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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 131 153
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +32
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 746 520 575
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 2.13% 1.53%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.50% 26.60% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 279 297
10th Percentile £379 £460 £438
25th Percentile £500 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.66%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £706
90th Percentile £754 £778 £855
UK median daily rate £598 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -0.42% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 7 10
10th Percentile £34.25 £27.91 £29.28
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.78 -
Median hourly rate £58.46 £65.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% +5.52% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £101.67 £76.82 £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 2,925 1,955 2,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.92% 7.99% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,719 1,171 1,588
10th Percentile £363 £397 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £745 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 54 115
10th Percentile £22.30 £15.49 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.35 £32.85 £22.33
Median hourly rate £52.75 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.38 £55.80
90th Percentile £88.68 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -19.19%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -48 270 £600 -9.77% 50
North of England -38 125 £500 -13.79% 23
South East -15 114 £550 -0.09% 33
Midlands -28 88 £638 +22.60% 15
North West -23 76 £350 -36.36% 14
East of England -9 69 £600 - 12
West Midlands -25 48 £650 +4.00% 10
Yorkshire -26 42 £610 +24.17% 8
East Midlands -14 36 £625 +25.00% 5
South West -9 18 £525 - 4
North East -23 7 £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 10 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.21%) NetWeaver
3 8 (1.07%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 26 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.67%) PTC Creo
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (3.89%) SAP FI
2 24 (3.22%) SAP EWM
2 24 (3.22%) SAP Travel Management
3 23 (3.08%) SAP CO
4 21 (2.82%) SAP FI/CO
5 20 (2.68%) SAP ERP
6 17 (2.28%) SAP SD
7 15 (2.01%) SAP MM
8 13 (1.74%) Teamcenter
9 12 (1.61%) SAP PP
10 11 (1.47%) SAP MDG
10 11 (1.47%) SAP PM
10 11 (1.47%) SAP QM
11 9 (1.21%) SAP Payroll
12 8 (1.07%) SAP Business One
13 7 (0.94%) SAP GRC
13 7 (0.94%) SAP IBP
14 6 (0.80%) SAP FI-CA
14 6 (0.80%) SAP PSCD
15 5 (0.67%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (8.98%) Azure
2 57 (7.64%) SuccessFactors
3 25 (3.35%) SaaS
4 21 (2.82%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.55%) AWS
6 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.34%) Boomi
8 9 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.21%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.54%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.40%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.40%) Veeva
10 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.27%) GitHub
11 2 (0.27%) IaaS
11 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.80%) Network Security
2 3 (0.40%) VPN
3 2 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.27%) RFID
4 1 (0.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.62%) SAP HANA
2 19 (2.55%) Power BI
3 17 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.74%) SAP BW
5 7 (0.94%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.80%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.80%) Metadata
6 6 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.40%) GIS
8 3 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.13%) DataStage
9 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.13%) Looker
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.89%) JIRA
2 13 (1.74%) Hudson
3 5 (0.67%) LSMW
4 3 (0.40%) Postman
5 2 (0.27%) Git
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) GCC
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
General
1 287 (38.47%) Finance
2 244 (32.71%) Social Skills
3 89 (11.93%) Manufacturing
4 83 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 25 (3.35%) Local Government
8 20 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (2.68%) General Ledger
9 19 (2.55%) Banking
9 19 (2.55%) Retail
10 18 (2.41%) Billing
11 14 (1.88%) Publishing
12 13 (1.74%) Legal
13 11 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.21%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 192 (25.74%) Consultant
2 172 (23.06%) SAP Consultant
3 141 (18.90%) Lead
4 114 (15.28%) Architect
5 77 (10.32%) SAP Architect
6 72 (9.65%) SAP Manager
7 67 (8.98%) Solutions Architect
8 64 (8.58%) Analyst
8 64 (8.58%) Project Manager
9 45 (6.03%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 44 (5.90%) Senior
11 40 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 36 (4.83%) SAP Project Manager
13 30 (4.02%) Data Migration Lead
14 28 (3.75%) SAP Analyst
15 23 (3.08%) Financial Analyst
16 22 (2.95%) Finance Manager
17 20 (2.68%) Business Analyst
18 19 (2.55%) Management Consultant
18 19 (2.55%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.84%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (4.29%) SAP Basis
3 28 (3.75%) Middleware
4 24 (3.22%) SAP TM
5 14 (1.88%) SAPUI5
6 13 (1.74%) BAPI
7 11 (1.47%) REST
8 9 (1.21%) IDoc
8 9 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.07%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.94%) SAP PI
11 6 (0.80%) Web Services
12 5 (0.67%) EDI
13 4 (0.54%) OAuth
13 4 (0.54%) OLE
13 4 (0.54%) XML
14 3 (0.40%) JSON
14 3 (0.40%) SOAP
15 2 (0.27%) SAML
15 2 (0.27%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.59%) Public Cloud
2 37 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.35%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.41%) FMCG
6 16 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.88%) Taxonomies
8 10 (1.34%) Life Science
9 6 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.67%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.54%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.54%) Learning Management System
11 4 (0.54%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.40%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.61%) Windows
2 5 (0.67%) Linux
3 4 (0.54%) VMS
4 3 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (31.10%) Migration
2 207 (27.75%) ERP
3 153 (20.51%) Data Migration
4 149 (19.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 118 (15.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 110 (14.75%) Validation
7 106 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (12.60%) User Acceptance Testing
9 84 (11.26%) Workshop Facilitation
10 81 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (10.05%) Project Management
12 71 (9.52%) Logistics
13 67 (8.98%) Change Management
14 65 (8.71%) Analytics
15 62 (8.31%) Roadmaps
16 59 (7.91%) Agile
17 56 (7.51%) Data Governance
18 55 (7.37%) Data Modelling
19 52 (6.97%) Procure-to-Pay
20 50 (6.70%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.49%) ABAP
2 21 (2.82%) SQL
3 19 (2.55%) Python
4 4 (0.54%) Java
4 4 (0.54%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.13%) C#
5 1 (0.13%) Groovy
5 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.13%) Korn
5 1 (0.13%) Tcl
5 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (12.47%) Security Cleared
2 80 (10.72%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.97%) Degree
4 30 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.22%) DV Cleared
6 23 (3.08%) ACCA
6 23 (3.08%) CIMA
7 18 (2.41%) PMP
8 17 (2.28%) SAP Certification
9 14 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.80%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.27%) AAT
13 2 (0.27%) CIPD
14 1 (0.13%) CAPM
14 1 (0.13%) CCA
14 1 (0.13%) CIPFA
14 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.50%) PMO
3 24 (3.22%) QA
4 12 (1.61%) GRC
4 12 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.07%) GDPR
6 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.40%) ITGC
7 2 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.27%) GxP
7 2 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) GAAP
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
8 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.54%) IAG
Systems Management
1 24 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 739 (99.06%) SAP
2 48 (6.43%) Microsoft
3 46 (6.17%) Ariba
4 22 (2.95%) Oracle
5 16 (2.14%) Sage
6 14 (1.88%) Okta
7 12 (1.61%) Informatica
8 11 (1.47%) Concur
9 9 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.07%) Siemens
11 7 (0.94%) Sybase
11 7 (0.94%) Workday
12 6 (0.80%) Adobe
12 6 (0.80%) Databricks
12 6 (0.80%) Dell
12 6 (0.80%) IFS
13 5 (0.67%) IBM
14 4 (0.54%) Baan
14 4 (0.54%) OpenText