SAP S/4HANA Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
UK

The median SAP S/4HANA Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 496 526
Rank change year-on-year -39 +30 +191
Contract jobs requiring an SAP S/4HANA Consultant 43 38 70
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 43
10th Percentile £446 £493 -
25th Percentile £492 £538 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £712 £694 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £583 £525
% change year-on-year +1.20% +11.05% -19.23%

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 33,575 30,034 40,144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.68% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,287 18,380 26,866
10th Percentile £300 £291 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,949 935 1,589
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +36.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.16% -30.00% +73.08%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -44 33 £590 -3.95% 4
UK excluding London -41 18 £590 +1.20%
North of England -43 10 £625 +6.84%
London -15 9 £575 -8.00% 2
Work from Home -15 7 £300 -47.83% 4
North West -18 7 £625 +6.84%
East of England -8 6 £489 -
North East - 2 - -
Midlands -44 1 £575 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £575 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 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 43 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (97.67%) SAP
3 16 (37.21%) Migration
4 15 (34.88%) SAP Fiori
5 14 (32.56%) SAP FI
5 14 (32.56%) Validation
6 12 (27.91%) Knowledge Transfer
6 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
7 11 (25.58%) Analytics
7 11 (25.58%) SAP MM
7 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
7 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (20.93%) Data Migration
9 8 (18.60%) SAP CO
9 8 (18.60%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (18.60%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (16.28%) Accounts Payable
10 7 (16.28%) ERP
10 7 (16.28%) Invoice Processing
10 7 (16.28%) SAP Basis
10 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
10 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (13.95%) ABAP
11 6 (13.95%) Ariba
11 6 (13.95%) Business Continuity
11 6 (13.95%) Business Process Analysis
11 6 (13.95%) Data Quality
11 6 (13.95%) ITSM
11 6 (13.95%) Metadata
11 6 (13.95%) OCR

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 (2.33%) Confluence
1 1 (2.33%) MTS
Business Applications
1 43 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (32.56%) SAP FI
3 11 (25.58%) SAP MM
4 8 (18.60%) SAP CO
4 8 (18.60%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (13.95%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (6.98%) SAP MII
6 3 (6.98%) SAP PP
7 2 (4.65%) SAP EHS
7 2 (4.65%) SAP GRC
7 2 (4.65%) SAP HCM
7 2 (4.65%) SAP MDG
7 2 (4.65%) SAP PS
7 2 (4.65%) SAP QM
8 1 (2.33%) SAP IBP
8 1 (2.33%) SAP Retail
8 1 (2.33%) SAP SCM
8 1 (2.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) Metadata
2 1 (2.33%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (41.86%) Finance
2 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.30%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Billing
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (34.88%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (16.28%) SAP Basis
3 6 (13.95%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (2.33%) EDI
4 1 (2.33%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (9.30%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.65%) Life Science
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Private Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Migration
2 14 (32.56%) Validation
3 12 (27.91%) Knowledge Transfer
4 11 (25.58%) Analytics
4 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (20.93%) Data Migration
6 8 (18.60%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (16.28%) Accounts Payable
7 7 (16.28%) ERP
7 7 (16.28%) Invoice Processing
7 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.95%) Business Continuity
8 6 (13.95%) Business Process Analysis
8 6 (13.95%) ITSM
8 6 (13.95%) OCR
8 6 (13.95%) Performance Improvement
8 6 (13.95%) Workflow
9 5 (11.63%) GAP Analysis
9 5 (11.63%) Presales
9 5 (11.63%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.65%) AAT
4 2 (4.65%) ACCA
4 2 (4.65%) CIMA
4 2 (4.65%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (4.65%) GMP
2 2 (4.65%) GxP
2 2 (4.65%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 42 (97.67%) SAP
2 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
3 6 (13.95%) Ariba
3 6 (13.95%) OpenText
4 1 (2.33%) Concur
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle