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

 6 months to
31 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 145 144
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +80
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 668 478 657
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.02% 1.80% 1.73%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.36% 24.46% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 233 331
10th Percentile £406 £464 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £563
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.11% -4.01%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £675
90th Percentile £753 £785 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £583 £575
% change year-on-year +2.92% +1.39% -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 2,634 1,954 2,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.97% 7.37% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,568 1,080 1,669
10th Percentile £360 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -3.51%
75th Percentile £669 £665 £675
90th Percentile £752 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 54 114
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £15.67
25th Percentile £28.50 £32.19 £26.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £49.34 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.47% +0.69% +31.37%
75th Percentile £79.25 £76.64 £61.26
90th Percentile £91.55 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £49.42 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +7.02% -2.78% +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 31 January 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 31 January 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 31 January 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 +21 261 £607 +1.15% 62
North of England -5 162 £625 +13.64% 17
North West +2 117 £640 +13.27% 7
South East +8 77 £581 -1.94% 38
Midlands -20 66 £600 +9.09% 11
East of England -4 49 £505 -19.20% 11
Yorkshire -13 42 £585 +26.49% 8
West Midlands -10 38 £650 +11.59% 10
East Midlands -22 26 £525 -4.55%
South West -32 7 £700 +7.69% 4
North East -22 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 (0.90%) NetWeaver
2 5 (0.75%) Confluence
3 3 (0.45%) MTS
4 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.15%) Camunda
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.60%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 49 (7.34%) SAP FI
2 38 (5.69%) SAP MM
3 36 (5.39%) SAP EWM
4 35 (5.24%) SAP CO
5 31 (4.64%) SAP FI/CO
6 30 (4.49%) SAP PP
7 21 (3.14%) SAP ERP
8 20 (2.99%) SAP PM
8 20 (2.99%) SAP QM
9 19 (2.84%) SAP Travel Management
10 16 (2.40%) SAP EHS
10 16 (2.40%) SAP VC
11 14 (2.10%) SAP MDG
11 14 (2.10%) SAP WM
12 12 (1.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 9 (1.35%) SAP PS
13 9 (1.35%) SAP SCM
14 8 (1.20%) SAP HCM
15 7 (1.05%) SAP FI-CA
15 7 (1.05%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 58 (8.68%) Azure
2 27 (4.04%) SaaS
3 22 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
4 18 (2.69%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.10%) Entra ID
6 11 (1.65%) AWS
7 10 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.50%) GCP
8 5 (0.75%) PaaS
9 4 (0.60%) 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%) Smartsheet
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 41 (6.14%) SAP HANA
2 23 (3.44%) SAP BW
3 18 (2.69%) Power BI
4 14 (2.10%) Metadata
5 12 (1.80%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.90%) GIS
8 4 (0.60%) 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 (2.40%) 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
1 249 (37.28%) Social Skills
2 233 (34.88%) Finance
3 78 (11.68%) Manufacturing
4 59 (8.83%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (6.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 26 (3.89%) Local Government
8 22 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.14%) Retail
10 16 (2.40%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.40%) Banking
11 13 (1.95%) Billing
11 13 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.50%) Publishing
14 9 (1.35%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.90%) Legal
16 4 (0.60%) Marketing
16 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 272 (40.72%) Consultant
2 223 (33.38%) SAP Consultant
3 94 (14.07%) Lead
4 88 (13.17%) Architect
5 64 (9.58%) SAP Architect
6 56 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
7 51 (7.63%) Management Consultant
7 51 (7.63%) Project Manager
8 48 (7.19%) SAP Manager
9 42 (6.29%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 39 (5.84%) Analyst
11 35 (5.24%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 29 (4.34%) SAP Project Manager
13 26 (3.89%) SAP Analyst
14 25 (3.74%) Senior
15 18 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
16 17 (2.54%) SAP FI Consultant
16 17 (2.54%) SAP QM Consultant
17 16 (2.40%) SAP CO Consultant
17 16 (2.40%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.83%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (4.49%) SAP TM
3 26 (3.89%) SAP Basis
4 24 (3.59%) Web Services
5 21 (3.14%) BAPI
6 14 (2.10%) Middleware
7 12 (1.80%) SAP PI
8 7 (1.05%) IDoc
8 7 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.05%) SAPUI5
9 6 (0.90%) SAP Business Workflow
10 5 (0.75%) REST
11 4 (0.60%) XML
12 3 (0.45%) OAuth
12 3 (0.45%) SAML
13 2 (0.30%) EDI
13 2 (0.30%) Node.js
13 2 (0.30%) SAP XI
14 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
14 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.74%) Public Cloud
2 33 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (2.99%) Life Science
4 19 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.25%) FMCG
6 14 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.95%) Taxonomies
8 10 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.75%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.45%) IoT
13 3 (0.45%) Tandem
13 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.35%) Windows
2 5 (0.75%) 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
1 147 (22.01%) ERP
2 132 (19.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 126 (18.86%) Migration
4 96 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 83 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (11.98%) Workshop Facilitation
7 79 (11.83%) Data Migration
8 78 (11.68%) Analytics
9 64 (9.58%) Validation
10 61 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (9.13%) Logistics
11 60 (8.98%) Roadmaps
12 55 (8.23%) Data Modelling
13 54 (8.08%) User Acceptance Testing
14 53 (7.93%) Agile
15 49 (7.34%) Procure-to-Pay
16 48 (7.19%) Change Management
17 47 (7.04%) Data Governance
18 43 (6.44%) Process Improvement
19 42 (6.29%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.84%) ABAP
2 17 (2.54%) SQL
3 12 (1.80%) Python
4 3 (0.45%) Java
4 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
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
1 141 (21.11%) Security Cleared
2 114 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (4.64%) Degree
5 18 (2.69%) SAP Certification
6 15 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.95%) PMP
8 9 (1.35%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.20%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 6 (0.90%) ACCA
10 6 (0.90%) CIMA
10 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.30%) AAT
13 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.15%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.15%) CAPM
14 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.99%) PMO
3 17 (2.54%) QA
4 14 (2.10%) GDPR
5 7 (1.05%) 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 (2.40%) 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
1 660 (98.80%) SAP
2 40 (5.99%) Ariba
3 31 (4.64%) Microsoft
4 14 (2.10%) Adobe
4 14 (2.10%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.95%) Okta
5 13 (1.95%) Oracle
6 12 (1.80%) OpenText
7 10 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.35%) Informatica
9 7 (1.05%) Sage
9 7 (1.05%) Workday
10 6 (0.90%) Concur
10 6 (0.90%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.75%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.75%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.75%) Siemens
12 4 (0.60%) ESRI
12 4 (0.60%) IBM
13 2 (0.30%) Algorithmics
119 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England