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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 486 462
Rank change year-on-year -111 -24 +38
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 85 74 101
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.22% 2.60% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 35 45
10th Percentile £500 £435 £493
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +3.58%
75th Percentile £710 £688 £600
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,826 2,841 2,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.00% 8.66% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,093 1,614 1,498
10th Percentile £363 £360 £355
25th Percentile £463 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £655 £673 £675
90th Percentile £763 £754 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 49 72
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.96 £24.55
25th Percentile £19.49 £25.25 £35.27
Median hourly rate £38.93 £34.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.91% -23.38% -19.01%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.10 £85.20 £67.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.68 £41.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.09% -3.53% -24.77%

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 6 October 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 13 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 6 October 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 -119 58 £625 +1.13% 42
London -92 28 £793 +36.52% 17
Work from Home -60 26 £625 +6.66% 23
UK excluding London -104 26 £510 -21.54% 22
East of England -19 9 £510 -12.07%
Midlands -45 4 - - 6
West Midlands -45 4 - - 6
North West -48 4 £625 +21.95% 2
North of England -73 4 £625 +21.95% 2
South East -62 3 £625 -5.66% 12
Wales -13 2 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £500 -
South West - 2 - -

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 82 (96.47%) SAP FI
2 76 (89.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 54 (63.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (8.24%) SAP PS
4 7 (8.24%) SAP SD
5 6 (7.06%) SAP MM
5 6 (7.06%) SAP PM
6 3 (3.53%) SAP FI-CA
6 3 (3.53%) SAP PP
7 2 (2.35%) SAP BRIM
7 2 (2.35%) SAP GRC
7 2 (2.35%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (2.35%) SAP SM
8 1 (1.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.18%) Primavera
8 1 (1.18%) SAP BPC
8 1 (1.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (1.18%) SAP FI-AP
8 1 (1.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.18%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.18%) Azure
1 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JIRA
General
1 54 (63.53%) Finance
2 17 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.29%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.06%) Banking
4 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.88%) Automotive
6 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.71%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.53%) Billing
7 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Legal
7 3 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.35%) Local Government
8 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.18%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (51.76%) Consultant
2 38 (44.71%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (24.71%) SAP CO Consultant
4 19 (22.35%) SAP FI Consultant
5 18 (21.18%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 13 (15.29%) SAP Manager
7 12 (14.12%) Architect
8 11 (12.94%) Functional Consultant
8 11 (12.94%) Project Manager
8 11 (12.94%) SAP Architect
8 11 (12.94%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 11 (12.94%) SAP Project Manager
8 11 (12.94%) SAP PS Consultant
9 10 (11.76%) Project Consultant
9 10 (11.76%) Senior
10 9 (10.59%) Lead
10 9 (10.59%) PMO Manager
10 9 (10.59%) PMO Project Manager
10 9 (10.59%) SAP PMO Manager
10 9 (10.59%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (4.71%) XML
3 2 (2.35%) XML Messaging
4 1 (1.18%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.18%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (4.71%) FMCG
2 4 (4.71%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.53%) Life Science
4 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.18%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (27.06%) Migration
3 16 (18.82%) Data Migration
4 14 (16.47%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (15.29%) Analytics
6 11 (12.94%) Project Management
7 10 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (11.76%) Validation
8 9 (10.59%) Cutover Planning
8 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.59%) Revenue Recognition
8 9 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (10.59%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (9.41%) Budgeting
9 8 (9.41%) EAM
10 7 (8.24%) ERP
10 7 (8.24%) Integration Testing
10 7 (8.24%) Programme Delivery
10 7 (8.24%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.24%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.71%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.18%) CCA
4 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.18%) PMP
4 1 (1.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) PMO
2 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.35%) GRC
2 2 (2.35%) IFRS
3 1 (1.18%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.18%) ITGC
3 1 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (17.65%) Ariba
3 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.35%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.18%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle