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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 131 156
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 +143
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 724 768 990
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.46% 1.80% 1.74%
As % of the Business Applications category 29.47% 24.20% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 346 454
10th Percentile £469 £438 £463
25th Percentile £516 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £695 £723 £721
90th Percentile £800 £850 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £63.13 £27.83 £49.75
25th Percentile £65.00 £53.70 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £61.60 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.58% -35.16% +40.74%
75th Percentile £82.79 - £97.50
90th Percentile £87.05 £62.63 £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 2,457 3,173 3,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.35% 7.45% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,391 1,847 2,113
10th Percentile £400 £375 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £680
90th Percentile £788 £788 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +3.81% -0.94% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 108 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £22.57
25th Percentile £39.53 £21.25 £30.19
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.16 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.39% -18.04% +40.00%
75th Percentile £78.31 £59.50 £64.06
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £80.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.33 £50.00
% change year-on-year +48.79% -19.35% +117.39%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +27 538 £600 - 305
UK excluding London +35 266 £580 +5.45% 188
Work from Home -11 248 £600 - 667
London +21 238 £668 +6.46% 137
North of England +9 91 £550 +4.76% 37
North West +26 67 £550 +4.76% 27
South East +66 64 £575 +4.55% 73
East of England +10 57 £600 +3.09% 16
Midlands +17 43 £520 -13.33% 35
West Midlands +1 20 £625 +19.05% 25
East Midlands +11 16 £500 -16.67% 10
Yorkshire -13 14 £463 -14.94% 5
South West +36 9 £525 +10.53% 13
Scotland +5 7 £600 +20.00% 11
North East +1 7 £575 -4.17% 5

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 3 (0.41%) Confluence
2 2 (0.28%) Documentum
2 2 (0.28%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.14%) MTS
Applications
1 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.55%) Trello
6 2 (0.28%) Notion
7 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (7.60%) SAP FI
2 49 (6.77%) SAP CO
3 42 (5.80%) SAP FI/CO
4 35 (4.83%) SAP PP
5 28 (3.87%) SAP MM
6 27 (3.73%) SAP SD
7 23 (3.18%) SAP EWM
8 21 (2.90%) SAP ERP
9 20 (2.76%) SAP MDG
10 19 (2.62%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 16 (2.21%) SAP GTS
11 16 (2.21%) SAP PS
12 13 (1.80%) SAP PM
13 12 (1.66%) SAP GRC
13 12 (1.66%) SAP IBP
14 10 (1.38%) SAP BPC
15 8 (1.10%) SAP LE
15 8 (1.10%) SAP VC
16 7 (0.97%) SAP Travel Management
17 6 (0.83%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 30 (4.14%) Azure
2 19 (2.62%) SuccessFactors
3 15 (2.07%) AWS
4 14 (1.93%) Power Platform
5 10 (1.38%) GCP
6 9 (1.24%) Snowflake
7 6 (0.83%) Boomi
8 5 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.41%) Azure API Management
9 3 (0.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.28%) GitHub
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle CX
10 2 (0.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.28%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.28%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.28%) Intranet
2 1 (0.14%) DNS
2 1 (0.14%) Firewall
2 1 (0.14%) HTTP
2 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.14%) Internet
2 1 (0.14%) RFID
2 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.98%) SAP HANA
2 26 (3.59%) SAP BW
3 18 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.66%) Power BI
4 12 (1.66%) SAP Data Services
5 9 (1.24%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (0.83%) Metadata
6 6 (0.83%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.41%) Tableau
8 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.28%) Cognos Query Studio
8 2 (0.28%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.28%) GIS
8 2 (0.28%) IDMS
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (3.04%) JIRA
2 6 (0.83%) LSMW
3 5 (0.69%) LoadRunner
4 4 (0.55%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.28%) Git
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 260 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 244 (33.70%) Finance
3 98 (13.54%) Manufacturing
4 96 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (13.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 41 (5.66%) Banking
6 40 (5.52%) Retail
7 19 (2.62%) Automotive
7 19 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (2.49%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.35%) General Ledger
10 16 (2.21%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.21%) Billing
11 14 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.80%) Legal
13 11 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.38%) German Language
15 6 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.83%) Law
15 6 (0.83%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 256 (35.36%) Consultant
2 233 (32.18%) SAP Consultant
3 126 (17.40%) Lead
4 100 (13.81%) Architect
5 83 (11.46%) SAP Architect
6 65 (8.98%) SAP Manager
7 48 (6.63%) Analyst
8 47 (6.49%) Project Manager
9 39 (5.39%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 39 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (5.11%) SAP Analyst
11 35 (4.83%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 34 (4.70%) SAP Project Manager
12 34 (4.70%) Senior
13 31 (4.28%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 30 (4.14%) Business Analyst
15 29 (4.01%) Developer
16 28 (3.87%) SAP CO Consultant
17 26 (3.59%) SAP FI Consultant
18 24 (3.31%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (8.43%) SAP Fiori
2 27 (3.73%) Web Services
3 26 (3.59%) Middleware
4 16 (2.21%) SAPUI5
5 14 (1.93%) SAP PI
6 13 (1.80%) SAP TM
7 12 (1.66%) SAP Basis
7 12 (1.66%) SOAP
8 11 (1.52%) EDI
9 10 (1.38%) BAPI
10 9 (1.24%) REST
11 6 (0.83%) IDoc
12 5 (0.69%) XML
13 4 (0.55%) JSON
14 2 (0.28%) Kafka
14 2 (0.28%) OAuth
14 2 (0.28%) RESTful
14 2 (0.28%) SailPoint
14 2 (0.28%) SAP ALE
14 2 (0.28%) SAP BSP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.84%) Life Science
2 31 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.18%) FMCG
4 23 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.35%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.21%) Private Cloud
7 14 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.10%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.83%) PACS
12 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.55%) EPoS
13 4 (0.55%) LIMS
13 4 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (19.75%) Migration
2 138 (19.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 130 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (12.43%) ERP
5 87 (12.02%) Agile
6 85 (11.74%) Analytics
7 76 (10.50%) Data Migration
8 75 (10.36%) Project Management
9 66 (9.12%) Project Delivery
10 63 (8.70%) Logistics
11 55 (7.60%) Quality Management
12 54 (7.46%) Data Governance
13 50 (6.91%) Workshop Facilitation
14 48 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (6.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 42 (5.80%) User Acceptance Testing
16 41 (5.66%) Record to Report
17 40 (5.52%) Business Transformation
18 38 (5.25%) Change Management
19 36 (4.97%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (8.84%) ABAP
2 20 (2.76%) SQL
3 8 (1.10%) Python
4 4 (0.55%) Java
4 4 (0.55%) 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 77 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 57 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.91%) Degree
4 43 (5.94%) SAP Certification
5 15 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.07%) Master's Degree
5 15 (2.07%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.93%) PMP
7 12 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.10%) CCA
8 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.41%) ACCA
9 3 (0.41%) CAPM
10 2 (0.28%) APMG
10 2 (0.28%) CIMA
10 2 (0.28%) CISM
10 2 (0.28%) CISSP
11 1 (0.14%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.83%) QA
3 15 (2.07%) GRC
3 15 (2.07%) IFRS
4 14 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.52%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.10%) GxP
7 6 (0.83%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.55%) Basel III
8 4 (0.55%) GAAP
8 4 (0.55%) GDPR
8 4 (0.55%) PMBOK
9 3 (0.41%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) SLA
11 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 5 (0.69%) IAG
2 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.28%) Ansible
3 2 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 716 (98.90%) SAP
2 104 (14.36%) Ariba
3 34 (4.70%) Microsoft
4 21 (2.90%) Oracle
5 13 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.38%) Concur
7 8 (1.10%) MuleSoft
8 6 (0.83%) Anaplan
8 6 (0.83%) Dell
8 6 (0.83%) Hyperion
8 6 (0.83%) OpenText
8 6 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
9 4 (0.55%) Cognos
9 4 (0.55%) HP
10 2 (0.28%) Adobe
10 2 (0.28%) Informatica
10 2 (0.28%) NCR
10 2 (0.28%) Sun
10 2 (0.28%) Workday