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

 6 months to
22 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 144 143
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +56
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 781 548 560
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 1.99% 1.69%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.46% 23.64% 23.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 302 268
10th Percentile £400 £425 £463
25th Percentile £513 £513 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £614 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% +2.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £695 £702
90th Percentile £750 £755 £851
UK median daily rate £598 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.45% +2.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 7 13
10th Percentile £34.25 £27.91 £35.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £86.88 £66.25 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.67 £78.50 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +66.64% -47.39% +12.00%

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 3,193 2,318 2,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.96% 8.40% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,862 1,414 1,377
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.79%
75th Percentile £652 £665 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 42 77
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.84 £22.45
25th Percentile £25.69 £25.54 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £44.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -0.56% -19.89%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.25 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -15.62%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -52 284 £600 -4.00% 125
South East -15 130 £581 -3.25% 42
North of England -40 125 £550 -7.37% 60
Midlands -3 94 £625 -10.71% 35
North West -29 84 £550 -7.17% 48
East of England -7 67 £600 - 19
West Midlands -10 57 £550 -16.98% 18
Yorkshire -20 36 £500 -10.71% 12
East Midlands -3 33 £638 -8.93% 17
South West -27 21 £550 +7.32% 20
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 9 (1.15%) NetWeaver
2 8 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.23%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.33%) SAP SD
3 23 (2.94%) SAP CO
4 22 (2.82%) SAP GRC
5 21 (2.69%) SAP ERP
6 20 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 20 (2.56%) SAP MM
7 19 (2.43%) SAP EWM
7 19 (2.43%) SAP MDG
8 17 (2.18%) SAP PP
9 13 (1.66%) SAP Payroll
10 12 (1.54%) SAP IBP
10 12 (1.54%) SAP QM
11 11 (1.41%) SAP HR
11 11 (1.41%) SAP PM
12 8 (1.02%) SAP Business One
13 7 (0.90%) SAP PS
14 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
15 5 (0.64%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.99%) SuccessFactors
2 67 (8.58%) Azure
3 27 (3.46%) AWS
4 26 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.28%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Boomi
7 9 (1.15%) GCP
7 9 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.02%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.77%) GitHub
10 5 (0.64%) Snowflake
10 5 (0.64%) Tricentis Tosca
11 4 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Network Security
2 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Internet
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.23%) SAP HANA
2 30 (3.84%) SAP BW
3 24 (3.07%) Power BI
4 17 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.90%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.77%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.77%) Metadata
7 5 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.38%) Tableau
10 2 (0.26%) GIS
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.20%) JIRA
2 12 (1.54%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Git
5 2 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 317 (40.59%) Finance
2 222 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 119 (15.24%) Manufacturing
4 73 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.51%) Retail
7 41 (5.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 26 (3.33%) General Ledger
9 21 (2.69%) Billing
10 19 (2.43%) Aerospace
11 17 (2.18%) Legal
12 16 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.92%) Banking
14 14 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.54%) Automotive
15 12 (1.54%) Local Government
16 11 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
19 6 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 182 (23.30%) Consultant
2 167 (21.38%) SAP Consultant
3 152 (19.46%) Lead
4 122 (15.62%) Architect
5 88 (11.27%) SAP Manager
6 76 (9.73%) Analyst
7 75 (9.60%) SAP Architect
8 62 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (7.04%) Senior
10 48 (6.15%) Project Manager
11 42 (5.38%) SAP Analyst
12 35 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 34 (4.35%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 32 (4.10%) SAP Project Manager
15 28 (3.59%) Business Analyst
16 27 (3.46%) Data Migration Lead
17 23 (2.94%) Financial Analyst
18 22 (2.82%) Logistics Analyst
19 21 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
20 19 (2.43%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (9.86%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (4.35%) Middleware
3 28 (3.59%) SAP Basis
4 19 (2.43%) SAPUI5
5 16 (2.05%) REST
6 14 (1.79%) BAPI
7 12 (1.54%) SOAP
8 11 (1.41%) IDoc
8 11 (1.41%) SAP PI
9 10 (1.28%) SAP Core Interface
10 9 (1.15%) EDI
10 9 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.77%) Web Services
12 5 (0.64%) XML
13 4 (0.51%) JSON
13 4 (0.51%) OLE
13 4 (0.51%) SAP ALE
14 3 (0.38%) SAP TM
15 2 (0.26%) Node.js
15 2 (0.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.71%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.48%) Data Structures
2 35 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.59%) FMCG
3 28 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.18%) Life Science
6 16 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.41%) Private Cloud
9 7 (0.90%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.64%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.38%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.77%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (31.50%) Migration
2 221 (28.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 213 (27.27%) ERP
4 156 (19.97%) Data Migration
5 132 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
6 116 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
7 115 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 109 (13.96%) Validation
9 91 (11.65%) Logistics
10 83 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (10.24%) System Integration Testing
12 72 (9.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 69 (8.83%) Agile
14 68 (8.71%) Analytics
15 62 (7.94%) Roadmaps
16 56 (7.17%) Change Management
16 56 (7.17%) Data Governance
17 54 (6.91%) Project Management
18 52 (6.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 51 (6.53%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.25%) ABAP
2 24 (3.07%) SQL
3 19 (2.43%) 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
1 122 (15.62%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.08%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.02%) Degree
4 27 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.30%) ACCA
6 18 (2.30%) CIMA
7 16 (2.05%) PMP
8 14 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.54%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.51%) CIPD
12 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.13%) CCA
15 1 (0.13%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.71%) QA
3 27 (3.46%) GRC
4 26 (3.33%) PMO
5 10 (1.28%) GDPR
5 10 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.77%) GxP
7 5 (0.64%) GMP
8 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.26%) ITGC
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) GAAP
9 1 (0.13%) IFRS
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) SLA
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.90%) IAG
Systems Management
1 14 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 773 (98.98%) SAP
2 57 (7.30%) Microsoft
3 47 (6.02%) Ariba
4 22 (2.82%) Oracle
5 18 (2.30%) Concur
6 12 (1.54%) Databricks
7 10 (1.28%) Informatica
7 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.02%) Workday
9 7 (0.90%) Adobe
9 7 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.90%) Sybase
10 5 (0.64%) Dell
10 5 (0.64%) IFS
10 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.64%) Okta
10 5 (0.64%) OpenText
10 5 (0.64%) Sage
11 4 (0.51%) Baan
11 4 (0.51%) UiPath
304 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England