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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 136 148
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 +50
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 783 561 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 2.03% 1.67%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.48% 24.01% 23.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 305 271
10th Percentile £390 £425 £456
25th Percentile £513 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £704
90th Percentile £750 £758 £850
UK median daily rate £593 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -
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 3,198 2,337 2,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.99% 8.46% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,876 1,423 1,412
10th Percentile £363 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.35%
75th Percentile £654 £674 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 43 76
10th Percentile £16.83 £12.86 £22.38
25th Percentile £26.56 £27.06 £33.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -20.34%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £60.40
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.00 £66.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -15.56% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -56 281 £600 -4.00% 113
South East -21 130 £580 -3.33% 27
North of England -42 129 £550 -5.17% 50
Midlands -4 95 £619 -11.61% 31
North West -23 86 £550 -5.17% 36
East of England -8 69 £600 - 8
West Midlands -12 56 £550 -12.00% 13
Yorkshire -24 38 £550 -1.79% 13
East Midlands -1 35 £638 -8.93% 18
South West -27 21 £550 +7.32% 17
North East -41 5 £500 -13.04% 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 (1.15%) NetWeaver
2 8 (1.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.77%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 26 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.79%) 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 (3.83%) SAP FI
2 23 (2.94%) SAP SD
3 22 (2.81%) SAP CO
4 21 (2.68%) SAP ERP
5 20 (2.55%) SAP FI/CO
5 20 (2.55%) SAP GRC
6 17 (2.17%) SAP EWM
6 17 (2.17%) SAP MDG
7 15 (1.92%) SAP MM
7 15 (1.92%) SAP PP
8 13 (1.66%) SAP Payroll
9 12 (1.53%) SAP IBP
10 11 (1.40%) SAP HR
10 11 (1.40%) SAP QM
11 10 (1.28%) SAP PM
12 8 (1.02%) SAP Business One
13 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
13 6 (0.77%) SAP PS
13 6 (0.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 79 (10.09%) SuccessFactors
2 68 (8.68%) Azure
3 27 (3.45%) AWS
4 25 (3.19%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (1.53%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Boomi
7 9 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.02%) GCP
9 6 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
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 (4.21%) SAP HANA
2 28 (3.58%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.94%) Power BI
4 16 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.89%) 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%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.32%) 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
1 317 (40.49%) Finance
2 224 (28.61%) Social Skills
3 116 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 73 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.49%) Pharmaceutical
7 40 (5.11%) Retail
8 25 (3.19%) General Ledger
9 21 (2.68%) Billing
10 19 (2.43%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.04%) Legal
12 15 (1.92%) Local Government
12 15 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.53%) Automotive
15 12 (1.53%) Banking
16 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 180 (22.99%) Consultant
2 164 (20.95%) SAP Consultant
3 152 (19.41%) Lead
4 125 (15.96%) Architect
5 86 (10.98%) SAP Manager
6 78 (9.96%) Analyst
7 76 (9.71%) SAP Architect
8 65 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (7.02%) Senior
10 50 (6.39%) Project Manager
11 43 (5.49%) SAP Analyst
12 35 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 35 (4.47%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 33 (4.21%) SAP Project Manager
14 29 (3.70%) Business Analyst
15 27 (3.45%) Data Migration Lead
16 23 (2.94%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.81%) Logistics Analyst
18 21 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 19 (2.43%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (9.20%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.21%) Middleware
3 28 (3.58%) SAP Basis
4 18 (2.30%) SAPUI5
5 15 (1.92%) REST
6 14 (1.79%) BAPI
7 11 (1.40%) SOAP
8 10 (1.28%) IDoc
8 10 (1.28%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.15%) EDI
9 9 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.15%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (0.77%) Web Services
11 5 (0.64%) XML
12 4 (0.51%) JSON
12 4 (0.51%) OLE
12 4 (0.51%) SAP ALE
12 4 (0.51%) SAP TM
13 2 (0.26%) Node.js
13 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.81%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.47%) Data Structures
2 35 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.58%) FMCG
3 28 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.04%) Life Science
5 16 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 7 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (0.77%) Taxonomies
9 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (0.51%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.89%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (30.91%) Migration
2 216 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 207 (26.44%) ERP
4 153 (19.54%) Data Migration
5 124 (15.84%) User Acceptance Testing
6 119 (15.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 113 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (13.92%) Validation
9 86 (10.98%) Logistics
10 81 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (9.32%) System Integration Testing
11 73 (9.32%) Workshop Facilitation
12 70 (8.94%) Agile
13 65 (8.30%) Analytics
13 65 (8.30%) Roadmaps
14 57 (7.28%) Change Management
14 57 (7.28%) Data Governance
15 55 (7.02%) Project Management
16 52 (6.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 49 (6.26%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.11%) 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
1 119 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.26%) Degree
4 26 (3.32%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.17%) ACCA
6 17 (2.17%) CIMA
6 17 (2.17%) PMP
7 15 (1.92%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.40%) SAP Certification
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.51%) CIPD
11 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.45%) PMO
2 27 (3.45%) QA
3 24 (3.07%) GRC
4 10 (1.28%) GDPR
4 10 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.77%) GxP
6 5 (0.64%) GMP
7 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.26%) ITGC
7 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) GAAP
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
8 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.89%) 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
1 775 (98.98%) SAP
2 57 (7.28%) Microsoft
3 48 (6.13%) Ariba
4 23 (2.94%) Oracle
5 18 (2.30%) Concur
6 11 (1.40%) Databricks
7 10 (1.28%) Informatica
7 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.15%) Workday
9 7 (0.89%) Adobe
9 7 (0.89%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.89%) Sybase
10 6 (0.77%) Okta
10 6 (0.77%) Sage
11 5 (0.64%) Dell
11 5 (0.64%) IFS
11 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.64%) OpenText
12 4 (0.51%) Baan
12 4 (0.51%) IBM