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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 131 146
Rank change year-on-year -27 +15 +35
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 662 504 603
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 2.08% 1.60%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.92% 26.06% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 270 327
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £582
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +0.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £764 £804 £818
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 5 1
10th Percentile £49.50 £62.75 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +197.87% -75.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £87.05 £24.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £110.57 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £78.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year -23.59% +234.15% -75.26%

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 2,767 1,934 2,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.23% 7.98% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 1,158 1,706
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £479 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £543 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -4.82% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 52 109
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.34 £15.28
25th Percentile £29.63 £40.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +45.53% -13.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.23 £86.00 £86.30
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -17 251 £600 -2.83% 65
North of England -37 128 £581 +5.64% 12
Midlands -22 79 £638 +18.06% 15
South East -25 79 £582 -1.65% 57
North West -34 72 £550 - 7
East of England -18 63 £508 -15.42% 8
Yorkshire -18 51 £598 +54.19% 5
West Midlands -32 43 £650 +4.00% 11
East Midlands -18 32 £600 +20.00% 4
South West -18 13 £663 +0.68% 1
North East -16 4 £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 11 (1.66%) Confluence
2 6 (0.91%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.60%) CMS
4 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.45%) MTS
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 16 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.76%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (6.65%) SAP FI
2 30 (4.53%) SAP CO
2 30 (4.53%) SAP EWM
3 27 (4.08%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (3.93%) SAP PP
5 25 (3.78%) SAP MM
6 23 (3.47%) SAP Travel Management
7 21 (3.17%) SAP ERP
7 21 (3.17%) SAP PM
8 15 (2.27%) SAP QM
9 13 (1.96%) Teamcenter
10 12 (1.81%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 9 (1.36%) SAP MDG
12 8 (1.21%) SAP Retail
12 8 (1.21%) SAP SD
13 7 (1.06%) SAP FI-CA
13 7 (1.06%) SAP VC
14 6 (0.91%) SAP IBP
14 6 (0.91%) SAP SCM
14 6 (0.91%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 65 (9.82%) Azure
2 43 (6.50%) SuccessFactors
3 36 (5.44%) SaaS
4 20 (3.02%) Entra ID
5 19 (2.87%) AWS
6 17 (2.57%) Power Platform
7 13 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.21%) GCP
9 7 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.60%) Smartsheet
10 4 (0.60%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.45%) Veeva
12 2 (0.30%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.30%) Boomi
12 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.30%) Collibra
12 2 (0.30%) OCI
12 2 (0.30%) PaaS
12 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) Network Security
2 2 (0.30%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.30%) RFID
2 2 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.32%) SAP HANA
2 17 (2.57%) Power BI
3 16 (2.42%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.81%) Metadata
5 10 (1.51%) SAP Data Services
6 8 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.91%) GIS
8 5 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.60%) Tableau
10 3 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.30%) MaxDB
11 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
12 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.15%) DB2
12 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (3.93%) JIRA
2 8 (1.21%) Hudson
3 3 (0.45%) LSMW
4 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
General
1 252 (38.07%) Finance
2 245 (37.01%) Social Skills
3 79 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (11.93%) Manufacturing
4 63 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 28 (4.23%) Local Government
7 25 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.87%) Banking
9 18 (2.72%) Retail
10 16 (2.42%) Publishing
11 11 (1.66%) Billing
11 11 (1.66%) General Ledger
12 10 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.21%) Legal
14 7 (1.06%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 201 (30.36%) Consultant
2 178 (26.89%) SAP Consultant
3 111 (16.77%) Lead
4 107 (16.16%) Architect
5 76 (11.48%) SAP Architect
6 69 (10.42%) Solutions Architect
7 63 (9.52%) SAP Manager
8 59 (8.91%) Project Manager
9 52 (7.85%) Analyst
10 49 (7.40%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.74%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 33 (4.98%) SAP Project Manager
13 30 (4.53%) Senior
14 27 (4.08%) SAP Analyst
15 21 (3.17%) Finance Manager
16 20 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 19 (2.87%) Management Consultant
18 18 (2.72%) Business Analyst
18 18 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
19 17 (2.57%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.80%) SAP Fiori
2 38 (5.74%) SAP Basis
3 24 (3.63%) SAP TM
4 23 (3.47%) Middleware
5 8 (1.21%) BAPI
5 8 (1.21%) Web Services
6 7 (1.06%) SAP Business Workflow
6 7 (1.06%) SAPUI5
7 6 (0.91%) IDoc
7 6 (0.91%) REST
8 5 (0.76%) SAP Core Interface
8 5 (0.76%) SAP PI
9 4 (0.60%) OLE
9 4 (0.60%) XML
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.30%) Node.js
11 2 (0.30%) OAuth
11 2 (0.30%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) EDI
12 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.37%) Public Cloud
2 32 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 20 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (2.87%) FMCG
6 19 (2.87%) Taxonomies
7 9 (1.36%) Life Science
8 7 (1.06%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.60%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.60%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) Tandem
12 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.51%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (25.68%) Migration
2 166 (25.08%) ERP
3 128 (19.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 113 (17.07%) Data Migration
5 112 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 88 (13.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 86 (12.99%) Validation
8 77 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 67 (10.12%) Roadmaps
10 67 (10.12%) User Acceptance Testing
11 66 (9.97%) Analytics
12 62 (9.37%) Change Management
12 62 (9.37%) Project Management
13 57 (8.61%) Data Modelling
14 52 (7.85%) Procure-to-Pay
15 47 (7.10%) Data Governance
16 42 (6.34%) SAP Implementation
17 40 (6.04%) Agile
18 38 (5.74%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (3.78%) ABAP
2 14 (2.11%) SQL
3 11 (1.66%) Python
4 3 (0.45%) Java
4 3 (0.45%) 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%) VB
5 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (12.84%) Security Cleared
2 66 (9.97%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.80%) Degree
4 37 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.17%) SAP Certification
6 20 (3.02%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.96%) ACCA
7 13 (1.96%) CIMA
7 13 (1.96%) PMP
8 8 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.21%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.30%) AAT
9 2 (0.30%) CCA
9 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.15%) ISEB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.95%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.98%) PMO
3 21 (3.17%) QA
4 13 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.81%) GDPR
6 8 (1.21%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.30%) 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 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 28 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.15%) Grafana
2 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 654 (98.79%) SAP
2 50 (7.55%) Ariba
3 37 (5.59%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.87%) Okta
5 15 (2.27%) Sage
6 14 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.11%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.96%) Informatica
8 11 (1.66%) OpenText
8 11 (1.66%) Oracle
9 7 (1.06%) Concur
9 7 (1.06%) IBM
9 7 (1.06%) Siemens
10 5 (0.76%) ESRI
10 5 (0.76%) Workday
11 4 (0.60%) Adobe
12 3 (0.45%) IFS
13 2 (0.30%) Databricks
13 2 (0.30%) Tagetik
13 2 (0.30%) Wolters Kluwer