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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 140 157
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 795 529 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.95% 1.55%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.08% 24.25% 22.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 291 290
10th Percentile £389 £425 £455
25th Percentile £500 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £751 £769 £828
UK median daily rate £593 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 8 12
10th Percentile - £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £60.36
Median hourly rate £58.92 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £73.75 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £99.63 £75.12 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +70.00% -47.24% +4.85%

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 3,170 2,181 2,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.09% 8.04% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,853 1,334 1,548
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £456 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year - -0.45% +0.18%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £784 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 51 108
10th Percentile £18.75 £13.00 £17.88
25th Percentile £28.50 £35.48 £24.44
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +50.00% -24.17%
75th Percentile £71.91 £71.25 £55.86
90th Percentile £88.75 £85.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £51.43 £53.50 £40.33
% change year-on-year -3.86% +32.67% -19.35%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -35 286 £600 -4.00% 70
North of England -32 127 £513 -11.64% 33
South East -11 125 £580 +0.87% 46
Midlands -1 100 £600 -4.00% 40
North West -20 82 £538 -7.33% 19
East of England -3 77 £600 - 17
West Midlands -24 57 £569 -15.74% 27
Yorkshire -30 40 £595 +13.33% 13
East Midlands +7 39 £631 +26.25% 13
South West -19 18 £525 - 7
North East -41 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 10 (1.26%) Confluence
1 10 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.13%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 27 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) PTC Creo
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.15%) SAP FI
2 24 (3.02%) SAP SD
3 23 (2.89%) SAP CO
4 21 (2.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 19 (2.39%) SAP EWM
6 18 (2.26%) SAP ERP
7 17 (2.14%) SAP MDG
8 16 (2.01%) SAP MM
8 16 (2.01%) SAP PP
9 15 (1.89%) SAP Travel Management
10 14 (1.76%) SAP GRC
11 12 (1.51%) SAP Payroll
11 12 (1.51%) SAP PM
11 12 (1.51%) SAP QM
11 12 (1.51%) Teamcenter
12 9 (1.13%) SAP IBP
13 8 (1.01%) SAP Business One
14 6 (0.75%) SAP FI-CA
14 6 (0.75%) SAP HCM
14 6 (0.75%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 72 (9.06%) Azure
2 66 (8.30%) SuccessFactors
3 26 (3.27%) AWS
4 25 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (2.26%) SaaS
7 9 (1.13%) Boomi
7 9 (1.13%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.13%) Smartsheet
8 7 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.88%) GCP
9 6 (0.75%) GitHub
10 5 (0.63%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.38%) Veeva
12 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.90%) SAP HANA
2 23 (2.89%) Power BI
3 18 (2.26%) SAP BW
3 18 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.88%) Sybase ASE
5 6 (0.75%) MaxDB
5 6 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.50%) Metadata
8 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.38%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.13%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.03%) JIRA
2 13 (1.64%) Hudson
3 5 (0.63%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Git
5 2 (0.25%) 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
1 322 (40.50%) Finance
2 239 (30.06%) Social Skills
3 115 (14.47%) Manufacturing
4 84 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 32 (4.03%) Retail
8 27 (3.40%) Local Government
9 24 (3.02%) General Ledger
10 20 (2.52%) Billing
11 17 (2.14%) Banking
12 16 (2.01%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.76%) Legal
14 11 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.01%) Publishing
17 7 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 190 (23.90%) Consultant
2 170 (21.38%) SAP Consultant
3 164 (20.63%) Lead
4 119 (14.97%) Architect
5 83 (10.44%) SAP Architect
6 81 (10.19%) SAP Manager
7 80 (10.06%) Analyst
8 67 (8.43%) Solutions Architect
9 58 (7.30%) Project Manager
10 52 (6.54%) Senior
11 45 (5.66%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 41 (5.16%) SAP Analyst
12 41 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 37 (4.65%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (3.77%) Data Migration Lead
15 27 (3.40%) Business Analyst
16 26 (3.27%) Financial Analyst
17 23 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 22 (2.77%) Logistics Analyst
19 17 (2.14%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (9.31%) SAP Fiori
2 35 (4.40%) Middleware
3 28 (3.52%) SAP Basis
4 21 (2.64%) SAPUI5
5 17 (2.14%) BAPI
6 15 (1.89%) REST
6 15 (1.89%) SAP TM
7 11 (1.38%) SAP PI
8 10 (1.26%) IDoc
9 9 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.01%) SAP Core Interface
10 8 (1.01%) SOAP
11 6 (0.75%) EDI
12 5 (0.63%) Web Services
13 4 (0.50%) OLE
14 3 (0.38%) JSON
14 3 (0.38%) XML
15 2 (0.25%) Node.js
15 2 (0.25%) OAuth
15 2 (0.25%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.81%) Public Cloud
2 33 (4.15%) Greenfield Project
3 31 (3.90%) Data Structures
4 30 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.89%) FMCG
6 20 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.38%) Life Science
9 8 (1.01%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.75%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.63%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.63%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
13 4 (0.50%) Learning Management System
13 4 (0.50%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.38%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.38%) Windows
2 5 (0.63%) VMS
3 4 (0.50%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (30.19%) Migration
2 219 (27.55%) ERP
3 190 (23.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (19.25%) Data Migration
5 134 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 116 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (14.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 113 (14.21%) Validation
9 88 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 87 (10.94%) Logistics
11 85 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
12 71 (8.93%) Agile
12 71 (8.93%) Roadmaps
13 70 (8.81%) Analytics
14 69 (8.68%) Project Management
15 68 (8.55%) System Integration Testing
16 65 (8.18%) Change Management
17 59 (7.42%) Data Governance
18 55 (6.92%) Data Modelling
19 52 (6.54%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.78%) ABAP
2 24 (3.02%) SQL
3 20 (2.52%) Python
4 5 (0.63%) 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
1 110 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 96 (12.08%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.17%) Degree
4 27 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.64%) ACCA
5 21 (2.64%) CIMA
6 19 (2.39%) PMP
7 16 (2.01%) PMI Certification
7 16 (2.01%) SAP Certification
8 7 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.25%) CIPD
11 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.13%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.05%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.91%) PMO
3 26 (3.27%) QA
4 19 (2.39%) GRC
5 13 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.26%) GDPR
7 6 (0.75%) GxP
8 5 (0.63%) GMP
9 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 787 (98.99%) SAP
2 53 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 48 (6.04%) Ariba
4 21 (2.64%) Oracle
5 16 (2.01%) Concur
6 12 (1.51%) Sage
7 11 (1.38%) Informatica
8 10 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.01%) Databricks
10 8 (1.01%) Okta
10 8 (1.01%) Workday
11 7 (0.88%) Adobe
11 7 (0.88%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) IBM
12 6 (0.75%) IFS
12 6 (0.75%) Siemens
13 5 (0.63%) Dell
14 4 (0.50%) Baan
14 4 (0.50%) OpenText
207 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England