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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 131 151
Rank change year-on-year -28 +20 +31
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 651 501 614
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.06% 1.63%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.79% 25.95% 22.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 274 331
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £494 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £584 £582
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% +0.34% -3.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £813
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 5 0
10th Percentile £48.63 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £68.75 £87.05 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £110.57 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £78.53 -
% change year-on-year -23.59% - -

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 2,736 1,931 2,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.28% 7.96% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,642 1,160 1,726
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £567 £550
% change year-on-year -4.94% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 53 109
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.42 £15.28
25th Percentile £29.25 £40.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -4.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £88.84 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £43.12
% change year-on-year -10.83% +39.16% -9.23%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -19 246 £600 -4.00% 65
North of England -36 129 £595 +10.19% 12
Midlands -20 79 £600 +11.11% 15
South East -25 75 £585 +0.08% 57
North West -38 73 £575 +4.55% 7
East of England -17 62 £505 -15.83% 8
Yorkshire -13 51 £600 +60.00% 5
West Midlands -32 42 £575 -8.00% 11
East Midlands -16 33 £600 +20.00% 4
South West -19 12 £700 +6.38% 1
North East -12 4 £500 -28.57%
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 11 (1.69%) Confluence
2 6 (0.92%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.46%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.77%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (6.61%) SAP FI
2 29 (4.45%) SAP CO
3 27 (4.15%) SAP EWM
4 26 (3.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (3.99%) SAP MM
5 25 (3.84%) SAP PP
6 23 (3.53%) SAP Travel Management
7 21 (3.23%) SAP PM
8 18 (2.76%) SAP ERP
9 16 (2.46%) SAP QM
10 13 (2.00%) Teamcenter
11 12 (1.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 12 (1.84%) SAP MDG
12 8 (1.23%) SAP Retail
12 8 (1.23%) SAP SD
13 7 (1.08%) SAP FI-CA
13 7 (1.08%) SAP SCM
13 7 (1.08%) SAP VC
14 6 (0.92%) SAP IBP
14 6 (0.92%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 67 (10.29%) Azure
2 39 (5.99%) SuccessFactors
3 33 (5.07%) SaaS
4 19 (2.92%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.76%) AWS
6 15 (2.30%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.23%) GCP
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.46%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.46%) Veeva
10 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
10 2 (0.31%) Boomi
10 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.31%) Collibra
10 2 (0.31%) OCI
10 2 (0.31%) PaaS
10 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.77%) Network Security
2 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.31%) RFID
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.69%) SAP HANA
2 15 (2.30%) Power BI
2 15 (2.30%) SAP BW
3 12 (1.84%) Metadata
4 10 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.92%) GIS
7 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau
9 2 (0.31%) MaxDB
9 2 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.15%) DB2
10 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (3.84%) JIRA
2 7 (1.08%) Hudson
3 3 (0.46%) LSMW
4 2 (0.31%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 249 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 246 (37.79%) Finance
3 79 (12.14%) Manufacturing
4 76 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (4.30%) Local Government
8 24 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.92%) Banking
10 17 (2.61%) Retail
11 15 (2.30%) Publishing
12 11 (1.69%) Billing
12 11 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.54%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.23%) Legal
15 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.77%) Advertising
16 5 (0.77%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 203 (31.18%) Consultant
2 179 (27.50%) SAP Consultant
3 106 (16.28%) Architect
3 106 (16.28%) Lead
4 75 (11.52%) SAP Architect
5 71 (10.91%) Solutions Architect
6 64 (9.83%) SAP Manager
7 61 (9.37%) Project Manager
8 51 (7.83%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 49 (7.53%) Analyst
10 39 (5.99%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 35 (5.38%) SAP Project Manager
12 28 (4.30%) Senior
13 27 (4.15%) SAP Analyst
14 21 (3.23%) Finance Manager
14 21 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
15 20 (3.07%) Management Consultant
16 19 (2.92%) Business Analyst
17 17 (2.61%) Finance Project Manager
18 16 (2.46%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.61%) SAP Fiori
2 39 (5.99%) SAP Basis
3 24 (3.69%) SAP TM
4 22 (3.38%) Middleware
5 10 (1.54%) BAPI
5 10 (1.54%) Web Services
6 8 (1.23%) IDoc
7 7 (1.08%) SAP Business Workflow
7 7 (1.08%) SAPUI5
8 6 (0.92%) REST
8 6 (0.92%) SAP PI
9 4 (0.61%) OLE
9 4 (0.61%) SAP Core Interface
9 4 (0.61%) XML
10 3 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.31%) EDI
11 2 (0.31%) Node.js
11 2 (0.31%) OAuth
11 2 (0.31%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.22%) Public Cloud
2 32 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.07%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.92%) FMCG
5 19 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.76%) Taxonomies
7 11 (1.69%) Life Science
8 7 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (0.92%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.92%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.61%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.46%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.46%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.46%) Tandem
12 3 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.84%) Windows
2 5 (0.77%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (25.50%) Migration
2 163 (25.04%) ERP
3 132 (20.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 109 (16.74%) Data Migration
4 109 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (13.52%) Workshop Facilitation
6 86 (13.21%) Validation
7 78 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (10.60%) Roadmaps
10 67 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
11 63 (9.68%) Analytics
12 61 (9.37%) Change Management
12 61 (9.37%) Project Management
13 56 (8.60%) Data Modelling
14 51 (7.83%) Procure-to-Pay
15 48 (7.37%) Data Governance
16 43 (6.61%) SAP Implementation
17 42 (6.45%) Agile
18 37 (5.68%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.84%) ABAP
2 14 (2.15%) SQL
3 11 (1.69%) Python
4 3 (0.46%) Java
4 3 (0.46%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) C#
5 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.15%) Korn
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Tcl
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (12.75%) Security Cleared
2 65 (9.98%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.30%) Degree
4 35 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.53%) SAP Certification
6 18 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.00%) PMP
8 11 (1.69%) ACCA
8 11 (1.69%) CIMA
9 8 (1.23%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.23%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.31%) AAT
11 2 (0.31%) CCA
11 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CAPM
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.76%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.61%) PMO
3 21 (3.23%) QA
4 13 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.84%) GDPR
6 7 (1.08%) GRC
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.31%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) P3O
8 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 27 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 644 (98.92%) SAP
2 47 (7.22%) Ariba
3 36 (5.53%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.76%) Okta
5 15 (2.30%) Sage
6 14 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.00%) Informatica
8 12 (1.84%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.69%) OpenText
9 11 (1.69%) Oracle
10 7 (1.08%) IBM
10 7 (1.08%) Siemens
11 6 (0.92%) Concur
12 5 (0.77%) ESRI
12 5 (0.77%) Workday
13 4 (0.61%) Adobe
14 3 (0.46%) IFS
15 2 (0.31%) Databricks
15 2 (0.31%) Tagetik
15 2 (0.31%) Wolters Kluwer