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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 133 135
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +68
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 689 508 643
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.95% 1.97% 1.73%
As % of the Business Applications category 26.02% 25.46% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 266 335
10th Percentile £400 £463 £450
25th Percentile £489 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £599 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.17% -1.88%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £675
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 3 4
10th Percentile £46.00 £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% -
75th Percentile £83.80 £106.65 £55.52
90th Percentile £90.09 £118.41 £55.54
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £87.05 £47.75
% change year-on-year -31.07% +82.30% -

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 2,648 1,995 2,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.49% 7.74% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,578 1,165 1,690
10th Percentile £360 £388 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £660 £665 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 54 110
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.49 £15.36
25th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £23.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +27.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% +27.35%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +10 264 £600 -4.00% 59
North of England -5 165 £625 +16.17% 17
North West +7 114 £635 +17.64% 14
South East -6 72 £575 -2.79% 35
Midlands -28 69 £490 -10.91% 25
East of England -10 60 £505 -22.31% 9
Yorkshire -24 48 £595 +56.07% 3
West Midlands -21 40 £500 -20.00% 13
East Midlands -27 27 £480 -12.73% 12
South West -32 8 £700 +6.38% 2
North East -19 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 9 (1.31%) Confluence
2 8 (1.16%) NetWeaver
3 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.58%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.44%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.73%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 52 (7.55%) SAP FI
2 43 (6.24%) SAP MM
3 38 (5.52%) SAP CO
4 34 (4.93%) SAP FI/CO
5 26 (3.77%) SAP PP
6 25 (3.63%) SAP EWM
6 25 (3.63%) SAP Travel Management
7 22 (3.19%) SAP QM
8 20 (2.90%) SAP PM
9 19 (2.76%) SAP ERP
10 16 (2.32%) SAP VC
11 13 (1.89%) Teamcenter
12 11 (1.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 10 (1.45%) SAP EHS
13 10 (1.45%) SAP MDG
14 8 (1.16%) SAP Retail
14 8 (1.16%) SAP SD
15 7 (1.02%) SAP PS
15 7 (1.02%) SAP SCM
15 7 (1.02%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 61 (8.85%) Azure
2 27 (3.92%) SaaS
3 24 (3.48%) SuccessFactors
4 18 (2.61%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.18%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.74%) AWS
7 11 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.45%) GCP
9 4 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.44%) Snowflake
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%) PaaS
11 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.15%) OCI
12 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.29%) RFID
1 2 (0.29%) VPN
2 1 (0.15%) Firewall
2 1 (0.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.66%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.61%) Power BI
3 15 (2.18%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.74%) Metadata
5 8 (1.16%) SAP Data Services
6 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.87%) GIS
8 5 (0.73%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.58%) Tableau
10 3 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.44%) DB2
11 2 (0.29%) MaxDB
11 2 (0.29%) 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%) Semantic Layer
12 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.61%) JIRA
2 3 (0.44%) Hudson
3 2 (0.29%) Git
3 2 (0.29%) GitLab
3 2 (0.29%) LSMW
3 2 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 251 (36.43%) Finance
2 242 (35.12%) Social Skills
3 85 (12.34%) Manufacturing
4 62 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 58 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (4.21%) Local Government
8 23 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.90%) Retail
10 17 (2.47%) Banking
11 14 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.03%) Billing
11 14 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.60%) Publishing
13 10 (1.45%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.87%) Legal
15 5 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 259 (37.59%) Consultant
2 218 (31.64%) SAP Consultant
3 104 (15.09%) Lead
4 92 (13.35%) Architect
5 66 (9.58%) SAP Architect
6 62 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
7 61 (8.85%) SAP Manager
8 59 (8.56%) Project Manager
9 46 (6.68%) Analyst
9 46 (6.68%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 41 (5.95%) Management Consultant
11 37 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 35 (5.08%) SAP Project Manager
13 30 (4.35%) SAP Analyst
13 30 (4.35%) Senior
14 20 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
15 18 (2.61%) SAP FI Consultant
16 17 (2.47%) SAP CO Consultant
16 17 (2.47%) SAP MM Consultant
16 17 (2.47%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (10.16%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (4.64%) SAP TM
3 30 (4.35%) SAP Basis
4 20 (2.90%) Web Services
5 19 (2.76%) BAPI
6 16 (2.32%) Middleware
7 9 (1.31%) SAPUI5
8 6 (0.87%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.73%) IDoc
9 5 (0.73%) REST
9 5 (0.73%) SAP PI
10 4 (0.58%) XML
11 2 (0.29%) EDI
11 2 (0.29%) Node.js
11 2 (0.29%) OAuth
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.29%) SAML
12 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.15%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.11%) Public Cloud
2 23 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
4 20 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.61%) Life Science
6 17 (2.47%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.18%) FMCG
8 14 (2.03%) Taxonomies
9 10 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.73%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.58%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Tandem
13 2 (0.29%) IoT
13 2 (0.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.89%) 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
1 160 (23.22%) ERP
2 139 (20.17%) Migration
3 130 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (12.77%) Data Migration
5 88 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
6 77 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (10.01%) Validation
8 68 (9.87%) Analytics
9 65 (9.43%) Roadmaps
10 61 (8.85%) Change Management
10 61 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (8.13%) User Acceptance Testing
12 55 (7.98%) Project Management
13 53 (7.69%) Logistics
14 52 (7.55%) Procure-to-Pay
14 52 (7.55%) SAP Implementation
15 51 (7.40%) Data Modelling
16 41 (5.95%) Data Governance
17 40 (5.81%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.08%) ABAP
2 14 (2.03%) SQL
3 8 (1.16%) 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%) R
6 1 (0.15%) Tcl
6 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (18.58%) Security Cleared
2 109 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 35 (5.08%) Degree
5 20 (2.90%) SAP Certification
6 15 (2.18%) PMP
7 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.31%) ACCA
9 9 (1.31%) CIMA
9 9 (1.31%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.29%) AAT
13 2 (0.29%) CAPM
13 2 (0.29%) CCA
13 2 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.77%) PMO
3 13 (1.89%) QA
4 10 (1.45%) GDPR
5 8 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) GAAP
6 2 (0.29%) GRC
6 2 (0.29%) GxP
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
System Software
1 1 (0.15%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (2.47%) 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
1 683 (99.13%) SAP
2 45 (6.53%) Ariba
3 36 (5.22%) Microsoft
4 14 (2.03%) Adobe
4 14 (2.03%) Okta
5 13 (1.89%) Sage
5 13 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.45%) Informatica
7 10 (1.45%) OpenText
8 9 (1.31%) Oracle
9 7 (1.02%) IBM
9 7 (1.02%) Siemens
10 5 (0.73%) Concur
10 5 (0.73%) ESRI
10 5 (0.73%) Workday
11 3 (0.44%) IFS
12 2 (0.29%) Algorithmics
12 2 (0.29%) Databricks
12 2 (0.29%) Wolters Kluwer