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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 131 155
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 +26
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 719 526 573
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.17% 1.57%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.95% 26.63% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 290 294
10th Percentile £394 £449 £438
25th Percentile £500 £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £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 £51.63 - £53.70
Median hourly rate £58.92 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £94.39 £80.23 £62.63
UK median hourly rate £57.25 £67.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -15.19% +9.58% +2.67%

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 1,975 2,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.99% 8.16% 7.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 1,187 1,586
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £540 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.35% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 48 104
10th Percentile £23.60 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.53 £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 £87.90 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.17% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -26 271 £600 -10.11% 78
North of England -40 122 £550 - 28
South East -17 101 £540 -4.00% 37
Midlands -18 86 £638 +22.60% 23
North West -32 67 £350 -36.36% 18
East of England -14 65 £555 -7.50% 13
Yorkshire -17 49 £610 +31.89% 9
West Midlands -29 48 £650 +4.00% 15
East Midlands -8 35 £619 +23.75% 8
South West -28 14 £525 - 6
North East -24 6 £500 -13.04% 3
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 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 20 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.70%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (4.45%) SAP FI
2 26 (3.62%) SAP EWM
3 25 (3.48%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.34%) SAP Travel Management
5 22 (3.06%) SAP ERP
5 22 (3.06%) SAP FI/CO
6 15 (2.09%) SAP MM
6 15 (2.09%) SAP PP
7 14 (1.95%) Teamcenter
8 13 (1.81%) SAP SD
9 12 (1.67%) SAP PM
9 12 (1.67%) SAP QM
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 Payroll
13 6 (0.83%) SAP PSCD
13 6 (0.83%) SAP SCM
14 5 (0.70%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 70 (9.74%) Azure
2 51 (7.09%) SuccessFactors
3 30 (4.17%) SaaS
4 20 (2.78%) AWS
4 20 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 20 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.25%) Boomi
6 9 (1.25%) Smartsheet
7 5 (0.70%) GCP
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.56%) 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 (0.70%) 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 (3.06%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.50%) Power BI
3 12 (1.67%) SAP BW
4 11 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.97%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (0.83%) Metadata
7 5 (0.70%) Tableau
8 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.56%) GIS
8 4 (0.56%) 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 (3.76%) JIRA
2 12 (1.67%) Hudson
3 4 (0.56%) 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
1 280 (38.94%) Finance
2 243 (33.80%) Social Skills
3 82 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (10.99%) Manufacturing
5 60 (8.34%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
7 23 (3.20%) Local Government
8 22 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.64%) General Ledger
10 18 (2.50%) Banking
11 17 (2.36%) Billing
12 16 (2.23%) Publishing
12 16 (2.23%) Retail
13 9 (1.25%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.11%) Legal
15 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 178 (24.76%) Consultant
2 160 (22.25%) SAP Consultant
3 130 (18.08%) Lead
4 114 (15.86%) Architect
5 82 (11.40%) SAP Architect
6 77 (10.71%) SAP Manager
7 72 (10.01%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (9.46%) Project Manager
9 67 (9.32%) Analyst
10 51 (7.09%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 46 (6.40%) Senior
12 40 (5.56%) SAP Project Manager
13 33 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 30 (4.17%) Data Migration Lead
14 30 (4.17%) SAP Analyst
15 26 (3.62%) Financial Analyst
16 22 (3.06%) Business Analyst
17 21 (2.92%) Finance Manager
18 19 (2.64%) Management Consultant
19 18 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.12%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.59%) SAP Basis
3 28 (3.89%) Middleware
4 24 (3.34%) SAP TM
5 12 (1.67%) 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 (0.70%) EDI
11 4 (0.56%) OLE
11 4 (0.56%) XML
12 3 (0.42%) OAuth
12 3 (0.42%) SOAP
13 2 (0.28%) JSON
13 2 (0.28%) Node.js
13 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.74%) Public Cloud
2 36 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
3 28 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.48%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.64%) Taxonomies
7 18 (2.50%) FMCG
8 9 (1.25%) Life Science
8 9 (1.25%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.56%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.56%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.67%) Windows
2 5 (0.70%) Linux
3 4 (0.56%) VMS
4 3 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (31.15%) Migration
2 203 (28.23%) ERP
3 148 (20.58%) Data Migration
4 133 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 116 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 98 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (13.49%) Validation
8 85 (11.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 82 (11.40%) Workshop Facilitation
10 76 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (10.29%) Project Management
12 63 (8.76%) Change Management
13 59 (8.21%) Analytics
13 59 (8.21%) Logistics
14 57 (7.93%) Roadmaps
15 56 (7.79%) Data Governance
15 56 (7.79%) Data Modelling
16 51 (7.09%) Agile
17 48 (6.68%) Procure-to-Pay
18 47 (6.54%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (2.92%) ABAP
2 18 (2.50%) SQL
3 15 (2.09%) Python
4 4 (0.56%) Java
4 4 (0.56%) 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 86 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 72 (10.01%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.82%) Degree
4 30 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.34%) ACCA
6 24 (3.34%) CIMA
7 18 (2.50%) PMP
8 16 (2.23%) SAP Certification
9 13 (1.81%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) AAT
12 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.56%) PMO
3 24 (3.34%) QA
4 11 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.39%) GRC
6 8 (1.11%) 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 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 711 (98.89%) SAP
2 48 (6.68%) Ariba
2 48 (6.68%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.78%) Oracle
4 19 (2.64%) Okta
5 16 (2.23%) Sage
6 11 (1.53%) Informatica
7 9 (1.25%) Concur
7 9 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.11%) Siemens
9 7 (0.97%) Workday
10 6 (0.83%) IFS
11 5 (0.70%) Adobe
11 5 (0.70%) Dell
11 5 (0.70%) IBM
12 4 (0.56%) Baan
12 4 (0.56%) OpenText
12 4 (0.56%) Sybase
13 3 (0.42%) QAD