SAP CO Job Trends

SAP Controlling (CO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP CO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 702 605
Rank change year-on-year +98 -97 +460
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 64 58 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.084% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.39% 1.67% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 34 31 73
10th Percentile £55,750 £33,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £63,750 - £55,542
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £81,875 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,100 £97,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -7.69% -3.70%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,676 3,474 3,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.44% 5.02% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,513 1,750 2,387
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,200 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,869 £59,250
% change year-on-year -3.60% -12.46% +12.86%

SAP CO
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP CO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP CO job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP CO
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP CO

SAP CO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP CO over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CO within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +113 58 £72,500 +20.83% 30
London +67 31 £72,000 -28.00% 16
UK excluding London +68 27 £72,500 +20.83% 20
Work from Home +78 24 £72,500 -14.71% 15
North of England +8 8 £72,500 +20.83% 3
South East +40 7 £95,000 +58.33% 15
Midlands +40 6 £73,750 +5.36%
West Midlands +51 5 £75,000 +25.00%
North West +7 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Yorkshire +7 4 - - 1
Scotland +4 4 £72,500 +20.83%
East Midlands +14 1 £37,500 -53.13%
East of England +6 1 £55,000 -2.65%
Northern Ireland +6 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Maya
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 64 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 62 (96.88%) SAP FI/CO
3 44 (68.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (23.44%) SAP FSCM
5 13 (20.31%) SAP IBP
6 12 (18.75%) SAP IS-U
7 6 (9.38%) SAP PS
8 4 (6.25%) SAP MM
9 1 (1.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (1.56%) SAP CRM
9 1 (1.56%) SAP ERP
9 1 (1.56%) SAP EWM
9 1 (1.56%) SAP HCM
9 1 (1.56%) SAP PP
9 1 (1.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (32.81%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
General
1 49 (76.56%) Finance
2 33 (51.56%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
4 13 (20.31%) Law
5 12 (18.75%) Games
5 12 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (9.38%) Banking
6 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.13%) Billing
7 2 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (57.81%) Consultant
2 34 (53.13%) SAP Consultant
3 25 (39.06%) Senior
4 17 (26.56%) SAP CO Consultant
4 17 (26.56%) Senior Consultant
5 16 (25.00%) SAP FI Consultant
6 15 (23.44%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 15 (23.44%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 14 (21.88%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 13 (20.31%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 11 (17.19%) Lead
10 10 (15.63%) IT Consultant
10 10 (15.63%) Senior IT Consultant
11 9 (14.06%) SAP PS Consultant
12 8 (12.50%) Project Manager
12 8 (12.50%) Senior Manager
12 8 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
13 3 (4.69%) Analyst
13 3 (4.69%) Architect
13 3 (4.69%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.13%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.44%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (48.44%) ERP
2 25 (39.06%) Project Management
3 21 (32.81%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (32.81%) Procure-to-Pay
3 21 (32.81%) Record to Report
4 20 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (26.56%) Analytics
5 17 (26.56%) Business Strategy
5 17 (26.56%) Logistics
5 17 (26.56%) Order to Cash
6 16 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 15 (23.44%) Business Transformation
7 15 (23.44%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (23.44%) Requirements Management
8 14 (21.88%) Migration
9 12 (18.75%) Prototyping
9 12 (18.75%) Requirements Analysis
10 8 (12.50%) BPMN
10 8 (12.50%) SDLC
10 8 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (35.94%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.69%) ACCA
4 3 (4.69%) CCA
4 3 (4.69%) CIMA
5 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) PMO
2 6 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.25%) IFRS
4 3 (4.69%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.25%) Ariba
4 3 (4.69%) Concur