SAP S/4HANA Contract Job Trends in Essex

SAP S/4HANA
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 2.60% - 0.44%
As % of the Business Applications category 27.78% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £700
75th Percentile £650 - £750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £510 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £59.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Business Application Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 18 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 9.38% 1.32% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - £320
25th Percentile £363 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £400 - £638
90th Percentile £530 - £705
East of England median daily rate £505 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -15.83% +14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.63 - £35.65
75th Percentile £54.69 - -
90th Percentile £57.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.42% +130.77% -46.94%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP S/4HANA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in Essex

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAP S/4HANA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Basildon - 3 - -
Harlow - 1 £600 - 1
SAP S/4HANA
East of England

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (40.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP HANA
1 2 (40.00%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (20.00%) MaxDB
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Support
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Basis Support
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (20.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Sybase
3 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Siemens