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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 142 140
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +74
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 661 476 655
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 1.81% 1.71%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.39% 24.57% 23.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 234 334
10th Percentile £406 £464 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £570
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +2.19% -2.73%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £675
90th Percentile £751 £796 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £591 £575
% change year-on-year +1.61% +2.70% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 2 4
10th Percentile £41.75 £75.34 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £80.90 £45.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 £95.37 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -37.09% +84.74% -23.52%
75th Percentile £90.09 £113.40 £55.52
90th Percentile £93.98 £121.11 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £95.37 £47.50
% change year-on-year -37.09% +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 2,603 1,937 2,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.93% 7.38% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,071 1,682
10th Percentile £360 £381 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -3.51%
75th Percentile £668 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 53 117
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.42 £15.92
25th Percentile £28.50 £35.00 £26.03
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +7.14% +31.37%
75th Percentile £79.25 £77.19 £60.25
90th Percentile £91.55 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £49.42 £49.34 £47.50
% change year-on-year +0.16% +3.87% +7.95%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +21 258 £602 +0.31% 77
North of England +1 163 £625 +14.68% 19
North West +11 118 £640 +13.27% 7
South East +8 76 £581 -3.17% 48
Midlands -28 63 £525 -4.55% 14
East of England -10 48 £505 -19.20% 13
Yorkshire -23 42 £585 +39.70% 10
West Midlands -8 37 £650 +11.59% 11
East Midlands -24 24 £513 -6.82% 2
South West -33 6 £700 +7.69% 5
North East -19 2 - - 2
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 (0.91%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.76%) Confluence
3 3 (0.45%) MTS
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.15%) Camunda
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.61%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 48 (7.26%) SAP FI
2 38 (5.75%) SAP MM
3 36 (5.45%) SAP EWM
4 34 (5.14%) SAP CO
5 30 (4.54%) SAP FI/CO
6 29 (4.39%) SAP PP
7 21 (3.18%) SAP ERP
8 20 (3.03%) SAP Travel Management
9 19 (2.87%) SAP PM
9 19 (2.87%) SAP QM
10 16 (2.42%) SAP EHS
10 16 (2.42%) SAP VC
11 14 (2.12%) SAP MDG
11 14 (2.12%) SAP WM
12 12 (1.82%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 9 (1.36%) SAP PS
13 9 (1.36%) SAP SCM
14 8 (1.21%) SAP HCM
15 7 (1.06%) SAP FI-CA
15 7 (1.06%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 58 (8.77%) Azure
2 27 (4.08%) SaaS
3 22 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
4 17 (2.57%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.12%) Entra ID
6 11 (1.66%) AWS
7 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.51%) GCP
8 5 (0.76%) PaaS
9 4 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.45%) Boomi
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.45%) OCI
10 3 (0.45%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.30%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.30%) Collibra
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 1 (0.15%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.30%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.30%) RFID
1 2 (0.30%) VPN
2 1 (0.15%) Firewall
2 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.75%) SAP HANA
2 17 (2.57%) Power BI
2 17 (2.57%) SAP BW
3 12 (1.82%) Metadata
4 10 (1.51%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.91%) GIS
7 5 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau
9 3 (0.45%) DB2
9 3 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.45%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.15%) MaxDB
10 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (2.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.30%) Git
2 2 (0.30%) GitLab
2 2 (0.30%) Hudson
2 2 (0.30%) LSMW
2 2 (0.30%) Postman
General
1 245 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 231 (34.95%) Finance
3 78 (11.80%) Manufacturing
4 57 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 26 (3.93%) Local Government
8 22 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.18%) Retail
10 16 (2.42%) Aerospace
11 15 (2.27%) Banking
12 13 (1.97%) Billing
12 13 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.51%) Publishing
15 9 (1.36%) General Ledger
16 6 (0.91%) Legal
17 4 (0.61%) Marketing
17 4 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 271 (41.00%) Consultant
2 223 (33.74%) SAP Consultant
3 92 (13.92%) Lead
4 84 (12.71%) Architect
5 60 (9.08%) SAP Architect
6 55 (8.32%) Solutions Architect
7 52 (7.87%) Project Manager
8 51 (7.72%) Management Consultant
9 48 (7.26%) SAP Manager
10 41 (6.20%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 38 (5.75%) Analyst
12 35 (5.30%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 29 (4.39%) SAP Project Manager
14 25 (3.78%) SAP Analyst
14 25 (3.78%) Senior
15 18 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 17 (2.57%) SAP FI Consultant
16 17 (2.57%) SAP QM Consultant
17 16 (2.42%) SAP CO Consultant
17 16 (2.42%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.65%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (4.69%) SAP TM
3 26 (3.93%) SAP Basis
4 22 (3.33%) Web Services
5 20 (3.03%) BAPI
6 14 (2.12%) Middleware
7 10 (1.51%) SAP PI
8 7 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.06%) SAPUI5
9 6 (0.91%) IDoc
9 6 (0.91%) SAP Business Workflow
10 5 (0.76%) REST
11 4 (0.61%) XML
12 3 (0.45%) OAuth
12 3 (0.45%) SAML
13 2 (0.30%) EDI
13 2 (0.30%) Node.js
14 1 (0.15%) Drools
14 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
14 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.81%) Public Cloud
2 30 (4.54%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (3.03%) Life Science
4 19 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.27%) FMCG
6 14 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.97%) Taxonomies
8 10 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.76%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.76%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.61%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) IoT
12 3 (0.45%) Tandem
12 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.36%) Windows
2 5 (0.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (22.39%) ERP
2 129 (19.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 127 (19.21%) Migration
4 97 (14.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 81 (12.25%) Data Migration
6 80 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (11.95%) Workshop Facilitation
8 74 (11.20%) Analytics
9 63 (9.53%) Validation
10 61 (9.23%) Logistics
11 60 (9.08%) Roadmaps
12 58 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (8.02%) User Acceptance Testing
14 51 (7.72%) Data Modelling
15 50 (7.56%) Agile
15 50 (7.56%) Change Management
16 49 (7.41%) Procure-to-Pay
17 44 (6.66%) Data Governance
18 43 (6.51%) Project Management
19 42 (6.35%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.45%) ABAP
2 14 (2.12%) SQL
3 9 (1.36%) Python
4 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) Java
6 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.15%) R
6 1 (0.15%) Tcl
6 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 139 (21.03%) Security Cleared
2 114 (17.25%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (4.69%) Degree
5 18 (2.72%) SAP Certification
6 15 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.97%) PMP
8 9 (1.36%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 6 (0.91%) ACCA
11 6 (0.91%) CIMA
11 6 (0.91%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.30%) AAT
14 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.15%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.15%) CAPM
15 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.03%) PMO
3 16 (2.42%) QA
4 14 (2.12%) GDPR
5 7 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.45%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.30%) GMP
7 2 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.15%) GAAP
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.30%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.30%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 653 (98.79%) SAP
2 40 (6.05%) Ariba
3 30 (4.54%) Microsoft
4 14 (2.12%) Adobe
4 14 (2.12%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.97%) Okta
5 13 (1.97%) Oracle
6 12 (1.82%) OpenText
7 10 (1.51%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.36%) Informatica
9 8 (1.21%) Sage
10 7 (1.06%) Workday
11 6 (0.91%) Concur
12 5 (0.76%) Anaplan
12 5 (0.76%) Hyperion
12 5 (0.76%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.76%) Siemens
13 4 (0.61%) ESRI
13 4 (0.61%) IBM
14 2 (0.30%) Wolters Kluwer