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

 6 months to
10 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 136 142
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +51
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 685 498 642
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 2.01% 1.69%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.69% 25.71% 22.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 268 343
10th Percentile £400 £450 £450
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £675
90th Percentile £750 £791 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 3 4
10th Percentile £46.88 £73.41 £44.59
25th Percentile £55.75 £78.53 £45.66
Median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -45.66%
75th Percentile £80.65 £106.65 £55.52
90th Percentile £90.09 £118.41 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £51.63
% change year-on-year -31.07% +68.62% -45.66%

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 2,666 1,937 2,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.37% 7.82% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,604 1,151 1,729
10th Percentile £363 £380 £381
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £653 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 50 116
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.84
25th Percentile £30.00 £40.00 £25.08
Median hourly rate £56.47 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +26.32% +7.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.06
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +27.66% +6.82%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +3 258 £600 -1.23% 44
North of England -7 163 £625 +14.68% 23
North West -3 112 £644 +11.03% 16
Midlands -28 77 £538 -0.46% 27
South East -14 70 £555 -5.21% 48
East of England -22 60 £505 -22.31% 15
Yorkshire -18 47 £595 +56.07% 6
West Midlands -29 43 £550 -12.00% 15
East Midlands -20 31 £525 +5.00% 12
South West -25 8 £700 +6.38% 3
North East -16 3 £500 -28.57% 1
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 10 (1.46%) Confluence
2 8 (1.17%) NetWeaver
3 6 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.44%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.73%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (7.01%) SAP FI
2 40 (5.84%) SAP MM
3 35 (5.11%) SAP CO
4 31 (4.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 25 (3.65%) SAP Travel Management
6 24 (3.50%) SAP EWM
7 23 (3.36%) SAP PP
8 22 (3.21%) SAP QM
9 20 (2.92%) SAP PM
10 15 (2.19%) SAP ERP
11 13 (1.90%) SAP VC
11 13 (1.90%) Teamcenter
12 12 (1.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 11 (1.61%) SAP MDG
14 8 (1.17%) SAP EHS
14 8 (1.17%) SAP Retail
14 8 (1.17%) SAP SD
15 7 (1.02%) SAP FI-CA
15 7 (1.02%) SAP SCM
15 7 (1.02%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 64 (9.34%) Azure
2 34 (4.96%) SuccessFactors
3 28 (4.09%) SaaS
4 16 (2.34%) Entra ID
5 15 (2.19%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.75%) AWS
8 10 (1.46%) GCP
9 7 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.44%) Veeva
11 2 (0.29%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.29%) Boomi
11 2 (0.29%) Collibra
11 2 (0.29%) GitHub
11 2 (0.29%) OCI
11 2 (0.29%) PaaS
11 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.73%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.29%) RFID
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.26%) SAP HANA
2 15 (2.19%) Power BI
3 13 (1.90%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.75%) Metadata
5 8 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (0.88%) GIS
6 6 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) DB2
10 2 (0.29%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.15%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.15%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (3.07%) JIRA
2 5 (0.73%) Hudson
3 3 (0.44%) Git
3 3 (0.44%) GitLab
4 2 (0.29%) LSMW
4 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.15%) GCC
General
1 252 (36.79%) Finance
2 247 (36.06%) Social Skills
3 88 (12.85%) Manufacturing
4 69 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 52 (7.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 28 (4.09%) Local Government
8 24 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.63%) Banking
10 16 (2.34%) Retail
11 13 (1.90%) Billing
12 12 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.75%) Publishing
13 10 (1.46%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Legal
15 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.73%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 253 (36.93%) Consultant
2 214 (31.24%) SAP Consultant
3 108 (15.77%) Lead
4 100 (14.60%) Architect
5 70 (10.22%) SAP Architect
6 69 (10.07%) Solutions Architect
7 63 (9.20%) Project Manager
8 56 (8.18%) SAP Manager
9 50 (7.30%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 48 (7.01%) Analyst
11 40 (5.84%) Management Consultant
12 38 (5.55%) SAP Project Manager
13 36 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 31 (4.53%) Senior
15 28 (4.09%) SAP Analyst
16 21 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 18 (2.63%) Finance Manager
17 18 (2.63%) SAP QM Consultant
18 17 (2.48%) Business Analyst
18 17 (2.48%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (10.22%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (4.67%) SAP TM
3 31 (4.53%) SAP Basis
4 20 (2.92%) BAPI
4 20 (2.92%) Middleware
4 20 (2.92%) Web Services
5 9 (1.31%) SAPUI5
6 7 (1.02%) SAP Business Workflow
7 6 (0.88%) REST
8 5 (0.73%) IDoc
9 4 (0.58%) XML
10 3 (0.44%) EDI
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.44%) SAP PI
11 2 (0.29%) Node.js
11 2 (0.29%) OAuth
11 2 (0.29%) OLE
11 2 (0.29%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.88%) Public Cloud
2 23 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (2.34%) FMCG
5 16 (2.34%) Life Science
6 15 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.19%) Taxonomies
7 10 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.58%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.44%) Tandem
12 2 (0.29%) Clustering
12 2 (0.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.90%) Windows
2 7 (1.02%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (22.63%) ERP
2 143 (20.88%) Migration
3 140 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 105 (15.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 95 (13.87%) Workshop Facilitation
6 91 (13.28%) Data Migration
7 80 (11.68%) Validation
8 78 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (10.66%) Analytics
10 64 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (9.20%) Roadmaps
11 63 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
12 62 (9.05%) Change Management
13 56 (8.18%) Project Management
14 54 (7.88%) Data Modelling
14 54 (7.88%) Procure-to-Pay
15 52 (7.59%) Logistics
16 50 (7.30%) SAP Implementation
17 44 (6.42%) Data Governance
18 39 (5.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 33 (4.82%) ABAP
2 15 (2.19%) SQL
3 8 (1.17%) Python
4 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) Java
6 1 (0.15%) Korn
6 1 (0.15%) R
6 1 (0.15%) Tcl
6 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 43 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 36 (5.26%) Degree
5 23 (3.36%) SAP Certification
6 14 (2.04%) PMP
7 11 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.31%) ACCA
8 9 (1.31%) CIMA
8 9 (1.31%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.29%) AAT
11 2 (0.29%) CCA
11 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.15%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.69%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.80%) PMO
3 20 (2.92%) QA
4 9 (1.31%) GDPR
4 9 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.02%) GRC
6 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) GAAP
7 1 (0.15%) GMP
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) IFRS
7 1 (0.15%) ITGC
7 1 (0.15%) P3O
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 24 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.29%) Linux-HA
2 2 (0.29%) Pacemaker
3 1 (0.15%) Grafana
3 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 678 (98.98%) SAP
2 46 (6.72%) Ariba
3 33 (4.82%) Microsoft
4 15 (2.19%) Okta
4 15 (2.19%) Sage
4 15 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.04%) Adobe
6 12 (1.75%) Oracle
6 12 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.61%) Informatica
7 11 (1.61%) OpenText
8 7 (1.02%) IBM
8 7 (1.02%) Siemens
9 5 (0.73%) Concur
9 5 (0.73%) ESRI
9 5 (0.73%) IFS
9 5 (0.73%) Workday
10 2 (0.29%) Databricks
10 2 (0.29%) Tagetik
10 2 (0.29%) Wolters Kluwer
185 SAP S/4HANA jobs in England