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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 124 155
Rank change year-on-year -27 +31 +25
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 714 541 570
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 2.21% 1.55%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.71% 27.10% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 298 292
10th Percentile £400 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £510 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £688 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £791 £875
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 5 6
10th Percentile £40.00 £62.75 £42.18
25th Percentile £51.44 - -
Median hourly rate £59.46 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +5.52% -35.16%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.23 £63.32
UK median hourly rate £58.46 £67.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -13.39% +9.58% -35.16%

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 2,890 1,996 2,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.08% 8.16% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,729 1,196 1,618
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £654 £675 £688
90th Percentile £755 £788 £790
UK median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 48 106
10th Percentile £23.40 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £56.47 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.12 £78.31 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.68 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -14 276 £600 -4.08% 70
North of England -41 117 £568 +3.18% 25
South East -27 99 £550 -4.35% 45
Midlands -23 86 £638 +22.60% 21
North West -42 63 £488 -11.36% 11
East of England -26 60 £555 -7.50% 18
West Midlands -26 51 £650 +4.00% 14
Yorkshire -22 48 £610 +31.89% 13
East Midlands -17 32 £600 +20.00% 7
South West -29 17 £625 +19.05% 6
North East -20 5 £500 -13.04% 2
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 (1.26%) Confluence
2 6 (0.84%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.70%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (4.48%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.20%) SAP EWM
3 26 (3.64%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.36%) SAP Travel Management
5 23 (3.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 23 (3.22%) SAP PP
6 22 (3.08%) SAP ERP
7 19 (2.66%) SAP PM
8 16 (2.24%) SAP MM
8 16 (2.24%) SAP QM
9 14 (1.96%) Teamcenter
10 12 (1.68%) SAP MDG
11 10 (1.40%) SAP SD
12 8 (1.12%) SAP Business One
12 8 (1.12%) SAP IBP
13 7 (0.98%) SAP FI-CA
13 7 (0.98%) SAP SCM
14 6 (0.84%) SAP GRC
14 6 (0.84%) SAP MDG-F
15 5 (0.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 68 (9.52%) Azure
2 51 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
3 31 (4.34%) SaaS
4 21 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.80%) AWS
5 20 (2.80%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.26%) Boomi
9 8 (1.12%) Smartsheet
10 5 (0.70%) GCP
11 4 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.56%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.42%) Veeva
12 3 (0.42%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.28%) Collibra
13 2 (0.28%) GitHub
13 2 (0.28%) OCI
13 2 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.70%) Network Security
2 2 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.28%) RFID
2 2 (0.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.80%) SAP HANA
2 19 (2.66%) Power BI
3 12 (1.68%) SAP BW
4 9 (1.26%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (1.12%) Metadata
5 8 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.70%) Tableau
7 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.56%) GIS
8 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.28%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.14%) DataStage
10 1 (0.14%) Looker
10 1 (0.14%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.78%) JIRA
2 9 (1.26%) Hudson
3 4 (0.56%) LSMW
4 3 (0.42%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) Git
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) GCC
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 277 (38.80%) Finance
2 246 (34.45%) Social Skills
3 86 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.48%) Manufacturing
5 63 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 38 (5.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.36%) Local Government
9 18 (2.52%) Banking
9 18 (2.52%) General Ledger
10 17 (2.38%) Retail
11 16 (2.24%) Publishing
12 15 (2.10%) Billing
13 11 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.40%) Legal
15 9 (1.26%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.84%) Advertising
17 6 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (24.65%) Consultant
2 157 (21.99%) SAP Consultant
3 129 (18.07%) Lead
4 114 (15.97%) Architect
5 82 (11.48%) SAP Architect
6 77 (10.78%) SAP Manager
7 72 (10.08%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (9.38%) Project Manager
9 66 (9.24%) Analyst
10 53 (7.42%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 48 (6.72%) Senior
12 39 (5.46%) SAP Project Manager
13 33 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 30 (4.20%) Data Migration Lead
15 29 (4.06%) SAP Analyst
16 25 (3.50%) Financial Analyst
17 21 (2.94%) Business Analyst
17 21 (2.94%) Finance Manager
18 19 (2.66%) Management Consultant
18 19 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.32%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (4.34%) SAP Basis
3 26 (3.64%) Middleware
4 24 (3.36%) SAP TM
5 10 (1.40%) BAPI
5 10 (1.40%) REST
6 9 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.12%) IDoc
7 8 (1.12%) SAP Core Interface
7 8 (1.12%) SAPUI5
7 8 (1.12%) Web Services
8 6 (0.84%) SAP PI
9 5 (0.70%) EDI
10 4 (0.56%) OLE
10 4 (0.56%) XML
11 3 (0.42%) OAuth
11 3 (0.42%) SOAP
12 2 (0.28%) JSON
12 2 (0.28%) Node.js
12 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.08%) Public Cloud
2 37 (5.18%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.50%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.94%) FMCG
7 19 (2.66%) Taxonomies
8 9 (1.26%) Life Science
9 8 (1.12%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.84%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.84%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.56%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.54%) Windows
2 4 (0.56%) Linux
3 2 (0.28%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (29.97%) Migration
2 201 (28.15%) ERP
3 144 (20.17%) Data Migration
4 134 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 114 (15.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (13.45%) Validation
7 95 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 82 (11.48%) Workshop Facilitation
10 81 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (10.36%) Project Management
12 66 (9.24%) Change Management
13 62 (8.68%) Data Modelling
14 61 (8.54%) Analytics
15 59 (8.26%) Roadmaps
16 58 (8.12%) Data Governance
17 53 (7.42%) Logistics
18 48 (6.72%) Agile
19 47 (6.58%) System Integration Testing
20 45 (6.30%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.36%) ABAP
2 19 (2.66%) SQL
3 13 (1.82%) Python
4 4 (0.56%) Java
5 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) C#
6 1 (0.14%) Groovy
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) Korn
6 1 (0.14%) R
6 1 (0.14%) Tcl
6 1 (0.14%) VB
6 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 88 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 74 (10.36%) SC Cleared
3 50 (7.00%) Degree
4 29 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.50%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.36%) ACCA
6 24 (3.36%) CIMA
7 17 (2.38%) PMP
7 17 (2.38%) SAP Certification
8 12 (1.68%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.84%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.28%) AAT
11 2 (0.28%) CCA
12 1 (0.14%) CAPM
12 1 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.60%) PMO
3 24 (3.36%) QA
4 13 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.54%) GRC
6 10 (1.40%) GDPR
7 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.28%) GAAP
8 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.28%) ITGC
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) GxP
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) SLA
9 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.42%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Grafana
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 706 (98.88%) SAP
2 49 (6.86%) Ariba
3 47 (6.58%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.66%) Okta
5 18 (2.52%) Oracle
6 16 (2.24%) Sage
7 14 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.82%) Informatica
9 8 (1.12%) IBM
9 8 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.12%) Siemens
10 7 (0.98%) Concur
10 7 (0.98%) Workday
11 5 (0.70%) Adobe
11 5 (0.70%) Dell
11 5 (0.70%) IFS
12 4 (0.56%) Baan
12 4 (0.56%) Databricks
12 4 (0.56%) OpenText
13 3 (0.42%) Adaptive Insights