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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 135 147
Rank change year-on-year -23 +12 +35
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 644 507 616
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 2.05% 1.63%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.75% 25.95% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 278 331
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £494 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £583 £582
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +0.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £764 £800 £813
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 3 0
10th Percentile £48.63 £73.41 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £78.53 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.07% - -
75th Percentile £68.75 £106.65 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £118.41 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 -
% change year-on-year -31.07% - -

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 2,712 1,954 2,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.25% 7.91% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,168 1,722
10th Percentile £363 £381 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £665 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.44% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 52 111
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.34 £15.43
25th Percentile £30.00 £40.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £56.44 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +33.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.93
90th Percentile £89.25 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.87
% change year-on-year -10.00% +46.82% -13.97%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -7 249 £600 -2.44% 59
North of England -34 131 £595 +10.19% 11
Midlands -20 80 £600 +11.11% 16
North West -23 77 £581 +5.64% 8
South East -40 67 £530 -10.40% 51
East of England -18 62 £505 -15.83% 8
Yorkshire -24 50 £598 +59.33% 3
West Midlands -27 42 £600 -4.00% 12
East Midlands -17 34 £575 +15.00% 4
South West -19 9 £700 +6.38% 1
North East -16 3 £500 -28.57%
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 (1.71%) Confluence
2 6 (0.93%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.62%) CMS
4 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.47%) MTS
Applications
1 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.78%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 45 (6.99%) SAP FI
2 31 (4.81%) SAP CO
3 28 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
4 27 (4.19%) SAP MM
5 25 (3.88%) SAP EWM
6 24 (3.73%) SAP Travel Management
7 23 (3.57%) SAP PP
8 21 (3.26%) SAP PM
9 17 (2.64%) SAP ERP
10 15 (2.33%) SAP QM
11 13 (2.02%) SAP MDG
11 13 (2.02%) Teamcenter
12 12 (1.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 8 (1.24%) SAP Retail
13 8 (1.24%) SAP SD
14 7 (1.09%) SAP FI-CA
14 7 (1.09%) SAP SCM
14 7 (1.09%) SAP VC
15 6 (0.93%) SAP WM
16 5 (0.78%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 66 (10.25%) Azure
2 38 (5.90%) SuccessFactors
3 33 (5.12%) SaaS
4 19 (2.95%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.64%) AWS
6 13 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (2.02%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.09%) GCP
8 3 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.47%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.47%) Veeva
9 2 (0.31%) Azure API Management
9 2 (0.31%) Boomi
9 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.31%) Collibra
9 2 (0.31%) OCI
9 2 (0.31%) PaaS
9 2 (0.31%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.31%) RFID
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Firewall
3 1 (0.16%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.04%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.17%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.02%) Power BI
4 12 (1.86%) Metadata
5 10 (1.55%) SAP Data Services
6 8 (1.24%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.93%) GIS
8 5 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.62%) Tableau
10 2 (0.31%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.16%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.16%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.16%) DB2
11 1 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.42%) JIRA
2 6 (0.93%) Hudson
3 3 (0.47%) LSMW
4 2 (0.31%) GitLab
4 2 (0.31%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) GCC
5 1 (0.16%) Git
5 1 (0.16%) TestDirector
General
1 249 (38.66%) Finance
1 249 (38.66%) Social Skills
2 79 (12.27%) Manufacturing
3 76 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.99%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (4.50%) Local Government
7 25 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (2.95%) Banking
9 16 (2.48%) Retail
10 15 (2.33%) Publishing
11 12 (1.86%) Billing
12 11 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.55%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.93%) Legal
14 6 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.78%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 209 (32.45%) Consultant
2 184 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
3 105 (16.30%) Lead
4 99 (15.37%) Architect
5 69 (10.71%) SAP Architect
5 69 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
6 62 (9.63%) Project Manager
7 61 (9.47%) SAP Manager
8 50 (7.76%) Analyst
8 50 (7.76%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 40 (6.21%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 35 (5.43%) SAP Project Manager
11 28 (4.35%) Senior
12 27 (4.19%) SAP Analyst
13 24 (3.73%) Management Consultant
14 22 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
15 20 (3.11%) Finance Manager
16 19 (2.95%) Business Analyst
17 17 (2.64%) Finance Project Manager
17 17 (2.64%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
2 35 (5.43%) SAP Basis
3 25 (3.88%) SAP TM
4 20 (3.11%) Middleware
5 11 (1.71%) BAPI
5 11 (1.71%) Web Services
6 8 (1.24%) IDoc
7 7 (1.09%) SAP Business Workflow
7 7 (1.09%) SAPUI5
8 6 (0.93%) REST
9 5 (0.78%) SAP PI
10 4 (0.62%) OLE
10 4 (0.62%) XML
11 3 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.47%) SAP Core Interface
12 2 (0.31%) EDI
12 2 (0.31%) OAuth
12 2 (0.31%) SAML
13 1 (0.16%) SAP ALE
13 1 (0.16%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.16%) Public Cloud
2 30 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.95%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (2.80%) Taxonomies
6 17 (2.64%) FMCG
7 13 (2.02%) Life Science
8 8 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.78%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.62%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.47%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.47%) Tandem
12 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.31%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.02%) Windows
2 6 (0.93%) Linux
3 2 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (25.00%) Migration
2 160 (24.84%) ERP
3 135 (20.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 103 (15.99%) Data Migration
6 90 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
7 84 (13.04%) Validation
8 78 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (10.71%) Roadmaps
11 67 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
12 65 (10.09%) Analytics
13 62 (9.63%) Project Management
14 60 (9.32%) Change Management
15 55 (8.54%) Data Modelling
16 50 (7.76%) Procure-to-Pay
17 48 (7.45%) Data Governance
18 44 (6.83%) SAP Implementation
19 41 (6.37%) Agile
20 39 (6.06%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.04%) ABAP
2 15 (2.33%) SQL
3 10 (1.55%) Python
4 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.31%) Java
6 1 (0.16%) C#
6 1 (0.16%) Korn
6 1 (0.16%) R
6 1 (0.16%) Tcl
6 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 65 (10.09%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.06%) Degree
4 36 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.57%) SAP Certification
6 16 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.02%) PMP
8 11 (1.71%) ACCA
8 11 (1.71%) CIMA
9 8 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.31%) AAT
11 2 (0.31%) CCA
11 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CAPM
12 1 (0.16%) ISEB
12 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.19%) PMO
3 20 (3.11%) QA
4 13 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.86%) GDPR
6 7 (1.09%) GRC
7 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.31%) GAAP
8 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS
8 1 (0.16%) ITGC
8 1 (0.16%) P3O
8 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.31%) IAG
Systems Management
1 27 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.16%) Grafana
2 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 636 (98.76%) SAP
2 45 (6.99%) Ariba
3 36 (5.59%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.80%) Okta
5 15 (2.33%) Sage
6 14 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.02%) Informatica
8 12 (1.86%) Oracle
9 11 (1.71%) OpenText
9 11 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.09%) IBM
10 7 (1.09%) Siemens
11 6 (0.93%) Concur
12 5 (0.78%) Adobe
12 5 (0.78%) ESRI
12 5 (0.78%) Workday
13 4 (0.62%) IFS
14 2 (0.31%) Databricks
14 2 (0.31%) Tagetik
14 2 (0.31%) Wolters Kluwer