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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 457 498
Rank change year-on-year -50 +41 +180
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 80 98 136
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.64% 3.64% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 46 41
10th Percentile £448 - £413
25th Percentile £522 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £700 £597 £625
90th Percentile £729 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -13.04%

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 3,025 2,694 3,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.65% 7.33% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,720 1,442 2,045
10th Percentile £357 £363 £369
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £665 £664
90th Percentile £750 £752 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 67 86
10th Percentile £14.98 £25.24 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -26.54% +25.53%
75th Percentile £78.06 £61.68 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £79.55 £89.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +25.53%

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 7 November 2025.

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 11 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 7 November 2025. 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 -44 57 £650 +20.37% 47
UK excluding London -38 31 £650 +18.18% 32
London -14 25 £535 +7.00% 27
Work from Home +4 20 £550 +10.00% 16
South East +11 11 £663 +39.47% 22
Midlands -17 11 £700 +21.74% 4
North West -23 7 £664 +20.68% 2
North of England -37 7 £664 +20.68% 2
West Midlands - 6 £700 - 2
East Midlands -19 5 £650 +13.04% 2
East of England -15 2 £580 +16.00%

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 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 74 (92.50%) SAP FI
2 73 (91.25%) SAP FI/CO
3 57 (71.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (7.50%) SAP PS
5 5 (6.25%) SAP MDG
6 2 (2.50%) SAP BPC
7 1 (1.25%) Primavera
7 1 (1.25%) SAP CRM
7 1 (1.25%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.25%) SAP FS
7 1 (1.25%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.25%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.75%) Azure
3 2 (2.50%) SaaS
3 2 (2.50%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.25%) GitHub
4 1 (1.25%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.75%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.75%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Git
1 1 (1.25%) GitLab
General
1 62 (77.50%) Finance
2 12 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.75%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.50%) Billing
6 2 (2.50%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Spanish Language
6 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.25%) Automotive
7 1 (1.25%) Banking
7 1 (1.25%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Law
7 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (61.25%) Consultant
2 47 (58.75%) SAP Consultant
3 37 (46.25%) SAP CO Consultant
4 31 (38.75%) SAP FI Consultant
4 31 (38.75%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 12 (15.00%) Lead
6 11 (13.75%) Architect
6 11 (13.75%) SAP Architect
7 7 (8.75%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (7.50%) SAP PS Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Principal Architect
10 4 (5.00%) Project Consultant
10 4 (5.00%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.00%) SAP Support
11 3 (3.75%) Junior
11 3 (3.75%) SAP Financial Consultant
11 3 (3.75%) SAP Financial Leader
11 3 (3.75%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 3 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
12 2 (2.50%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (23.75%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.25%) Node.js
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.25%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.75%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.50%) FMCG
4 2 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.50%) Life Science
5 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.25%) Cost Control
2 12 (15.00%) Cost Management
2 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (13.75%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 10 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
4 10 (12.50%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
6 8 (10.00%) AI
6 8 (10.00%) Analytics
6 8 (10.00%) Cash Management
6 8 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 8 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
6 8 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.75%) Business Activity Monitoring
7 7 (8.75%) Data Migration
7 7 (8.75%) Generative AI
7 7 (8.75%) Migration
7 7 (8.75%) Work Breakdown Structure
8 6 (7.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.00%) ACCA
1 4 (5.00%) CIMA
2 3 (3.75%) SAP Certification
2 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.75%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) CISA
3 2 (2.50%) CISM
4 1 (1.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) IFRS
2 3 (3.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.50%) GDPR
3 2 (2.50%) GxP
4 1 (1.25%) GRC
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (16.25%) Ariba
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.75%) Oracle
4 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.50%) Workday
5 1 (1.25%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.25%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.25%) OpenText