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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 141 144
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +42
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 781 543 563
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 1.97% 1.65%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.65% 24.01% 23.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 298 279
10th Percentile £390 £424 £461
25th Percentile £500 £501 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.83%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £709
90th Percentile £750 £750 £850
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 8 12
10th Percentile - £29.01 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £54.02 £60.36
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £68.13 £62.46
90th Percentile £101.18 £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 3,168 2,262 2,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.07% 8.22% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,849 1,399 1,466
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £459 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £652 £667 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 46 76
10th Percentile £18.75 £12.91 £22.38
25th Percentile £28.25 £28.05 £34.15
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +25.00% -15.62%
75th Percentile £71.91 £69.38 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.75 £66.75
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -12.20%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -41 280 £600 -3.23% 69
North of England -32 130 £550 -5.17% 27
South East -16 127 £580 -0.85% 31
Midlands -6 94 £600 -7.69% 19
North West -25 84 £550 -5.17% 17
East of England -9 71 £600 - 6
West Midlands -20 59 £525 -19.23% 11
Yorkshire -19 41 £625 +19.05% 10
East Midlands +5 32 £638 -1.92% 8
South West -25 19 £525 -
North East -48 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 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.15%) Confluence
2 9 (1.15%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 25 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.23%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.33%) SAP CO
3 25 (3.20%) SAP SD
4 24 (3.07%) SAP FI/CO
5 19 (2.43%) SAP ERP
6 18 (2.30%) SAP MDG
7 17 (2.18%) SAP EWM
8 16 (2.05%) SAP GRC
9 15 (1.92%) SAP PP
10 14 (1.79%) SAP MM
11 12 (1.54%) SAP QM
12 11 (1.41%) SAP Payroll
13 10 (1.28%) SAP IBP
14 9 (1.15%) Teamcenter
15 8 (1.02%) SAP Business One
15 8 (1.02%) SAP Travel Management
16 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
16 6 (0.77%) SAP HR
16 6 (0.77%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 76 (9.73%) SuccessFactors
2 68 (8.71%) Azure
3 27 (3.46%) Power Platform
4 25 (3.20%) AWS
5 20 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.05%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.02%) Boomi
8 8 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (0.90%) GCP
10 6 (0.77%) GitHub
11 4 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.51%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.38%) Veeva
12 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Network Security
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) Intranet
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.97%) SAP HANA
2 26 (3.33%) SAP BW
3 25 (3.20%) Power BI
4 17 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.90%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.77%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.64%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.64%) Metadata
8 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.38%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.13%) Looker
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.84%) JIRA
2 12 (1.54%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Git
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 318 (40.72%) Finance
2 221 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 112 (14.34%) Manufacturing
4 79 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 38 (4.87%) Retail
8 25 (3.20%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.56%) Local Government
10 19 (2.43%) Aerospace
11 18 (2.30%) Billing
12 16 (2.05%) Banking
12 16 (2.05%) Legal
13 14 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.90%) Advertising
17 6 (0.77%) Automotive
17 6 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 178 (22.79%) Consultant
2 164 (21.00%) SAP Consultant
3 149 (19.08%) Lead
4 124 (15.88%) Architect
5 90 (11.52%) SAP Manager
6 81 (10.37%) Analyst
7 78 (9.99%) SAP Architect
8 66 (8.45%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (7.30%) Project Manager
10 54 (6.91%) Senior
11 44 (5.63%) SAP Analyst
12 38 (4.87%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 37 (4.74%) SAP Project Manager
13 37 (4.74%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 30 (3.84%) Data Migration Lead
15 29 (3.71%) Business Analyst
16 26 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.82%) Logistics Analyst
17 22 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 17 (2.18%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.83%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (3.84%) Middleware
3 27 (3.46%) SAP Basis
4 18 (2.30%) SAPUI5
5 14 (1.79%) REST
6 13 (1.66%) BAPI
7 10 (1.28%) IDoc
7 10 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.28%) SAP PI
7 10 (1.28%) SOAP
8 8 (1.02%) SAP Core Interface
8 8 (1.02%) SAP TM
9 7 (0.90%) EDI
10 6 (0.77%) Web Services
11 4 (0.51%) OLE
12 3 (0.38%) JSON
13 2 (0.26%) Node.js
13 2 (0.26%) OAuth
13 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
13 2 (0.26%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.45%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.48%) Data Structures
2 35 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.33%) FMCG
5 20 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.66%) Life Science
8 10 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.90%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.77%) Taxonomies
11 5 (0.64%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
13 3 (0.38%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.38%) SCADA
13 3 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.02%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (30.86%) Migration
2 217 (27.78%) ERP
3 202 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (19.59%) Data Migration
5 127 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 116 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (14.08%) Validation
8 109 (13.96%) User Acceptance Testing
9 83 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (10.24%) Logistics
11 79 (10.12%) Workshop Facilitation
12 74 (9.48%) Agile
13 68 (8.71%) Roadmaps
14 65 (8.32%) Project Management
15 64 (8.19%) Analytics
15 64 (8.19%) Change Management
15 64 (8.19%) System Integration Testing
16 55 (7.04%) Data Governance
16 55 (7.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 50 (6.40%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.48%) ABAP
2 23 (2.94%) SQL
3 19 (2.43%) Python
4 5 (0.64%) 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
1 122 (15.62%) Security Cleared
2 109 (13.96%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.91%) Degree
4 29 (3.71%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (2.82%) PMP
6 20 (2.56%) ACCA
6 20 (2.56%) CIMA
7 19 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.66%) SAP Certification
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.26%) CIPD
12 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.13%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.32%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.23%) PMO
3 26 (3.33%) QA
4 20 (2.56%) GRC
5 12 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.28%) GDPR
7 6 (0.77%) GxP
8 5 (0.64%) GMP
9 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.38%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.64%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 773 (98.98%) SAP
2 54 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 49 (6.27%) Ariba
4 22 (2.82%) Oracle
5 18 (2.30%) Concur
6 12 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.41%) Informatica
8 10 (1.28%) Sage
9 9 (1.15%) Databricks
9 9 (1.15%) Workday
10 8 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.90%) Adobe
11 7 (0.90%) Sybase
12 6 (0.77%) IBM
12 6 (0.77%) IFS
12 6 (0.77%) Okta
13 5 (0.64%) OpenText
14 4 (0.51%) Baan
14 4 (0.51%) Dell
14 4 (0.51%) UiPath