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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 434 513
Rank change year-on-year -128 +79 +80
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 63 85 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.84% 3.51% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 33 31
10th Percentile £370 £405 £430
25th Percentile £500 £511 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +6.55% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £600
90th Percentile £770 £675 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £568 £560
% change year-on-year -10.13% +1.34% +4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
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 3,427 2,424 3,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.19% 8.34% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,926 1,371 1,862
10th Percentile £361 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £787
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 51 116
10th Percentile £25.81 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £58.38
90th Percentile £87.20 £86.00 £64.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -20.00%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -147 47 £550 -5.98% 11
London -76 22 £556 -6.24% 2
UK excluding London -106 22 £510 -10.13% 8
Work from Home -29 18 £450 -23.21% 2
North of England -65 9 £475 -9.52% 3
East of England -32 6 £500 -16.67% 2
North West -35 5 £550 +7.32% 2
Midlands -69 3 £700 +13.36% 1
Wales -6 2 £550 -
North East -20 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -56 2 £400 -38.46% 1
West Midlands -63 2 £700 +19.66% 1
South East -63 2 £707 +31.84% 3
East Midlands -29 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 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 60 (95.24%) SAP FI
2 59 (93.65%) SAP FI/CO
3 34 (53.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (3.17%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.17%) SAP MM
4 2 (3.17%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.59%) SAP BRIM
5 1 (1.59%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.59%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.59%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.59%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.59%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.59%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.59%) Azure
1 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) Hudson
General
1 47 (74.60%) Finance
2 15 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.46%) Banking
4 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.35%) General Ledger
5 4 (6.35%) Legal
5 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.76%) Billing
6 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (1.59%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (47.62%) Consultant
2 29 (46.03%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (36.51%) SAP CO Consultant
4 21 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
4 21 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 11 (17.46%) Lead
5 11 (17.46%) Project Manager
6 10 (15.87%) SAP Manager
6 10 (15.87%) SAP Project Manager
7 8 (12.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (9.52%) Analyst
8 6 (9.52%) PMO Manager
8 6 (9.52%) PMO Project Manager
9 5 (7.94%) SAP PMO Manager
9 5 (7.94%) SAP Support
9 5 (7.94%) SAP Support Consultant
9 5 (7.94%) Support Consultant
10 4 (6.35%) SAP Business Consultant
10 4 (6.35%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 4 (6.35%) SAP Financial Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.59%) XML
2 1 (1.59%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.59%) FMCG
3 1 (1.59%) Life Science
3 1 (1.59%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Migration
1 17 (26.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (14.29%) ERP
4 8 (12.70%) Data Migration
4 8 (12.70%) Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.52%) Project Management
6 6 (9.52%) Record to Report
7 5 (7.94%) Agile
7 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (6.35%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (6.35%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (6.35%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.35%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (6.35%) Process Improvement
8 4 (6.35%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) ABAP
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) CCA
2 2 (3.17%) AAT
2 2 (3.17%) ACCA
2 2 (3.17%) CIMA
2 2 (3.17%) Degree
2 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.17%) PMP
2 2 (3.17%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) PMO
2 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.17%) ITGC
4 1 (1.59%) GAAP
4 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.35%) Ariba
3 2 (3.17%) Planview
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow