SAP CO Contracts

SAP Controlling (CO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP CO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP CO over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 514 546
Rank change year-on-year +42 +32 +193
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 79 81 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.03% 2.57% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 37
10th Percentile £395 £433 £485
25th Percentile £450 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £581 £600
90th Percentile £688 £600 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £62.13 - £27.00
25th Percentile £63.44 - £45.00
Median hourly rate £66.25 - £65.00
75th Percentile £68.44 - £76.88
90th Percentile £69.38 - £89.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £77.50

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 2,610 3,156 3,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.26% 7.27% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,476 1,853 2,230
10th Percentile £386 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £669 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 59
10th Percentile £20.00 £15.74 £22.60
25th Percentile £30.25 £25.00 £36.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.33 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -17.70% +35.51%
75th Percentile £72.50 £57.50 £60.63
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year +50.00% -25.46% +59.02%

SAP CO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP CO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP CO.

Daily rate trend for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP CO over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP CO.

Hourly rate trend for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 14 Contract 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 4 July 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 +62 56 £586 +8.52% 145
London +38 30 £586 +8.52% 46
UK excluding London +26 23 £550 - 102
Work from Home +33 21 £593 +9.81% 41
South East +42 7 £536 +7.25% 30
Midlands +5 7 £650 +13.04% 13
North of England +6 6 £525 -4.55% 29
East Midlands +3 5 £650 +13.04% 6
North West +3 3 £513 -6.82% 18
East of England +18 2 £600 +14.29% 13
West Midlands +9 2 - - 7
North East - 2 £525 - 3
Yorkshire +3 1 £650 - 8
Wales - 1 - - 2

SAP CO
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 75 (94.94%) SAP FI
2 73 (92.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 54 (68.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (7.59%) SAP PS
5 4 (5.06%) SAP MDG
6 3 (3.80%) SAP BPC
7 2 (2.53%) SAP ECC
7 2 (2.53%) SAP HR
7 2 (2.53%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (1.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (1.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.27%) Primavera
8 1 (1.27%) SAP PM
8 1 (1.27%) SAP SD
8 1 (1.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.27%) SaaS
1 1 (1.27%) Vertex AI
1 1 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.27%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) LSMW
General
1 55 (69.62%) Finance
2 26 (32.91%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.19%) General Ledger
4 11 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (12.66%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.33%) Billing
7 4 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Banking
8 2 (2.53%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.27%) Automotive
9 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.27%) Law
9 1 (1.27%) Marketing
9 1 (1.27%) Norwegian Language
9 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.27%) Retail
9 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (60.76%) Consultant
2 46 (58.23%) SAP Consultant
3 35 (44.30%) SAP CO Consultant
4 32 (40.51%) SAP FI Consultant
4 32 (40.51%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 10 (12.66%) Lead
6 9 (11.39%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (7.59%) Analyst
7 6 (7.59%) Business Analyst
7 6 (7.59%) SAP Support
8 5 (6.33%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 5 (6.33%) SAP PS Consultant
9 4 (5.06%) Project Consultant
9 4 (5.06%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) SAP CO Business Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) SAP FI Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) SAP FI Business Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.52%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.27%) BAPI
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.27%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (6.33%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (5.06%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.99%) Accounts Payable
2 14 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (15.19%) Accounts Receivable
3 12 (15.19%) Migration
4 11 (13.92%) Analytics
4 11 (13.92%) Process Improvement
5 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.13%) Data Migration
6 8 (10.13%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (8.86%) Budgeting
7 7 (8.86%) Profit Centre Accounting
7 7 (8.86%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (8.86%) Validation
7 7 (8.86%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 6 (7.59%) Cash Management
8 6 (7.59%) Cost Control
8 6 (7.59%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (7.59%) Revenue Recognition
8 6 (7.59%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.86%) Degree
2 7 (8.86%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.80%) ACCA
5 2 (2.53%) CCA
6 1 (1.27%) CIMA
6 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) IFRS
2 2 (2.53%) GRC
3 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.27%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (12.66%) Ariba
3 4 (5.06%) Workday
4 2 (2.53%) Google
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.53%) Oracle
5 1 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.27%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.27%) Cognos
5 1 (1.27%) Concur
5 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.27%) OpenText
5 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow