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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 127 155
Rank change year-on-year -24 +28 +24
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 679 521 578
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.13% 1.56%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.66% 26.47% 22.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 281 309
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £585
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - -2.50%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £579
% change year-on-year - +3.63% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 4 3
10th Percentile £47.75 £62.38 £30.52
25th Percentile £55.75 £64.06 £42.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.58% -35.16%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.26 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £81.94 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -14.29% +13.64% -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 2,870 1,968 2,612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.26% 8.03% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,727 1,182 1,637
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £479 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £545 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -3.54% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 47 106
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.94 £45.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £57.87
90th Percentile £87.60 £86.00 £64.15
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -25 262 £600 -3.23% 58
North of England -45 119 £575 +4.55% 51
South East -22 92 £531 -7.61% 50
Midlands -22 77 £638 +27.50% 26
North West -50 67 £550 - 17
East of England -19 61 £510 -15.00% 13
Yorkshire -32 46 £595 +40.00% 32
West Midlands -34 42 £700 +12.00% 16
East Midlands -14 32 £600 +20.00% 10
South West -21 15 £663 +12.87% 13
North East -16 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 10 (1.47%) Confluence
2 6 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.74%) CMS
3 5 (0.74%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.44%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.74%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (6.33%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.42%) SAP EWM
3 29 (4.27%) SAP CO
4 26 (3.83%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (3.83%) SAP PP
5 23 (3.39%) SAP MM
5 23 (3.39%) SAP Travel Management
6 21 (3.09%) SAP PM
7 20 (2.95%) SAP ERP
8 16 (2.36%) SAP QM
9 13 (1.91%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 13 (1.91%) Teamcenter
10 9 (1.33%) SAP MDG
10 9 (1.33%) SAP SD
11 7 (1.03%) SAP Business One
11 7 (1.03%) SAP FI-CA
11 7 (1.03%) SAP SCM
12 6 (0.88%) SAP IBP
12 6 (0.88%) SAP VC
12 6 (0.88%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 60 (8.84%) Azure
2 46 (6.77%) SuccessFactors
3 34 (5.01%) SaaS
4 20 (2.95%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.50%) AWS
6 14 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.88%) GCP
10 5 (0.74%) Boomi
11 4 (0.59%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.59%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.44%) Veeva
12 3 (0.44%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.29%) Collibra
13 2 (0.29%) GitHub
13 2 (0.29%) OCI
13 2 (0.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.74%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.29%) RFID
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.50%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.06%) Power BI
3 13 (1.91%) Metadata
4 12 (1.77%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.59%) GIS
9 3 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.44%) Tableau
10 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) DataStage
11 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (3.53%) JIRA
2 8 (1.18%) Hudson
3 4 (0.59%) LSMW
4 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 272 (40.06%) Finance
2 243 (35.79%) Social Skills
3 83 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.49%) Manufacturing
5 60 (8.84%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 26 (3.83%) Local Government
8 24 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.80%) Banking
10 16 (2.36%) Publishing
11 15 (2.21%) General Ledger
12 12 (1.77%) Retail
13 11 (1.62%) Billing
14 9 (1.33%) Legal
15 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.03%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.88%) Advertising
17 6 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (28.28%) Consultant
2 168 (24.74%) SAP Consultant
3 119 (17.53%) Lead
4 106 (15.61%) Architect
5 77 (11.34%) SAP Architect
6 69 (10.16%) SAP Manager
7 68 (10.01%) Solutions Architect
8 62 (9.13%) Project Manager
9 54 (7.95%) Analyst
10 49 (7.22%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.60%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 37 (5.45%) Senior
13 34 (5.01%) SAP Project Manager
14 25 (3.68%) Data Migration Lead
14 25 (3.68%) SAP Analyst
15 22 (3.24%) Financial Analyst
16 21 (3.09%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 18 (2.65%) Management Consultant
19 17 (2.50%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.45%) SAP Basis
1 37 (5.45%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (3.53%) Middleware
3 23 (3.39%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.18%) BAPI
4 8 (1.18%) Web Services
5 7 (1.03%) SAP Business Workflow
5 7 (1.03%) SAP Core Interface
5 7 (1.03%) SAPUI5
6 6 (0.88%) IDoc
6 6 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.88%) REST
7 5 (0.74%) SAP PI
7 5 (0.74%) XML
8 4 (0.59%) EDI
8 4 (0.59%) OLE
9 2 (0.29%) Node.js
9 2 (0.29%) OAuth
9 2 (0.29%) SAML
10 1 (0.15%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.87%) Public Cloud
2 36 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (2.80%) FMCG
5 19 (2.80%) Taxonomies
6 9 (1.33%) Life Science
7 7 (1.03%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.03%) Product Ownership
8 6 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.59%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.59%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.44%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.47%) Windows
2 4 (0.59%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (28.13%) Migration
2 178 (26.22%) ERP
3 130 (19.15%) Data Migration
4 125 (18.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 109 (16.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 95 (13.99%) Validation
7 83 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (11.93%) Workshop Facilitation
9 78 (11.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 74 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (10.01%) Project Management
12 65 (9.57%) Analytics
12 65 (9.57%) Change Management
13 60 (8.84%) Roadmaps
14 57 (8.39%) Data Modelling
15 49 (7.22%) Data Governance
16 46 (6.77%) Procure-to-Pay
17 43 (6.33%) System Integration Testing
18 41 (6.04%) Agile
19 40 (5.89%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 27 (3.98%) ABAP
2 17 (2.50%) SQL
3 12 (1.77%) Python
4 3 (0.44%) Java
4 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) C#
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Korn
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Tcl
5 1 (0.15%) VB
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 67 (9.87%) SC Cleared
3 48 (7.07%) Degree
4 35 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (3.98%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.24%) ACCA
6 22 (3.24%) CIMA
6 22 (3.24%) SAP Certification
7 16 (2.36%) PMP
8 11 (1.62%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.03%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.29%) AAT
11 2 (0.29%) CCA
12 1 (0.15%) CAPM
12 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.45%) PMO
3 23 (3.39%) QA
4 12 (1.77%) GDPR
4 12 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.03%) GRC
6 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) GAAP
7 1 (0.15%) GxP
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) IFRS
7 1 (0.15%) ITGC
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.44%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 671 (98.82%) SAP
2 48 (7.07%) Ariba
3 38 (5.60%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.80%) Okta
5 15 (2.21%) Sage
6 14 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.91%) Informatica
7 13 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.77%) OpenText
8 12 (1.77%) Oracle
9 8 (1.18%) IBM
10 7 (1.03%) Concur
10 7 (1.03%) Siemens
11 5 (0.74%) Adobe
11 5 (0.74%) Workday
12 3 (0.44%) Baan
12 3 (0.44%) Databricks
12 3 (0.44%) ESRI
12 3 (0.44%) IFS
13 2 (0.29%) Tagetik
212 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England