SAP S/4HANA Contract Job Trends

SAP S/4HANA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 110 128
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 +23
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 963 713 769
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.45% 1.81%
As % of the Business Applications category 28.17% 29.25% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 342 351
10th Percentile £350 £463 £438
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £675 £695 £725
90th Percentile £760 £800 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 6 8
10th Percentile £40.00 £63.13 £27.83
25th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £53.70
Median hourly rate £57.25 £67.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% +9.58% +2.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.79 -
90th Percentile £93.53 £87.05 £62.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £78.53 £61.60
% change year-on-year -26.14% +27.48% +2.67%

All Business Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,419 2,438 3,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.38% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,928 1,373 1,862
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 51 115
10th Percentile £25.70 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £57.75
90th Percentile £87.75 £86.00 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP S/4HANA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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 -15 719 £600 - 167
UK excluding London -14 411 £575 -0.86% 112
Work from Home +13 340 £585 -2.50% 72
London -26 271 £600 -10.11% 74
North of England -40 122 £550 - 28
South East -17 101 £540 -4.00% 36
Midlands -18 86 £638 +22.60% 23
North West -32 67 £350 -36.36% 18
East of England -14 65 £555 -7.50% 13
Yorkshire -17 49 £610 +31.89% 9
West Midlands -29 48 £650 +4.00% 15
East Midlands -8 35 £619 +23.75% 8
Scotland +9 18 £564 -6.00% 3
South West -28 14 £525 - 6
Wales -4 6 £600 - 2
North East -24 6 £500 -13.04% 3
Channel Islands - 4 - -

SAP S/4HANA
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 12 (1.25%) Confluence
1 12 (1.25%) NetWeaver
2 6 (0.62%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
3 4 (0.42%) CMS
4 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.10%) Camunda
5 1 (0.10%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 37 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.52%) PTC Creo
6 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 60 (6.23%) SAP FI
2 33 (3.43%) SAP CO
3 30 (3.12%) SAP ERP
4 29 (3.01%) SAP EWM
4 29 (3.01%) SAP FI/CO
5 28 (2.91%) SAP Travel Management
6 25 (2.60%) SAP SD
7 24 (2.49%) SAP FI-CA
7 24 (2.49%) SAP GRC
8 22 (2.28%) SAP BRIM
9 21 (2.18%) SAP MM
9 21 (2.18%) SAP PP
10 20 (2.08%) SAP PM
11 18 (1.87%) SAP MDG
11 18 (1.87%) SAP PSCD
12 15 (1.56%) Teamcenter
13 14 (1.45%) SAP QM
14 11 (1.14%) SAP IBP
15 8 (0.83%) SAP SCM
15 8 (0.83%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.41%) Azure
2 61 (6.33%) SuccessFactors
3 30 (3.12%) SaaS
4 25 (2.60%) AWS
4 25 (2.60%) Power Platform
5 20 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 17 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.35%) Boomi
7 13 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.14%) Smartsheet
9 9 (0.93%) GCP
10 5 (0.52%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.42%) OCI
11 4 (0.42%) Veeva
12 3 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.31%) PaaS
12 3 (0.31%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.21%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.52%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.21%) RFID
2 2 (0.21%) VPN
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.95%) SAP HANA
2 23 (2.39%) Power BI
3 19 (1.97%) SAP BW
4 16 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.93%) Tableau
6 8 (0.83%) Sybase ASE
7 7 (0.73%) MaxDB
7 7 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
8 6 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.62%) Metadata
9 4 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.42%) GIS
10 3 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.21%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.10%) Cognos Query Studio
12 1 (0.10%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.10%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.10%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.10%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (4.26%) JIRA
2 14 (1.45%) Hudson
3 5 (0.52%) Git
3 5 (0.52%) Postman
4 4 (0.42%) LSMW
5 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.10%) ERwin
5 1 (0.10%) GCC
5 1 (0.10%) GitLab
5 1 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.10%) TestDirector
General
1 393 (40.81%) Finance
2 312 (32.40%) Social Skills
3 101 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (9.87%) Manufacturing
5 67 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 58 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
7 41 (4.26%) Billing
8 29 (3.01%) Banking
8 29 (3.01%) Legal
9 25 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.39%) Local Government
11 22 (2.28%) General Ledger
12 19 (1.97%) Retail
13 16 (1.66%) Publishing
14 12 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.83%) Automotive
17 7 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 256 (26.58%) Consultant
2 232 (24.09%) SAP Consultant
3 176 (18.28%) Lead
4 138 (14.33%) Architect
5 104 (10.80%) SAP Architect
5 104 (10.80%) SAP Manager
6 79 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
7 78 (8.10%) Project Manager
8 74 (7.68%) Analyst
9 61 (6.33%) Senior
10 58 (6.02%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 50 (5.19%) SAP Project Manager
12 45 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 33 (3.43%) SAP Analyst
14 31 (3.22%) Data Migration Lead
15 30 (3.12%) Financial Analyst
16 25 (2.60%) Finance Manager
17 24 (2.49%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 24 (2.49%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.37%) SAP Fiori
2 42 (4.36%) SAP Basis
3 36 (3.74%) Middleware
4 30 (3.12%) BAPI
5 28 (2.91%) SAP TM
6 17 (1.77%) REST
7 16 (1.66%) IDoc
8 12 (1.25%) SAPUI5
9 9 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.93%) Web Services
9 9 (0.93%) XML
10 8 (0.83%) EDI
10 8 (0.83%) SAP Core Interface
11 7 (0.73%) SAP PI
12 6 (0.62%) JSON
12 6 (0.62%) OAuth
12 6 (0.62%) SAP ALE
12 6 (0.62%) SOAP
13 4 (0.42%) OLE
13 4 (0.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.20%) Public Cloud
2 45 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
3 35 (3.63%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (3.12%) Data Structures
5 26 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.18%) FMCG
7 19 (1.97%) Taxonomies
8 15 (1.56%) Life Science
9 13 (1.35%) Product Ownership
10 7 (0.73%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.73%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.62%) Management Information System
11 6 (0.62%) Replication
12 5 (0.52%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.42%) Credit Risk
13 4 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.42%) Learning Management System
13 4 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.97%) Windows
2 12 (1.25%) Linux
3 8 (0.83%) Unix
4 4 (0.42%) VMS
5 2 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (29.28%) ERP
2 270 (28.04%) Migration
3 198 (20.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 168 (17.45%) Data Migration
5 133 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 125 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (12.15%) User Acceptance Testing
8 108 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 108 (11.21%) Validation
9 103 (10.70%) Workshop Facilitation
10 87 (9.03%) Project Management
11 85 (8.83%) Logistics
12 81 (8.41%) Analytics
13 73 (7.58%) Change Management
14 72 (7.48%) Procure-to-Pay
15 70 (7.27%) Roadmaps
16 68 (7.06%) Agile
16 68 (7.06%) Data Modelling
17 66 (6.85%) System Integration Testing
18 61 (6.33%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 34 (3.53%) ABAP
2 23 (2.39%) SQL
3 16 (1.66%) Python
4 8 (0.83%) Java
5 4 (0.42%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.10%) Bash
7 1 (0.10%) C#
7 1 (0.10%) Groovy
7 1 (0.10%) Korn
7 1 (0.10%) R
7 1 (0.10%) Tcl
7 1 (0.10%) VB
7 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 96 (9.97%) SC Cleared
3 65 (6.75%) Degree
4 46 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.32%) ACCA
5 32 (3.32%) CIMA
6 28 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 23 (2.39%) SAP Certification
8 21 (2.18%) PMP
9 16 (1.66%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.31%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.21%) AAT
13 2 (0.21%) CCA
13 2 (0.21%) CISM
13 2 (0.21%) CISSP
13 2 (0.21%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.67%) PMO
3 28 (2.91%) QA
4 26 (2.70%) GRC
5 24 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.35%) GDPR
7 6 (0.62%) GxP
8 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.21%) GAAP
9 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.21%) IFRS
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.21%) ITGC
9 2 (0.21%) NCSC
10 1 (0.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.10%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.52%) IAG
3 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.31%) Grafana
3 1 (0.10%) Ansible
3 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 954 (99.07%) SAP
2 82 (8.52%) Ariba
3 66 (6.85%) Microsoft
4 30 (3.12%) Oracle
5 19 (1.97%) Okta
6 17 (1.77%) Sage
7 14 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.14%) Informatica
9 10 (1.04%) Concur
9 10 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.93%) Dell
10 9 (0.93%) Siemens
11 8 (0.83%) Sybase
11 8 (0.83%) Workday
12 6 (0.62%) Adobe
12 6 (0.62%) Conga
12 6 (0.62%) IFS
12 6 (0.62%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.52%) IBM
14 4 (0.42%) Baan