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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 732 605 751
Rank change year-on-year -127 +146 -91
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 51 55 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.11% 0.080%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.56% 2.12% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 20 34 41
10th Percentile £63,875 £63,750 £53,250
25th Percentile £76,875 £71,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £123,625 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -7.69%

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 3,274 2,600 3,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 5.20% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,076 1,615 2,265
10th Percentile £31,711 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -9.48%

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 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 11 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 26 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -101 47 £80,000 - 2
UK excluding London -90 27 £80,000 +10.34% 2
Midlands -23 20 £80,000 - 2
London -64 20 £105,000 +7.14%
West Midlands -24 13 £75,000 -6.25%
Work from Home -21 9 £80,000 +8.11% 1
East Midlands - 6 - - 2
North West -7 5 £80,000 +10.34%
North of England -48 5 £80,000 +10.34%
South East -38 1 £92,500 -
East of England - 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:

Business Applications
1 51 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 49 (96.08%) SAP FI/CO
3 28 (54.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.96%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (1.96%) SAP MDG
4 1 (1.96%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (1.96%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.96%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.96%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.92%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Hudson
1 2 (3.92%) LSMW
General
1 37 (72.55%) Finance
2 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Manufacturing
3 10 (19.61%) Retail
4 8 (15.69%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (15.69%) General Ledger
5 6 (11.76%) Law
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Back Office
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Billing
7 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (39.22%) Senior
2 18 (35.29%) Analyst
3 16 (31.37%) SAP Analyst
4 15 (29.41%) SAP FI Analyst
5 14 (27.45%) Business Analyst
6 13 (25.49%) Consultant
6 13 (25.49%) SAP Consultant
7 12 (23.53%) SAP Business Analyst
8 11 (21.57%) SAP CO Business Analyst
8 11 (21.57%) SAP FI Business Analyst
8 11 (21.57%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
9 10 (19.61%) SAP Manager
10 9 (17.65%) SAP CO Consultant
10 9 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
10 9 (17.65%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
10 9 (17.65%) Senior SAP Consultant
11 8 (15.69%) SAP FI Consultant
11 8 (15.69%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
11 8 (15.69%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
11 8 (15.69%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Life Science
2 3 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Process Improvement
2 13 (25.49%) Accounts Payable
2 13 (25.49%) Accounts Receivable
3 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (23.53%) Roadmaps
4 10 (19.61%) Agile
5 8 (15.69%) Compliance Audit
5 8 (15.69%) Migration
5 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (13.73%) Backlog Management
6 7 (13.73%) Business Development
6 7 (13.73%) Objectives and Key Results
6 7 (13.73%) Product Backlog
6 7 (13.73%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (13.73%) Workflow
6 7 (13.73%) Workflow Analysis
7 6 (11.76%) Cost Centre Accounting
7 6 (11.76%) Integration Testing
7 6 (11.76%) Profit Centre Accounting
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) SAP Certification
2 5 (9.80%) CCA
2 5 (9.80%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.96%) MBA
3 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.96%) PMO
2 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.96%) Ariba