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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 151 171
Rank change year-on-year +18 +20 +103
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 640 535 602
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 1.73% 1.50%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.46% 24.64% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 246 290
10th Percentile £425 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £675
90th Percentile £750 £794 £789
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £560
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 6
10th Percentile £32.31 £48.66 £45.06
25th Percentile £67.50 £60.36 £47.50
Median hourly rate £83.82 £67.42 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% +24.86% -21.45%
75th Percentile £94.33 £92.19 £55.55
90th Percentile £95.00 £112.25 £57.16
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £67.42 £48.88
% change year-on-year -51.80% +37.95% -28.91%

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 2,514 2,171 2,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.54% 7.04% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 1,206 1,745
10th Percentile £356 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.65%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £670
90th Percentile £738 £771 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 64 79
10th Percentile £12.82 £25.12 £34.08
25th Percentile £21.60 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.43 £40.91 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -27.58% +61.40%
75th Percentile £80.13 £62.35 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.76 £80.15 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £38.75 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year -5.29% -27.58% +25.53%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 +21 267 £610 +1.67% 187
North of England +31 157 £644 +12.00% 32
North West +30 124 £650 +13.04% 19
South East +13 83 £582 -3.04% 193
Midlands -11 51 £650 +18.18% 24
East of England -5 42 £575 +4.55% 18
Yorkshire -2 29 £550 +17.33% 12
West Midlands -7 29 £650 - 12
East Midlands -12 21 £675 +22.73% 12
South West -21 3 £450 -27.71% 10
North East -14 2 £575 -11.54% 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 6 (0.94%) Anypoint
2 3 (0.47%) Confluence
2 3 (0.47%) MTS
2 3 (0.47%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.16%) Camunda
4 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 45 (7.03%) SAP FI
2 38 (5.94%) SAP CO
3 36 (5.63%) SAP MM
4 35 (5.47%) SAP FI/CO
5 24 (3.75%) SAP EWM
6 22 (3.44%) SAP PS
7 20 (3.13%) SAP QM
8 19 (2.97%) SAP ERP
8 19 (2.97%) SAP PP
9 18 (2.81%) SAP MDG
10 17 (2.66%) SAP VC
11 14 (2.19%) SAP EHS
12 12 (1.88%) SAP HCM
12 12 (1.88%) SAP SD
13 11 (1.72%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 11 (1.72%) SAP WM
14 8 (1.25%) SAP IBP
14 8 (1.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
15 7 (1.09%) SAP PM
15 7 (1.09%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 40 (6.25%) Azure
2 26 (4.06%) Power Platform
3 24 (3.75%) SuccessFactors
4 18 (2.81%) SaaS
5 10 (1.56%) AWS
6 9 (1.41%) GCP
7 8 (1.25%) PaaS
8 7 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.09%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.63%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.47%) OCI
12 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.31%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.16%) Boomi
13 1 (0.16%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.31%) Firewall
2 1 (0.16%) FTP
2 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (9.22%) SAP HANA
2 27 (4.22%) SAP BW
3 25 (3.91%) Power BI
4 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.56%) SAP Data Services
5 9 (1.41%) Metadata
6 7 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.63%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.47%) DB2
8 3 (0.47%) GIS
9 2 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.31%) Tableau
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.16%) Lumira
10 1 (0.16%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 19 (2.97%) JIRA
2 7 (1.09%) LSMW
3 4 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) GitLab
General
1 230 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 217 (33.91%) Finance
3 76 (11.88%) Manufacturing
4 73 (11.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 53 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (6.09%) Public Sector
7 34 (5.31%) Retail
8 24 (3.75%) Aerospace
9 22 (3.44%) Banking
10 19 (2.97%) Local Government
11 12 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.25%) Billing
14 6 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.78%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.47%) German Language
16 3 (0.47%) Legal
16 3 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 277 (43.28%) Consultant
2 230 (35.94%) SAP Consultant
3 81 (12.66%) Lead
4 79 (12.34%) Architect
5 66 (10.31%) SAP Architect
6 55 (8.59%) SAP Manager
7 46 (7.19%) Project Manager
8 44 (6.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 42 (6.56%) Analyst
10 35 (5.47%) Management Consultant
11 30 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.91%) SAP Analyst
12 25 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
13 24 (3.75%) SAP Project Manager
13 24 (3.75%) SAP QM Consultant
14 22 (3.44%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 21 (3.28%) Programme Manager
15 21 (3.28%) SAP FI Consultant
16 20 (3.13%) SAP CO Consultant
17 19 (2.97%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (13.75%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (4.53%) Web Services
3 27 (4.22%) BAPI
4 18 (2.81%) SAP Basis
5 16 (2.50%) SAP PI
6 15 (2.34%) IDoc
7 13 (2.03%) SAP TM
8 11 (1.72%) Middleware
9 9 (1.41%) EDI
9 9 (1.41%) SAP ALE
10 7 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.94%) SAP Business Workflow
12 5 (0.78%) REST
12 5 (0.78%) SOAP
13 4 (0.63%) Node.js
13 4 (0.63%) SAPUI5
14 3 (0.47%) XML
15 2 (0.31%) JSON
15 2 (0.31%) SAP XI
16 1 (0.16%) Drools
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
2 30 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
3 27 (4.22%) Life Science
4 24 (3.75%) Public Cloud
5 14 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
7 12 (1.88%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.41%) FMCG
9 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.25%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.09%) Augmented Reality
11 5 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.63%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.63%) PMI
13 3 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.47%) SCADA
13 3 (0.47%) Tandem
13 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.94%) Linux
2 5 (0.78%) Windows
3 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 125 (19.53%) ERP
3 107 (16.72%) Migration
4 95 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 79 (12.34%) Analytics
7 75 (11.72%) Data Migration
8 74 (11.56%) Workshop Facilitation
9 71 (11.09%) Agile
10 66 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (8.75%) Validation
12 54 (8.44%) Project Management
13 53 (8.28%) Logistics
14 51 (7.97%) Process Improvement
15 48 (7.50%) Project Delivery
16 45 (7.03%) User Acceptance Testing
17 44 (6.88%) Roadmaps
18 43 (6.72%) Change Management
19 41 (6.41%) SAP Implementation
20 40 (6.25%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.78%) ABAP
2 12 (1.88%) SQL
3 10 (1.56%) Python
4 6 (0.94%) Java
5 5 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 140 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 116 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.09%) Degree
4 32 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.75%) SAP Certification
6 18 (2.81%) PMP
7 17 (2.66%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.34%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.88%) ACCA
9 12 (1.88%) CIMA
9 12 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.41%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.25%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.31%) CISA
14 2 (0.31%) CISM
14 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.75%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.59%) QA
3 17 (2.66%) PMO
3 17 (2.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 16 (2.50%) GxP
5 12 (1.88%) GDPR
6 6 (0.94%) GRC
7 5 (0.78%) SLA
8 3 (0.47%) GMP
8 3 (0.47%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.63%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.31%) Linux-HA
3 2 (0.31%) Pacemaker
4 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 629 (98.28%) SAP
2 40 (6.25%) Ariba
3 29 (4.53%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.97%) Oracle
5 13 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.88%) Adobe
7 11 (1.72%) OpenText
8 10 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.41%) Workday
10 7 (1.09%) Concur
10 7 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.94%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.94%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.63%) HP
13 2 (0.31%) Citrix
13 2 (0.31%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.31%) ESRI
13 2 (0.31%) IFS
13 2 (0.31%) Sage
14 1 (0.16%) Toshiba