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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 462 503
Rank change year-on-year -27 +41 +188
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 76 94 136
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.47% 3.48% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 42 42
10th Percentile £443 - £414
25th Percentile £525 £500 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% +3.57% -7.49%
75th Percentile £700 £597 £619
90th Percentile £725 £745 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £688 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -14.89%

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 3,076 2,698 3,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.66% 7.35% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,763 1,438 2,052
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £654 £665 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 67 85
10th Percentile £13.40 £24.14 £30.96
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -28.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £78.25 £61.68 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.82 £79.55 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +61.40%

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 14 November 2025.

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 11 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 14 November 2025. 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 -48 53 £650 +23.81% 30
UK excluding London -26 29 £688 +25.00% 19
London 0 23 £530 +6.00% 10
Work from Home -6 19 £550 +10.00% 24
South East +7 11 £663 +39.47% 9
Midlands -22 10 £700 +27.27% 6
West Midlands - 7 £700 - 5
North West -19 6 £815 +48.18% 1
North of England -48 6 £815 +48.18% 1
East Midlands -13 3 - - 1
East of England -16 2 £580 -

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (92.11%) SAP FI
2 69 (90.79%) SAP FI/CO
3 52 (68.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (7.89%) SAP PS
5 5 (6.58%) SAP MDG
6 2 (2.63%) SAP BPC
7 1 (1.32%) Primavera
7 1 (1.32%) SAP CRM
7 1 (1.32%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.32%) SAP FS
7 1 (1.32%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.32%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.95%) Azure
3 2 (2.63%) SaaS
3 2 (2.63%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.32%) GitHub
4 1 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) Power BI
2 3 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.95%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.95%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.63%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Git
1 1 (1.32%) GitLab
General
1 59 (77.63%) Finance
2 12 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.16%) Manufacturing
4 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.21%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.89%) Billing
6 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Spanish Language
6 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.32%) Automotive
7 1 (1.32%) Banking
7 1 (1.32%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Law
7 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (59.21%) Consultant
2 43 (56.58%) SAP Consultant
3 33 (43.42%) SAP CO Consultant
4 27 (35.53%) SAP FI Consultant
4 27 (35.53%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 12 (15.79%) Architect
5 12 (15.79%) Lead
5 12 (15.79%) SAP Architect
6 7 (9.21%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (7.89%) SAP PS Consultant
8 5 (6.58%) Principal Architect
9 4 (5.26%) Project Consultant
9 4 (5.26%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.26%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.26%) SAP Support
9 4 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.95%) Junior
10 3 (3.95%) SAP Financial Architect
10 3 (3.95%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (3.95%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.32%) Node.js
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.32%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.95%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.95%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.63%) Life Science
5 1 (1.32%) FMCG
5 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.11%) Cost Control
2 12 (15.79%) Cost Management
2 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (14.47%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 10 (13.16%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 9 (11.84%) Risk Management
6 8 (10.53%) Accounts Receivable
6 8 (10.53%) AI
6 8 (10.53%) Analytics
6 8 (10.53%) Cash Management
6 8 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.53%) Process Improvement
6 8 (10.53%) Resource Allocation
6 8 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.21%) Business Activity Monitoring
7 7 (9.21%) Data Migration
7 7 (9.21%) Generative AI
7 7 (9.21%) Migration
7 7 (9.21%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (9.21%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.26%) ACCA
1 4 (5.26%) CIMA
2 3 (3.95%) SAP Certification
2 3 (3.95%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.95%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.63%) CISA
3 2 (2.63%) CISM
4 1 (1.32%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) IFRS
2 3 (3.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.63%) GDPR
3 2 (2.63%) GxP
4 1 (1.32%) GRC
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (18.42%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.95%) Oracle
4 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.63%) Workday
5 1 (1.32%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.32%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.32%) OpenText