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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	604	484	467
Rank change year-on-year	-120	-17	+35
Contract jobs citing SAP CO	85	81	97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.15%	0.24%	0.26%
As % of the Business Applications category	2.19%	2.80%	3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted	32	40	44
10^th Percentile	£501	£448	£491
25^th Percentile	£510	£522	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£613	£593	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.29%	+7.82%	+4.17%
75^th Percentile	£729	£688	£600
90^th Percentile	£1,225	£700	£735
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	0	0
Median hourly rate	£95.00	-	-
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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills	3,877	2,895	2,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	7.01%	8.70%	7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,102	1,652	1,466
10^th Percentile	£363	£358	£363
25^th Percentile	£463	£450	£451
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£550
75^th Percentile	£656	£666	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£750	£775
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£538	£525
% change year-on-year	-2.33%	+2.38%	-2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	184	52	71
10^th Percentile	£15.04	£13.40	£30.00
25^th Percentile	£19.50	£24.49	£35.18
Median hourly rate	£37.68	£32.50	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	+15.95%	-23.53%	-24.77%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.63	£61.60
90^th Percentile	£89.63	£85.90	£68.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£37.68	£35.16	£41.50
% change year-on-year	+7.19%	-15.29%	-26.54%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 16 October 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.

SAP CO Top 13 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 16 October 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	-139	57	£625	-3.85%	29
London	-87	28	£793	+36.52%	11
Work from Home	-71	26	£625	+10.04%	18
UK excluding London	-98	25	£510	-21.54%	19
East of England	-23	7	£510	-12.07%
Midlands	-52	5	-	-	6
West Midlands	-45	4	-	-	6
North West	-47	4	£625	+21.95%	2
North of England	-67	4	£625	+21.95%	3
South East	-65	3	£625	-3.85%	6
Wales	-11	2	-	-	4
Scotland	-	2	£500	-
South West	-	2	-	-

SAP CO Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SAP CO also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for SAP CO.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP	100.0%	85
2	SAP FI	96.5%	82
3	SAP FI/CO	89.4%	76
4	SAP S/4HANA	64.7%	55
5	Stakeholder Management	31.8%	27
6	Migration	28.2%	24
7	Data Migration	20.0%	17
8	Ariba	17.6%	15
8	Security Cleared	17.6%	15
10	SC Cleared	16.5%	14
10	User Acceptance Testing	16.5%	14
12	Analytics	15.3%	13
13	Project Management	12.9%	11
14	Requirements Gathering	11.8%	10
14	Validation	11.8%	10
16	Cutover Planning	10.6%	9
16	Project Delivery	10.6%	9
16	Revenue Recognition	10.6%	9
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.6%	9
16	Workshop Facilitation	10.6%	9
21	Budgeting	9.4%	8
21	EAM	9.4%	8
21	ERP	9.4%	8
21	SAP SD	9.4%	8
25	Asset Management	8.2%	7
25	Integration Testing	8.2%	7
25	PMO	8.2%	7
25	Programme Delivery	8.2%	7
25	Roadmaps	8.2%	7
25	SAP Fiori	8.2%	7

SAP CO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Business Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP FI	96.5%	82
2	SAP FI/CO	89.4%	76
3	SAP S/4HANA	64.7%	55
4	SAP SD	9.4%	8
5	SAP MM	8.2%	7
5	SAP PM	8.2%	7
5	SAP PS	8.2%	7
8	SAP PP	4.7%	4
9	SAP FI-CA	3.5%	3
10	SAP BRIM	2.4%	2
10	SAP GRC	2.4%	2
10	SAP IS-U	2.4%	2
10	SAP SM	2.4%	2
14	OpenText VIM for SAP	1.2%	1
14	Primavera	1.2%	1
14	SAP BPC	1.2%	1
14	SAP ERP	1.2%	1
14	SAP EWM	1.2%	1
14	SAP FI-AP	1.2%	1
14	SAP FI-FM	1.2%	1