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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 128 159
Rank change year-on-year -23 +31 +13
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 691 527 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.70% 2.16% 1.51%
As % of the Business Applications category 23.95% 26.89% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 286 285
10th Percentile £400 £463 £443
25th Percentile £500 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £591 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £688 £695 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £850
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 4 5
10th Percentile £40.00 £62.38 £38.29
25th Percentile £51.81 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.58% -35.16%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.26 -
90th Percentile £90.09 £81.94 £63.66
UK median hourly rate £59.46 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -15.06% +13.64% -35.16%

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 2,885 1,960 2,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.11% 8.04% 7.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,729 1,175 1,603
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £751 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £538 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.82% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 46 106
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £56.44 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -21 267 £600 -4.00% 73
North of England -42 118 £575 +4.55% 26
South East -23 93 £550 -4.35% 51
Midlands -23 84 £638 +22.60% 21
North West -43 64 £500 -9.09% 13
East of England -32 59 £600 - 23
West Midlands -27 49 £620 -0.80% 15
Yorkshire -13 48 £610 +31.89% 11
East Midlands -13 32 £600 +20.00% 6
South West -32 16 £625 +19.05% 9
North East -20 5 £500 -13.04% 3
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 (1.30%) Confluence
2 6 (0.87%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.58%) CMS
4 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.72%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (4.92%) SAP FI
2 29 (4.20%) SAP EWM
3 27 (3.91%) SAP CO
4 24 (3.47%) SAP FI/CO
4 24 (3.47%) SAP Travel Management
5 23 (3.33%) SAP PP
6 22 (3.18%) SAP ERP
7 18 (2.60%) SAP PM
8 17 (2.46%) SAP QM
9 15 (2.17%) SAP MM
10 13 (1.88%) Teamcenter
11 11 (1.59%) SAP MDG
12 10 (1.45%) SAP SD
13 7 (1.01%) SAP Business One
13 7 (1.01%) SAP FI-CA
13 7 (1.01%) SAP SCM
14 6 (0.87%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 6 (0.87%) SAP GRC
14 6 (0.87%) SAP IBP
14 6 (0.87%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 66 (9.55%) Azure
2 50 (7.24%) SuccessFactors
3 32 (4.63%) SaaS
4 20 (2.89%) AWS
4 20 (2.89%) Entra ID
4 20 (2.89%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.16%) Boomi
8 7 (1.01%) Smartsheet
9 5 (0.72%) GCP
10 4 (0.58%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.43%) Veeva
11 3 (0.43%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.29%) Collibra
12 2 (0.29%) GitHub
12 2 (0.29%) OCI
12 2 (0.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.72%) 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 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.75%) SAP HANA
2 18 (2.60%) Power BI
3 12 (1.74%) SAP BW
4 9 (1.30%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.01%) Metadata
7 5 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.58%) GIS
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 3 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.14%) DataStage
11 1 (0.14%) MaxDB
11 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.76%) JIRA
2 9 (1.30%) Hudson
3 4 (0.58%) LSMW
4 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.14%) GCC
5 1 (0.14%) Git
5 1 (0.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 268 (38.78%) Finance
2 242 (35.02%) Social Skills
3 89 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 62 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.21%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.47%) Local Government
9 17 (2.46%) Banking
9 17 (2.46%) General Ledger
10 16 (2.32%) Publishing
10 16 (2.32%) Retail
11 15 (2.17%) Billing
12 11 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.45%) Legal
14 9 (1.30%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.87%) Advertising
15 6 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (25.47%) Consultant
2 157 (22.72%) SAP Consultant
3 127 (18.38%) Lead
4 109 (15.77%) Architect
5 78 (11.29%) SAP Architect
6 73 (10.56%) SAP Manager
7 69 (9.99%) Solutions Architect
8 64 (9.26%) Analyst
8 64 (9.26%) Project Manager
9 50 (7.24%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 45 (6.51%) Senior
11 36 (5.21%) SAP Project Manager
12 32 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 28 (4.05%) Data Migration Lead
13 28 (4.05%) SAP Analyst
14 23 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
15 21 (3.04%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.89%) Finance Manager
17 19 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
18 18 (2.60%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.07%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (4.49%) SAP Basis
3 25 (3.62%) Middleware
4 24 (3.47%) SAP TM
5 9 (1.30%) BAPI
5 9 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 9 (1.30%) REST
6 8 (1.16%) SAP Core Interface
6 8 (1.16%) SAPUI5
6 8 (1.16%) Web Services
7 7 (1.01%) IDoc
8 5 (0.72%) EDI
8 5 (0.72%) SAP PI
9 4 (0.58%) OLE
9 4 (0.58%) XML
10 3 (0.43%) SOAP
11 2 (0.29%) Node.js
11 2 (0.29%) OAuth
11 2 (0.29%) SAML
12 1 (0.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.99%) Public Cloud
2 36 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.89%) FMCG
7 19 (2.75%) Taxonomies
8 9 (1.30%) Life Science
9 8 (1.16%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.58%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.43%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.45%) Windows
2 4 (0.58%) Linux
3 2 (0.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (30.68%) Migration
2 194 (28.08%) ERP
3 141 (20.41%) Data Migration
4 131 (18.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 111 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 95 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (13.31%) Validation
8 83 (12.01%) Workshop Facilitation
9 82 (11.87%) User Acceptance Testing
10 78 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (10.27%) Project Management
12 64 (9.26%) Change Management
13 61 (8.83%) Analytics
13 61 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 60 (8.68%) Data Modelling
15 57 (8.25%) Data Governance
16 48 (6.95%) Logistics
17 47 (6.80%) Agile
18 45 (6.51%) Procure-to-Pay
18 45 (6.51%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.33%) ABAP
2 19 (2.75%) SQL
3 13 (1.88%) Python
4 4 (0.58%) Java
5 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.14%) C#
6 1 (0.14%) Groovy
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) Korn
6 1 (0.14%) R
6 1 (0.14%) Tcl
6 1 (0.14%) VB
6 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (12.01%) Security Cleared
2 71 (10.27%) SC Cleared
3 49 (7.09%) Degree
4 30 (4.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.62%) DV Cleared
6 22 (3.18%) ACCA
6 22 (3.18%) CIMA
7 19 (2.75%) SAP Certification
8 17 (2.46%) PMP
9 12 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.29%) AAT
12 2 (0.29%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.09%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.64%) PMO
3 24 (3.47%) QA
4 13 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.59%) GDPR
5 11 (1.59%) GRC
6 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) GAAP
7 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.29%) ITGC
7 2 (0.29%) NCSC
8 1 (0.14%) GxP
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.34%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.14%) Grafana
2 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 684 (98.99%) SAP
2 45 (6.51%) Ariba
3 44 (6.37%) Microsoft
4 19 (2.75%) Okta
5 17 (2.46%) Oracle
5 17 (2.46%) Sage
6 14 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.88%) Informatica
8 8 (1.16%) IBM
9 7 (1.01%) Concur
9 7 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.01%) Siemens
9 7 (1.01%) Workday
10 5 (0.72%) Adobe
10 5 (0.72%) IFS
10 5 (0.72%) OpenText
11 4 (0.58%) Baan
11 4 (0.58%) Databricks
11 4 (0.58%) Dell
12 3 (0.43%) Adaptive Insights