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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 466 491
Rank change year-on-year -122 +25 +29
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 73 78 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.92% 2.82% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 37
10th Percentile £420 £398 £443
25th Percentile £510 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -0.09%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £575
90th Percentile £1,023 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.09% +7.06%
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 3,809 2,763 2,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.25% 8.42% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,134 1,593 1,731
10th Percentile £360 £363 £363
25th Percentile £455 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £749 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 59 84
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.70 £23.43
25th Percentile £28.50 £27.06 £35.36
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -12.20%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.00 £83.00 £65.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -16.15%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -121 51 £550 -8.33% 6
London -68 25 £650 +10.92% 3
UK excluding London -100 25 £510 -15.00% 3
Work from Home -60 23 £550 -7.25% 2
East of England -10 11 £510 -13.56%
North of England -73 5 £625 +19.05%
North West -47 4 £625 +21.95%
West Midlands -57 4 - - 2
Midlands -62 4 - - 3
South West - 2 - -
Wales -14 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -44 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -73 1 - -
Scotland - 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:

Business Applications
1 69 (94.52%) SAP FI
2 68 (93.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 38 (52.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (4.11%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (2.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (2.74%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (2.74%) SAP ERP
5 2 (2.74%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (2.74%) SAP GRC
5 2 (2.74%) SAP PS
5 2 (2.74%) SAP SD
5 2 (2.74%) SAP SM
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (1.37%) Primavera
6 1 (1.37%) SAP BPC
6 1 (1.37%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (1.37%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (1.37%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.74%) Azure
1 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.37%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Hudson
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 46 (63.01%) Finance
2 14 (19.18%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.59%) Banking
4 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.85%) General Ledger
6 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Billing
6 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.74%) Legal
8 2 (2.74%) Local Government
8 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.37%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (47.95%) Consultant
2 30 (41.10%) SAP Consultant
3 22 (30.14%) SAP CO Consultant
4 20 (27.40%) SAP FI Consultant
5 19 (26.03%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 14 (19.18%) Project Manager
7 13 (17.81%) SAP Manager
7 13 (17.81%) SAP Project Manager
8 11 (15.07%) PMO Manager
8 11 (15.07%) PMO Project Manager
9 10 (13.70%) SAP PMO Manager
10 7 (9.59%) Analyst
10 7 (9.59%) Lead
10 7 (9.59%) Senior
11 6 (8.22%) Architect
11 6 (8.22%) SAP Analyst
11 6 (8.22%) Senior Consultant
12 5 (6.85%) SAP Architect
13 4 (5.48%) Financial Analyst
13 4 (5.48%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.37%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.37%) XML
2 1 (1.37%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (6.85%) FMCG
3 4 (5.48%) Life Science
4 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (12.33%) Agile
3 9 (12.33%) ERP
3 9 (12.33%) Migration
4 8 (10.96%) IT Strategy
4 8 (10.96%) Project Management
4 8 (10.96%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (9.59%) Data Migration
5 7 (9.59%) Project Delivery
5 7 (9.59%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.22%) Record to Report
7 5 (6.85%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (6.85%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (6.85%) Analytics
7 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.85%) Roadmaps
7 5 (6.85%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (5.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) ABAP
2 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.11%) CCA
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.37%) PMP
4 1 (1.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) PMO
2 2 (2.74%) GRC
2 2 (2.74%) ITGC
2 2 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.37%) GAAP
3 1 (1.37%) IFRS
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (12.33%) Ariba
3 2 (2.74%) Oracle
4 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow