adobe
9 7 (0.87%) Dell
9 7 (0.87%) Informatica
9 7 (0.87%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.87%) Siemens
10 5 (0.62%) Sybase
11 4 (0.50%) Baan
11 4 (0.50%) JD Edwards
11 4 (0.50%) UiPath
12 3 (0.37%) IFS
12 3 (0.37%) Splunk