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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 133 140
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +55
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 692 499 648
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.99% 1.71%
As % of the Business Applications category 26.04% 25.55% 23.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 264 340
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £495 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £599 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.17% -3.36%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £675
90th Percentile £760 £788 £801
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 3 4
10th Percentile £46.88 £73.41 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £78.53 £45.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -45.66%
75th Percentile £80.65 £106.65 £55.52
90th Percentile £90.09 £118.41 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
% change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -45.66%

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 2,657 1,953 2,804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.46% 7.81% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,590 1,150 1,706
10th Percentile £362 £381 £380
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £653 £665 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £562 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% +2.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 53 113
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.42 £15.59
25th Percentile £34.01 £35.00 £26.03
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +7.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% +7.95%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 3 March 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 0 260 £600 -4.00% 64
North of England -5 166 £625 +16.77% 32
North West -4 114 £644 +19.26% 19
Midlands -22 76 £525 -4.55% 34
South East +1 72 £575 -1.71% 39
East of England -14 61 £505 -22.31% 18
Yorkshire -21 49 £595 +56.07% 12
West Midlands -22 40 £500 -20.00% 17
East Midlands -18 34 £525 +1.94% 16
South West -20 8 £700 +6.38% 9
North East -17 2 - - 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 9 (1.30%) Confluence
2 8 (1.16%) NetWeaver
3 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.43%) MTS
Applications
1 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.72%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 52 (7.51%) SAP FI
2 43 (6.21%) SAP MM
3 38 (5.49%) SAP CO
4 34 (4.91%) SAP FI/CO
5 26 (3.76%) SAP PP
6 25 (3.61%) SAP EWM
6 25 (3.61%) SAP Travel Management
7 22 (3.18%) SAP QM
8 20 (2.89%) SAP PM
9 19 (2.75%) SAP ERP
10 16 (2.31%) SAP VC
11 13 (1.88%) Teamcenter
12 11 (1.59%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 11 (1.59%) SAP MDG
13 8 (1.16%) SAP EHS
13 8 (1.16%) SAP Retail
13 8 (1.16%) SAP SD
14 7 (1.01%) SAP FI-CA
14 7 (1.01%) SAP PS
14 7 (1.01%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (9.10%) Azure
2 30 (4.34%) SuccessFactors
3 28 (4.05%) SaaS
4 18 (2.60%) Power Platform
5 16 (2.31%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.73%) AWS
7 11 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.45%) GCP
9 6 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.43%) Veeva
11 2 (0.29%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.29%) Boomi
11 2 (0.29%) Collibra
11 2 (0.29%) GitHub
11 2 (0.29%) PaaS
11 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.58%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.29%) RFID
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) Firewall
3 1 (0.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.49%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.60%) Power BI
3 14 (2.02%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.73%) Metadata
5 8 (1.16%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.87%) GIS
7 5 (0.72%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.43%) DB2
10 2 (0.29%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.14%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.14%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (2.75%) JIRA
2 3 (0.43%) Git
2 3 (0.43%) GitLab
2 3 (0.43%) Hudson
3 2 (0.29%) LSMW
3 2 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 252 (36.42%) Finance
2 245 (35.40%) Social Skills
3 86 (12.43%) Manufacturing
4 67 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (7.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (4.19%) Local Government
8 24 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.46%) Banking
9 17 (2.46%) Retail
10 14 (2.02%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.02%) Billing
11 13 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.73%) Publishing
13 10 (1.45%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.87%) Legal
15 5 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 258 (37.28%) Consultant
2 218 (31.50%) SAP Consultant
3 106 (15.32%) Lead
4 95 (13.73%) Architect
5 69 (9.97%) SAP Architect
6 64 (9.25%) Solutions Architect
7 60 (8.67%) Project Manager
8 59 (8.53%) SAP Manager
9 48 (6.94%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 45 (6.50%) Analyst
11 40 (5.78%) Management Consultant
12 38 (5.49%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 35 (5.06%) SAP Project Manager
14 31 (4.48%) Senior
15 29 (4.19%) SAP Analyst
16 20 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 18 (2.60%) SAP FI Consultant
18 17 (2.46%) SAP MM Consultant
18 17 (2.46%) SAP QM Consultant
19 16 (2.31%) SAP CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.26%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (4.62%) SAP TM
3 31 (4.48%) SAP Basis
4 20 (2.89%) Web Services
5 19 (2.75%) BAPI
6 18 (2.60%) Middleware
7 8 (1.16%) SAPUI5
8 6 (0.87%) REST
8 6 (0.87%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.72%) IDoc
10 4 (0.58%) SAP PI
10 4 (0.58%) XML
11 3 (0.43%) EDI
12 2 (0.29%) Node.js
12 2 (0.29%) OAuth
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.29%) SAML
13 1 (0.14%) OLE
13 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
13 1 (0.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.09%) Public Cloud
2 23 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.60%) Life Science
5 16 (2.31%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.17%) FMCG
6 15 (2.17%) Taxonomies
7 10 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.58%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.43%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.43%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.43%) Tandem
11 2 (0.29%) IoT
11 2 (0.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.88%) Windows
2 7 (1.01%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (23.12%) ERP
2 141 (20.38%) Migration
3 135 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 106 (15.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 97 (14.02%) Workshop Facilitation
6 89 (12.86%) Data Migration
7 78 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (10.84%) Validation
9 73 (10.55%) Analytics
10 65 (9.39%) Roadmaps
11 62 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 61 (8.82%) Change Management
13 58 (8.38%) User Acceptance Testing
14 56 (8.09%) Project Management
15 53 (7.66%) SAP Implementation
16 52 (7.51%) Logistics
16 52 (7.51%) Procure-to-Pay
17 51 (7.37%) Data Modelling
18 43 (6.21%) Data Governance
19 37 (5.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.06%) ABAP
2 14 (2.02%) SQL
3 8 (1.16%) Python
4 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) C#
6 1 (0.14%) Java
6 1 (0.14%) R
6 1 (0.14%) Tcl
6 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (18.21%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (4.91%) Degree
5 21 (3.03%) SAP Certification
6 15 (2.17%) PMP
7 11 (1.59%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.30%) ACCA
9 9 (1.30%) CIMA
9 9 (1.30%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.01%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.29%) AAT
13 2 (0.29%) CAPM
13 2 (0.29%) CCA
13 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.49%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.76%) PMO
3 17 (2.46%) QA
4 10 (1.45%) GDPR
4 10 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.72%) GRC
6 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) GAAP
6 2 (0.29%) GxP
7 1 (0.14%) GMP
7 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) ITGC
7 1 (0.14%) P3O
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (0.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 22 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.29%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.29%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.14%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 686 (99.13%) SAP
2 46 (6.65%) Ariba
3 34 (4.91%) Microsoft
4 15 (2.17%) Okta
4 15 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.02%) Adobe
5 14 (2.02%) Sage
6 12 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.45%) Informatica
7 10 (1.45%) OpenText
8 9 (1.30%) Oracle
9 7 (1.01%) IBM
9 7 (1.01%) Siemens
10 5 (0.72%) Concur
10 5 (0.72%) ESRI
10 5 (0.72%) Workday
11 3 (0.43%) IFS
12 2 (0.29%) Algorithmics
12 2 (0.29%) Databricks
12 2 (0.29%) Wolters Kluwer