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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 135 141
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +60
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 805 576 572
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.07% 1.74%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.86% 24.52% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 316 260
10th Percentile £397 £425 £463
25th Percentile £513 £509 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £614 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +2.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £750 £758 £828
UK median daily rate £580 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -5.31% +2.08% +2.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 7 13
10th Percentile £28.50 £27.91 £35.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £45.75 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -29.62% +5.52% +12.00%
75th Percentile £87.50 £66.25 £65.03
90th Percentile £101.67 £78.50 £84.97
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £32.41 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.56% -47.39% +59.66%

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 3,238 2,349 2,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.98% 8.44% 7.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,862 1,416 1,309
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £652 £671 £693
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 41 73
10th Percentile £16.28 £12.82 £24.60
25th Percentile £20.31 £25.15 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £44.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -1.11% -20.34%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.50 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -17.18%

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 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 11 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 11 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 -63 280 £600 -3.23% 148
South East +2 142 £581 -3.25% 72
North of England -42 130 £550 -7.56% 67
Midlands -8 90 £595 -15.00% 66
North West -26 88 £550 -9.28% 37
East of England -10 73 £582 -3.04% 33
West Midlands -5 63 £525 -20.75% 29
Yorkshire -20 38 £500 -15.97% 26
South West -27 27 £538 +4.88% 11
East Midlands -10 24 £638 -8.93% 37
North East -49 4 £475 -17.39% 4
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 4 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 38 (4.72%) SAP FI
2 29 (3.60%) SAP SD
3 26 (3.23%) SAP CO
4 25 (3.11%) SAP GRC
4 25 (3.11%) SAP MDG
5 23 (2.86%) SAP MM
6 21 (2.61%) SAP ERP
6 21 (2.61%) SAP EWM
6 21 (2.61%) SAP FI/CO
7 18 (2.24%) SAP PP
8 17 (2.11%) SAP Payroll
9 16 (1.99%) SAP HCM
10 15 (1.86%) SAP PM
11 13 (1.61%) SAP HR
12 12 (1.49%) SAP IBP
13 10 (1.24%) SAP PS
13 10 (1.24%) SAP QM
14 8 (0.99%) SAP Business One
14 8 (0.99%) SAP Travel Management
15 7 (0.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (8.07%) SuccessFactors
2 62 (7.70%) Azure
3 34 (4.22%) AWS
4 27 (3.35%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.37%) GCP
7 9 (1.12%) Boomi
7 9 (1.12%) Smartsheet
8 8 (0.99%) SaaS
9 7 (0.87%) GitHub
9 7 (0.87%) Tricentis Tosca
10 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.75%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.62%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.50%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.50%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
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 35 (4.35%) SAP BW
2 34 (4.22%) SAP HANA
3 23 (2.86%) Power BI
4 16 (1.99%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.75%) Metadata
6 5 (0.62%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.62%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (0.62%) Sybase ASE
7 4 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.37%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) GIS
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 24 (2.98%) JIRA
2 10 (1.24%) Hudson
3 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.50%) LSMW
5 2 (0.25%) Postman
6 1 (0.12%) ERwin
6 1 (0.12%) Git
6 1 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
General
1 330 (40.99%) Finance
2 219 (27.20%) Social Skills
3 119 (14.78%) Manufacturing
4 67 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (5.71%) Retail
6 45 (5.59%) Public Sector
7 38 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
8 30 (3.73%) General Ledger
9 21 (2.61%) Billing
10 20 (2.48%) Legal
10 20 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.36%) Aerospace
12 17 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.86%) Banking
14 14 (1.74%) Automotive
15 9 (1.12%) Local Government
16 8 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.75%) Advertising
18 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (24.47%) Consultant
2 178 (22.11%) SAP Consultant
3 143 (17.76%) Lead
4 131 (16.27%) Architect
5 92 (11.43%) SAP Manager
6 82 (10.19%) Analyst
7 78 (9.69%) SAP Architect
8 58 (7.20%) Senior
9 57 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
10 45 (5.59%) SAP Analyst
11 44 (5.47%) Project Manager
12 38 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 33 (4.10%) SAP Project Manager
14 32 (3.98%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 28 (3.48%) Data Migration Lead
16 26 (3.23%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.98%) Financial Analyst
17 24 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 22 (2.73%) Logistics Analyst
19 21 (2.61%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (10.43%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (3.85%) Middleware
3 27 (3.35%) SAP Basis
4 24 (2.98%) SAPUI5
5 17 (2.11%) REST
6 13 (1.61%) SAP Core Interface
6 13 (1.61%) SOAP
7 12 (1.49%) BAPI
7 12 (1.49%) SAP PI
8 9 (1.12%) EDI
9 8 (0.99%) IDoc
9 8 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.99%) Web Services
10 6 (0.75%) SAP ALE
10 6 (0.75%) XML
11 4 (0.50%) JSON
12 3 (0.37%) Kafka
12 3 (0.37%) SAP TM
12 3 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
13 2 (0.25%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.71%) Public Cloud
2 36 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (3.98%) Data Structures
4 30 (3.73%) FMCG
4 30 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.24%) Life Science
7 16 (1.99%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.37%) Private Cloud
10 8 (0.99%) Cloud Native
10 8 (0.99%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.75%) Replication
12 4 (0.50%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.50%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.50%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 4 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.62%) VMS
2 4 (0.50%) Windows
3 2 (0.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (31.55%) Migration
2 237 (29.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 211 (26.21%) ERP
4 157 (19.50%) Data Migration
5 144 (17.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 118 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 105 (13.04%) Validation
9 99 (12.30%) Logistics
10 85 (10.56%) System Integration Testing
11 74 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (8.57%) Analytics
13 68 (8.45%) Agile
13 68 (8.45%) Roadmaps
14 57 (7.08%) Change Management
15 56 (6.96%) Data Governance
16 55 (6.83%) Workshop Facilitation
17 50 (6.21%) Decision-Making
17 50 (6.21%) Project Management
18 49 (6.09%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.84%) ABAP
2 26 (3.23%) SQL
3 18 (2.24%) 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%) VB
Qualifications
1 128 (15.90%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.22%) Degree
4 38 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (3.35%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.24%) PMP
7 17 (2.11%) ACCA
7 17 (2.11%) CIMA
8 16 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.24%) SAP Certification
10 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.62%) CIPD
11 5 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.37%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.12%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.48%) PMO
3 26 (3.23%) QA
4 25 (3.11%) GRC
5 9 (1.12%) GDPR
6 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.75%) GxP
8 5 (0.62%) GMP
9 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.25%) ITGC
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) SLA
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) NIST
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (0.99%) IAG
2 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Grafana
2 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 798 (99.13%) SAP
2 66 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 48 (5.96%) Ariba
4 20 (2.48%) Oracle
5 19 (2.36%) Concur
6 13 (1.61%) Databricks
7 9 (1.12%) Informatica
7 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.12%) Workday
8 7 (0.87%) Adobe
8 7 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.87%) Siemens
9 5 (0.62%) Dell
9 5 (0.62%) MuleSoft
9 5 (0.62%) Sybase
10 4 (0.50%) Baan
10 4 (0.50%) UiPath
11 3 (0.37%) IFS
11 3 (0.37%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.37%) Okta