SAP S/4HANA Contracts

SAP S/4HANA
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP S/4HANA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 146 304
Rank change year-on-year +18 +158 -29
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 782 1,054 799
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.80% 1.76% 0.90%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.09% 27.46% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 480 387
10th Percentile £440 £474 £433
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £688
90th Percentile £845 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £34.41 £49.75 £47.42
25th Percentile £51.89 £55.00 £57.50
Median hourly rate £61.60 £95.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.16% +26.67% +294.74%
75th Percentile - £97.50 £90.75
90th Percentile - £99.00 £96.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £95.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -35.16% +118.82% +128.50%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP S/4HANA is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,246 3,838 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.40% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,204 3,104
10th Percentile £364 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 55 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.90 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £43.75 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +35.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £59.82 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -8.16% +108.29% -5.90%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

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

SAP S/4HANA
Top 16 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 26 April 2024. 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 +14 567 £600 - 111
Work from Home +5 355 £582 -3.13% 60
UK excluding London -10 267 £560 -6.67% 51
London +95 254 £625 +3.48% 43
North of England +16 109 £525 -4.55% 12
East of England +64 67 £582 +16.44% 19
North West +37 61 £525 -2.78% 6
Midlands -3 44 £600 +11.11% 6
Yorkshire -14 43 £519 -9.78% 5
South East -79 40 £600 -12.41% 13
West Midlands +7 25 £525 -4.55% 3
East Midlands +14 16 £600 +11.11% 3
South West +23 11 £550 -37.14% 2
Scotland +32 9 £450 -5.26%
Wales +18 5 £550 - 2
North East - 1 £600 - 2

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 7 (0.90%) Confluence
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.26%) SAP Portal
2 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 60 (7.67%) SAP FI
2 46 (5.88%) SAP EWM
3 44 (5.63%) SAP CO
3 44 (5.63%) SAP SD
4 38 (4.86%) SAP FI/CO
5 26 (3.32%) SAP MDG
6 24 (3.07%) SAP ERP
7 23 (2.94%) SAP MM
8 16 (2.05%) SAP QM
9 14 (1.79%) SAP PP
10 13 (1.66%) SAP BPC
11 12 (1.53%) SAP HCM
11 12 (1.53%) SAP PS
12 11 (1.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 10 (1.28%) SAP HR
13 10 (1.28%) SAP PM
14 9 (1.15%) SAP GTS
14 9 (1.15%) SAP IS-U
14 9 (1.15%) SAP Retail
15 8 (1.02%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 36 (4.60%) SuccessFactors
2 20 (2.56%) Azure
3 5 (0.64%) AWS
3 5 (0.64%) Power Platform
3 5 (0.64%) WhatsApp
4 4 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.51%) SaaS
4 4 (0.51%) Yammer
5 2 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.13%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.13%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.13%) GCP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) HTTP
2 5 (0.64%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.91%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.05%) SAP BW
3 14 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
4 8 (1.02%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.64%) Power BI
6 4 (0.51%) Metadata
7 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.38%) GIS
7 3 (0.38%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.26%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.13%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (2.05%) JIRA
2 8 (1.02%) LSMW
3 5 (0.64%) Postman
3 5 (0.64%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.38%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.13%) GCC
5 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 243 (31.07%) Social Skills
2 202 (25.83%) Finance
3 91 (11.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 68 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 58 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (6.78%) Retail
7 18 (2.30%) Billing
8 15 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 14 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.53%) Legal
11 11 (1.41%) Banking
12 10 (1.28%) Automotive
12 10 (1.28%) French Language
13 8 (1.02%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.64%) Back Office
14 5 (0.64%) German Language
14 5 (0.64%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.51%) Local Government
16 3 (0.38%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 270 (34.53%) Consultant
2 237 (30.31%) SAP Consultant
3 154 (19.69%) Lead
4 96 (12.28%) Architect
5 88 (11.25%) SAP Manager
6 80 (10.23%) SAP Architect
7 64 (8.18%) Solutions Architect
8 53 (6.78%) Project Manager
9 52 (6.65%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 49 (6.27%) Senior
11 47 (6.01%) Analyst
11 47 (6.01%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 40 (5.12%) Functional Consultant
13 39 (4.99%) SAP Analyst
14 34 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
15 32 (4.09%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 30 (3.84%) SAP FI Consultant
17 26 (3.32%) SAP EWM Consultant
18 25 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 23 (2.94%) SAP CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.71%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (2.17%) SAP Basis
3 13 (1.66%) BAPI
4 12 (1.53%) SAP TM
5 11 (1.41%) Middleware
6 10 (1.28%) Web Services
7 7 (0.90%) SAP ALE
8 6 (0.77%) EDI
8 6 (0.77%) REST
8 6 (0.77%) SOAP
9 5 (0.64%) IDoc
9 5 (0.64%) JDBC
10 4 (0.51%) SAPUI5
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.38%) SAP Business Workflow
11 3 (0.38%) SAP PI
12 2 (0.26%) Node.js
12 2 (0.26%) SailPoint
12 2 (0.26%) Web Dynpro
13 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.35%) Life Science
2 33 (4.22%) FMCG
3 27 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (1.79%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.66%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.41%) Replication
7 10 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.28%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 7 (0.90%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.38%) IoT
13 2 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.26%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.26%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.26%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.26%) Linux
1 2 (0.26%) Windows
2 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 107 (13.68%) ERP
2 107 (13.68%) Migration
3 103 (13.17%) Project Management
4 72 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (8.95%) Data Migration
6 66 (8.44%) Agile
7 51 (6.52%) Logistics
8 48 (6.14%) Analytics
8 48 (6.14%) Change Management
8 48 (6.14%) Roadmaps
9 43 (5.50%) Project Delivery
9 43 (5.50%) Requirements Gathering
10 42 (5.37%) Business Transformation
10 42 (5.37%) Procure-to-Pay
11 35 (4.48%) Validation
12 33 (4.22%) Order to Cash
12 33 (4.22%) User Acceptance Testing
13 32 (4.09%) Record to Report
14 28 (3.58%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (8.57%) ABAP
2 13 (1.66%) SQL
3 4 (0.51%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.51%) Python
4 1 (0.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (6.78%) Degree
2 43 (5.50%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.60%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.81%) SAP Certification
5 13 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.02%) PMP
9 5 (0.64%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.51%) CBAP
11 3 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.26%) CAPM
12 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.13%) ACCA
13 1 (0.13%) CIMA
13 1 (0.13%) CISM
13 1 (0.13%) ISEB
13 1 (0.13%) MBA
13 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.20%) QA
3 14 (1.79%) PMO
4 11 (1.41%) GxP
5 10 (1.28%) GDPR
6 8 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.90%) SLA
8 5 (0.64%) ITGC
9 4 (0.51%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 761 (97.31%) SAP
2 105 (13.43%) Ariba
3 18 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 18 (2.30%) Oracle
4 16 (2.05%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.41%) Concur
6 8 (1.02%) Adobe
7 6 (0.77%) Hyperion
7 6 (0.77%) Reuters
8 5 (0.64%) HP
8 5 (0.64%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.38%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.38%) Cadence
9 3 (0.38%) JDA
9 3 (0.38%) Kofax
9 3 (0.38%) OpenText
9 3 (0.38%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.38%) ReadSoft
9 3 (0.38%) UiPath
10 2 (0.26%) Workday