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 3 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 332 386
Rank change year-on-year -106 +54 +56
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 28 35 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.24% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.68% 2.99% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 10
10th Percentile £363 £396 £430
25th Percentile £369 £417 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +4.37% -6.36%
75th Percentile £578 £623 £548
90th Percentile £600 £658 £578
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £536 £515
% change year-on-year -15.15% +4.13% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £66.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 1,668 1,170 1,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.86% 8.07% 6.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 660 1,036
10th Percentile £360 £388 £363
25th Percentile £432 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.36% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 29 70
10th Percentile £20.30 £47.62 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £60.00 £20.31
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +128.07% -41.84%
75th Percentile £68.75 £86.00 £47.81
90th Percentile £83.20 £86.21 £59.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.25 £70.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.79% +133.33% -38.78%

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 3 months to 28 March 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 3 months to 28 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -102 21 £550 +4.76% 16
London -67 12 £550 +4.76% 8
Work from Home -18 10 £375 -33.33% 5
UK excluding London -85 7 £455 -15.15% 9
North of England -51 3 £400 - 1
Midlands -51 2 - - 3
East of England -22 1 £510 -15.00% 2
North West -28 1 - - 1
South East -46 1 - - 4
West Midlands -53 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £400 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
North East - 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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 66 (95.65%) SAP FI
2 65 (94.20%) SAP FI/CO
3 38 (55.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.45%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.45%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.45%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.45%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.45%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.45%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Hudson
General
1 52 (75.36%) Finance
2 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Banking
4 6 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.80%) Legal
6 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Automotive
7 2 (2.90%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.45%) Billing
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (47.83%) Consultant
1 33 (47.83%) SAP Consultant
2 26 (37.68%) SAP CO Consultant
3 24 (34.78%) SAP FI Consultant
3 24 (34.78%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 18 (26.09%) Lead
5 8 (11.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 7 (10.14%) Project Manager
7 6 (8.70%) Analyst
7 6 (8.70%) Product Lead
7 6 (8.70%) SAP Manager
7 6 (8.70%) SAP Project Manager
7 6 (8.70%) SAP Support
7 6 (8.70%) SAP Support Consultant
7 6 (8.70%) Support Consultant
8 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Leader
8 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.74%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.45%) Life Science
3 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.64%) Migration
1 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (20.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (15.94%) Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (13.04%) ERP
5 8 (11.59%) Data Migration
5 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.14%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (7.25%) Agile
8 5 (7.25%) Change Management
8 5 (7.25%) Process Improvement
8 5 (7.25%) Record to Report
8 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (5.80%) Business Process Analysis
9 4 (5.80%) Project Management
9 4 (5.80%) Scenario Testing
10 3 (4.35%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) ABAP
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) CCA
2 4 (5.80%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.90%) AAT
3 2 (2.90%) ACCA
3 2 (2.90%) CIMA
3 2 (2.90%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.35%) PMO
3 2 (2.90%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.45%) GAAP
4 1 (1.45%) ITGC
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.04%) Ariba
3 2 (2.90%) Planview
3 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow