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

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 136 146
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +93
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 648 528 632
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 1.87% 1.73%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.01% 25.58% 22.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 244 304
10th Percentile £422 £452 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £583 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +4.02% -4.44%
75th Percentile £700 £686 £688
90th Percentile £753 £763 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £583 £560
% change year-on-year +3.00% +4.02% -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 £75.00 £95.37 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.36% +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 2,699 2,064 2,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.53% 7.31% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,622 1,143 1,630
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.65%
75th Percentile £668 £674 £675
90th Percentile £760 £773 £756
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 54 85
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.43 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £43.84 £57.29
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -23.47% +63.67%
75th Percentile £83.50 £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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +20 273 £600 +3.45% 118
North of England +3 155 £626 +13.82% 159
North West +12 113 £644 +10.46% 66
South East +14 80 £582 -3.04% 213
Midlands -30 46 £650 +18.18% 141
East of England -11 45 £545 -16.15% 121
Yorkshire -10 40 £575 +16.46% 83
West Midlands +1 33 £625 +7.30% 69
East Midlands -30 12 £700 +27.27% 63
South West -18 7 £700 +14.01% 60
North East -13 1 - - 11
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 (0.93%) Anypoint
1 6 (0.93%) 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 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
1 8 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 48 (7.41%) SAP FI
2 38 (5.86%) SAP CO
2 38 (5.86%) SAP MM
3 34 (5.25%) SAP EWM
3 34 (5.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 29 (4.48%) SAP PP
5 27 (4.17%) SAP QM
6 25 (3.86%) SAP ERP
7 17 (2.62%) SAP MDG
8 16 (2.47%) SAP PM
8 16 (2.47%) SAP VC
9 14 (2.16%) SAP EHS
9 14 (2.16%) SAP PS
9 14 (2.16%) SAP WM
10 11 (1.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 9 (1.39%) SAP Travel Management
12 8 (1.23%) SAP HCM
13 7 (1.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 7 (1.08%) SAP Retail
13 7 (1.08%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (8.33%) Azure
2 29 (4.48%) Power Platform
3 24 (3.70%) SaaS
4 21 (3.24%) SuccessFactors
5 12 (1.85%) AWS
5 12 (1.85%) GCP
6 9 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.39%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.08%) Snowflake
8 6 (0.93%) PaaS
9 5 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.46%) OCI
12 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.31%) Boomi
12 2 (0.31%) Collibra
12 2 (0.31%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 2 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
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 46 (7.10%) SAP HANA
2 29 (4.48%) Power BI
3 25 (3.86%) SAP BW
4 14 (2.16%) 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 (2.93%) 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 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 222 (34.26%) Finance
3 84 (12.96%) Manufacturing
4 62 (9.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 52 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (6.79%) Public Sector
7 25 (3.86%) Retail
8 19 (2.93%) Local Government
9 18 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.62%) Aerospace
10 17 (2.62%) Banking
11 13 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.70%) Billing
12 11 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.08%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.77%) Legal
15 5 (0.77%) Publishing
16 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 265 (40.90%) Consultant
2 220 (33.95%) SAP Consultant
3 81 (12.50%) Architect
3 81 (12.50%) Lead
4 66 (10.19%) SAP Architect
5 50 (7.72%) Project Manager
5 50 (7.72%) SAP Manager
6 48 (7.41%) Analyst
7 46 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (6.33%) Management Consultant
9 37 (5.71%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 34 (5.25%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 29 (4.48%) SAP Analyst
11 29 (4.48%) SAP Project Manager
12 24 (3.70%) SAP QM Consultant
12 24 (3.70%) Senior
13 18 (2.78%) SAP FI Consultant
13 18 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 17 (2.62%) SAP CO Consultant
14 17 (2.62%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (12.19%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (3.70%) SAP Basis
3 22 (3.40%) Web Services
4 20 (3.09%) SAP TM
5 19 (2.93%) BAPI
6 15 (2.31%) SAP PI
7 11 (1.70%) Middleware
8 9 (1.39%) IDoc
9 7 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.93%) 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 31 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (4.32%) Public Cloud
3 27 (4.17%) Life Science
4 15 (2.31%) Data Structures
4 15 (2.31%) FMCG
4 15 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
6 12 (1.85%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.23%) Taxonomies
8 7 (1.08%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.62%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.62%) PMI
12 3 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.93%) 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
1 144 (22.22%) ERP
2 135 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (18.52%) Migration
4 88 (13.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 87 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (11.42%) Data Migration
7 71 (10.96%) Analytics
7 71 (10.96%) Workshop Facilitation
8 67 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (10.19%) Agile
10 59 (9.10%) Validation
11 55 (8.49%) Roadmaps
12 54 (8.33%) Logistics
13 51 (7.87%) Process Improvement
14 48 (7.41%) Data Modelling
15 46 (7.10%) User Acceptance Testing
16 45 (6.94%) Data Governance
17 42 (6.48%) Project Management
18 41 (6.33%) Change Management
18 41 (6.33%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.56%) 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 (22.69%) Security Cleared
2 119 (18.36%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.86%) Degree
4 36 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.55%) SAP Certification
6 18 (2.78%) PMP
7 16 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.70%) ACCA
8 11 (1.70%) CIMA
8 11 (1.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 9 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.31%) CISA
13 2 (0.31%) CISM
13 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.55%) QA
3 16 (2.47%) GDPR
4 15 (2.31%) PMO
5 12 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.39%) GxP
7 6 (0.93%) 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 10 (1.54%) 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
1 638 (98.46%) SAP
2 41 (6.33%) Ariba
3 30 (4.63%) Microsoft
4 16 (2.47%) Oracle
5 13 (2.01%) Adobe
5 13 (2.01%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.01%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.70%) OpenText
7 10 (1.54%) Concur
7 10 (1.54%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.23%) Okta
9 7 (1.08%) Informatica
9 7 (1.08%) Workday
10 6 (0.93%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.93%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.46%) ESRI
11 3 (0.46%) Google
11 3 (0.46%) IBM
12 2 (0.31%) Citrix
12 2 (0.31%) Sage
807 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England