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

 6 months to
17 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 133 165
Rank change year-on-year -19 +32 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 756 528 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 2.13% 1.48%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.51% 26.75% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 287 286
10th Percentile £379 £445 £438
25th Percentile £500 £505 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £717
90th Percentile £752 £775 £869
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 7 10
10th Percentile £38.85 £27.91 £29.28
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £59.46 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £101.01 £76.82 £69.15
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £47.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.11% -22.89% +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 2,963 1,974 2,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.90% 7.98% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,735 1,194 1,576
10th Percentile £363 £390 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.93%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £748 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 52 113
10th Percentile £20.31 £13.83 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.98 £22.33
Median hourly rate £51.43 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.28% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.55 £53.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -18.37%

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 17 June 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 June 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 June 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 -38 270 £600 -7.69% 67
North of England -25 129 £500 -13.42% 32
South East -14 116 £558 +1.36% 32
Midlands -22 88 £638 +27.50% 23
North West -17 79 £350 -36.36% 20
East of England -6 73 £510 -15.00% 9
West Midlands -25 48 £650 +4.00% 19
Yorkshire -26 43 £595 +21.12% 10
East Midlands -8 36 £625 +25.00% 4
South West -14 18 £525 - 2
North East -32 7 £500 -13.04% 4
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 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.19%) NetWeaver
3 7 (0.93%) Confluence
4 4 (0.53%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 27 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.66%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (3.97%) SAP FI
2 24 (3.17%) SAP CO
2 24 (3.17%) SAP EWM
3 22 (2.91%) SAP FI/CO
3 22 (2.91%) SAP Travel Management
4 19 (2.51%) SAP ERP
5 18 (2.38%) SAP SD
6 14 (1.85%) SAP MM
6 14 (1.85%) SAP PP
7 13 (1.72%) Teamcenter
8 12 (1.59%) SAP PM
9 11 (1.46%) SAP MDG
9 11 (1.46%) SAP QM
10 10 (1.32%) SAP GRC
10 10 (1.32%) SAP Payroll
11 8 (1.06%) SAP Business One
12 7 (0.93%) SAP IBP
13 6 (0.79%) SAP FI-CA
13 6 (0.79%) SAP PSCD
14 5 (0.66%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 67 (8.86%) Azure
2 59 (7.80%) SuccessFactors
3 24 (3.17%) SaaS
4 21 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.65%) AWS
6 15 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.32%) Boomi
9 9 (1.19%) Smartsheet
10 8 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.66%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.40%) GitHub
12 3 (0.40%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.40%) Veeva
12 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.26%) IaaS
13 2 (0.26%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.79%) Network Security
2 3 (0.40%) VPN
3 2 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.26%) RFID
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.57%) SAP HANA
2 19 (2.51%) Power BI
3 17 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.72%) SAP BW
5 7 (0.93%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.79%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.66%) Metadata
8 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.40%) GIS
8 3 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.13%) DataStage
10 1 (0.13%) Looker
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.70%) JIRA
2 13 (1.72%) Hudson
3 5 (0.66%) LSMW
4 3 (0.40%) Postman
5 2 (0.26%) Git
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
1 298 (39.42%) Finance
2 243 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 94 (12.43%) Manufacturing
4 86 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (3.31%) Local Government
8 21 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.78%) General Ledger
8 21 (2.78%) Retail
9 18 (2.38%) Banking
10 17 (2.25%) Billing
11 14 (1.85%) Legal
11 14 (1.85%) Publishing
12 11 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.93%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 194 (25.66%) Consultant
2 173 (22.88%) SAP Consultant
3 143 (18.92%) Lead
4 121 (16.01%) Architect
5 82 (10.85%) SAP Architect
6 71 (9.39%) SAP Manager
7 70 (9.26%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (8.86%) Analyst
9 62 (8.20%) Project Manager
10 47 (6.22%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 44 (5.82%) Senior
12 40 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 34 (4.50%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (3.97%) Data Migration Lead
14 30 (3.97%) SAP Analyst
15 23 (3.04%) Financial Analyst
16 22 (2.91%) Finance Manager
17 21 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 20 (2.65%) Business Analyst
19 18 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (4.23%) SAP Basis
3 29 (3.84%) Middleware
4 22 (2.91%) SAP TM
5 14 (1.85%) SAPUI5
6 13 (1.72%) BAPI
7 11 (1.46%) REST
8 9 (1.19%) IDoc
8 9 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.06%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.93%) SAP PI
11 6 (0.79%) EDI
11 6 (0.79%) Web Services
12 4 (0.53%) OAuth
12 4 (0.53%) OLE
13 3 (0.40%) JSON
13 3 (0.40%) SOAP
13 3 (0.40%) XML
14 2 (0.26%) SAML
14 2 (0.26%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.19%) Public Cloud
2 34 (4.50%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.51%) FMCG
7 16 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.85%) Taxonomies
9 7 (0.93%) Life Science
10 6 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.66%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.53%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.53%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.40%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.46%) Windows
2 4 (0.53%) Linux
2 4 (0.53%) VMS
3 3 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (30.42%) Migration
2 204 (26.98%) ERP
3 156 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 155 (20.50%) Data Migration
5 119 (15.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 111 (14.68%) Validation
7 109 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
9 87 (11.51%) Workshop Facilitation
10 81 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (9.79%) Logistics
11 74 (9.79%) Project Management
12 67 (8.86%) Analytics
12 67 (8.86%) Change Management
13 64 (8.47%) Roadmaps
14 59 (7.80%) Agile
15 56 (7.41%) Data Modelling
16 54 (7.14%) Data Governance
16 54 (7.14%) System Integration Testing
17 48 (6.35%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 27 (3.57%) ABAP
2 21 (2.78%) SQL
3 19 (2.51%) Python
4 5 (0.66%) Java
5 3 (0.40%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.13%) Groovy
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) Korn
6 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 85 (11.24%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.75%) Degree
4 29 (3.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.04%) ACCA
6 23 (3.04%) CIMA
7 18 (2.38%) PMP
7 18 (2.38%) SAP Certification
8 14 (1.85%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.79%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.26%) AAT
11 2 (0.26%) CIPD
12 1 (0.13%) CAPM
12 1 (0.13%) CCA
12 1 (0.13%) CIPFA
12 1 (0.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.95%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.29%) PMO
3 24 (3.17%) QA
4 15 (1.98%) GRC
5 12 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.06%) GDPR
7 4 (0.53%) GxP
8 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.40%) ITGC
9 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) GAAP
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) SLA
10 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.53%) IAG
Systems Management
1 24 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 749 (99.07%) SAP
2 47 (6.22%) Microsoft
3 46 (6.08%) Ariba
4 22 (2.91%) Oracle
5 16 (2.12%) Sage
6 14 (1.85%) Okta
7 12 (1.59%) Concur
7 12 (1.59%) Informatica
8 8 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.06%) Siemens
9 7 (0.93%) Sybase
9 7 (0.93%) Workday
10 6 (0.79%) Adobe
10 6 (0.79%) Databricks
10 6 (0.79%) Dell
10 6 (0.79%) IFS
11 5 (0.66%) IBM
12 4 (0.53%) Baan
12 4 (0.53%) OpenText
167 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England