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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 129 149
Rank change year-on-year -29 +20 +31
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 668 518 595
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.12% 1.59%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.70% 26.52% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 281 323
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £583
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% - -2.83%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £845
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 5 1
10th Percentile £48.63 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +197.87% -75.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £87.05 £24.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £110.57 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £78.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year -23.59% +234.15% -75.26%

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 2,819 1,953 2,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.29% 8.01% 7.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,683 1,173 1,655
10th Percentile £363 £400 £367
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% +3.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 53 104
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.40 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.28 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -15.34%
75th Percentile £68.75 £78.75 £59.61
90th Percentile £87.95 £86.00 £65.00
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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -20 255 £600 -1.64% 65
North of England -47 129 £588 +6.91% 12
South East -26 82 £591 +1.72% 57
Midlands -25 79 £638 +16.97% 15
North West -39 73 £550 - 7
East of England -22 62 £510 -15.00% 8
Yorkshire -16 51 £600 +41.18% 5
West Midlands -25 44 £650 +4.00% 11
East Midlands -17 32 £600 +20.00% 4
South West -16 13 £663 +0.68% 1
North East -17 4 £500 -13.04%
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 (1.50%) Confluence
2 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.75%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.45%) MTS
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 16 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.75%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (6.59%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.49%) SAP CO
2 30 (4.49%) SAP EWM
3 27 (4.04%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (3.89%) SAP MM
4 26 (3.89%) SAP PP
5 23 (3.44%) SAP Travel Management
6 21 (3.14%) SAP ERP
6 21 (3.14%) SAP PM
7 16 (2.40%) SAP QM
8 13 (1.95%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 13 (1.95%) Teamcenter
9 9 (1.35%) SAP MDG
9 9 (1.35%) SAP Retail
9 9 (1.35%) SAP SD
10 7 (1.05%) SAP FI-CA
10 7 (1.05%) SAP SCM
10 7 (1.05%) SAP VC
11 6 (0.90%) SAP IBP
11 6 (0.90%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 64 (9.58%) Azure
2 43 (6.44%) SuccessFactors
3 36 (5.39%) SaaS
4 20 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.69%) AWS
6 16 (2.40%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.05%) GCP
9 4 (0.60%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.60%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.45%) Veeva
11 2 (0.30%) Boomi
11 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.30%) Collibra
11 2 (0.30%) OCI
11 2 (0.30%) PaaS
11 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.75%) Network Security
2 2 (0.30%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.30%) RFID
2 2 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.14%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.40%) Power BI
3 15 (2.25%) SAP BW
4 13 (1.95%) Metadata
5 10 (1.50%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.90%) GIS
8 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.60%) Tableau
10 3 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
12 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
12 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.74%) JIRA
2 8 (1.20%) Hudson
3 3 (0.45%) LSMW
4 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 256 (38.32%) Finance
2 242 (36.23%) Social Skills
3 79 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.53%) Manufacturing
5 62 (9.28%) Public Sector
6 38 (5.69%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (4.19%) Local Government
8 24 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.99%) Retail
10 19 (2.84%) Banking
11 16 (2.40%) Publishing
12 11 (1.65%) Billing
12 11 (1.65%) General Ledger
13 9 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.20%) Legal
15 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 198 (29.64%) Consultant
2 175 (26.20%) SAP Consultant
3 116 (17.37%) Lead
4 110 (16.47%) Architect
5 78 (11.68%) SAP Architect
6 71 (10.63%) Solutions Architect
7 67 (10.03%) SAP Manager
8 61 (9.13%) Project Manager
9 52 (7.78%) Analyst
10 50 (7.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 34 (5.09%) SAP Project Manager
13 32 (4.79%) Senior
14 27 (4.04%) SAP Analyst
15 22 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 21 (3.14%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.99%) Data Migration Lead
18 19 (2.84%) Management Consultant
19 18 (2.69%) Business Analyst
19 18 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.44%) SAP Fiori
2 37 (5.54%) SAP Basis
3 23 (3.44%) Middleware
3 23 (3.44%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.20%) BAPI
4 8 (1.20%) Web Services
5 7 (1.05%) SAP Business Workflow
5 7 (1.05%) SAPUI5
6 6 (0.90%) IDoc
6 6 (0.90%) REST
6 6 (0.90%) SAP Core Interface
7 5 (0.75%) SAP PI
8 4 (0.60%) OLE
8 4 (0.60%) XML
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.30%) Node.js
10 2 (0.30%) OAuth
10 2 (0.30%) SAML
11 1 (0.15%) EDI
11 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.43%) Public Cloud
2 32 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.29%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.14%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (2.99%) FMCG
6 19 (2.84%) Taxonomies
7 8 (1.20%) Life Science
7 8 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.05%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.60%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.60%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) Tandem
12 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.50%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (26.20%) Migration
2 167 (25.00%) ERP
3 130 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 117 (17.51%) Data Migration
5 111 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 87 (13.02%) Validation
6 87 (13.02%) Workshop Facilitation
7 76 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
10 66 (9.88%) Analytics
10 66 (9.88%) Roadmaps
11 63 (9.43%) Project Management
12 62 (9.28%) Change Management
13 56 (8.38%) Data Modelling
14 50 (7.49%) Procure-to-Pay
15 46 (6.89%) Data Governance
16 41 (6.14%) Agile
16 41 (6.14%) SAP Implementation
17 38 (5.69%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.74%) ABAP
2 15 (2.25%) SQL
3 11 (1.65%) Python
4 3 (0.45%) Java
4 3 (0.45%) 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 87 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.33%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.74%) Degree
4 37 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.29%) SAP Certification
7 14 (2.10%) PMP
8 13 (1.95%) ACCA
8 13 (1.95%) CIMA
9 9 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.30%) AAT
11 2 (0.30%) CCA
11 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.94%) PMO
3 22 (3.29%) QA
4 13 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.80%) GDPR
6 8 (1.20%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.30%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) P3O
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 661 (98.95%) SAP
2 50 (7.49%) Ariba
3 37 (5.54%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.84%) Okta
5 15 (2.25%) Sage
6 14 (2.10%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.95%) Informatica
8 12 (1.80%) OpenText
9 10 (1.50%) Oracle
10 8 (1.20%) IBM
11 7 (1.05%) Concur
11 7 (1.05%) Siemens
12 5 (0.75%) ESRI
12 5 (0.75%) Workday
13 4 (0.60%) Adobe
14 3 (0.45%) IFS
15 2 (0.30%) Databricks
15 2 (0.30%) Tagetik
15 2 (0.30%) Wolters Kluwer