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

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 134 150
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 +51
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 776 575 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 2.08% 1.66%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.46% 24.64% 23.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 318 272
10th Percentile £390 £425 £455
25th Percentile £510 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £702
90th Percentile £750 £755 £850
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -1.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 7 12
10th Percentile £37.70 £27.91 £32.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 £60.36
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £66.25 £62.46
90th Percentile £101.18 £78.50 £85.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +69.73% -47.39% +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 3,172 2,334 2,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.96% 8.45% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,860 1,432 1,431
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £458 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.45%
75th Percentile £652 £670 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 46 73
10th Percentile £17.57 £12.91 £22.15
25th Percentile £26.63 £28.05 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £51.49 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +14.43% -19.43%
75th Percentile £71.91 £66.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.75 £65.81
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% -9.46% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -64 275 £600 -4.00% 156
South East -20 135 £580 -3.01% 45
North of England -34 130 £550 -5.17% 41
Midlands -8 95 £613 -9.26% 49
North West -13 86 £550 -5.17% 23
East of England -12 65 £600 - 16
West Midlands -21 57 £550 -15.38% 34
Yorkshire -25 39 £595 +13.33% 18
East Midlands +7 34 £638 -8.93% 14
South West -23 20 £525 +2.44% 9
North East -44 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 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.16%) NetWeaver
3 7 (0.90%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 28 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (4.25%) SAP FI
2 25 (3.22%) SAP CO
3 24 (3.09%) SAP FI/CO
4 21 (2.71%) SAP SD
5 20 (2.58%) SAP ERP
6 17 (2.19%) SAP EWM
6 17 (2.19%) SAP MDG
7 16 (2.06%) SAP GRC
8 15 (1.93%) SAP PP
9 13 (1.68%) SAP MM
10 12 (1.55%) SAP IBP
11 11 (1.42%) SAP Payroll
11 11 (1.42%) SAP QM
12 8 (1.03%) SAP Business One
12 8 (1.03%) SAP PM
13 7 (0.90%) Teamcenter
14 6 (0.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 6 (0.77%) SAP HCM
14 6 (0.77%) SAP HR
15 5 (0.64%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 78 (10.05%) SuccessFactors
2 68 (8.76%) Azure
3 27 (3.48%) AWS
4 25 (3.22%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (1.80%) SaaS
7 9 (1.16%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.16%) Smartsheet
8 8 (1.03%) Boomi
8 8 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.03%) GCP
9 6 (0.77%) GitHub
10 4 (0.52%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.52%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.52%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.26%) IaaS
12 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 32 (4.12%) SAP HANA
2 27 (3.48%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.96%) Power BI
4 16 (2.06%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.90%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.77%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.77%) Metadata
6 6 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.39%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.13%) Looker
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.48%) JIRA
2 13 (1.68%) Hudson
3 5 (0.64%) LSMW
4 3 (0.39%) 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 (40.98%) Finance
2 222 (28.61%) Social Skills
3 116 (14.95%) Manufacturing
4 77 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.60%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 38 (4.90%) Retail
8 26 (3.35%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.58%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.45%) Billing
11 17 (2.19%) Local Government
12 16 (2.06%) Legal
13 15 (1.93%) Banking
14 14 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.55%) Automotive
15 12 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.77%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 178 (22.94%) Consultant
2 164 (21.13%) SAP Consultant
3 154 (19.85%) Lead
4 119 (15.34%) Architect
5 87 (11.21%) SAP Manager
6 79 (10.18%) Analyst
7 74 (9.54%) SAP Architect
8 64 (8.25%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (7.09%) Senior
10 54 (6.96%) Project Manager
11 43 (5.54%) SAP Analyst
12 37 (4.77%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 36 (4.64%) SAP Project Manager
14 35 (4.51%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 30 (3.87%) Data Migration Lead
16 29 (3.74%) Business Analyst
17 24 (3.09%) Financial Analyst
18 22 (2.84%) Logistics Analyst
19 19 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
20 18 (2.32%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (9.02%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (3.74%) Middleware
3 28 (3.61%) SAP Basis
4 18 (2.32%) SAPUI5
5 14 (1.80%) REST
6 13 (1.68%) BAPI
7 11 (1.42%) SOAP
8 10 (1.29%) IDoc
8 10 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.29%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.16%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.90%) EDI
11 6 (0.77%) Web Services
12 5 (0.64%) SAP TM
12 5 (0.64%) XML
13 4 (0.52%) OLE
14 3 (0.39%) JSON
14 3 (0.39%) SAP ALE
15 2 (0.26%) Node.js
15 2 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.76%) Public Cloud
2 36 (4.64%) Data Structures
2 36 (4.64%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.35%) FMCG
5 19 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.32%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.06%) Life Science
8 11 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.16%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.77%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.77%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.52%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.39%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.90%) Windows
2 5 (0.64%) VMS
3 4 (0.52%) Linux
4 3 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (31.96%) Migration
2 209 (26.93%) ERP
2 209 (26.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 155 (19.97%) Data Migration
4 120 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 118 (15.21%) User Acceptance Testing
6 116 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (13.92%) Validation
8 85 (10.95%) Logistics
9 84 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (9.66%) Workshop Facilitation
11 72 (9.28%) Agile
12 68 (8.76%) System Integration Testing
13 67 (8.63%) Roadmaps
14 64 (8.25%) Analytics
15 59 (7.60%) Change Management
16 57 (7.35%) Data Governance
17 56 (7.22%) Project Management
18 53 (6.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 49 (6.31%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.03%) ABAP
2 23 (2.96%) SQL
3 19 (2.45%) Python
4 5 (0.64%) Java
5 3 (0.39%) 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 (15.72%) Security Cleared
2 109 (14.05%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.44%) Degree
4 29 (3.74%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.45%) PMP
7 17 (2.19%) ACCA
7 17 (2.19%) CIMA
8 16 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.42%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.39%) CIPD
13 3 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.38%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.61%) PMO
3 26 (3.35%) QA
4 20 (2.58%) GRC
5 12 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.29%) GDPR
7 6 (0.77%) GxP
8 5 (0.64%) GMP
9 3 (0.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) GAAP
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.64%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 768 (98.97%) SAP
2 53 (6.83%) Microsoft
3 46 (5.93%) Ariba
4 23 (2.96%) Oracle
5 18 (2.32%) Concur
6 11 (1.42%) Databricks
7 10 (1.29%) Informatica
8 9 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.03%) Sage
9 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.03%) Workday
10 7 (0.90%) Adobe
10 7 (0.90%) Sybase
11 6 (0.77%) IFS
11 6 (0.77%) Okta
12 5 (0.64%) IBM
12 5 (0.64%) OpenText
13 4 (0.52%) Baan
13 4 (0.52%) Dell
13 4 (0.52%) MuleSoft
326 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England