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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 430 550
Rank change year-on-year +58 +120 -131
Permanent jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 216 111 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.39% 0.26%
As % of the Business Applications category 13.42% 9.02% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 137 82 112
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,550 £47,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £64,070
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +1.45% -1.43%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,750 £94,250 £99,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £75,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% +2.65% +7.86%

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 1,610 1,230 2,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.46% 4.28% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 812 1,844
10th Percentile £30,580 £30,058 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,700 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

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 12 May 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 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +48 106 £80,000 +50.24% 25
Midlands -18 59 £80,000 +14.29% 20
North West +35 54 £76,250 +10.91% 11
West Midlands -9 50 £80,000 +25.49% 14
Yorkshire -14 48 £85,000 +102.38% 13
South East -12 28 £82,500 +14.58% 50
East of England -3 16 £72,500 +11.54% 19
East Midlands -32 9 £80,000 +16.36% 6
Northern Ireland -31 5 - -
North East -33 4 £60,000 +140.00% 2
Scotland 0 1 - - 10
South West - 1 £65,000 - 5
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 (0.93%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (12.96%) SAP ERP
2 17 (7.87%) SAP SD
3 13 (6.02%) SAP MDG
4 11 (5.09%) SAP IBP
4 11 (5.09%) SAP PP
4 11 (5.09%) SAP QM
5 9 (4.17%) SAP HCM
5 9 (4.17%) SAP Payroll
6 8 (3.70%) SAP MDG-BP
6 8 (3.70%) SAP Travel Management
7 7 (3.24%) SAP CO
7 7 (3.24%) SAP FI
7 7 (3.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (3.24%) SAP GTS
8 5 (2.31%) SAP EWM
8 5 (2.31%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 5 (2.31%) SAP MM
9 4 (1.85%) SAP APO
9 4 (1.85%) SAP Retail
9 4 (1.85%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.33%) Azure
2 15 (6.94%) AWS
3 11 (5.09%) GCP
3 11 (5.09%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (2.78%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.39%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.93%) Boomi
6 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.93%) Lucidchart
6 2 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.46%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.46%) SaaS
7 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.31%) HTTP
2 1 (0.46%) DHCP
2 1 (0.46%) DNS
2 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.26%) SAP HANA
2 9 (4.17%) SAP BW
3 7 (3.24%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.39%) Power BI
5 2 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (2.31%) JIRA
2 4 (1.85%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.93%) LSMW
4 1 (0.46%) Hudson
General
1 61 (28.24%) Finance
2 50 (23.15%) Manufacturing
3 46 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (21.30%) Social Skills
4 34 (15.74%) Retail
5 7 (3.24%) Legal
6 6 (2.78%) Billing
6 6 (2.78%) Law
7 4 (1.85%) Back Office
8 2 (0.93%) Banking
8 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.93%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.93%) Publishing
9 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (37.96%) Consultant
2 81 (37.50%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (16.67%) Architect
4 28 (12.96%) SAP Manager
5 20 (9.26%) SAP Architect
6 17 (7.87%) Analyst
6 17 (7.87%) Data Architect
6 17 (7.87%) SAP Support
7 14 (6.48%) Planning Manager
8 13 (6.02%) SAP Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.09%) SAP Data Architect
10 11 (5.09%) SAP Project Manager
11 10 (4.63%) Functional Consultant
11 10 (4.63%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 10 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 10 (4.63%) Senior
12 9 (4.17%) Security Architect
13 8 (3.70%) Lead
13 8 (3.70%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (18.98%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (8.33%) Middleware
3 9 (4.17%) SAP TM
4 7 (3.24%) SAP Core Interface
5 6 (2.78%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.31%) Web Dynpro
6 5 (2.31%) XML
7 3 (1.39%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.93%) BAPI
8 2 (0.93%) IBM Integration Bus
8 2 (0.93%) JMS
8 2 (0.93%) OAuth
8 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.93%) REST
8 2 (0.93%) SAML
8 2 (0.93%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.93%) SOAP
9 1 (0.46%) EDI
9 1 (0.46%) JSON
9 1 (0.46%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.57%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (6.48%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.63%) FMCG
5 7 (3.24%) Life Science
5 7 (3.24%) Private Cloud
6 6 (2.78%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.78%) Replication
7 5 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.46%) AIX
1 1 (0.46%) Linux
1 1 (0.46%) Windows
1 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 57 (26.39%) ERP
3 49 (22.69%) Migration
4 46 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (19.44%) System Integration Testing
6 36 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (15.74%) Roadmaps
8 33 (15.28%) Logistics
9 32 (14.81%) Data Migration
10 30 (13.89%) Data Governance
11 26 (12.04%) Decision-Making
12 25 (11.57%) Validation
13 24 (11.11%) Data Modelling
14 22 (10.19%) Translating Business Requirements
15 21 (9.72%) ITIL
16 19 (8.80%) Analytics
17 17 (7.87%) Project Delivery
17 17 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 17 (7.87%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 32 (14.81%) ABAP
2 3 (1.39%) Perl
3 1 (0.46%) Java
3 1 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (8.80%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 9 (4.17%) CCSP
3 9 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (4.17%) CISM
3 9 (4.17%) CISSP
4 8 (3.70%) HNC
5 6 (2.78%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.78%) PMP
6 5 (2.31%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.85%) Degree
7 4 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.39%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.06%) Data Quality
2 25 (11.57%) GDPR
3 11 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.63%) NIST
5 7 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.31%) GRC
6 5 (2.31%) QA
7 4 (1.85%) SLA
8 3 (1.39%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.39%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.46%) IFRS
9 1 (0.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.46%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.85%) Firmware
2 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.46%) IAG
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (4.63%) OpenText
3 9 (4.17%) Ariba
4 6 (2.78%) Databricks
4 6 (2.78%) Oracle
5 5 (2.31%) Microsoft
6 3 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.39%) Workday
7 2 (0.93%) IBM
7 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.46%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.46%) Sage
8 1 (0.46%) VMware