SAP S/4HANA Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
UK

The median SAP S/4HANA Consultant daily rate in the UK is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 484 525
Rank change year-on-year -65 +41 +183
Contract jobs requiring an SAP S/4HANA Consultant 48 42 73
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 43
10th Percentile £450 £500 -
25th Percentile £477 £544 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £709 £676 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £584 £525
% change year-on-year -4.11% +11.24% -13.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 35,817 28,937 41,417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.92% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,569 17,745 27,379
10th Percentile £300 £292 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £490
% change year-on-year -0.42% -2.65% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,156 846 2,282
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.92 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.57 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £61.31 £62.50 £61.52
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £72.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £32.13 £35.98
% change year-on-year -12.85% -10.69% +10.69%

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP S/4HANA Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP S/4HANA Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP S/4HANA Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP S/4HANA Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA Consultant over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA Consultant in the UK

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP S/4HANA Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP S/4HANA Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP S/4HANA Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England -57 36 £573 -6.91% 6
UK excluding London -44 18 £560 -4.11% 2
London -40 10 £610 -2.40% 4
North of England -54 9 £625 +6.84%
Work from Home -24 7 £450 -22.28% 3
East of England -15 6 £489 -
North West -24 6 £625 +6.84%
East Midlands -22 2 £500 -21.88%
Midlands -56 2 £500 -13.04%
North East - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -

SAP S/4HANA Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, SAP S/4HANA Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP S/4HANA Consultant in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (97.92%) SAP
3 18 (37.50%) Migration
4 15 (31.25%) SAP Fiori
4 15 (31.25%) Validation
5 14 (29.17%) SAP FI
6 13 (27.08%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (22.92%) Analytics
8 11 (22.92%) ERP
8 11 (22.92%) Knowledge Transfer
8 11 (22.92%) SAP MM
8 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
9 9 (18.75%) Data Migration
9 9 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (16.67%) Business Process Analysis
10 8 (16.67%) Data Quality
10 8 (16.67%) SAP CO
10 8 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (14.58%) Accounts Payable
11 7 (14.58%) Invoice Processing
11 7 (14.58%) Scenario Testing
11 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
12 6 (12.50%) ABAP
12 6 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (12.50%) Business Continuity
12 6 (12.50%) ITSM

SAP S/4HANA Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (2.08%) Confluence
1 1 (2.08%) MTS
Business Applications
1 48 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (29.17%) SAP FI
3 11 (22.92%) SAP MM
4 8 (16.67%) SAP CO
4 8 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (12.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (6.25%) SAP MII
6 3 (6.25%) SAP PP
7 2 (4.17%) SAP EHS
7 2 (4.17%) SAP HCM
7 2 (4.17%) SAP MDG
7 2 (4.17%) SAP PS
7 2 (4.17%) SAP QM
8 1 (2.08%) SAP GRC
8 1 (2.08%) SAP IBP
8 1 (2.08%) SAP PM
8 1 (2.08%) SAP Retail
8 1 (2.08%) SAP SCM
8 1 (2.08%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.08%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) Metadata
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.08%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 18 (37.50%) Finance
2 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.08%) Billing
7 1 (2.08%) Local Government
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (31.25%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (12.50%) SAP Basis
2 6 (12.50%) SAP Business Workflow
3 1 (2.08%) EDI
3 1 (2.08%) REST
3 1 (2.08%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.08%) SOAP
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.25%) Life Science
4 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Migration
2 15 (31.25%) Validation
3 13 (27.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (22.92%) Analytics
5 11 (22.92%) ERP
5 11 (22.92%) Knowledge Transfer
6 9 (18.75%) Data Migration
6 9 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (16.67%) Business Process Analysis
7 8 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (14.58%) Accounts Payable
8 7 (14.58%) Invoice Processing
8 7 (14.58%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (12.50%) Business Continuity
9 6 (12.50%) ITSM
9 6 (12.50%) OCR
9 6 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
9 6 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) ABAP
2 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) AAT
4 2 (4.17%) ACCA
4 2 (4.17%) CIMA
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 2 (4.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (6.25%) GxP
3 2 (4.17%) GMP
3 2 (4.17%) PMO
3 2 (4.17%) QA
4 1 (2.08%) GDPR
Vendors
1 47 (97.92%) SAP
2 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.50%) OpenText
4 4 (8.33%) Ariba
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.08%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) Salesforce