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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 143 162
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 764 519 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.01% 1.49%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.98% 25.23% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 291 291
10th Percentile £380 £425 £450
25th Percentile £500 £505 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £703
90th Percentile £760 £775 £850
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 8 12
10th Percentile - £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £60.36
Median hourly rate £59.46 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £99.02 £75.12 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +73.85% -47.24% +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 3,059 2,057 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.97% 7.96% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,786 1,257 1,583
10th Percentile £363 £380 £364
25th Percentile £456 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -1.06%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 51 108
10th Percentile £20.31 £13.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £30.00 £37.31 £22.33
Median hourly rate £48.75 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.10 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% +43.75% -19.19%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -50 264 £600 -4.08% 72
North of England -26 128 £500 -13.79% 26
South East -14 121 £580 +5.45% 33
Midlands -5 94 £631 +20.24% 24
North West -25 77 £475 -15.93% 19
East of England -3 76 £510 -15.00% 13
West Midlands -20 54 £620 -0.80% 16
Yorkshire -14 45 £595 +30.41% 5
East Midlands -3 36 £625 +25.00% 8
South West -20 18 £525 - 3
North East -31 6 £500 -13.04% 3
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 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.18%) NetWeaver
3 8 (1.05%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 27 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.65%) PTC Creo
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.80%) SAP FI
2 19 (2.49%) SAP CO
2 19 (2.49%) SAP EWM
2 19 (2.49%) SAP SD
3 17 (2.23%) SAP ERP
3 17 (2.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 15 (1.96%) SAP PP
4 15 (1.96%) SAP Travel Management
5 14 (1.83%) SAP MM
6 13 (1.70%) SAP MDG
6 13 (1.70%) Teamcenter
7 12 (1.57%) SAP PM
8 11 (1.44%) SAP GRC
8 11 (1.44%) SAP Payroll
8 11 (1.44%) SAP QM
9 8 (1.05%) SAP Business One
9 8 (1.05%) SAP IBP
10 6 (0.79%) SAP FI-CA
10 6 (0.79%) SAP PSCD
11 5 (0.65%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 71 (9.29%) Azure
2 60 (7.85%) SuccessFactors
3 24 (3.14%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.01%) AWS
5 21 (2.75%) SaaS
6 18 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.44%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.18%) Boomi
8 9 (1.18%) Smartsheet
9 8 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.65%) GCP
10 5 (0.65%) GitHub
10 5 (0.65%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.52%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.52%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.39%) Veeva
12 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.26%) IaaS
13 2 (0.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.79%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.53%) SAP HANA
2 22 (2.88%) Power BI
3 18 (2.36%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.96%) SAP BW
5 7 (0.92%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.79%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.39%) Metadata
8 3 (0.39%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
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%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Looker
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.93%) JIRA
2 13 (1.70%) Hudson
3 5 (0.65%) LSMW
4 2 (0.26%) Git
4 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) GCC
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 301 (39.40%) Finance
2 233 (30.50%) Social Skills
3 106 (13.87%) Manufacturing
4 84 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (3.53%) Retail
8 26 (3.40%) Local Government
9 23 (3.01%) General Ledger
10 17 (2.23%) Billing
11 16 (2.09%) Banking
11 16 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.96%) Legal
13 12 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.44%) Publishing
15 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.92%) Advertising
17 7 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (24.48%) Consultant
2 165 (21.60%) SAP Consultant
3 149 (19.50%) Lead
4 123 (16.10%) Architect
5 83 (10.86%) SAP Architect
6 75 (9.82%) SAP Manager
7 72 (9.42%) Analyst
8 70 (9.16%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (7.72%) Project Manager
10 49 (6.41%) Senior
11 47 (6.15%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 40 (5.24%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 35 (4.58%) SAP Project Manager
14 34 (4.45%) SAP Analyst
15 30 (3.93%) Data Migration Lead
16 25 (3.27%) Financial Analyst
17 23 (3.01%) Business Analyst
18 22 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 21 (2.75%) Finance Manager
20 17 (2.23%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.38%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (4.06%) SAP Basis
3 30 (3.93%) Middleware
4 19 (2.49%) SAPUI5
5 15 (1.96%) BAPI
5 15 (1.96%) SAP TM
6 14 (1.83%) REST
7 11 (1.44%) SAP PI
8 10 (1.31%) IDoc
9 9 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.05%) SAP Core Interface
11 7 (0.92%) SOAP
12 6 (0.79%) EDI
13 4 (0.52%) OLE
13 4 (0.52%) Web Services
14 3 (0.39%) JSON
14 3 (0.39%) XML
15 2 (0.26%) Node.js
15 2 (0.26%) OAuth
15 2 (0.26%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.82%) Public Cloud
2 31 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (3.53%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.01%) FMCG
6 22 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.44%) Taxonomies
9 7 (0.92%) Life Science
10 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.52%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.52%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.39%) Private Cloud
14 2 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.57%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) Linux
2 4 (0.52%) VMS
3 3 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (30.37%) Migration
2 208 (27.23%) ERP
3 167 (21.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (20.03%) Data Migration
5 123 (16.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 115 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (14.40%) Validation
8 98 (12.83%) User Acceptance Testing
9 88 (11.52%) Workshop Facilitation
10 84 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (10.47%) Logistics
12 73 (9.55%) Project Management
13 68 (8.90%) Analytics
13 68 (8.90%) Roadmaps
14 67 (8.77%) Agile
15 66 (8.64%) Change Management
16 57 (7.46%) System Integration Testing
17 53 (6.94%) Data Governance
18 49 (6.41%) Data Modelling
19 46 (6.02%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 34 (4.45%) ABAP
2 23 (3.01%) SQL
3 20 (2.62%) Python
4 5 (0.65%) Java
5 3 (0.39%) 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
1 101 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 90 (11.78%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.81%) Degree
4 26 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.88%) ACCA
6 22 (2.88%) CIMA
7 19 (2.49%) PMP
8 16 (2.09%) SAP Certification
9 15 (1.96%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.26%) CIPD
12 1 (0.13%) AAT
12 1 (0.13%) CAPM
12 1 (0.13%) CCA
12 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.81%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.84%) PMO
3 24 (3.14%) QA
4 16 (2.09%) GRC
5 12 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.31%) GDPR
7 5 (0.65%) GxP
8 4 (0.52%) GMP
9 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.65%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 757 (99.08%) SAP
2 53 (6.94%) Microsoft
3 41 (5.37%) Ariba
4 21 (2.75%) Oracle
5 15 (1.96%) Sage
6 13 (1.70%) Concur
7 11 (1.44%) Okta
8 10 (1.31%) Informatica
9 8 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.05%) Siemens
10 7 (0.92%) Databricks
10 7 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.92%) Sybase
10 7 (0.92%) Workday
11 6 (0.79%) Adobe
11 6 (0.79%) IFS
12 5 (0.65%) Dell
12 5 (0.65%) IBM
13 4 (0.52%) Baan
13 4 (0.52%) OpenText