SAP S/4HANA Contracts

SAP S/4HANA
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP S/4HANA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 154 308
Rank change year-on-year +25 +154 -12
Contract jobs citing SAP S/4HANA 765 991 802
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.80% 1.74% 0.92%
As % of the Business Applications category 24.15% 27.05% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 449 372
10th Percentile £438 £463 £425
25th Percentile £513 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £599
Median % change year-on-year - +0.17% +8.91%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £688
90th Percentile £873 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile £27.83 £49.75 £45.75
25th Percentile £53.70 £55.00 £53.30
Median hourly rate £61.60 £95.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.16% +40.74% +255.26%
75th Percentile - £97.50 £81.25
90th Percentile £62.63 £99.00 £92.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £95.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -35.16% +118.82% +128.50%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP S/4HANA is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,168 3,663 5,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.45% 6.41% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,840 2,104 3,097
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £684 £653
90th Percentile £787 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £530 £515
% change year-on-year -0.94% +2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 57 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.58 £16.13
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.16 £49.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.04% +40.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.00 £61.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -19.35% +112.54% -5.90%

SAP S/4HANA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP S/4HANA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP S/4HANA.

Daily rate trend for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP S/4HANA.

Hourly rate trend for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP S/4HANA over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP S/4HANA in the UK

SAP S/4HANA
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP S/4HANA within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +24 566 £600 - 149
Work from Home +6 328 £600 - 223
UK excluding London -2 266 £550 -8.33% 66
London +108 262 £627 +3.72% 61
North of England +7 101 £525 -4.55% 18
East of England +71 76 £582 +36.94% 14
North West +24 53 £525 -2.78% 10
Midlands -1 43 £600 +9.09% 13
Yorkshire -11 43 £544 -9.38% 7
South East -70 38 £567 -17.30% 18
West Midlands -8 24 £525 -8.70% 9
East Midlands +6 17 £600 +11.11% 4
South West +23 12 £475 -37.70% 4
Scotland +48 9 £500 +5.26% 1
Wales +26 6 £550 -
North East - 1 £600 - 1

SAP S/4HANA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (0.92%) Confluence
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 64 (8.37%) SAP FI
2 47 (6.14%) SAP CO
2 47 (6.14%) SAP EWM
3 43 (5.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 40 (5.23%) SAP SD
5 25 (3.27%) SAP MDG
6 22 (2.88%) SAP MM
7 19 (2.48%) SAP ERP
8 14 (1.83%) SAP BPC
8 14 (1.83%) SAP PP
9 12 (1.57%) SAP HCM
9 12 (1.57%) SAP PS
10 10 (1.31%) SAP HR
10 10 (1.31%) SAP IS-U
10 10 (1.31%) SAP QM
11 9 (1.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 9 (1.18%) SAP PM
12 8 (1.05%) SAP GTS
12 8 (1.05%) SAP Retail
13 7 (0.92%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 36 (4.71%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (2.09%) Azure
3 6 (0.78%) WhatsApp
4 5 (0.65%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.52%) SaaS
5 4 (0.52%) Yammer
6 1 (0.13%) AWS
6 1 (0.13%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.13%) Boomi
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.13%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.13%) GCP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.13%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) HTTP
2 4 (0.52%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.24%) SAP HANA
2 17 (2.22%) SAP BW
3 14 (1.83%) SAP Data Services
4 11 (1.44%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.65%) DB2
5 5 (0.65%) Power BI
6 4 (0.52%) Metadata
7 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.39%) GIS
7 3 (0.39%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.26%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 19 (2.48%) JIRA
2 8 (1.05%) LSMW
3 4 (0.52%) Postman
3 4 (0.52%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.39%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) GCC
5 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 233 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 209 (27.32%) Finance
3 80 (10.46%) Pharmaceutical
4 66 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.63%) Manufacturing
5 47 (6.14%) Retail
6 25 (3.27%) Banking
7 19 (2.48%) Billing
7 19 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (1.96%) Public Sector
9 12 (1.57%) French Language
9 12 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.57%) Legal
10 8 (1.05%) Automotive
10 8 (1.05%) General Ledger
10 8 (1.05%) German Language
10 8 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.65%) Back Office
11 5 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 272 (35.56%) Consultant
2 237 (30.98%) SAP Consultant
3 148 (19.35%) Lead
4 82 (10.72%) Architect
5 79 (10.33%) SAP Manager
6 67 (8.76%) SAP Architect
7 56 (7.32%) Senior
8 53 (6.93%) Solutions Architect
9 49 (6.41%) Project Manager
10 48 (6.27%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 45 (5.88%) Analyst
12 42 (5.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 36 (4.71%) Functional Consultant
14 34 (4.44%) SAP Analyst
15 33 (4.31%) SAP Project Manager
16 28 (3.66%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 27 (3.53%) SAP EWM Consultant
17 27 (3.53%) SAP FI Consultant
18 26 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
19 24 (3.14%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.58%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (2.35%) SAP Basis
3 13 (1.70%) SAP TM
3 13 (1.70%) Web Services
4 12 (1.57%) BAPI
5 11 (1.44%) Middleware
6 10 (1.31%) IDoc
7 8 (1.05%) SAP ALE
8 7 (0.92%) EDI
9 5 (0.65%) REST
9 5 (0.65%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.65%) SAPUI5
10 4 (0.52%) JDBC
10 4 (0.52%) SOAP
10 4 (0.52%) XML
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.39%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.39%) Web Dynpro
12 2 (0.26%) Node.js
12 2 (0.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.18%) FMCG
2 30 (3.92%) Life Science
3 21 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.31%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.31%) Public Cloud
5 10 (1.31%) Replication
6 9 (1.18%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 7 (0.92%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.39%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (0.39%) IoT
10 3 (0.39%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.39%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.26%) LPAR
11 2 (0.26%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.65%) Linux
2 4 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.39%) zOS
4 2 (0.26%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 105 (13.73%) ERP
3 101 (13.20%) Migration
4 92 (12.03%) Project Management
5 78 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (8.50%) Agile
7 58 (7.58%) Data Migration
8 48 (6.27%) Logistics
9 46 (6.01%) Change Management
9 46 (6.01%) Roadmaps
10 44 (5.75%) Analytics
10 44 (5.75%) Business Transformation
10 44 (5.75%) Procure-to-Pay
10 44 (5.75%) Requirements Gathering
11 40 (5.23%) Project Delivery
12 36 (4.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 34 (4.44%) Order to Cash
13 34 (4.44%) Validation
14 33 (4.31%) Record to Report
15 29 (3.79%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 65 (8.50%) ABAP
2 13 (1.70%) SQL
3 4 (0.52%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.52%) Python
4 1 (0.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (6.41%) Degree
2 27 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 26 (3.40%) SAP Certification
4 20 (2.61%) SC Cleared
5 14 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.18%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.05%) PMP
9 5 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.52%) CBAP
11 2 (0.26%) CAPM
11 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.13%) ACCA
12 1 (0.13%) CCA
12 1 (0.13%) CIMA
12 1 (0.13%) CISM
12 1 (0.13%) CISSP
12 1 (0.13%) ISEB
12 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.01%) QA
2 20 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.57%) GxP
4 11 (1.44%) PMO
5 10 (1.31%) GDPR
6 8 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.92%) SLA
8 4 (0.52%) GRC
9 3 (0.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.13%) CRD IV
11 1 (0.13%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 744 (97.25%) SAP
2 112 (14.64%) Ariba
3 22 (2.88%) Oracle
4 16 (2.09%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.83%) Microsoft
6 12 (1.57%) Concur
7 8 (1.05%) Adobe
8 7 (0.92%) Hyperion
9 6 (0.78%) IBM
9 6 (0.78%) Reuters
10 5 (0.65%) HP
10 5 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.52%) FIS
11 4 (0.52%) OpenText
12 3 (0.39%) Blue Prism
12 3 (0.39%) Cadence
12 3 (0.39%) Kofax
12 3 (0.39%) ReadSoft
12 3 (0.39%) UiPath
12 3 (0.39%) Workday