SAP S/4HANA Job Trends in the West Midlands

SAP S/4HANA
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SAP S/4HANA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 134 192
Rank change year-on-year -25 +58 -22
Permanent jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 54 35 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.60% 1.08% 0.38%
As % of the Business Applications category 17.82% 12.87% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 35 35 13
10th Percentile £52,500 - £49,650
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -3.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £75,000 £100,500
England median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.76% +21.43%

All Business Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 303 272 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.39% 8.36% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 212 227 202
10th Percentile £30,025 £30,580 -
25th Percentile £37,375 £32,500 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £54,298 £45,428
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +19.53% -24.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% -4.07% -

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SAP S/4HANA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

SAP S/4HANA
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the West Midlands

SAP S/4HANA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Birmingham -21 40 £82,500 +34.69% 11
Staffordshire - 7 £55,000 - 1
Warwickshire - 2 - - 7
Coventry - 2 £100,000 - 15
SAP S/4HANA
England

SAP S/4HANA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) SAP SD
2 2 (3.70%) SAP CO
2 2 (3.70%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (3.70%) SAP MM
2 2 (3.70%) SAP Retail
3 1 (1.85%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.85%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.85%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.85%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) AWS
1 4 (7.41%) Azure
1 4 (7.41%) GCP
1 4 (7.41%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Hudson
1 4 (7.41%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.85%) LSMW
General
1 22 (40.74%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Manufacturing
2 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Law
3 6 (11.11%) Legal
4 5 (9.26%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Billing
6 1 (1.85%) Automotive
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (37.04%) Architect
2 12 (22.22%) Consultant
3 11 (20.37%) SAP Consultant
4 9 (16.67%) Security Architect
5 7 (12.96%) Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Business Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Developer
5 7 (12.96%) SAP Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) SAP Architect
5 7 (12.96%) SAP Business Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) SAP Developer
6 6 (11.11%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 6 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.26%) SAP Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 4 (7.41%) Data Architect
8 4 (7.41%) Managed Services Consultant
8 4 (7.41%) SAP Support
8 4 (7.41%) SAP Support Consultant
8 4 (7.41%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.37%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (12.96%) Node.js
2 7 (12.96%) SAPUI5
3 6 (11.11%) JDBC
3 6 (11.11%) OAuth
3 6 (11.11%) REST
3 6 (11.11%) SOAP
4 4 (7.41%) XML
5 2 (3.70%) SAP Basis
6 1 (1.85%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) Migration
2 12 (22.22%) Analytics
3 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (20.37%) Roadmaps
4 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.52%) Security Architecture
5 9 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (16.67%) SABSA
5 9 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (16.67%) TOGAF
6 8 (14.81%) Data Migration
6 8 (14.81%) Runbook
7 7 (12.96%) Event-Driven
7 7 (12.96%) Unit Testing
7 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
8 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 6 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) ABAP
1 7 (12.96%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 9 (16.67%) CCSP
1 9 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (16.67%) CISM
1 9 (16.67%) CISSP
1 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) SAP Certification
4 3 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.56%) PMP
5 1 (1.85%) ACCA
5 1 (1.85%) CCA
5 1 (1.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) GDPR
1 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (16.67%) NIST
2 5 (9.26%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (11.11%) iManage
3 4 (7.41%) Ariba
3 4 (7.41%) Databricks
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft