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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 149 156
Rank change year-on-year +15 +7 +100
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 642 528 622
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.07% 1.74% 1.61%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.28% 24.28% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 247 299
10th Percentile £425 £454 £450
25th Percentile £500 £501 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £579 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +3.39% -4.44%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £696
90th Percentile £756 £755 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £577 £563
% change year-on-year +3.99% +2.58% -4.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 4
10th Percentile £43.25 £61.14 £44.59
25th Percentile £73.76 £67.88 £45.66
Median hourly rate £83.82 £79.12 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% +53.26% -24.91%
75th Percentile £92.94 £97.19 £55.52
90th Percentile £94.93 £114.63 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £79.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year -17.85% +66.57% -29.63%

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 2,644 2,175 2,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.54% 7.17% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,613 1,229 1,741
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £675
90th Percentile £752 £757 £756
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 58 77
10th Percentile £17.27 £24.23 £34.50
25th Percentile £25.93 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £47.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -16.48% +61.40%
75th Percentile £90.09 £67.13 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.86 £80.75 £89.25
UK median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +51.45%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025. 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 +14 263 £600 +4.35% 43
North of England +25 154 £642 +19.11% 31
North West +36 122 £671 +24.26% 10
South East +12 89 £591 -1.50% 42
Midlands -22 45 £650 +18.18% 16
East of England -7 44 £515 -20.77% 6
West Midlands -1 31 £650 +1.96% 10
Yorkshire -18 29 £575 +16.46% 20
East Midlands -27 13 £700 +27.27% 6
South West -32 7 £700 +33.33% 6
North East -7 2 £575 -11.54% 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 6 (0.93%) Anypoint
1 6 (0.93%) NetWeaver
2 4 (0.62%) Confluence
3 3 (0.47%) MTS
3 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Camunda
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.56%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (6.85%) SAP FI
2 39 (6.07%) SAP MM
3 35 (5.45%) SAP CO
4 31 (4.83%) SAP EWM
4 31 (4.83%) SAP FI/CO
5 29 (4.52%) SAP PP
6 27 (4.21%) SAP QM
7 22 (3.43%) SAP ERP
8 18 (2.80%) SAP MDG
8 18 (2.80%) SAP PS
9 17 (2.65%) SAP VC
10 16 (2.49%) SAP PM
11 14 (2.18%) SAP EHS
11 14 (2.18%) SAP WM
12 12 (1.87%) SAP HCM
13 11 (1.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 9 (1.40%) SAP IBP
14 9 (1.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
15 8 (1.25%) SAP GRC
16 7 (1.09%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 43 (6.70%) Azure
2 29 (4.52%) Power Platform
3 22 (3.43%) SuccessFactors
4 17 (2.65%) SaaS
5 11 (1.71%) AWS
5 11 (1.71%) GCP
6 8 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.09%) Snowflake
8 6 (0.93%) PaaS
9 5 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.47%) OCI
12 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.31%) Collibra
12 2 (0.31%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.16%) Boomi
13 1 (0.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.31%) Firewall
1 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.16%) FTP
2 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.17%) SAP HANA
2 29 (4.52%) Power BI
3 26 (4.05%) SAP BW
4 13 (2.02%) SAP Data Services
5 11 (1.71%) Metadata
6 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.62%) Tableau
9 3 (0.47%) DB2
9 3 (0.47%) GIS
9 3 (0.47%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.16%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Lumira
11 1 (0.16%) MaxDB
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.80%) JIRA
2 3 (0.47%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) GitLab
3 2 (0.31%) LSMW
4 1 (0.16%) Hudson
General
1 223 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 222 (34.58%) Finance
3 85 (13.24%) Manufacturing
4 79 (12.31%) Pharmaceutical
5 54 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (6.70%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.52%) Retail
8 22 (3.43%) Local Government
9 20 (3.12%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.02%) Banking
12 10 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.25%) Billing
14 6 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.62%) Legal
16 4 (0.62%) Marketing
17 3 (0.47%) General Ledger
18 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 272 (42.37%) Consultant
2 226 (35.20%) SAP Consultant
3 82 (12.77%) Lead
4 75 (11.68%) Architect
5 61 (9.50%) SAP Architect
6 59 (9.19%) SAP Manager
7 51 (7.94%) Project Manager
8 50 (7.79%) Analyst
9 41 (6.39%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 41 (6.39%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (5.30%) Management Consultant
11 33 (5.14%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 32 (4.98%) SAP Analyst
13 29 (4.52%) SAP Project Manager
14 24 (3.74%) SAP QM Consultant
15 22 (3.43%) Programme Manager
16 21 (3.27%) Senior
17 19 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 18 (2.80%) SAP MM Consultant
19 17 (2.65%) SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (12.77%) SAP Fiori
2 21 (3.27%) BAPI
2 21 (3.27%) Web Services
3 19 (2.96%) SAP Basis
4 15 (2.34%) SAP PI
5 13 (2.02%) SAP TM
6 10 (1.56%) IDoc
7 9 (1.40%) Middleware
8 7 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.93%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (0.62%) EDI
10 4 (0.62%) SAP ALE
10 4 (0.62%) SAPUI5
11 3 (0.47%) Node.js
11 3 (0.47%) REST
11 3 (0.47%) SOAP
11 3 (0.47%) XML
12 2 (0.31%) JSON
12 2 (0.31%) SAP XI
13 1 (0.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.83%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (4.21%) Public Cloud
4 26 (4.05%) Life Science
5 16 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
6 15 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.34%) FMCG
7 11 (1.71%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.09%) Augmented Reality
10 6 (0.93%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.78%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.62%) PMI
13 3 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.47%) IoT
13 3 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) Linux
2 5 (0.78%) Windows
3 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (23.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 132 (20.56%) ERP
3 106 (16.51%) Migration
4 91 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 87 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (11.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 70 (10.90%) Analytics
8 69 (10.75%) Data Migration
9 67 (10.44%) Agile
10 61 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (8.72%) Validation
12 53 (8.26%) Logistics
13 52 (8.10%) Process Improvement
14 51 (7.94%) Project Management
15 46 (7.17%) Roadmaps
16 44 (6.85%) Data Modelling
17 43 (6.70%) SAP Implementation
18 42 (6.54%) Change Management
18 42 (6.54%) User Acceptance Testing
19 39 (6.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.61%) ABAP
2 15 (2.34%) SQL
3 11 (1.71%) Python
4 5 (0.78%) Java
5 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.16%) R
6 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 122 (19.00%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.61%) Degree
4 33 (5.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.43%) SAP Certification
6 17 (2.65%) PMP
7 16 (2.49%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.49%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.87%) ACCA
8 12 (1.87%) CIMA
9 11 (1.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 8 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.25%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.09%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.31%) CISA
13 2 (0.31%) CISM
13 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.83%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.58%) QA
3 19 (2.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 18 (2.80%) PMO
5 16 (2.49%) GxP
6 15 (2.34%) GDPR
7 7 (1.09%) GRC
8 3 (0.47%) GMP
9 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) P3O
10 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.31%) IAG
2 1 (0.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
1 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
1 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.31%) Linux-HA
1 2 (0.31%) Pacemaker
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 633 (98.60%) SAP
2 40 (6.23%) Ariba
3 33 (5.14%) Microsoft
4 15 (2.34%) Oracle
5 13 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.87%) Adobe
7 11 (1.71%) OpenText
7 11 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.25%) Concur
9 8 (1.25%) Workday
10 6 (0.93%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.93%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.78%) Informatica
12 3 (0.47%) Google
12 3 (0.47%) IBM
13 2 (0.31%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.31%) Citrix
13 2 (0.31%) ESRI
13 2 (0.31%) HP