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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 138 151
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +51
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 780 553 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 2.01% 1.67%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.53% 23.69% 23.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 305 268
10th Percentile £400 £425 £463
25th Percentile £513 £513 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% -
75th Percentile £675 £695 £702
90th Percentile £750 £753 £851
UK median daily rate £600 £603 £600
% change year-on-year -0.41% +0.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 7 13
10th Percentile £34.25 £27.91 £35.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £53.75 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £86.88 £66.25 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.67 £78.50 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +66.64% -47.39% +12.00%

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 3,180 2,334 2,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.96% 8.47% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 1,420 1,399
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.90%
75th Percentile £653 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 45 77
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.89 £22.45
25th Percentile £26.13 £26.72 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +5.50% -20.34%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £76.50 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -15.56% -16.15%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -48 283 £600 -3.23% 41
South East -12 130 £581 -3.25% 30
North of England -49 124 £550 -7.37% 27
Midlands -2 94 £625 -10.71% 20
North West -25 84 £550 -7.17% 20
East of England -1 68 £600 - 13
West Midlands -14 57 £550 -16.98% 13
Yorkshire -24 35 £525 -6.25% 7
East Midlands -3 33 £638 -8.93% 7
South West -34 21 £550 +7.32% 2
North East -38 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 9 (1.15%) NetWeaver
2 8 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.10%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.33%) SAP SD
3 23 (2.95%) SAP CO
4 21 (2.69%) SAP ERP
4 21 (2.69%) SAP GRC
5 20 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 19 (2.44%) SAP EWM
6 19 (2.44%) SAP MDG
6 19 (2.44%) SAP MM
7 17 (2.18%) SAP PP
8 13 (1.67%) SAP Payroll
9 12 (1.54%) SAP IBP
9 12 (1.54%) SAP QM
10 11 (1.41%) SAP HR
10 11 (1.41%) SAP PM
11 8 (1.03%) SAP Business One
12 7 (0.90%) SAP PS
13 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
14 5 (0.64%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 78 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
2 66 (8.46%) Azure
3 27 (3.46%) AWS
4 25 (3.21%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.28%) SaaS
7 9 (1.15%) Boomi
7 9 (1.15%) GCP
7 9 (1.15%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.03%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.77%) GitHub
10 4 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.51%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.51%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.51%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.38%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Network Security
2 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) Internet
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.23%) SAP HANA
2 29 (3.72%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.95%) Power BI
4 16 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.90%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.77%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.77%) Metadata
7 5 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.38%) Tableau
10 2 (0.26%) GIS
11 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.13%) DataStage
11 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.21%) JIRA
2 12 (1.54%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) LSMW
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Git
5 2 (0.26%) 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
1 315 (40.38%) Finance
2 221 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 120 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 72 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 42 (5.38%) Retail
7 26 (3.33%) General Ledger
8 21 (2.69%) Billing
9 19 (2.44%) Aerospace
10 17 (2.18%) Legal
11 16 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.92%) Banking
13 14 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.54%) Automotive
14 12 (1.54%) Local Government
15 11 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 181 (23.21%) Consultant
2 166 (21.28%) SAP Consultant
3 153 (19.62%) Lead
4 123 (15.77%) Architect
5 87 (11.15%) SAP Manager
6 75 (9.62%) Analyst
6 75 (9.62%) SAP Architect
7 63 (8.08%) Solutions Architect
8 55 (7.05%) Senior
9 48 (6.15%) Project Manager
10 42 (5.38%) SAP Analyst
11 35 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 34 (4.36%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 32 (4.10%) SAP Project Manager
14 28 (3.59%) Business Analyst
15 27 (3.46%) Data Migration Lead
16 23 (2.95%) Financial Analyst
17 22 (2.82%) Logistics Analyst
18 21 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 19 (2.44%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (9.87%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.23%) Middleware
3 28 (3.59%) SAP Basis
4 19 (2.44%) SAPUI5
5 16 (2.05%) REST
6 14 (1.79%) BAPI
7 12 (1.54%) SOAP
8 11 (1.41%) IDoc
8 11 (1.41%) SAP PI
9 10 (1.28%) SAP Core Interface
10 9 (1.15%) EDI
10 9 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (0.77%) Web Services
12 5 (0.64%) XML
13 4 (0.51%) JSON
13 4 (0.51%) OLE
13 4 (0.51%) SAP ALE
14 3 (0.38%) SAP TM
15 2 (0.26%) Node.js
15 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.72%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
3 34 (4.36%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.59%) FMCG
4 28 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.18%) Life Science
7 16 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.41%) Private Cloud
10 7 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.64%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.51%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
13 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.38%) Learning Management System
14 3 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.77%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.51%) Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (31.28%) Migration
2 219 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 211 (27.05%) ERP
4 155 (19.87%) Data Migration
5 130 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 115 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
6 115 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 107 (13.72%) Validation
8 91 (11.67%) Logistics
9 83 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 78 (10.00%) System Integration Testing
11 72 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
12 69 (8.85%) Agile
13 67 (8.59%) Analytics
14 63 (8.08%) Roadmaps
15 56 (7.18%) Change Management
15 56 (7.18%) Data Governance
16 54 (6.92%) Project Management
17 52 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 50 (6.41%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.26%) ABAP
2 23 (2.95%) SQL
3 19 (2.44%) 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
1 121 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 109 (13.97%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.03%) Degree
4 27 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 24 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.31%) ACCA
6 18 (2.31%) CIMA
7 16 (2.05%) PMP
8 14 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.54%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.51%) CIPD
12 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.13%) CCA
15 1 (0.13%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.46%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.59%) QA
3 26 (3.33%) GRC
3 26 (3.33%) PMO
4 10 (1.28%) GDPR
4 10 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.77%) GxP
6 5 (0.64%) GMP
7 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.26%) ITGC
7 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) GAAP
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
8 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.90%) IAG
Systems Management
1 14 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 772 (98.97%) SAP
2 56 (7.18%) Microsoft
3 48 (6.15%) Ariba
4 22 (2.82%) Oracle
5 18 (2.31%) Concur
6 11 (1.41%) Databricks
7 10 (1.28%) Informatica
7 10 (1.28%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.03%) Workday
9 7 (0.90%) Adobe
9 7 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.90%) Sybase
10 5 (0.64%) Dell
10 5 (0.64%) IFS
10 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.64%) Okta
10 5 (0.64%) OpenText
10 5 (0.64%) Sage
11 4 (0.51%) Baan
11 4 (0.51%) UiPath