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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 130 149
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 +29
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 675 529 598
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.17% 1.60%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.75% 26.92% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 285 325
10th Percentile £400 £455 £450
25th Percentile £495 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £585
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -0.34% -2.50%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £773 £800 £840
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 2,842 1,965 2,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.24% 8.05% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 1,176 1,659
10th Percentile £363 £400 £365
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £744 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £545 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -4.39% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 49 103
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.38 £50.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.76 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +73.24% -24.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £57.41
90th Percentile £87.70 £86.00 £64.66
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -10.83% +58.63% -20.37%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -14 262 £600 -1.64% 51
North of England -45 122 £575 +4.55% 46
South East -22 89 £506 -11.96% 46
Midlands -25 76 £638 +22.60% 23
North West -36 69 £525 -4.55% 14
East of England -28 61 £510 -15.00% 10
Yorkshire -22 47 £595 +40.00% 31
West Midlands -31 41 £675 +8.00% 12
East Midlands -13 32 £600 +20.00% 11
South West -19 15 £663 +12.87% 11
North East -19 5 £500 -13.04% 1
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 (1.48%) Confluence
2 6 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.74%) CMS
3 5 (0.74%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.44%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.74%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (6.22%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.44%) SAP EWM
3 28 (4.15%) SAP CO
4 25 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 25 (3.70%) SAP PP
5 23 (3.41%) SAP MM
5 23 (3.41%) SAP Travel Management
6 22 (3.26%) SAP PM
7 20 (2.96%) SAP ERP
8 16 (2.37%) SAP QM
9 13 (1.93%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 13 (1.93%) Teamcenter
10 9 (1.33%) SAP MDG
10 9 (1.33%) SAP SD
11 7 (1.04%) SAP FI-CA
11 7 (1.04%) SAP SCM
11 7 (1.04%) SAP VC
12 6 (0.89%) SAP Business One
12 6 (0.89%) SAP IBP
12 6 (0.89%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 60 (8.89%) Azure
2 46 (6.81%) SuccessFactors
3 35 (5.19%) SaaS
4 20 (2.96%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.52%) AWS
6 15 (2.22%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.89%) GCP
10 5 (0.74%) Boomi
11 4 (0.59%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.59%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.44%) Veeva
13 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.30%) Collibra
13 2 (0.30%) GitHub
13 2 (0.30%) OCI
13 2 (0.30%) PaaS
13 2 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.74%) 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 19 (2.81%) SAP HANA
2 15 (2.22%) Power BI
3 13 (1.93%) Metadata
4 12 (1.78%) SAP BW
5 11 (1.63%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.59%) GIS
8 4 (0.59%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) DataStage
11 1 (0.15%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.70%) JIRA
2 8 (1.19%) Hudson
3 4 (0.59%) 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
1 266 (39.41%) Finance
2 247 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.41%) Manufacturing
5 61 (9.04%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (4.00%) Local Government
8 24 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.81%) Banking
10 16 (2.37%) Publishing
10 16 (2.37%) Retail
11 14 (2.07%) General Ledger
12 11 (1.63%) Billing
13 9 (1.33%) Legal
14 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.89%) Advertising
16 6 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (28.59%) Consultant
2 170 (25.19%) SAP Consultant
3 117 (17.33%) Lead
4 107 (15.85%) Architect
5 77 (11.41%) SAP Architect
6 69 (10.22%) SAP Manager
7 68 (10.07%) Solutions Architect
8 61 (9.04%) Project Manager
9 54 (8.00%) Analyst
10 48 (7.11%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 34 (5.04%) Senior
13 33 (4.89%) SAP Project Manager
14 26 (3.85%) SAP Analyst
15 22 (3.26%) Data Migration Lead
15 22 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 21 (3.11%) Finance Manager
16 21 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
17 18 (2.67%) Business Analyst
17 18 (2.67%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.78%) SAP Fiori
2 38 (5.63%) SAP Basis
3 23 (3.41%) Middleware
3 23 (3.41%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.19%) BAPI
4 8 (1.19%) Web Services
5 7 (1.04%) SAP Business Workflow
5 7 (1.04%) SAPUI5
6 6 (0.89%) IDoc
6 6 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.89%) REST
6 6 (0.89%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (0.74%) SAP PI
8 4 (0.59%) EDI
8 4 (0.59%) OLE
8 4 (0.59%) XML
9 2 (0.30%) Node.js
9 2 (0.30%) OAuth
9 2 (0.30%) SAML
10 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.78%) Public Cloud
2 36 (5.33%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.56%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.26%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.81%) FMCG
6 19 (2.81%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.33%) Life Science
8 7 (1.04%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.89%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.59%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.59%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.44%) Data Fabric
12 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.48%) Windows
2 4 (0.59%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (27.41%) Migration
2 175 (25.93%) ERP
3 126 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 124 (18.37%) Data Migration
5 109 (16.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 94 (13.93%) Validation
7 82 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (12.15%) Workshop Facilitation
8 77 (11.41%) User Acceptance Testing
9 73 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (9.78%) Project Management
11 64 (9.48%) Analytics
11 64 (9.48%) Change Management
12 61 (9.04%) Roadmaps
13 56 (8.30%) Data Modelling
14 49 (7.26%) Data Governance
15 47 (6.96%) Procure-to-Pay
16 42 (6.22%) System Integration Testing
17 40 (5.93%) Agile
17 40 (5.93%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.85%) ABAP
2 17 (2.52%) SQL
3 12 (1.78%) Python
4 3 (0.44%) Java
4 3 (0.44%) 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 81 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 65 (9.63%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.81%) Degree
4 35 (5.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.26%) SAP Certification
7 20 (2.96%) ACCA
7 20 (2.96%) CIMA
8 15 (2.22%) PMP
9 10 (1.48%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.19%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.30%) AAT
11 2 (0.30%) CCA
11 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) CAPM
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 Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.33%) PMO
3 23 (3.41%) QA
4 13 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.78%) GDPR
6 8 (1.19%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.30%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.44%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 667 (98.81%) SAP
2 48 (7.11%) Ariba
3 38 (5.63%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.81%) Okta
5 15 (2.22%) Sage
6 14 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.93%) Informatica
8 12 (1.78%) OpenText
8 12 (1.78%) Oracle
9 8 (1.19%) Concur
9 8 (1.19%) IBM
10 7 (1.04%) Siemens
11 5 (0.74%) Adobe
11 5 (0.74%) Workday
12 3 (0.44%) Baan
12 3 (0.44%) Databricks
12 3 (0.44%) ESRI
12 3 (0.44%) IFS
13 2 (0.30%) Dell