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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 433 506
Rank change year-on-year -88 +73 +115
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 80 96 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.57% 4.05% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 33
10th Percentile £438 £448 £453
25th Percentile £550 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% +6.67% -3.67%
75th Percentile £725 £644 £648
90th Percentile £793 £678 £858
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £568 £550
% change year-on-year +23.35% +3.18% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
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 3,110 2,371 3,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 7.70% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 1,287 1,967
10th Percentile £358 £375 £384
25th Percentile £450 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £658 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 55 118
10th Percentile £19.75 £22.27 £16.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £35.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £54.00 £59.40 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.05% +27.35%
75th Percentile £73.13 £80.75 £60.19
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £59.40 £47.50
% change year-on-year -4.88% +25.05% +27.35%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -93 63 £623 +12.16% 7
London -52 31 £556 +5.90%
UK excluding London -61 29 £700 +23.35% 6
Work from Home -30 21 £550 +4.76% 2
North of England -75 10 £815 +51.63% 1
South East -29 8 £678 +29.86% 1
Midlands -62 8 £700 +19.66% 4
North West -27 7 £815 +71.58% 1
West Midlands -54 7 £700 +19.66% 3
North East -18 2 - -
East of England -28 2 £545 -9.17%
East Midlands -25 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 74 (92.50%) SAP FI
2 72 (90.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 49 (61.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.50%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (1.25%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.25%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.25%) SAP FS
5 1 (1.25%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.25%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.25%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.25%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.25%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.25%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.50%) Azure
1 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.25%) GitHub
2 1 (1.25%) SaaS
2 1 (1.25%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) Power BI
1 2 (2.50%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) GitLab
2 1 (1.25%) Hudson
General
1 60 (75.00%) Finance
2 20 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.75%) Banking
4 7 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Automotive
8 2 (2.50%) Legal
8 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.25%) Billing
9 1 (1.25%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.25%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.25%) Local Government
9 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.25%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (52.50%) Consultant
1 42 (52.50%) SAP Consultant
2 34 (42.50%) SAP CO Consultant
3 30 (37.50%) SAP FI Consultant
3 30 (37.50%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 21 (26.25%) Lead
5 8 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Architect
6 7 (8.75%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.75%) SAP Architect
7 6 (7.50%) Product Lead
7 6 (7.50%) SAP Manager
7 6 (7.50%) SAP Project Manager
7 6 (7.50%) SAP Support
7 6 (7.50%) SAP Support Consultant
7 6 (7.50%) Support Consultant
8 5 (6.25%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 5 (6.25%) SAP Financial Leader
8 5 (6.25%) SAP Financial Support
8 5 (6.25%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (22.50%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.25%) Node.js
2 1 (1.25%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.75%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.75%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.50%) Life Science
3 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.25%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (25.00%) Migration
3 13 (16.25%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (13.75%) Data Migration
5 10 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (8.75%) ERP
7 7 (8.75%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (8.75%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (7.50%) Business Process Analysis
8 6 (7.50%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (7.50%) Project Management
9 5 (6.25%) Agile
9 5 (6.25%) Change Management
9 5 (6.25%) Cost Centre Accounting
9 5 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.25%) Process Improvement
9 5 (6.25%) Profit Centre Accounting
9 5 (6.25%) Roadmaps
9 5 (6.25%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) ABAP
2 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.00%) CCA
1 4 (5.00%) SAP Certification
2 3 (3.75%) ACCA
2 3 (3.75%) CIMA
3 2 (2.50%) AAT
3 2 (2.50%) Degree
3 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.50%) PMP
3 2 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.75%) PMO
3 2 (2.50%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.25%) ITGC
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (15.00%) Ariba
3 2 (2.50%) Planview
3 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.25%) OpenText
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle