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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 140 154
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +94
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 650 525 626
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.06% 1.82% 1.71%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.95% 25.13% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 245 299
10th Percentile £423 £450 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% +3.57% -4.44%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £675
90th Percentile £752 £758 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £580 £560
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 4
10th Percentile £42.50 £75.34 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £80.90 £45.66
Median hourly rate £75.00 £95.37 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% +84.74% -23.52%
75th Percentile £90.09 £113.40 £55.52
90th Percentile £94.77 £121.11 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £95.37 £47.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% +100.78% -24.60%

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 2,714 2,089 2,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.59% 7.26% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 1,160 1,647
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.17%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 54 82
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £34.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.43 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £43.84 £57.31
Median % change year-on-year +8.29% -23.50% +63.74%
75th Percentile £86.00 £66.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.75 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +22 276 £600 +3.99% 91
North of England +3 153 £626 +13.86% 59
North West +11 112 £644 +12.00% 27
South East +14 83 £582 -6.92% 87
Midlands -33 46 £650 +18.18% 50
East of England -11 44 £515 -20.77% 47
Yorkshire -2 40 £575 +16.46% 30
West Midlands +2 33 £625 +7.30% 30
East Midlands -28 12 £700 +27.27% 19
South West -20 7 £700 +14.01% 23
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 6 (0.92%) Anypoint
1 6 (0.92%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.77%) Confluence
3 3 (0.46%) MTS
3 3 (0.46%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Camunda
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 48 (7.38%) SAP FI
2 38 (5.85%) SAP CO
2 38 (5.85%) SAP MM
3 34 (5.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 32 (4.92%) SAP EWM
5 29 (4.46%) SAP PP
6 27 (4.15%) SAP QM
7 24 (3.69%) SAP ERP
8 19 (2.92%) SAP MDG
9 17 (2.62%) SAP VC
10 16 (2.46%) SAP PM
10 16 (2.46%) SAP PS
11 14 (2.15%) SAP EHS
11 14 (2.15%) SAP WM
12 11 (1.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 9 (1.38%) SAP Travel Management
14 8 (1.23%) SAP HCM
14 8 (1.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
15 7 (1.08%) SAP GRC
15 7 (1.08%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (8.31%) Azure
2 30 (4.62%) Power Platform
3 24 (3.69%) SaaS
4 21 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
5 12 (1.85%) AWS
5 12 (1.85%) GCP
6 10 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.08%) Snowflake
9 6 (0.92%) PaaS
10 5 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.62%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.46%) OCI
13 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.31%) Boomi
13 2 (0.31%) Collibra
13 2 (0.31%) iPaaS
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
13 2 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.46%) Firewall
2 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
3 1 (0.15%) HTTP
3 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.15%) RFID
3 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.92%) SAP HANA
2 30 (4.62%) Power BI
3 25 (3.85%) SAP BW
4 14 (2.15%) Metadata
5 12 (1.85%) SAP Data Services
6 10 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.62%) GIS
7 4 (0.62%) Tableau
8 3 (0.46%) DB2
8 3 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Lumira
9 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.92%) JIRA
2 3 (0.46%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) GitLab
3 2 (0.31%) LSMW
4 1 (0.15%) Hudson
4 1 (0.15%) Postman
General
1 234 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 223 (34.31%) Finance
3 84 (12.92%) Manufacturing
4 64 (9.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 52 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.92%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.00%) Retail
8 20 (3.08%) Local Government
9 18 (2.77%) Aerospace
10 17 (2.62%) Banking
10 17 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.69%) Billing
12 11 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.08%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.77%) Legal
16 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.62%) Marketing
16 4 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 266 (40.92%) Consultant
2 221 (34.00%) SAP Consultant
3 81 (12.46%) Architect
4 80 (12.31%) Lead
5 66 (10.15%) SAP Architect
6 50 (7.69%) SAP Manager
7 49 (7.54%) Analyst
7 49 (7.54%) Project Manager
8 45 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
9 41 (6.31%) Management Consultant
10 36 (5.54%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 34 (5.23%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 30 (4.62%) SAP Analyst
13 29 (4.46%) SAP Project Manager
14 24 (3.69%) SAP QM Consultant
15 22 (3.38%) Senior
16 19 (2.92%) SAP FI Consultant
16 19 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 18 (2.77%) SAP CO Consultant
18 17 (2.62%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (12.15%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (3.69%) SAP Basis
3 21 (3.23%) Web Services
4 20 (3.08%) SAP TM
5 19 (2.92%) BAPI
6 15 (2.31%) SAP PI
7 11 (1.69%) Middleware
8 9 (1.38%) IDoc
9 7 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.92%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.77%) XML
12 4 (0.62%) REST
12 4 (0.62%) SAPUI5
13 3 (0.46%) EDI
13 3 (0.46%) Node.js
13 3 (0.46%) SOAP
14 2 (0.31%) JSON
14 2 (0.31%) OAuth
14 2 (0.31%) SAML
14 2 (0.31%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (4.31%) Life Science
2 28 (4.31%) Public Cloud
3 16 (2.46%) Data Structures
3 16 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
4 14 (2.15%) FMCG
4 14 (2.15%) Onboarding
5 12 (1.85%) Private Cloud
6 8 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.08%) Augmented Reality
7 7 (1.08%) Taxonomies
8 6 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.62%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.62%) PMI
10 4 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.92%) Linux
2 5 (0.77%) Windows
3 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.15%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) VMS
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (21.69%) ERP
2 137 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (18.15%) Migration
4 88 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (11.08%) Analytics
6 72 (11.08%) Data Migration
7 70 (10.77%) Workshop Facilitation
8 67 (10.31%) Agile
9 66 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (8.92%) Validation
11 54 (8.31%) Logistics
12 53 (8.15%) Roadmaps
13 51 (7.85%) Process Improvement
14 48 (7.38%) Data Modelling
15 45 (6.92%) Data Governance
15 45 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
16 41 (6.31%) Procure-to-Pay
17 40 (6.15%) Project Delivery
17 40 (6.15%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.54%) ABAP
2 17 (2.62%) SQL
3 12 (1.85%) Python
4 4 (0.62%) Java
5 3 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.15%) R
6 1 (0.15%) Tcl
6 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (22.62%) Security Cleared
2 119 (18.31%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.69%) Degree
4 36 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.54%) SAP Certification
6 17 (2.62%) PMP
7 16 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 10 (1.54%) ACCA
10 10 (1.54%) CIMA
11 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.31%) CISA
15 2 (0.31%) CISM
15 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.00%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.54%) QA
3 16 (2.46%) GDPR
4 14 (2.15%) PMO
5 12 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.38%) GxP
7 6 (0.92%) GRC
8 3 (0.46%) GMP
8 3 (0.46%) IFRS
9 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.31%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) GAAP
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) HL7
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (0.31%) IAG
2 1 (0.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.31%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 640 (98.46%) SAP
2 40 (6.15%) Ariba
3 32 (4.92%) Microsoft
4 16 (2.46%) Oracle
5 14 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.85%) Adobe
8 11 (1.69%) OpenText
9 10 (1.54%) Concur
9 10 (1.54%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.08%) Informatica
10 7 (1.08%) Okta
10 7 (1.08%) Workday
11 6 (0.92%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.92%) Hyperion
12 3 (0.46%) ESRI
12 3 (0.46%) Google
12 3 (0.46%) IBM
13 2 (0.31%) Citrix
13 2 (0.31%) HP