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 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 483 459
Rank change year-on-year -103 -24 +58
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 75 70 89
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.95% 2.47% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 35 40
10th Percentile £500 £393 £448
25th Percentile £510 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +8.52% -1.82%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £575
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,850 2,836 2,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.21% 8.62% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,161 1,627 1,669
10th Percentile £360 £363 £352
25th Percentile £456 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £667 £681
90th Percentile £744 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -0.47% +0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 57 84
10th Percentile £18.22 £16.52 £23.43
25th Percentile £26.41 £26.72 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.49 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -10.02% -16.15%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.30 £79.50 £65.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £51.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +14.43% -20.34%

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 August 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 14 August 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 -112 50 £575 -3.04% 34
UK excluding London -96 27 £510 -21.54% 19
Work from Home -38 25 £575 -1.88% 24
London -77 22 £735 +25.43% 15
East of England -11 10 £510 -12.07%
North of England -65 5 £625 +19.05% 5
North West -41 4 £625 +21.95% 3
Midlands -51 4 - - 3
West Midlands -51 4 - - 1
South East -76 3 £625 -3.85% 4
South West - 2 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £500 - 3
Wales -15 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -39 1 £400 -38.46% 1

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:

Business Applications
1 71 (94.67%) SAP FI
2 69 (92.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 38 (50.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (4.00%) SAP IS-U
4 3 (4.00%) SAP PS
4 3 (4.00%) SAP SD
5 2 (2.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (2.67%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (2.67%) SAP ERP
5 2 (2.67%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (2.67%) SAP GRC
5 2 (2.67%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.67%) SAP SM
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (1.33%) Primavera
6 1 (1.33%) SAP BPC
6 1 (1.33%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (1.33%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.33%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.67%) Azure
1 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Hudson
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 46 (61.33%) Finance
2 14 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.33%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.00%) General Ledger
5 5 (6.67%) Banking
5 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Billing
7 3 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.67%) Legal
8 2 (2.67%) Local Government
8 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.33%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (52.00%) Consultant
2 33 (44.00%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (30.67%) SAP CO Consultant
4 20 (26.67%) SAP FI Consultant
5 19 (25.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 13 (17.33%) SAP Manager
7 12 (16.00%) Project Manager
7 12 (16.00%) SAP Project Manager
8 10 (13.33%) PMO Manager
8 10 (13.33%) PMO Project Manager
8 10 (13.33%) SAP PMO Manager
9 9 (12.00%) Senior
10 8 (10.67%) Lead
10 8 (10.67%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (8.00%) Analyst
11 6 (8.00%) Architect
11 6 (8.00%) SAP Analyst
12 5 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
12 5 (6.67%) SAP Architect
12 5 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (2.67%) XML
2 1 (1.33%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.33%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (6.67%) FMCG
3 4 (5.33%) Life Science
4 2 (2.67%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (14.67%) Migration
3 10 (13.33%) ERP
4 9 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (10.67%) Data Migration
5 8 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (9.33%) Agile
6 7 (9.33%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.33%) Project Management
7 6 (8.00%) Accounts Payable
7 6 (8.00%) Accounts Receivable
7 6 (8.00%) Analytics
7 6 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.00%) IT Strategy
7 6 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.00%) Record to Report
8 5 (6.67%) Budgeting
8 5 (6.67%) Cost Centre Accounting
8 5 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.33%) ABAP
2 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.00%) CCA
4 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.33%) PMO
2 2 (2.67%) GRC
2 2 (2.67%) IFRS
2 2 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.33%) GAAP
3 1 (1.33%) ITGC
Vendors
1 75 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (13.33%) Ariba
3 2 (2.67%) Oracle
4 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow