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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 149 162
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +96
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 629 540 613
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.08% 1.73% 1.56%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.48% 24.51% 20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 249 296
10th Percentile £425 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £582 £570
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% +2.11% -2.73%
75th Percentile £700 £698 £700
90th Percentile £753 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £580 £573
% change year-on-year +3.45% +1.31% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 4
10th Percentile £33.12 £59.13 £44.59
25th Percentile £65.00 £64.11 £45.66
Median hourly rate £83.82 £79.12 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% +53.26% -24.91%
75th Percentile £92.94 £101.56 £55.52
90th Percentile £94.93 £116.25 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £79.12 £47.50
% change year-on-year -55.76% +66.57% -30.91%

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 2,569 2,203 2,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.49% 7.08% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,553 1,228 1,766
10th Percentile £355 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.08%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £756 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 63 79
10th Percentile £13.40 £24.60 £34.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £45.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -20.34% +61.40%
75th Percentile £86.00 £65.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.78 £80.75 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +43.01%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +1 249 £600 +1.69% 39
North of England +23 156 £640 +16.36% 13
North West +20 122 £650 +19.27% 9
South East +14 88 £596 -0.75% 49
Midlands -15 51 £675 +22.73% 14
East of England -5 41 £575 -11.54% 7
West Midlands +9 31 £650 - 10
Yorkshire -8 30 £575 +9.52% 4
East Midlands -17 19 £700 +27.27% 4
South West -16 7 £700 +13.82% 9
North East -11 2 £575 -11.54%
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 (0.95%) Anypoint
2 5 (0.79%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.48%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) MTS
4 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Camunda
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
1 9 (1.43%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 44 (7.00%) SAP FI
2 37 (5.88%) SAP MM
3 35 (5.56%) SAP CO
4 32 (5.09%) SAP FI/CO
5 29 (4.61%) SAP EWM
6 25 (3.97%) SAP QM
7 24 (3.82%) SAP PP
8 21 (3.34%) SAP ERP
9 19 (3.02%) SAP PS
10 18 (2.86%) SAP MDG
11 17 (2.70%) SAP VC
12 14 (2.23%) SAP EHS
12 14 (2.23%) SAP PM
12 14 (2.23%) SAP WM
13 12 (1.91%) SAP HCM
14 11 (1.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
15 9 (1.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
16 8 (1.27%) SAP GRC
16 8 (1.27%) SAP IBP
16 8 (1.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 43 (6.84%) Azure
2 28 (4.45%) Power Platform
3 23 (3.66%) SuccessFactors
4 17 (2.70%) SaaS
5 10 (1.59%) AWS
5 10 (1.59%) GCP
6 9 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.11%) Snowflake
8 6 (0.95%) PaaS
9 5 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.48%) OCI
12 2 (0.32%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.32%) Collibra
12 2 (0.32%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.32%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 2 (0.32%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.32%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.32%) Firewall
1 2 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.16%) FTP
2 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.47%) SAP HANA
2 27 (4.29%) Power BI
2 27 (4.29%) SAP BW
3 12 (1.91%) SAP Data Services
4 11 (1.75%) Metadata
5 10 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.43%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.64%) GIS
8 3 (0.48%) DB2
8 3 (0.48%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.32%) Tableau
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.16%) Lumira
10 1 (0.16%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.64%) Git
3 3 (0.48%) LSMW
4 2 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 218 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 213 (33.86%) Finance
3 79 (12.56%) Manufacturing
4 75 (11.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 52 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (6.68%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.77%) Retail
8 21 (3.34%) Aerospace
8 21 (3.34%) Local Government
9 13 (2.07%) Banking
9 13 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.27%) Billing
12 6 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.64%) Legal
14 4 (0.64%) Marketing
15 3 (0.48%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.48%) German Language
Job Titles
1 271 (43.08%) Consultant
2 226 (35.93%) SAP Consultant
3 80 (12.72%) Lead
4 74 (11.76%) Architect
5 61 (9.70%) SAP Manager
6 60 (9.54%) SAP Architect
7 51 (8.11%) Project Manager
8 44 (7.00%) Analyst
9 40 (6.36%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 37 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (5.41%) Management Consultant
12 29 (4.61%) SAP Project Manager
12 29 (4.61%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 26 (4.13%) SAP Analyst
14 24 (3.82%) SAP QM Consultant
15 22 (3.50%) Programme Manager
16 21 (3.34%) Senior
17 20 (3.18%) SAP FI Consultant
18 19 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 18 (2.86%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (13.35%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (3.82%) BAPI
3 21 (3.34%) Web Services
4 18 (2.86%) SAP Basis
5 15 (2.38%) SAP PI
6 13 (2.07%) SAP TM
7 12 (1.91%) IDoc
8 9 (1.43%) Middleware
9 7 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.95%) EDI
10 6 (0.95%) SAP ALE
10 6 (0.95%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.79%) REST
12 4 (0.64%) Node.js
12 4 (0.64%) SAPUI5
12 4 (0.64%) SOAP
13 3 (0.48%) XML
14 2 (0.32%) JSON
14 2 (0.32%) SAP XI
15 1 (0.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
3 27 (4.29%) Public Cloud
4 26 (4.13%) Life Science
5 14 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
6 13 (2.07%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.07%) FMCG
7 12 (1.91%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.11%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.64%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.64%) PMI
12 3 (0.48%) IoT
12 3 (0.48%) SCADA
12 3 (0.48%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.95%) Linux
2 5 (0.79%) Windows
3 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (23.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 126 (20.03%) ERP
3 104 (16.53%) Migration
4 91 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (13.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 74 (11.76%) Analytics
7 72 (11.45%) Workshop Facilitation
8 68 (10.81%) Data Migration
9 67 (10.65%) Agile
10 61 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (8.74%) Validation
12 54 (8.59%) Logistics
13 53 (8.43%) Project Management
14 52 (8.27%) Process Improvement
15 45 (7.15%) Data Modelling
15 45 (7.15%) Roadmaps
16 44 (7.00%) Change Management
17 43 (6.84%) SAP Implementation
17 43 (6.84%) User Acceptance Testing
18 39 (6.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.56%) ABAP
2 13 (2.07%) SQL
3 10 (1.59%) Python
4 6 (0.95%) Java
5 5 (0.79%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 143 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 118 (18.76%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.04%) Degree
4 32 (5.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.66%) SAP Certification
6 19 (3.02%) PMP
7 17 (2.70%) PMI Certification
8 16 (2.54%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.91%) ACCA
9 12 (1.91%) CIMA
10 11 (1.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.27%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.27%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.32%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.32%) CISA
14 2 (0.32%) CISM
14 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.61%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.82%) QA
3 19 (3.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 17 (2.70%) PMO
5 16 (2.54%) GxP
6 15 (2.38%) GDPR
7 7 (1.11%) GRC
8 3 (0.48%) GMP
9 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) PMBOK
9 2 (0.32%) SLA
10 1 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
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 (0.32%) Docker
1 2 (0.32%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
1 3 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.32%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.32%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 620 (98.57%) SAP
2 40 (6.36%) Ariba
3 31 (4.93%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.70%) Oracle
5 13 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.91%) Adobe
6 12 (1.91%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.75%) OpenText
8 10 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.43%) Workday
10 7 (1.11%) Concur
11 6 (0.95%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.95%) Hyperion
12 3 (0.48%) HP
12 3 (0.48%) IBM
12 3 (0.48%) Informatica
13 2 (0.32%) Citrix
13 2 (0.32%) ESRI
13 2 (0.32%) Google
13 2 (0.32%) Sage