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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 138 166
Rank change year-on-year -10 +28 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 799 538 552
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.98% 1.53%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.09% 24.34% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 293 279
10th Percentile £390 £425 £455
25th Percentile £500 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £703
90th Percentile £750 £750 £850
UK median daily rate £598 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.42% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 8 12
10th Percentile - £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £60.36
Median hourly rate £57.21 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76.56 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £100.24 £75.12 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +69.23% -47.24% +4.85%

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 3,185 2,210 2,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.08% 8.12% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,860 1,356 1,539
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year - -1.08% +1.00%
75th Percentile £651 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 49 101
10th Percentile £18.75 £12.96 £18.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £34.48 £26.03
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +48.79% -23.92%
75th Percentile £71.91 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £85.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.49 £40.33
% change year-on-year -2.90% +27.69% -19.35%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -30 294 £600 -3.61% 51
North of England -39 129 £550 -5.17% 28
South East -5 127 £580 +0.87% 26
Midlands -4 93 £613 -9.26% 17
North West -31 83 £550 -2.65% 15
East of England -2 77 £600 - 6
West Midlands -20 57 £550 -20.00% 11
Yorkshire -17 41 £625 +19.05% 13
East Midlands +6 33 £638 -1.92% 6
South West -25 18 £525 - 1
North East -35 5 £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 (1.25%) Confluence
1 10 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.13%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 27 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) PTC Creo
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.01%) SAP FI
2 25 (3.13%) SAP SD
3 22 (2.75%) SAP CO
4 20 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 19 (2.38%) SAP EWM
6 18 (2.25%) SAP ERP
7 17 (2.13%) SAP MDG
8 16 (2.00%) SAP MM
8 16 (2.00%) SAP PP
9 15 (1.88%) SAP GRC
9 15 (1.88%) SAP Travel Management
10 12 (1.50%) SAP Payroll
10 12 (1.50%) SAP PM
10 12 (1.50%) SAP QM
10 12 (1.50%) Teamcenter
11 9 (1.13%) SAP IBP
12 8 (1.00%) SAP Business One
13 6 (0.75%) SAP FI-CA
13 6 (0.75%) SAP HCM
13 6 (0.75%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 71 (8.89%) Azure
1 71 (8.89%) SuccessFactors
2 27 (3.38%) Power Platform
3 26 (3.25%) AWS
4 20 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (2.13%) SaaS
6 9 (1.13%) Boomi
6 9 (1.13%) Smartsheet
7 8 (1.00%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.88%) GCP
9 6 (0.75%) GitHub
10 5 (0.63%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.38%) Veeva
12 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.88%) SAP HANA
2 25 (3.13%) Power BI
3 21 (2.63%) SAP BW
4 18 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.88%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.75%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.50%) Metadata
9 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.38%) Tableau
10 2 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) GIS
11 1 (0.13%) Looker
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.01%) JIRA
2 13 (1.63%) Hudson
3 5 (0.63%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Git
5 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 318 (39.80%) Finance
2 235 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 115 (14.39%) Manufacturing
4 83 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 36 (4.51%) Retail
8 23 (2.88%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.50%) Billing
9 20 (2.50%) Local Government
10 17 (2.13%) Banking
11 16 (2.00%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.00%) Legal
12 13 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.88%) Advertising
16 7 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 189 (23.65%) Consultant
2 172 (21.53%) SAP Consultant
3 156 (19.52%) Lead
4 121 (15.14%) Architect
5 87 (10.89%) SAP Manager
6 80 (10.01%) Analyst
6 80 (10.01%) SAP Architect
7 64 (8.01%) Solutions Architect
8 60 (7.51%) Project Manager
9 53 (6.63%) Senior
10 41 (5.13%) SAP Analyst
11 40 (5.01%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 39 (4.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 37 (4.63%) SAP Project Manager
14 30 (3.75%) Data Migration Lead
15 27 (3.38%) Business Analyst
16 26 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.75%) Logistics Analyst
17 22 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 17 (2.13%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (9.26%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.13%) Middleware
3 28 (3.50%) SAP Basis
4 21 (2.63%) SAPUI5
5 17 (2.13%) BAPI
6 15 (1.88%) REST
6 15 (1.88%) SAP TM
7 11 (1.38%) SAP PI
8 10 (1.25%) IDoc
9 9 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.00%) SAP Core Interface
10 8 (1.00%) SOAP
11 6 (0.75%) EDI
12 5 (0.63%) Web Services
13 4 (0.50%) OLE
14 3 (0.38%) JSON
14 3 (0.38%) XML
15 2 (0.25%) OAuth
15 2 (0.25%) OAuth2
15 2 (0.25%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.64%) Public Cloud
2 33 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (4.01%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (3.00%) FMCG
6 21 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.25%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.38%) Life Science
9 7 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.88%) Taxonomies
10 6 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.63%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.63%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.50%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.50%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.50%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.38%) Windows
2 5 (0.63%) VMS
3 4 (0.50%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (30.16%) Migration
2 220 (27.53%) ERP
3 193 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 154 (19.27%) Data Migration
5 134 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 117 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (14.27%) Validation
8 108 (13.52%) User Acceptance Testing
9 87 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 83 (10.39%) Logistics
11 81 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
12 74 (9.26%) Agile
13 70 (8.76%) Roadmaps
14 69 (8.64%) Project Management
15 66 (8.26%) Change Management
16 65 (8.14%) Analytics
17 63 (7.88%) System Integration Testing
18 54 (6.76%) Data Governance
19 53 (6.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 51 (6.38%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.63%) ABAP
2 24 (3.00%) SQL
3 20 (2.50%) Python
4 5 (0.63%) Java
5 3 (0.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.13%) Groovy
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) Korn
6 1 (0.13%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.01%) Degree
4 29 (3.63%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.63%) ACCA
6 21 (2.63%) CIMA
7 20 (2.50%) PMP
8 17 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.88%) SAP Certification
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.38%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.25%) CIPD
13 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CSPO
14 1 (0.13%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.14%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.88%) PMO
3 26 (3.25%) QA
4 19 (2.38%) GRC
5 13 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.25%) GDPR
7 6 (0.75%) GxP
8 5 (0.63%) GMP
9 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 791 (99.00%) SAP
2 55 (6.88%) Microsoft
3 51 (6.38%) Ariba
4 21 (2.63%) Oracle
5 18 (2.25%) Concur
6 12 (1.50%) Sage
7 11 (1.38%) Informatica
8 10 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.00%) Databricks
10 8 (1.00%) Workday
11 7 (0.88%) Adobe
11 7 (0.88%) Okta
11 7 (0.88%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) IBM
12 6 (0.75%) IFS
12 6 (0.75%) Siemens
13 5 (0.63%) Dell
14 4 (0.50%) Baan
14 4 (0.50%) UiPath
126 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England