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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 437 502
Rank change year-on-year -65 +65 +134
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 77 97 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.49% 4.00% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 36 42
10th Percentile £520 - £379
25th Percentile £563 £500 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +2.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £618 £687
90th Percentile £782 £685 £855
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 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 3,095 2,425 3,364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 7.59% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,786 1,282 1,888
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £662 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £756 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £533 £525
% change year-on-year +3.29% +1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 50 90
10th Percentile £18.76 £22.27 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.60 £30.10 £46.06
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.75 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -27.86% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.25 £72.94
90th Percentile £91.19 £80.75 £86.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.02% -18.25% +51.45%

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 9 January 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 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 9 January 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 -69 63 £650 +23.81% 4
UK excluding London -52 35 £700 +19.66% 4
London -20 27 £578 +15.60%
Work from Home -31 16 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England -46 13 £815 +44.89%
South East -10 12 £675 +15.38% 3
North West -25 10 £815 +71.58%
West Midlands -30 7 £700 +19.66%
Midlands -37 7 £700 +19.66% 1
North East -15 2 - -
East of England -26 2 £580 -
Yorkshire -45 1 - -
Wales - 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 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 72 (93.51%) SAP FI
2 70 (90.91%) SAP FI/CO
3 48 (62.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.60%) SAP BPC
4 2 (2.60%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.30%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.30%) SAP FS
5 1 (1.30%) SAP GRC
5 1 (1.30%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.30%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.30%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.30%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.30%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.90%) Azure
1 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.30%) GitHub
3 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
1 3 (3.90%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) Hudson
General
1 58 (75.32%) Finance
2 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 7 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Banking
5 2 (2.60%) Automotive
5 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.30%) Billing
6 1 (1.30%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.30%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (50.65%) Consultant
2 37 (48.05%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (37.66%) SAP CO Consultant
4 25 (32.47%) SAP FI Consultant
4 25 (32.47%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 20 (25.97%) Lead
6 13 (16.88%) Architect
6 13 (16.88%) SAP Architect
7 8 (10.39%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (7.79%) Product Lead
8 6 (7.79%) SAP Support
8 6 (7.79%) SAP Support Consultant
8 6 (7.79%) Support Consultant
9 5 (6.49%) Principal Architect
9 5 (6.49%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 5 (6.49%) SAP Financial Leader
9 5 (6.49%) SAP Financial Support
9 5 (6.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 5 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.19%) SAP Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.30%) Node.js
2 1 (1.30%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (7.79%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.90%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.90%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) Life Science
6 1 (1.30%) FMCG
6 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (20.78%) Migration
3 11 (14.29%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 11 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (12.99%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (10.39%) Accounts Receivable
5 8 (10.39%) AI
5 8 (10.39%) Cash Management
5 8 (10.39%) Cost Control
5 8 (10.39%) Cost Management
5 8 (10.39%) Data Migration
5 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
5 8 (10.39%) Resource Allocation
5 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
5 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (9.09%) Business Activity Monitoring
6 7 (9.09%) ERP
6 7 (9.09%) Generative AI
6 7 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (7.79%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.60%) ABAP
2 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) ACCA
1 6 (7.79%) CIMA
2 3 (3.90%) CCA
2 3 (3.90%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.60%) AAT
3 2 (2.60%) CISA
3 2 (2.60%) CISM
3 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Degree
4 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.19%) IFRS
2 2 (2.60%) GDPR
2 2 (2.60%) GxP
2 2 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) PMO
Vendors
1 77 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (14.29%) Ariba
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.30%) OpenText
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle
4 1 (1.30%) Planview
4 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow