SAP S/4HANA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP S/4HANA
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 463 393
Rank change year-on-year +254 -70 +210
Permanent jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 398 117 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.95% 0.31% 0.52%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.03% 6.26% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 81 63 101
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.67%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP S/4HANA falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,590 1,868 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.79% 5.01% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 875 856 1,040
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% -4.00%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP S/4HANA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP S/4HANA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the UK excluding London

SAP S/4HANA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP S/4HANA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +207 294 £52,500 -34.38% 51
North of England +44 48 £80,000 - 30
Midlands +16 36 £72,500 -9.38% 13
West Midlands +18 28 £72,500 -9.38% 10
Yorkshire +15 25 £77,500 -13.89% 21
North West +26 22 £100,000 +25.00% 8
East of England +25 11 £78,750 +24.51% 14
East Midlands -13 7 £75,000 -3.23% 3
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 3
South West +8 3 £65,000 -56.67% 3
Scotland +7 2 - - 2
SAP S/4HANA
UK

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.50%) Confluence
2 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 71 (17.84%) SAP MDG
2 39 (9.80%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 9 (2.26%) SAP Payroll
3 9 (2.26%) SAP SD
4 8 (2.01%) SAP FI
4 8 (2.01%) SAP HCM
4 8 (2.01%) SAP HR
4 8 (2.01%) SAP MM
5 6 (1.51%) SAP CO
5 6 (1.51%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (1.26%) SAP IBP
6 5 (1.26%) SAP PP
7 4 (1.01%) SAP ERP
7 4 (1.01%) SAP EWM
7 4 (1.01%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.75%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.75%) SAP SCM
8 3 (0.75%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.50%) SAP QM
9 2 (0.50%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 69 (17.34%) Azure DevOps
2 41 (10.30%) SaaS
3 15 (3.77%) Collibra
4 13 (3.27%) SuccessFactors
5 8 (2.01%) Azure
6 6 (1.51%) AWS
7 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.51%) SAP HANA
2 5 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.25%) Power BI
4 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 72 (18.09%) JIRA
2 69 (17.34%) eCATT
3 38 (9.55%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.25%) LSMW
General
1 237 (59.55%) Finance
2 227 (57.04%) Social Skills
3 160 (40.20%) Manufacturing
4 132 (33.17%) Marketing
5 93 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (12.81%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (11.56%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (2.76%) Retail
9 8 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.26%) Law
11 4 (1.01%) Back Office
12 3 (0.75%) Legal
12 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.50%) Automotive
13 2 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Publishing
14 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.25%) Billing
14 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 113 (28.39%) Senior
2 112 (28.14%) Analyst
3 83 (20.85%) Lead
4 71 (17.84%) SAP Analyst
5 67 (16.83%) Architect
6 57 (14.32%) Senior Analyst
7 43 (10.80%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (9.30%) Consultant
9 35 (8.79%) SAP Consultant
10 33 (8.29%) Test Leader
11 22 (5.53%) Test Analyst
12 20 (5.03%) Automation Test Lead
13 17 (4.27%) Lead Architect
14 15 (3.77%) Data Model Manager
14 15 (3.77%) Senior Manager
15 14 (3.52%) Developer
15 14 (3.52%) Digital Architect
15 14 (3.52%) SAP Architect
15 14 (3.52%) SAP Developer
15 14 (3.52%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.53%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (3.52%) Middleware
3 13 (3.27%) BAPI
3 13 (3.27%) IBM Integration Bus
3 13 (3.27%) JMS
3 13 (3.27%) OAuth
3 13 (3.27%) REST
3 13 (3.27%) SAML
3 13 (3.27%) SOAP
4 6 (1.51%) SAP Basis
5 5 (1.26%) SAPUI5
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.75%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.50%) EDI
7 2 (0.50%) Node.js
8 1 (0.25%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (2.51%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.26%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.01%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.26%) FMCG
7 3 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.75%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.50%) Life Science
8 2 (0.50%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.25%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.25%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.25%) IoT
9 1 (0.25%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.75%) Windows
2 2 (0.50%) Linux
2 2 (0.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.25%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (36.93%) Source to Pay
2 132 (33.17%) ERP
3 116 (29.15%) Risk Management
4 89 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (18.84%) SAP Implementation
5 75 (18.84%) Test Management
5 75 (18.84%) User Acceptance Testing
6 74 (18.59%) Project Management
7 69 (17.34%) Business Strategy
7 69 (17.34%) Logistics
7 69 (17.34%) Roadmaps
8 67 (16.83%) Data Management
9 65 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (15.58%) Translating Business Requirements
11 61 (15.33%) Quality Management
11 61 (15.33%) Technical Leadership
12 59 (14.82%) Architectural Design
13 57 (14.32%) Data Collection
13 57 (14.32%) Impact Analysis
13 57 (14.32%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.53%) ABAP
2 3 (0.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 68 (17.09%) Degree
2 40 (10.05%) Master's Degree
3 39 (9.80%) MBA
4 14 (3.52%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.26%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.01%) SAP Certification
8 3 (0.75%) ACCA
8 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.75%) CIMA
9 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.50%) CIPD
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.78%) QA
2 9 (2.26%) GDPR
3 6 (1.51%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.75%) GRC
5 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (17.34%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 398 (100.00%) SAP
2 69 (17.34%) HP
3 37 (9.30%) OpenText
4 31 (7.79%) Ariba
5 14 (3.52%) IBM
6 9 (2.26%) Microsoft
7 4 (1.01%) Workday
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle
8 3 (0.75%) VMware
9 1 (0.25%) Concur