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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 129 228
Rank change year-on-year -4 +99 -28
Permanent jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 57 40 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.74% 1.30% 0.35%
As % of the Business Applications category 22.18% 12.01% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 50 40 26
10th Percentile £52,375 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £95,750 £104,375
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% -6.45% +19.23%

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 257 333 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.32% 10.79% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 194 259 293
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £27,300
25th Percentile £37,125 £30,580 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,700 £80,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year - +6.19% -5.83%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -3 48 £82,500 +43.48% 3
Coventry - 2 £100,000 - 2
Wolverhampton - 2 £52,500 -
Staffordshire - 2 £51,250 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) SAP CO
1 3 (5.26%) SAP FI
1 3 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (5.26%) SAP FSCM
1 3 (5.26%) SAP HCM
1 3 (5.26%) SAP Payroll
1 3 (5.26%) SAP PP
2 2 (3.51%) SAP Retail
2 2 (3.51%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.75%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.75%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.75%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.75%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.75%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.75%) SAP PS
3 1 (1.75%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) AWS
3 6 (10.53%) GCP
3 6 (10.53%) Snowflake
4 2 (3.51%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.75%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) DHCP
1 1 (1.75%) DNS
1 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) SAP HANA
2 6 (10.53%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Yeoman
2 2 (3.51%) Hudson
General
1 25 (43.86%) Finance
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Manufacturing
3 8 (14.04%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.28%) Law
5 5 (8.77%) Retail
6 4 (7.02%) Legal
7 3 (5.26%) Billing
8 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.75%) Back Office
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (29.82%) Architect
2 16 (28.07%) Consultant
3 15 (26.32%) SAP Consultant
4 11 (19.30%) Security Architect
5 9 (15.79%) SAP Support
6 8 (14.04%) SAP Manager
7 7 (12.28%) SAP Support Consultant
7 7 (12.28%) Support Consultant
8 6 (10.53%) Analyst
8 6 (10.53%) Data Architect
8 6 (10.53%) Developer
8 6 (10.53%) SAP Developer
9 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 5 (8.77%) SAP Analyst
9 5 (8.77%) Senior
10 4 (7.02%) Managed Services Consultant
10 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
10 4 (7.02%) SAP Project Manager
10 4 (7.02%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (7.02%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (8.77%) Node.js
2 5 (8.77%) OAuth
2 5 (8.77%) REST
2 5 (8.77%) SAPUI5
2 5 (8.77%) SOAP
3 4 (7.02%) JDBC
3 4 (7.02%) XML
4 2 (3.51%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.75%) BAPI
5 1 (1.75%) IBM Integration Bus
5 1 (1.75%) JMS
5 1 (1.75%) Middleware
5 1 (1.75%) SAML
5 1 (1.75%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (8.77%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.26%) Life Science
4 3 (5.26%) Private Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.75%) FMCG
5 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Migration
2 15 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (22.81%) Analytics
3 13 (22.81%) Roadmaps
4 12 (21.05%) Security Architecture
5 11 (19.30%) Identity Access Management
5 11 (19.30%) SABSA
5 11 (19.30%) Threat Modelling
5 11 (19.30%) TOGAF
6 9 (15.79%) Data Governance
6 9 (15.79%) Data Privacy
6 9 (15.79%) Project Delivery
7 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (14.04%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (12.28%) Data Migration
8 7 (12.28%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (10.53%) Agile
9 6 (10.53%) Data Architecture
9 6 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) ABAP
2 5 (8.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (19.30%) CCSP
2 11 (19.30%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (19.30%) CISM
2 11 (19.30%) CISSP
3 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.77%) PMI Certification
4 5 (8.77%) PMP
5 3 (5.26%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (3.51%) Degree
6 2 (3.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (19.30%) GDPR
2 11 (19.30%) NIST
3 9 (15.79%) Data Quality
4 6 (10.53%) GRC
5 3 (5.26%) ISO 20022
5 3 (5.26%) SLA
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.75%) IAG
1 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (10.53%) Databricks
3 4 (7.02%) Ariba
3 4 (7.02%) iManage
4 1 (1.75%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.75%) IBM
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.75%) VMware