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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 446 475
Rank change year-on-year -64 +29 +196
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 72 97 134
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.31% 3.69% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 40 47
10th Percentile £507 - £398
25th Percentile £559 £500 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £613 £662
90th Percentile £766 £672 £780
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 3,122 2,630 3,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.61% 7.36% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,808 1,419 2,054
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £651 £654 £670
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 60 84
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.54 £30.72
25th Percentile £27.54 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £66.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.92 £80.75 £89.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.80% -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 8 December 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 10 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 8 December 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 -60 58 £675 +26.76% 13
UK excluding London -37 29 £700 +19.66% 11
London -19 27 £568 +13.50% 6
Work from Home -20 16 £550 +10.00% 7
South East -4 13 £688 +17.52% 8
West Midlands -19 8 £700 +19.66% 1
Midlands -27 8 £700 +19.66% 1
North West -14 6 £815 +59.02%
North of England -45 6 £815 +46.52%
East of England -16 2 £580 -

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 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 66 (91.67%) SAP FI
2 65 (90.28%) SAP FI/CO
3 44 (61.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.78%) SAP BPC
4 2 (2.78%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.39%) Primavera
5 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.39%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.39%) SAP FS
5 1 (1.39%) SAP GRC
5 1 (1.39%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.39%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.17%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) SaaS
3 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub
4 1 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Power BI
2 3 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.17%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.39%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Git
1 1 (1.39%) GitLab
1 1 (1.39%) Hudson
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 53 (73.61%) Finance
2 12 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 7 (9.72%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Automotive
6 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.39%) Billing
7 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (51.39%) Consultant
2 35 (48.61%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (38.89%) SAP CO Consultant
4 24 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
4 24 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 15 (20.83%) Lead
6 13 (18.06%) Architect
6 13 (18.06%) SAP Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Product Lead
8 5 (6.94%) Principal Architect
8 5 (6.94%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 5 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (5.56%) SAP Support
10 3 (4.17%) Analyst
10 3 (4.17%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (4.17%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.17%) SAP Financial Leader
10 3 (4.17%) SAP Financial Support
10 3 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.06%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.39%) Node.js
2 1 (1.39%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.17%) Private Cloud
2 3 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.78%) Life Science
4 1 (1.39%) FMCG
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) Profit Centre Accounting
1 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (13.89%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 9 (12.50%) Cost Control
3 9 (12.50%) Migration
3 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (11.11%) Accounts Receivable
4 8 (11.11%) AI
4 8 (11.11%) Cash Management
4 8 (11.11%) Cost Management
4 8 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 8 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 8 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 8 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
5 7 (9.72%) Business Activity Monitoring
5 7 (9.72%) Generative AI
5 7 (9.72%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (8.33%) Data Migration
7 5 (6.94%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) ABAP
1 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.56%) ACCA
1 4 (5.56%) CIMA
2 3 (4.17%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.78%) CISA
3 2 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (1.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) IFRS
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) GxP
2 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.39%) GRC
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (18.06%) Ariba
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.39%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.39%) OpenText
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle