SAP S/4HANA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 449 489
Rank change year-on-year +88 +40 -139
Permanent jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 449 226 442
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Business Applications category 16.36% 10.08% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 267 128 205
10th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,313 £95,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +3.17% -3.08%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,744 2,243 4,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.97% 5.11% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,468 2,936
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.04%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Trend

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

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

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 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
England +117 401 £80,000 +6.67% 172
UK excluding London +35 215 £80,000 +23.08% 113
London +76 165 £80,000 -2.74% 76
Work from Home +42 106 £75,000 - 74
North of England +46 104 £80,000 +45.45% 28
Midlands -11 61 £80,000 +14.29% 24
North West +45 54 £77,500 +3.33% 18
West Midlands -22 51 £80,000 +14.29% 15
Yorkshire -1 46 £85,000 +102.38% 9
South East -28 25 £85,000 +18.06% 36
East of England +1 17 £72,500 +11.54% 14
East Midlands -22 10 £80,000 +16.36% 9
Northern Ireland -38 6 - - 4
North East -36 4 £60,000 +140.00% 3
Scotland -2 1 - - 3
South West -57 1 £65,000 -29.73% 6

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (1.56%) Confluence
2 2 (0.45%) Camunda
2 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.89%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Maya
Business Applications
1 45 (10.02%) SAP IBP
1 45 (10.02%) SAP PP
2 31 (6.90%) SAP ERP
3 23 (5.12%) SAP FI
3 23 (5.12%) SAP MDG
4 22 (4.90%) SAP CO
5 21 (4.68%) SAP FI/CO
5 21 (4.68%) SAP SD
6 14 (3.12%) SAP MM
6 14 (3.12%) SAP QM
7 12 (2.67%) SAP HCM
7 12 (2.67%) SAP Travel Management
8 10 (2.23%) SAP EWM
8 10 (2.23%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (1.78%) SAP MDG-BP
9 8 (1.78%) SAP WM
10 7 (1.56%) SAP GTS
10 7 (1.56%) SAP PS
11 6 (1.34%) SAP PM
12 5 (1.11%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 38 (8.46%) Azure
2 32 (7.13%) SuccessFactors
3 25 (5.57%) AWS
4 19 (4.23%) GCP
5 9 (2.00%) SaaS
6 7 (1.56%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.56%) Snowflake
7 4 (0.89%) Boomi
7 4 (0.89%) Lucidchart
7 4 (0.89%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.67%) SAP Fieldglass
9 2 (0.45%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.45%) PaaS
9 2 (0.45%) SAP Leonardo
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.11%) HTTP
2 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) DHCP
3 1 (0.22%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.13%) SAP HANA
2 18 (4.01%) SAP BW
3 10 (2.23%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.56%) Power BI
4 7 (1.56%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (0.89%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.45%) Tableau
8 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.22%) MS Access
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle9i Database
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (3.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.11%) Yeoman
3 2 (0.45%) LSMW
4 1 (0.22%) Hudson
4 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Selenium
4 1 (0.22%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 145 (32.29%) Finance
2 101 (22.49%) Manufacturing
3 93 (20.71%) Social Skills
4 67 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (10.69%) Retail
6 46 (10.24%) Law
7 16 (3.56%) Legal
8 14 (3.12%) Billing
8 14 (3.12%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.23%) Back Office
10 8 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.34%) Banking
11 6 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.11%) Advertising
12 5 (1.11%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Aviation
14 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 157 (34.97%) Consultant
2 153 (34.08%) SAP Consultant
3 86 (19.15%) Architect
4 69 (15.37%) SAP Manager
5 47 (10.47%) SAP Architect
6 41 (9.13%) Managing Consultant
6 41 (9.13%) Senior
7 35 (7.80%) Lead
7 35 (7.80%) SAP PP Consultant
8 33 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
9 30 (6.68%) Project Manager
10 24 (5.35%) SAP Project Manager
11 23 (5.12%) Analyst
12 21 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
13 20 (4.45%) Senior Consultant
14 19 (4.23%) Data Architect
15 18 (4.01%) SAP Analyst
15 18 (4.01%) Senior SAP Consultant
16 17 (3.79%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 16 (3.56%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (20.04%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (7.35%) Middleware
3 13 (2.90%) SAP TM
4 8 (1.78%) SAP Basis
5 7 (1.56%) IDoc
5 7 (1.56%) SAP Core Interface
5 7 (1.56%) SAP PI
6 6 (1.34%) SAP ALE
6 6 (1.34%) SAPUI5
7 5 (1.11%) BAPI
7 5 (1.11%) EDI
7 5 (1.11%) Web Dynpro
7 5 (1.11%) XML
8 4 (0.89%) OAuth
8 4 (0.89%) REST
8 4 (0.89%) SAML
9 3 (0.67%) .NET
9 3 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.45%) JMS
10 2 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (16.04%) Greenfield Project
2 46 (10.24%) Life Science
3 21 (4.68%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (4.23%) FMCG
5 18 (4.01%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.78%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.34%) Replication
10 6 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (0.89%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.67%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.67%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.45%) Data Fabric
13 2 (0.45%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.22%) AIX
2 1 (0.22%) Unix
2 1 (0.22%) Windows
2 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (25.84%) ERP
2 92 (20.49%) Migration
3 90 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (19.15%) Analytics
5 84 (18.71%) Roadmaps
6 82 (18.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 66 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (14.48%) Data Migration
8 65 (14.48%) Logistics
9 57 (12.69%) Business Development
10 56 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (12.25%) System Integration Testing
12 53 (11.80%) Production Planning
13 51 (11.36%) Agile
14 46 (10.24%) Data Governance
14 46 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 43 (9.58%) Workshop Facilitation
16 42 (9.35%) Decision-Making
17 36 (8.02%) Change Management
17 36 (8.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 43 (9.58%) ABAP
2 6 (1.34%) Java
2 6 (1.34%) Python
2 6 (1.34%) SQL
3 3 (0.67%) Perl
4 1 (0.22%) C#
4 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (8.91%) Security Cleared
2 27 (6.01%) Degree
3 23 (5.12%) SAP Certification
4 18 (4.01%) PMI Certification
4 18 (4.01%) PMP
5 17 (3.79%) SC Cleared
6 14 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (2.90%) CCSP
7 13 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.90%) CISSP
8 11 (2.45%) CISM
9 8 (1.78%) HNC
10 7 (1.56%) ACCA
10 7 (1.56%) CIMA
11 6 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.11%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.89%) CCA
14 3 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.80%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.46%) GDPR
3 13 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.67%) NIST
5 9 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.78%) SLA
7 7 (1.56%) GRC
7 7 (1.56%) PMO
7 7 (1.56%) QA
8 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.67%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.67%) IFRS
8 3 (0.67%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.45%) GAAP
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (0.89%) Firmware
2 3 (0.67%) IAG
3 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Docker
4 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.45%) Terraform
3 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 448 (99.78%) SAP
2 39 (8.69%) Ariba
3 20 (4.45%) Oracle
4 14 (3.12%) OpenText
5 11 (2.45%) Microsoft
6 10 (2.23%) Concur
7 9 (2.00%) Workday
8 7 (1.56%) Databricks
9 4 (0.89%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.89%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.89%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.45%) Calypso
10 2 (0.45%) Google
10 2 (0.45%) IBM
10 2 (0.45%) Murex
10 2 (0.45%) YouTube
11 1 (0.22%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.22%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.22%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.22%) Sage