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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 125 151
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 +30
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 721 538 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 2.20% 1.56%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.02% 26.85% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 297 291
10th Percentile £393 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £511 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £687 £695 £722
90th Percentile £775 £793 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 5 8
10th Percentile £40.00 £62.75 £27.83
25th Percentile £51.00 - £53.70
Median hourly rate £58.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +5.52% -35.16%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £88.54 £80.23 £62.63
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £67.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -16.30% +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 2,882 2,004 2,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.03% 8.19% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,205 1,581
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% -2.14%
75th Percentile £654 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £538 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.70% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 49 103
10th Percentile £23.40 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +68.30% -27.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £57.33
90th Percentile £87.35 £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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -24 274 £600 -10.11% 64
North of England -47 120 £555 +0.91% 25
South East -25 100 £540 -6.09% 46
Midlands -20 87 £638 +22.60% 21
North West -39 66 £413 -25.00% 14
East of England -16 65 £555 -7.50% 17
West Midlands -26 50 £650 +4.00% 13
Yorkshire -24 49 £610 +31.89% 9
East Midlands -9 34 £638 +27.50% 8
South West -17 15 £525 - 5
North East -22 5 £500 -13.04% 4
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 (1.25%) Confluence
2 6 (0.83%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) CMS
4 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.69%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.44%) SAP FI
2 27 (3.74%) SAP EWM
3 26 (3.61%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.33%) SAP Travel Management
5 23 (3.19%) SAP ERP
5 23 (3.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 19 (2.64%) SAP PP
7 15 (2.08%) SAP MM
7 15 (2.08%) SAP PM
8 14 (1.94%) SAP QM
8 14 (1.94%) Teamcenter
9 11 (1.53%) SAP SD
10 10 (1.39%) SAP MDG
11 8 (1.11%) SAP Business One
11 8 (1.11%) SAP FI-CA
12 7 (0.97%) SAP IBP
13 6 (0.83%) SAP GRC
13 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
13 6 (0.83%) SAP PSCD
13 6 (0.83%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (9.43%) Azure
2 51 (7.07%) SuccessFactors
3 31 (4.30%) SaaS
4 20 (2.77%) AWS
4 20 (2.77%) Entra ID
4 20 (2.77%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.25%) Boomi
6 9 (1.25%) Smartsheet
7 5 (0.69%) GCP
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.55%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.42%) PaaS
9 3 (0.42%) Veeva
9 3 (0.42%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.28%) GitHub
10 2 (0.28%) IaaS
10 2 (0.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) Network Security
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 22 (3.05%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.50%) Power BI
3 11 (1.53%) SAP BW
4 10 (1.39%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.97%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (0.83%) Metadata
7 5 (0.69%) Tableau
8 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.55%) GIS
8 4 (0.55%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.42%) MaxDB
9 3 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.14%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.14%) Looker
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.74%) JIRA
2 11 (1.53%) Hudson
3 4 (0.55%) 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
1 279 (38.70%) Finance
2 243 (33.70%) Social Skills
3 83 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.37%) Manufacturing
5 61 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.99%) Pharmaceutical
7 23 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.19%) Local Government
8 18 (2.50%) Banking
8 18 (2.50%) General Ledger
9 17 (2.36%) Billing
10 16 (2.22%) Publishing
10 16 (2.22%) Retail
11 9 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Legal
13 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Advertising
14 6 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 179 (24.83%) Consultant
2 161 (22.33%) SAP Consultant
3 128 (17.75%) Lead
4 115 (15.95%) Architect
5 85 (11.79%) SAP Architect
6 77 (10.68%) SAP Manager
7 73 (10.12%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (9.43%) Analyst
8 68 (9.43%) Project Manager
9 54 (7.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 47 (6.52%) Senior
11 40 (5.55%) SAP Project Manager
12 33 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 30 (4.16%) Data Migration Lead
13 30 (4.16%) SAP Analyst
14 26 (3.61%) Financial Analyst
15 22 (3.05%) Business Analyst
16 21 (2.91%) Finance Manager
16 21 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 19 (2.64%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.83%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.58%) SAP Basis
3 28 (3.88%) Middleware
4 24 (3.33%) SAP TM
5 11 (1.53%) BAPI
6 10 (1.39%) REST
6 10 (1.39%) SAPUI5
7 9 (1.25%) IDoc
7 9 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.11%) SAP Core Interface
9 6 (0.83%) SAP PI
9 6 (0.83%) Web Services
10 5 (0.69%) EDI
11 4 (0.55%) OLE
11 4 (0.55%) XML
12 3 (0.42%) OAuth
12 3 (0.42%) SOAP
13 2 (0.28%) JSON
13 2 (0.28%) SAML
13 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.71%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.85%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.88%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.47%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.64%) Taxonomies
7 18 (2.50%) FMCG
8 9 (1.25%) Life Science
9 8 (1.11%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.83%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.55%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.55%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.42%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.66%) Windows
2 5 (0.69%) Linux
3 3 (0.42%) Unix
4 2 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (30.79%) Migration
2 205 (28.43%) ERP
3 145 (20.11%) Data Migration
4 132 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 114 (15.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (13.31%) Validation
7 95 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (11.93%) User Acceptance Testing
9 84 (11.65%) Workshop Facilitation
10 77 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (10.40%) Project Management
12 65 (9.02%) Change Management
13 59 (8.18%) Analytics
14 58 (8.04%) Logistics
15 56 (7.77%) Data Governance
15 56 (7.77%) Data Modelling
15 56 (7.77%) Roadmaps
16 51 (7.07%) Agile
17 48 (6.66%) Procure-to-Pay
17 48 (6.66%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (2.91%) ABAP
2 17 (2.36%) SQL
3 14 (1.94%) Python
4 4 (0.55%) Java
4 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.14%) C#
5 1 (0.14%) Groovy
5 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.14%) Korn
5 1 (0.14%) R
5 1 (0.14%) Tcl
5 1 (0.14%) VB
5 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (12.34%) Security Cleared
2 75 (10.40%) SC Cleared
3 51 (7.07%) Degree
4 29 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.47%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.33%) ACCA
6 24 (3.33%) CIMA
7 18 (2.50%) PMP
8 17 (2.36%) SAP Certification
9 13 (1.80%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) AAT
12 2 (0.28%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) CIPD
13 1 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.55%) PMO
3 24 (3.33%) QA
4 12 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.53%) GRC
6 9 (1.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.28%) GAAP
7 2 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.28%) ITGC
7 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.42%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.16%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 713 (98.89%) SAP
2 48 (6.66%) Ariba
3 46 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 20 (2.77%) Oracle
5 19 (2.64%) Okta
6 16 (2.22%) Sage
7 10 (1.39%) Informatica
7 10 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.25%) Concur
9 8 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.11%) Siemens
10 7 (0.97%) Workday
11 6 (0.83%) IBM
12 5 (0.69%) Adobe
12 5 (0.69%) Dell
12 5 (0.69%) IFS
13 4 (0.55%) Baan
13 4 (0.55%) OpenText
13 4 (0.55%) Sybase
14 3 (0.42%) QAD