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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 458 491
Rank change year-on-year -20 +33 +197
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 78 97 140
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.71% 3.53% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 44 38
10th Percentile £443 £491 £413
25th Percentile £516 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% +4.17% -8.17%
75th Percentile £684 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £735 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 2,877 2,744 3,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.67% 7.32% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,634 1,462 2,030
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £673 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.33% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 72 85
10th Percentile £13.00 £30.00 £28.25
25th Percentile £25.20 £35.27 £49.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.75 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -22.55% +25.53%
75th Percentile £64.38 £61.60 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.18 £90.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year -7.12% -27.58% +41.23%

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 14 October 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 12 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 14 October 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 -17 56 £650 +20.37% 32
UK excluding London -29 28 £650 +18.18% 20
London +15 27 £581 +13.27% 15
Work from Home +18 19 £586 +17.20% 24
South East +13 10 £650 +36.84% 16
Midlands -10 9 £650 +13.04% 1
East Midlands -6 5 £650 +13.04% 1
North West -13 5 £513 -6.82% 1
North of England -34 5 £513 -6.82% 1
West Midlands - 4 - -
East of England -7 3 £580 +10.48% 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:

Business Applications
1 71 (91.03%) SAP FI
2 68 (87.18%) SAP FI/CO
3 57 (73.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (7.69%) SAP PS
5 5 (6.41%) SAP MDG
6 2 (2.56%) SAP BPC
7 1 (1.28%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (1.28%) Primavera
7 1 (1.28%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.28%) SAP FS
7 1 (1.28%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.28%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.85%) Azure
3 2 (2.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.28%) GitHub
4 1 (1.28%) SaaS
4 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Power BI
2 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.85%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.85%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Git
1 1 (1.28%) GitLab
1 1 (1.28%) LSMW
General
1 62 (79.49%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.82%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.97%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.69%) Billing
6 3 (3.85%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.56%) Banking
7 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.28%) Automotive
8 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Law
8 1 (1.28%) Legal
8 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (67.95%) Consultant
2 49 (62.82%) SAP Consultant
3 37 (47.44%) SAP CO Consultant
4 31 (39.74%) SAP FI Consultant
4 31 (39.74%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 9 (11.54%) Architect
5 9 (11.54%) SAP Architect
5 9 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 8 (10.26%) Lead
7 6 (7.69%) SAP PS Consultant
8 5 (6.41%) Principal Architect
9 4 (5.13%) Project Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.13%) SAP Support
10 3 (3.85%) Junior
10 3 (3.85%) Senior
10 3 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
11 2 (2.56%) Analyst
11 2 (2.56%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.79%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.28%) Node.js
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.28%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.85%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.56%) FMCG
4 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.56%) Life Science
4 2 (2.56%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.67%) Cost Control
1 13 (16.67%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 12 (15.38%) Accounts Receivable
2 12 (15.38%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 12 (15.38%) Cost Management
3 11 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (12.82%) Analytics
5 9 (11.54%) Data Migration
5 9 (11.54%) Migration
5 9 (11.54%) Risk Management
5 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.26%) Cash Management
6 8 (10.26%) Decision-Making
6 8 (10.26%) Resource Allocation
7 7 (8.97%) AI
7 7 (8.97%) Business Activity Monitoring
7 7 (8.97%) Generative AI
7 7 (8.97%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.97%) Validation
7 7 (8.97%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.13%) ACCA
1 4 (5.13%) CIMA
2 3 (3.85%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) CCA
3 2 (2.56%) CISA
3 2 (2.56%) CISM
4 1 (1.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) IFRS
2 3 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.56%) GDPR
3 2 (2.56%) GxP
4 1 (1.28%) GRC
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (10.26%) Ariba
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle
4 2 (2.56%) Workday
5 1 (1.28%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.28%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.28%) Cognos
5 1 (1.28%) OpenText
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow