SAP S/4HANA Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP S/4HANA Consultant
UK

The median SAP S/4HANA Consultant daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 484 536
Rank change year-on-year -99 +52 +136
Contract jobs requiring an SAP S/4HANA Consultant 47 40 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 21
10th Percentile £450 £513 -
25th Percentile £464 £572 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +2.44% +6.67%
75th Percentile £673 £643 £725
90th Percentile £821 £675 £975
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% +14.21% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 43,629 27,082 40,416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.55% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,928 17,690 26,310
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.46% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,807 1,034 2,664
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.15 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +62.36% -29.20% -6.94%

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 1 May 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 14 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 1 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
England -90 33 £631 +2.64% 6
Work from Home -29 22 £493 -21.36% 2
UK excluding London -89 14 £581 -3.06% 3
London -61 7 £703 +12.40% 3
Midlands -72 5 £663 +3.52%
East Midlands -27 4 £663 +3.52%
North of England -67 4 - - 2
North East - 2 - -
South West - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
East of England -27 1 £486 -
North West -45 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 47 (100.00%) SAP
1 47 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (36.17%) ERP
2 17 (36.17%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (34.04%) GAP Analysis
4 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (27.66%) Migration
5 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
5 13 (27.66%) Workshop Facilitation
6 12 (25.53%) SC Cleared
6 12 (25.53%) SuccessFactors
7 11 (23.40%) Data Quality
7 11 (23.40%) Scenario Testing
8 10 (21.28%) Business Process Analysis
8 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (21.28%) SAP FI
9 9 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (17.02%) SAP CO
10 8 (17.02%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (17.02%) Validation
11 7 (14.89%) Procure-to-Pay
11 7 (14.89%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (14.89%) SAP MM
11 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (14.89%) User Experience
12 6 (12.77%) Data Entry
12 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
12 6 (12.77%) Inventory Management
12 6 (12.77%) System Integration Testing
12 6 (12.77%) Time Management

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 (2.13%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
1 1 (2.13%) MTS
Business Applications
1 47 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (21.28%) SAP FI
3 8 (17.02%) SAP CO
3 8 (17.02%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (14.89%) SAP MM
5 4 (8.51%) SAP PM
6 3 (6.38%) SAP ERP
6 3 (6.38%) SAP GRC
6 3 (6.38%) SAP MII
6 3 (6.38%) SAP PP
7 2 (4.26%) SAP SD
8 1 (2.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (2.13%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) GCP
2 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.13%) SaaS
2 1 (2.13%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) SAP HANA
2 2 (4.26%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.13%) Metadata
3 1 (2.13%) Power BI
3 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) JIRA
General
1 21 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.04%) Finance
3 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Billing
6 2 (4.26%) Legal
6 2 (4.26%) Local Government
6 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.13%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (8.51%) OLE
3 2 (4.26%) SAP Basis
3 2 (4.26%) XML
4 1 (2.13%) REST
4 1 (2.13%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (2.13%) SOAP
4 1 (2.13%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (12.77%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.38%) Life Science
4 2 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) ERP
1 17 (36.17%) User Acceptance Testing
2 16 (34.04%) GAP Analysis
3 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (27.66%) Migration
4 13 (27.66%) Workshop Facilitation
5 11 (23.40%) Scenario Testing
6 10 (21.28%) Business Process Analysis
6 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (17.02%) Validation
9 7 (14.89%) Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (14.89%) User Experience
10 6 (12.77%) Data Entry
10 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
10 6 (12.77%) Inventory Management
10 6 (12.77%) System Integration Testing
10 6 (12.77%) Time Management
11 5 (10.64%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) ABAP
1 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 12 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.26%) AAT
4 2 (4.26%) ACCA
4 2 (4.26%) CIMA
5 1 (2.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.38%) GRC
2 3 (6.38%) GxP
2 3 (6.38%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) IAG
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (4.26%) Ariba
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) OpenText
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow