SAP S/4HANA Contracts

SAP S/4HANA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 132 150
Rank change year-on-year +22 +18 +153
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 710 775 1,055
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.43% 1.78% 1.77%
As % of the Business Applications category 29.55% 23.92% 27.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 350 479
10th Percentile £474 £438 £463
25th Percentile £511 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £688 £713 £721
90th Percentile £800 £828 £840
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £555 £600
% change year-on-year +4.50% -7.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £62.75 £34.41 £49.75
25th Percentile £65.00 £51.89 £55.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -35.16% +26.67%
75th Percentile £87.05 - £97.50
90th Percentile - - £99.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.53 £61.60 £95.00
% change year-on-year +27.48% -35.16% +118.82%

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 2,403 3,240 3,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 7.43% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,353 1,893 2,192
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £527
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 110 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.82 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% +108.29%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP S/4HANA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP S/4HANA.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP S/4HANA.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Top 15 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 +30 528 £585 -2.50% 225
UK excluding London +46 264 £580 +4.50% 142
Work from Home +3 255 £600 +4.35% 180
London +20 221 £618 -1.20% 88
North of England +10 99 £550 +4.76% 36
North West +23 77 £550 +4.76% 33
South East +66 61 £575 -2.79% 52
East of England +17 57 £600 +3.03% 12
Midlands +16 37 £520 -13.33% 23
West Midlands +9 18 £625 +19.05% 15
Yorkshire -16 13 £463 -13.95% 2
East Midlands +6 12 £500 -16.67% 8
South West +43 9 £525 -4.55% 7
North East +6 7 £575 -4.17% 1
Scotland +6 6 £600 +33.33% 11

SAP S/4HANA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.28%) Confluence
1 2 (0.28%) Documentum
1 2 (0.28%) MTS
1 2 (0.28%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Notion
5 2 (0.28%) Trello
6 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 47 (6.62%) SAP FI
2 43 (6.06%) SAP CO
3 37 (5.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 35 (4.93%) SAP PP
5 28 (3.94%) SAP MM
6 26 (3.66%) SAP SD
7 24 (3.38%) SAP EWM
8 20 (2.82%) SAP ERP
9 19 (2.68%) SAP MDG
10 18 (2.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 17 (2.39%) SAP GTS
12 15 (2.11%) SAP GRC
12 15 (2.11%) SAP PS
13 13 (1.83%) SAP PM
14 10 (1.41%) SAP BPC
14 10 (1.41%) SAP IBP
15 8 (1.13%) SAP LE
15 8 (1.13%) SAP VC
16 7 (0.99%) SAP Travel Management
17 6 (0.85%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 26 (3.66%) Azure
2 23 (3.24%) SuccessFactors
3 16 (2.25%) Power Platform
4 14 (1.97%) AWS
5 9 (1.27%) GCP
5 9 (1.27%) Snowflake
6 6 (0.85%) Boomi
7 4 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.42%) Azure API Management
8 3 (0.42%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.28%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.28%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.28%) GitHub
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle CX
9 2 (0.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.28%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.28%) HTTP
1 2 (0.28%) Intranet
1 2 (0.28%) RFID
2 1 (0.14%) DNS
2 1 (0.14%) Firewall
2 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.34%) SAP HANA
2 24 (3.38%) SAP BW
3 18 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (1.97%) Power BI
5 10 (1.41%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (0.99%) SAP Data Services
7 6 (0.85%) Metadata
8 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (0.42%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.42%) Tableau
9 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.28%) Cognos Query Studio
9 2 (0.28%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.28%) GIS
9 2 (0.28%) IDMS
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.96%) JIRA
2 5 (0.70%) LoadRunner
2 5 (0.70%) LSMW
3 4 (0.56%) NeoLoad
4 2 (0.28%) Git
4 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.28%) JMeter
4 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
General
1 250 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 238 (33.52%) Finance
3 100 (14.08%) Manufacturing
4 96 (13.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 90 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (5.77%) Retail
7 26 (3.66%) Automotive
8 23 (3.24%) Banking
9 20 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.68%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.39%) Billing
12 16 (2.25%) Aerospace
13 15 (2.11%) General Ledger
14 12 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.69%) Legal
15 10 (1.41%) German Language
15 10 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.85%) Law
16 6 (0.85%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 258 (36.34%) Consultant
2 235 (33.10%) SAP Consultant
3 130 (18.31%) Lead
4 84 (11.83%) Architect
5 66 (9.30%) SAP Architect
5 66 (9.30%) SAP Manager
6 50 (7.04%) Analyst
7 48 (6.76%) Project Manager
8 41 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 40 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (5.21%) SAP Analyst
10 37 (5.21%) Senior
11 34 (4.79%) SAP Project Manager
12 32 (4.51%) Business Analyst
13 31 (4.37%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 29 (4.08%) Functional Consultant
15 28 (3.94%) Developer
16 26 (3.66%) SAP CO Consultant
17 25 (3.52%) SAP PP Consultant
18 24 (3.38%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (8.03%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (3.38%) Middleware
3 16 (2.25%) SAPUI5
4 13 (1.83%) SAP Basis
4 13 (1.83%) SAP TM
5 12 (1.69%) BAPI
5 12 (1.69%) SAP PI
5 12 (1.69%) SOAP
6 11 (1.55%) EDI
7 9 (1.27%) REST
7 9 (1.27%) Web Services
8 7 (0.99%) IDoc
9 5 (0.70%) XML
10 4 (0.56%) JSON
11 2 (0.28%) Kafka
11 2 (0.28%) OAuth
11 2 (0.28%) RESTful
11 2 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
11 2 (0.28%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.44%) Life Science
2 29 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 27 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.10%) FMCG
6 16 (2.25%) Private Cloud
7 14 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 9 (1.27%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.99%) Industry 4.0
13 6 (0.85%) PACS
14 5 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.56%) EPoS
15 4 (0.56%) LIMS
15 4 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
16 3 (0.42%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (19.58%) Migration
2 134 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 96 (13.52%) ERP
5 93 (13.10%) Analytics
6 91 (12.82%) Agile
7 85 (11.97%) Project Management
8 68 (9.58%) Data Migration
9 62 (8.73%) Logistics
10 58 (8.17%) Quality Management
11 54 (7.61%) Data Governance
12 53 (7.46%) Workshop Facilitation
13 48 (6.76%) Project Delivery
14 46 (6.48%) User Acceptance Testing
15 43 (6.06%) Decision-Making
15 43 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 42 (5.92%) Business Transformation
17 41 (5.77%) Record to Report
18 39 (5.49%) Data Modelling
19 36 (5.07%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.87%) ABAP
2 19 (2.68%) SQL
3 9 (1.27%) Python
4 4 (0.56%) Java
4 4 (0.56%) R
5 2 (0.28%) VBA
6 1 (0.14%) Bash
6 1 (0.14%) Bicep
6 1 (0.14%) C
6 1 (0.14%) C#
6 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.14%) Smalltalk
6 1 (0.14%) XPath
Qualifications
1 78 (10.99%) Security Cleared
2 61 (8.59%) Degree
3 57 (8.03%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.63%) SAP Certification
5 23 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 17 (2.39%) PMP
9 10 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.99%) CCA
12 3 (0.42%) ACCA
12 3 (0.42%) CAPM
12 3 (0.42%) CISM
12 3 (0.42%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) APMG
13 2 (0.28%) CIMA
13 2 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.06%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.49%) QA
3 17 (2.39%) GRC
4 14 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.83%) PMO
6 12 (1.69%) IFRS
7 8 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.13%) GxP
8 5 (0.70%) IFRS 9
9 4 (0.56%) GAAP
9 4 (0.56%) GDPR
9 4 (0.56%) PMBOK
10 3 (0.42%) Basel III
10 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.99%) IAG
2 3 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.99%) MOM
2 4 (0.56%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.28%) Ansible
4 2 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 704 (99.15%) SAP
2 109 (15.35%) Ariba
3 31 (4.37%) Microsoft
4 16 (2.25%) Oracle
5 13 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.69%) Concur
7 9 (1.27%) MuleSoft
8 7 (0.99%) Rockwell
8 7 (0.99%) Siemens
9 6 (0.85%) Anaplan
9 6 (0.85%) Dell
9 6 (0.85%) Hyperion
9 6 (0.85%) OpenText
9 6 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.70%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (0.56%) Cognos
11 4 (0.56%) HP
12 2 (0.28%) Adobe
12 2 (0.28%) Informatica
12 2 (0.28%) NCR