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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 471 529
Rank change year-on-year -4 +58 +183
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 79 92 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.82% 3.27% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 35
10th Percentile £440 £484 £418
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £688 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £734 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £15.00
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 2,803 2,817 3,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 7.34% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,586 1,535 2,028
10th Percentile £360 £353 £361
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 79 68
10th Percentile £13.59 £24.90 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.18 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.49 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.60 £64.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +73.84%

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
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 September 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 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 14 September 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 -1 60 £625 +15.74% 23
UK excluding London -9 30 £650 +18.18% 12
London +10 28 £586 +17.20% 10
Work from Home +2 18 £586 +17.20% 18
South East +19 10 £650 +36.84% 8
Midlands -8 8 £650 +13.04% 2
North of England -13 8 £525 -4.55% 2
East Midlands -1 5 £650 +13.04% 2
North West -12 5 £513 -6.82%
East of England +3 3 £580 +10.48%
West Midlands - 3 - -
North East -1 2 £525 -12.50%
Yorkshire -13 1 £650 +15.56% 2
Wales - 1 - -

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 74 (93.67%) SAP FI
2 71 (89.87%) SAP FI/CO
3 58 (73.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (8.86%) SAP PS
5 4 (5.06%) SAP MDG
6 1 (1.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Primavera
6 1 (1.27%) SAP BPC
6 1 (1.27%) SAP EWM
6 1 (1.27%) SAP GRC
6 1 (1.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.80%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.53%) Azure
2 2 (2.53%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.27%) SaaS
3 1 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.80%) Power BI
2 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.53%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.53%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) LSMW
General
1 62 (78.48%) Finance
2 11 (13.92%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.66%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.59%) Billing
6 5 (6.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (5.06%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.53%) Banking
8 2 (2.53%) Law
8 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.27%) Automotive
9 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (62.03%) Consultant
2 45 (56.96%) SAP Consultant
3 34 (43.04%) SAP CO Consultant
4 29 (36.71%) SAP FI Consultant
4 29 (36.71%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 10 (12.66%) Architect
5 10 (12.66%) SAP Architect
6 9 (11.39%) Lead
6 9 (11.39%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (7.59%) SAP PS Consultant
8 5 (6.33%) Principal Architect
9 4 (5.06%) Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) Business Analyst
9 4 (5.06%) Project Consultant
10 3 (3.80%) Junior
10 3 (3.80%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (3.80%) SAP Financial Support
10 3 (3.80%) SAP Support
10 3 (3.80%) Senior
10 3 (3.80%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.80%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.53%) FMCG
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.27%) Life Science
5 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.46%) Accounts Receivable
1 13 (16.46%) Cost Control
2 12 (15.19%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 12 (15.19%) Cost Management
2 12 (15.19%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (12.66%) Analytics
4 10 (12.66%) Migration
5 9 (11.39%) Data Migration
5 9 (11.39%) Risk Management
6 8 (10.13%) Cash Management
6 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.13%) Process Improvement
6 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (10.13%) Resource Allocation
6 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.86%) Business Activity Monitoring
7 7 (8.86%) Generative AI
7 7 (8.86%) Validation
7 7 (8.86%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) ACCA
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) CIMA
3 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) CCA
4 2 (2.53%) CISA
4 2 (2.53%) CISM
4 2 (2.53%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) IFRS
2 3 (3.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.53%) GDPR
3 2 (2.53%) GxP
4 1 (1.27%) GRC
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (11.39%) Ariba
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.53%) Oracle
4 2 (2.53%) Workday
5 1 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.27%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.27%) Cognos
5 1 (1.27%) OpenText
5 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow