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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 444 516
Rank change year-on-year -140 +72 +51
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 62 82 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 3.36% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 27
10th Percentile £373 £401 £432
25th Percentile £500 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £664 £675 £651
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £66.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.40% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.71% - -

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 3,485 2,441 3,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.04% 8.31% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,967 1,370 1,859
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 58 126
10th Percentile £23.99 £18.81 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £32.27 £22.08
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £71.91 £74.38 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -24.65%

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 10 June 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 15 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 10 June 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 -134 44 £510 -11.30% 7
UK excluding London -93 26 £510 -5.12% 6
Work from Home -41 21 £450 -23.21% 4
London -91 16 £553 -5.63% 3
East of England -15 11 £510 -15.00% 2
North of England -74 9 £550 +4.76% 1
North West -38 5 £588 +14.63% 1
Wales -12 2 £550 -
North East -24 2 - -
Yorkshire -54 2 £400 -38.46%
Midlands -69 2 - -
East Midlands -31 1 - -
West Midlands -54 1 - -
South East -75 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 60 (96.77%) SAP FI
1 60 (96.77%) SAP FI/CO
2 33 (53.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.61%) Primavera
4 1 (1.61%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.61%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.61%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.61%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.61%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Azure
1 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Hudson
General
1 46 (74.19%) Finance
2 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.45%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.45%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Billing
5 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Local Government
7 1 (1.61%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Consultant
2 25 (40.32%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (30.65%) SAP CO Consultant
4 18 (29.03%) SAP FI Consultant
4 18 (29.03%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 15 (24.19%) Project Manager
6 14 (22.58%) SAP Manager
6 14 (22.58%) SAP Project Manager
7 11 (17.74%) PMO Manager
7 11 (17.74%) PMO Project Manager
8 10 (16.13%) SAP PMO Manager
9 9 (14.52%) Lead
10 7 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 6 (9.68%) Analyst
12 5 (8.06%) SAP Support
13 4 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
13 4 (6.45%) SAP Business Consultant
13 4 (6.45%) SAP Financial Consultant
13 4 (6.45%) SAP Financial Support
13 4 (6.45%) SAP Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.61%) XML
2 1 (1.61%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.84%) FMCG
3 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.61%) Life Science
4 1 (1.61%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.19%) Migration
1 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
3 8 (12.90%) IT Strategy
4 7 (11.29%) ERP
4 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.29%) Project Management
5 6 (9.68%) Agile
5 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (8.06%) Record to Report
7 4 (6.45%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (6.45%) Accounts Receivable
7 4 (6.45%) Business Process Analysis
7 4 (6.45%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (6.45%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (6.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) ABAP
2 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) CCA
2 2 (3.23%) AAT
2 2 (3.23%) ACCA
2 2 (3.23%) CIMA
2 2 (3.23%) Degree
2 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.23%) PMP
2 2 (3.23%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) PMO
2 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.23%) ITGC
4 1 (1.61%) GAAP
4 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (4.84%) Ariba
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle
3 2 (3.23%) Planview
3 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow