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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 129 137
Rank change year-on-year -33 +8 +67
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 803 635 572
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.28% 1.76%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.14% 26.37% 24.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 360 256
10th Percentile £390 £443 £459
25th Percentile £513 £523 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £750 £750 £820
UK median daily rate £575 £624 £600
% change year-on-year -7.82% +3.96% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 13
10th Percentile £27.78 £30.11 £35.33
25th Percentile - £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +5.52% +14.07%
75th Percentile £87.50 £77.50 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.84 £95.45 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.08% -47.24% +26.04%

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 3,194 2,408 2,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.86% 8.65% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,835 1,449 1,276
10th Percentile £375 £360 £363
25th Percentile £469 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £761 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 40 69
10th Percentile £15.01 £12.82 £24.15
25th Percentile £19.70 £24.59 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +0.59% -24.77%
75th Percentile £71.43 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.25 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -18.55%

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 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -68 284 £600 -3.61% 266
South East -8 136 £580 -0.92% 100
North of England -64 125 £550 -14.60% 86
Midlands -8 91 £569 -18.75% 90
North West -55 86 £550 -15.38% 52
East of England -10 72 £582 -3.04% 24
West Midlands -4 67 £513 -22.64% 46
Yorkshire -18 36 £500 -10.71% 27
South West -18 26 £550 +7.32% 17
East Midlands -17 22 £625 -10.71% 44
North East -47 3 £450 -21.74% 7
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 7 (0.87%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 26 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 40 (4.98%) SAP FI
2 30 (3.74%) SAP SD
3 28 (3.49%) SAP CO
4 26 (3.24%) SAP MDG
5 25 (3.11%) SAP GRC
5 25 (3.11%) SAP Payroll
6 23 (2.86%) SAP FI/CO
6 23 (2.86%) SAP MM
7 22 (2.74%) SAP ERP
7 22 (2.74%) SAP HCM
8 18 (2.24%) SAP EWM
8 18 (2.24%) SAP HR
9 17 (2.12%) SAP PP
10 15 (1.87%) SAP QM
11 14 (1.74%) SAP PM
12 12 (1.49%) SAP IBP
13 10 (1.25%) SAP PS
14 8 (1.00%) SAP Business One
14 8 (1.00%) SAP Travel Management
15 7 (0.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (7.85%) Azure
1 63 (7.85%) SuccessFactors
2 33 (4.11%) AWS
3 29 (3.61%) Power Platform
4 20 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (1.99%) GCP
6 11 (1.37%) Boomi
6 11 (1.37%) Smartsheet
7 7 (0.87%) GitHub
7 7 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
8 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (0.50%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.50%) SaaS
10 4 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) Network Security
2 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.98%) SAP HANA
2 33 (4.11%) SAP BW
3 23 (2.86%) Power BI
4 14 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.75%) Metadata
6 5 (0.62%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.62%) Sybase ASE
7 4 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.37%) GIS
8 3 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.37%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.12%) DataStage
10 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (2.86%) JIRA
2 8 (1.00%) Hudson
3 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.50%) Postman
5 3 (0.37%) Git
5 3 (0.37%) LSMW
6 1 (0.12%) ERwin
6 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 329 (40.97%) Finance
2 218 (27.15%) Social Skills
3 126 (15.69%) Manufacturing
4 65 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.10%) Retail
6 48 (5.98%) Public Sector
7 41 (5.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 31 (3.86%) General Ledger
9 25 (3.11%) Legal
10 22 (2.74%) Billing
11 21 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.37%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.74%) Automotive
13 14 (1.74%) Banking
14 8 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.87%) Local Government
16 6 (0.75%) Aviation
16 6 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (24.53%) Consultant
2 176 (21.92%) SAP Consultant
3 139 (17.31%) Lead
4 138 (17.19%) Architect
5 85 (10.59%) SAP Manager
6 83 (10.34%) Analyst
7 82 (10.21%) SAP Architect
8 60 (7.47%) Senior
9 54 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (5.85%) SAP Analyst
11 42 (5.23%) Project Manager
12 33 (4.11%) SAP Project Manager
12 33 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 30 (3.74%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 28 (3.49%) Business Analyst
15 27 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 24 (2.99%) Integration Architect
17 23 (2.86%) Data Migration Lead
17 23 (2.86%) Financial Analyst
18 22 (2.74%) Logistics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (11.21%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (4.11%) SAPUI5
3 30 (3.74%) Middleware
4 29 (3.61%) SAP Basis
5 24 (2.99%) REST
6 17 (2.12%) SOAP
7 15 (1.87%) BAPI
8 13 (1.62%) SAP PI
9 10 (1.25%) SAP Core Interface
10 9 (1.12%) EDI
10 9 (1.12%) Web Services
11 8 (1.00%) IDoc
11 8 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.00%) SAP ALE
12 6 (0.75%) JSON
12 6 (0.75%) XML
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth
13 5 (0.62%) OAuth2
14 4 (0.50%) OpenAPI
14 4 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.23%) Public Cloud
2 35 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (3.74%) Data Structures
4 29 (3.61%) FMCG
5 24 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.86%) Life Science
7 20 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.74%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.25%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.00%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.87%) Replication
13 6 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.62%) AI Agents
15 4 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
15 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
15 4 (0.50%) Operational Technology
16 3 (0.37%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.62%) VMS
2 4 (0.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.12%) Linux
3 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (31.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 237 (29.51%) Migration
3 212 (26.40%) ERP
4 143 (17.81%) Data Migration
5 142 (17.68%) User Acceptance Testing
6 115 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (12.58%) Validation
8 100 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 99 (12.33%) Logistics
10 81 (10.09%) System Integration Testing
11 75 (9.34%) Analytics
12 69 (8.59%) Roadmaps
13 66 (8.22%) Agile
14 64 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (7.10%) Change Management
16 56 (6.97%) Data Governance
17 54 (6.72%) Workshop Facilitation
18 48 (5.98%) Decision-Making
18 48 (5.98%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 47 (5.85%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 56 (6.97%) ABAP
2 24 (2.99%) SQL
3 17 (2.12%) Python
4 5 (0.62%) Java
5 1 (0.12%) Groovy
5 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.12%) Korn
5 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.12%) SAPscript
5 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (4.86%) Degree
5 20 (2.49%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.24%) PMP
7 17 (2.12%) ACCA
7 17 (2.12%) CIMA
8 16 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.25%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.62%) CIPD
11 5 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.25%) APMG
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 27 (3.36%) PMO
3 25 (3.11%) GRC
4 24 (2.99%) QA
5 11 (1.37%) GxP
6 5 (0.62%) GDPR
6 5 (0.62%) GMP
7 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.37%) SLA
8 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.25%) ITGC
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) APQC
9 1 (0.12%) IFRS
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
9 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.87%) IAG
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.12%) Grafana
Vendors
1 796 (99.13%) SAP
2 71 (8.84%) Microsoft
3 49 (6.10%) Ariba
4 23 (2.86%) Concur
5 21 (2.62%) Oracle
6 13 (1.62%) Databricks
7 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.12%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.12%) Workday
8 7 (0.87%) Adobe
8 7 (0.87%) Dell
8 7 (0.87%) Informatica
8 7 (0.87%) MuleSoft
8 7 (0.87%) Siemens
9 5 (0.62%) Sybase
10 4 (0.50%) Baan
10 4 (0.50%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.50%) UiPath
11 3 (0.37%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.37%) IFS