SAP CO Contract Job Trends

SAP Controlling (CO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP CO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 440 515
Rank change year-on-year -110 +75 +82
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 69 84 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.03% 3.48% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 31
10th Percentile £373 £405 £430
25th Percentile £510 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% -
75th Percentile £725 £623 £686
90th Percentile £815 £662 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £585 £650
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +26.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP CO falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,400 2,417 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 8.21% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,946 1,362 1,935
10th Percentile £363 £400 £364
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +3.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 51 113
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £59.50
90th Percentile £87.35 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

SAP CO
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP CO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP CO job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP CO
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO

SAP CO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP CO over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO

SAP CO
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CO within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -125 53 £600 +9.34% 16
London -51 25 £556 +8.49% 9
UK excluding London -98 25 £625 +6.84% 10
Work from Home -43 20 £400 -21.95% 9
North of England -68 10 £550 -6.38% 4
North West -46 6 £683 - 2
Midlands -65 6 £700 +14.29% 2
West Midlands -63 5 £700 +19.66%
East of England -34 4 £500 -16.67% 1
South East -48 3 £707 +31.84% 3
North East -14 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -55 2 £400 -38.46% 2
Wales - 2 £550 -
East Midlands -34 1 - - 2

SAP CO
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 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 66 (95.65%) SAP FI
2 65 (94.20%) SAP FI/CO
3 36 (52.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.90%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.90%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.45%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.45%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.45%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) Azure
1 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Hudson
General
1 50 (72.46%) Finance
2 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Banking
4 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.25%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.80%) Legal
7 3 (4.35%) General Ledger
7 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Automotive
8 2 (2.90%) Billing
8 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.45%) Local Government
9 1 (1.45%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (44.93%) Consultant
2 30 (43.48%) SAP Consultant
3 24 (34.78%) SAP CO Consultant
4 22 (31.88%) SAP FI Consultant
4 22 (31.88%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 15 (21.74%) Lead
6 10 (14.49%) Project Manager
7 9 (13.04%) SAP Manager
7 9 (13.04%) SAP Project Manager
8 8 (11.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (8.70%) Analyst
10 5 (7.25%) Product Lead
10 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Leader
10 5 (7.25%) SAP Support
10 5 (7.25%) SAP Support Consultant
10 5 (7.25%) Support Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) PMO Manager
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Architect
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Business Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.45%) XML
2 1 (1.45%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.45%) FMCG
3 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.45%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Migration
2 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (20.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (15.94%) Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (13.04%) ERP
5 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (11.59%) Data Migration
7 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (8.70%) Process Improvement
8 6 (8.70%) Record to Report
9 5 (7.25%) Agile
9 5 (7.25%) Change Management
9 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.25%) Project Management
9 5 (7.25%) Translating Business Requirements
9 5 (7.25%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (5.80%) Business Process Analysis
10 4 (5.80%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (5.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.25%) ABAP
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) CCA
2 4 (5.80%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.90%) AAT
3 2 (2.90%) ACCA
3 2 (2.90%) CIMA
3 2 (2.90%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.90%) PMP
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) PMO
2 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.90%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.45%) GAAP
4 1 (1.45%) ITGC
4 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.04%) Ariba
3 2 (2.90%) Planview
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle
4 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow