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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 138 151
Rank change year-on-year -21 +13 +49
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 781 568 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 2.04% 1.67%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.47% 24.14% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 310 271
10th Percentile £390 £420 £456
25th Percentile £513 £507 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £704
90th Percentile £750 £756 £850
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 7 13
10th Percentile £36.55 £27.91 £35.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £85.63 £66.25 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.34 £78.50 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +69.73% -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 3,192 2,353 2,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.98% 8.46% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 1,434 1,414
10th Percentile £363 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £652 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 45 76
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.89 £22.38
25th Percentile £26.53 £27.40 £33.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.99 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +13.30% -20.34%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £60.40
90th Percentile £88.75 £84.00 £66.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% -10.02% -16.15%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -54 278 £600 -4.00% 46
South East -17 131 £580 -3.33% 26
North of England -36 130 £550 -5.17% 24
Midlands -1 95 £619 -11.61% 26
North West -14 86 £550 -5.17% 12
East of England -5 68 £600 - 5
West Midlands -18 56 £550 -12.00% 16
Yorkshire -14 39 £550 +4.76% 12
East Midlands +1 35 £638 -8.93% 10
South West -28 21 £550 +7.32% 7
North East -44 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 6 (0.77%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
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 30 (3.84%) SAP FI
2 23 (2.94%) SAP SD
3 22 (2.82%) SAP CO
4 21 (2.69%) SAP ERP
5 20 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 20 (2.56%) SAP GRC
6 17 (2.18%) SAP MDG
7 16 (2.05%) SAP EWM
8 15 (1.92%) SAP PP
9 14 (1.79%) SAP MM
10 13 (1.66%) SAP Payroll
11 12 (1.54%) SAP IBP
12 11 (1.41%) SAP HR
12 11 (1.41%) SAP QM
13 9 (1.15%) SAP PM
14 8 (1.02%) SAP Business One
15 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
15 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
15 6 (0.77%) SAP PS
15 6 (0.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 80 (10.24%) SuccessFactors
2 69 (8.83%) Azure
3 27 (3.46%) AWS
4 25 (3.20%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (1.54%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Boomi
7 9 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.02%) GCP
9 6 (0.77%) GitHub
10 4 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.51%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
12 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 28 (3.59%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.94%) Power BI
4 16 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.90%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.77%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.77%) Metadata
7 5 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
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%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.33%) JIRA
2 13 (1.66%) 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
1 318 (40.72%) Finance
2 224 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 115 (14.72%) Manufacturing
4 76 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 39 (4.99%) Retail
8 26 (3.33%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.56%) Billing
10 19 (2.43%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.05%) Legal
12 15 (1.92%) Local Government
12 15 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.66%) Banking
14 13 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.54%) Automotive
16 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.77%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 180 (23.05%) Consultant
2 164 (21.00%) SAP Consultant
3 151 (19.33%) Lead
4 123 (15.75%) Architect
5 87 (11.14%) SAP Manager
6 80 (10.24%) Analyst
7 75 (9.60%) SAP Architect
8 65 (8.32%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (7.17%) Senior
10 50 (6.40%) Project Manager
11 44 (5.63%) SAP Analyst
12 37 (4.74%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 35 (4.48%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 34 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
15 30 (3.84%) Business Analyst
16 27 (3.46%) Data Migration Lead
17 24 (3.07%) Financial Analyst
18 22 (2.82%) Logistics Analyst
19 20 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
20 19 (2.43%) SAP Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.23%) Middleware
3 28 (3.59%) SAP Basis
4 18 (2.30%) SAPUI5
5 15 (1.92%) REST
6 14 (1.79%) BAPI
7 11 (1.41%) SOAP
8 10 (1.28%) IDoc
8 10 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.28%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.15%) SAP Core Interface
10 8 (1.02%) EDI
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
13 4 (0.51%) SAP TM
14 2 (0.26%) OpenAPI
14 2 (0.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.71%) Public Cloud
2 36 (4.61%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (3.46%) FMCG
6 20 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.05%) Life Science
7 16 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.28%) Private Cloud
10 7 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.77%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.51%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.38%) SCADA
13 3 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.90%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (30.86%) Migration
2 214 (27.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 208 (26.63%) ERP
4 151 (19.33%) Data Migration
5 122 (15.62%) User Acceptance Testing
6 118 (15.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 116 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (14.08%) Validation
9 86 (11.01%) Logistics
10 83 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (9.35%) Workshop Facilitation
12 71 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
13 70 (8.96%) Agile
14 65 (8.32%) Analytics
14 65 (8.32%) Roadmaps
15 57 (7.30%) Change Management
15 57 (7.30%) Data Governance
16 54 (6.91%) Project Management
17 52 (6.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 48 (6.15%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 39 (4.99%) ABAP
2 23 (2.94%) 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
1 121 (15.49%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.83%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.27%) Degree
4 26 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.30%) PMP
7 17 (2.18%) ACCA
7 17 (2.18%) CIMA
8 15 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.41%) 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%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.13%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.32%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.59%) QA
3 27 (3.46%) PMO
4 24 (3.07%) GRC
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 15 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 773 (98.98%) SAP
2 57 (7.30%) Microsoft
3 44 (5.63%) Ariba
4 24 (3.07%) Oracle
5 18 (2.30%) Concur
6 11 (1.41%) Databricks
7 10 (1.28%) Informatica
7 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.28%) Workday
8 7 (0.90%) Adobe
8 7 (0.90%) Sage
8 7 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.90%) Sybase
9 6 (0.77%) IFS
9 6 (0.77%) Okta
10 5 (0.64%) Dell
10 5 (0.64%) IBM
10 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.64%) OpenText
11 4 (0.51%) Baan
135 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England