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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 141 158
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 733 516 566
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.74% 2.15% 1.54%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.27% 26.22% 22.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 285 292
10th Percentile £387 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £513 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £714
90th Percentile £760 £795 £850
UK median daily rate £595 £615 £600
% change year-on-year -3.25% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 6 10
10th Percentile £38.85 £46.78 £29.28
25th Percentile £44.56 £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £57.25 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £101.01 £78.53 £69.15
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -13.08% +5.52% +4.85%

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 2,901 1,968 2,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.91% 8.19% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,720 1,189 1,539
10th Percentile £363 £400 £368
25th Percentile £450 £468 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £746 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 54 108
10th Percentile £25.26 £15.78 £14.71
25th Percentile £33.38 £34.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +58.63% -22.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.64 £56.49
90th Percentile £87.95 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -18.37%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -27 270 £600 -10.11% 73
North of England -34 128 £500 -13.42% 32
South East -24 107 £545 -3.20% 38
Midlands -18 89 £638 +18.06% 26
North West -33 72 £413 -25.00% 23
East of England -18 68 £555 -7.50% 8
Yorkshire -28 49 £610 +43.53% 9
West Midlands -40 49 £650 +4.00% 19
East Midlands -4 36 £625 +25.00% 7
South West -25 16 £525 - 3
North East -24 7 £500 -13.04% 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 10 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.09%) Confluence
3 7 (0.95%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.55%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 25 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.68%) PTC Creo
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (4.23%) SAP FI
2 25 (3.41%) SAP EWM
3 24 (3.27%) SAP Travel Management
4 23 (3.14%) SAP CO
5 21 (2.86%) SAP ERP
5 21 (2.86%) SAP FI/CO
6 15 (2.05%) SAP MM
7 14 (1.91%) SAP SD
8 13 (1.77%) SAP PP
8 13 (1.77%) Teamcenter
9 12 (1.64%) SAP QM
10 11 (1.50%) SAP PM
11 10 (1.36%) SAP MDG
12 8 (1.09%) SAP Business One
12 8 (1.09%) SAP IBP
13 7 (0.95%) SAP FI-CA
13 7 (0.95%) SAP GRC
14 6 (0.82%) SAP Payroll
14 6 (0.82%) SAP PSCD
14 6 (0.82%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.10%) Azure
2 52 (7.09%) SuccessFactors
3 29 (3.96%) SaaS
4 23 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.73%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.59%) AWS
7 14 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.36%) Boomi
10 9 (1.23%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.55%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.41%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.41%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.41%) Veeva
12 3 (0.41%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.27%) GCP
13 2 (0.27%) GitHub
13 2 (0.27%) IaaS
13 2 (0.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) Network Security
2 3 (0.41%) VPN
3 2 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.27%) RFID
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.14%) SAP HANA
2 21 (2.86%) Power BI
3 14 (1.91%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.77%) SAP BW
5 6 (0.82%) Metadata
5 6 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (0.82%) Sybase ASE
6 5 (0.68%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.68%) Tableau
7 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.41%) GIS
8 3 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.14%) Cognos Query Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.14%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.14%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.14%) Looker
9 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (3.68%) JIRA
2 14 (1.91%) Hudson
3 5 (0.68%) LSMW
4 3 (0.41%) Postman
5 2 (0.27%) Git
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) GCC
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 284 (38.74%) Finance
2 247 (33.70%) Social Skills
3 82 (11.19%) Manufacturing
4 80 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.91%) Pharmaceutical
7 24 (3.27%) Local Government
8 21 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (2.86%) General Ledger
9 20 (2.73%) Banking
10 17 (2.32%) Retail
11 16 (2.18%) Billing
11 16 (2.18%) Publishing
12 10 (1.36%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.23%) Legal
14 7 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.82%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 180 (24.56%) Consultant
2 163 (22.24%) SAP Consultant
3 134 (18.28%) Lead
4 114 (15.55%) Architect
5 79 (10.78%) SAP Architect
6 75 (10.23%) SAP Manager
7 70 (9.55%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (9.28%) Project Manager
9 67 (9.14%) Analyst
10 48 (6.55%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 44 (6.00%) Senior
12 39 (5.32%) SAP Project Manager
13 36 (4.91%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 30 (4.09%) Data Migration Lead
14 30 (4.09%) SAP Analyst
15 26 (3.55%) Financial Analyst
16 22 (3.00%) Business Analyst
16 22 (3.00%) Finance Manager
17 19 (2.59%) Management Consultant
18 18 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.14%) SAP Fiori
2 34 (4.64%) SAP Basis
3 28 (3.82%) Middleware
4 24 (3.27%) SAP TM
5 13 (1.77%) BAPI
5 13 (1.77%) SAPUI5
6 11 (1.50%) REST
7 9 (1.23%) IDoc
7 9 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.09%) SAP Core Interface
9 6 (0.82%) SAP PI
10 5 (0.68%) EDI
10 5 (0.68%) Web Services
11 4 (0.55%) OAuth
11 4 (0.55%) OLE
11 4 (0.55%) XML
12 3 (0.41%) JSON
12 3 (0.41%) SOAP
13 2 (0.27%) SAML
13 2 (0.27%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.82%) Public Cloud
2 37 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (3.27%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.59%) Taxonomies
6 17 (2.32%) FMCG
7 10 (1.36%) Life Science
8 9 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.68%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.55%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.55%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.41%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.64%) Windows
2 5 (0.68%) Linux
3 4 (0.55%) VMS
4 3 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (30.97%) Migration
2 207 (28.24%) ERP
3 150 (20.46%) Data Migration
4 139 (18.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 116 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 106 (14.46%) Validation
7 102 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (11.60%) User Acceptance Testing
9 84 (11.46%) Workshop Facilitation
10 80 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (10.23%) Project Management
12 64 (8.73%) Analytics
12 64 (8.73%) Change Management
13 62 (8.46%) Logistics
13 62 (8.46%) Roadmaps
14 58 (7.91%) Data Governance
15 56 (7.64%) Agile
15 56 (7.64%) Data Modelling
16 50 (6.82%) Procure-to-Pay
17 48 (6.55%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (2.86%) ABAP
1 21 (2.86%) SQL
2 19 (2.59%) Python
3 4 (0.55%) Java
3 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.14%) C#
4 1 (0.14%) Groovy
4 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.14%) Korn
4 1 (0.14%) R
4 1 (0.14%) Tcl
4 1 (0.14%) VB
4 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 88 (12.01%) Security Cleared
2 76 (10.37%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.96%) Degree
4 31 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.27%) ACCA
5 24 (3.27%) CIMA
5 24 (3.27%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.59%) PMP
7 17 (2.32%) SAP Certification
8 14 (1.91%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.82%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.27%) AAT
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) CIPD
13 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 40 (5.46%) PMO
3 24 (3.27%) QA
4 12 (1.64%) GRC
4 12 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.09%) GDPR
6 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.41%) ITGC
7 2 (0.27%) GAAP
7 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.27%) 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 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.55%) IAG
Systems Management
1 30 (4.09%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 725 (98.91%) SAP
2 53 (7.23%) Microsoft
3 48 (6.55%) Ariba
4 22 (3.00%) Oracle
5 19 (2.59%) Okta
6 16 (2.18%) Sage
7 12 (1.64%) Informatica
8 10 (1.36%) Concur
9 9 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.09%) Siemens
11 7 (0.95%) Workday
12 6 (0.82%) Databricks
12 6 (0.82%) Dell
12 6 (0.82%) IFS
12 6 (0.82%) Sybase
13 5 (0.68%) Adobe
13 5 (0.68%) IBM
14 4 (0.55%) Baan
14 4 (0.55%) OpenText