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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 707 596
Rank change year-on-year +136 -111 +385
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 78 52 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.078% 0.25%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.89% 1.45% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42 29 64
10th Percentile £57,625 £33,750 £49,000
25th Percentile £65,313 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +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 2,695 3,579 3,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.98% 5.40% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 1,782 2,052
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +9.52%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +133 65 £77,500 +29.17% 12
London +86 35 £77,500 -6.06% 8
UK excluding London +92 31 £72,500 +20.83% 12
Work from Home +109 28 £72,500 -12.12% 9
South East +60 9 £95,000 +58.33% 6
North of England +54 9 £75,000 +25.00%
Yorkshire +2 6 £83,750 +39.58%
Midlands +59 4 £72,500 +3.57% 1
Scotland +7 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Northern Ireland +5 4 £55,000 -8.33% 1
West Midlands +60 3 £72,500 +20.83% 1
North West +58 3 £72,500 +20.83%
East of England +32 1 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands +26 1 £37,500 -53.13%

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 11 (14.10%) Maya
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 78 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 78 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 53 (67.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (16.67%) SAP FSCM
4 12 (15.38%) SAP IBP
5 11 (14.10%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (7.69%) SAP PS
7 5 (6.41%) SAP ERP
7 5 (6.41%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.28%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.49%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Tableau
General
1 57 (73.08%) Finance
2 38 (48.72%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (42.31%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Law
4 12 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (14.10%) Games
6 8 (10.26%) Banking
6 8 (10.26%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.13%) Retail
8 3 (3.85%) Legal
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (56.41%) Consultant
2 41 (52.56%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 25 (32.05%) Senior
5 17 (21.79%) Senior Consultant
6 15 (19.23%) Lead
7 14 (17.95%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 14 (17.95%) SAP PS Consultant
7 14 (17.95%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 13 (16.67%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 9 (11.54%) IT Consultant
9 9 (11.54%) Senior IT Consultant
10 8 (10.26%) Project Consultant
10 8 (10.26%) Project Manager
10 8 (10.26%) Senior Manager
10 8 (10.26%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (5.13%) SAP Manager
12 3 (3.85%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.13%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.28%) IoT
5 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.59%) ERP
2 25 (32.05%) Project Management
3 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (24.36%) Analytics
6 18 (23.08%) Logistics
6 18 (23.08%) Migration
6 18 (23.08%) Procure-to-Pay
6 18 (23.08%) Record to Report
7 17 (21.79%) Business Strategy
7 17 (21.79%) Order to Cash
8 16 (20.51%) Risk Management
9 13 (16.67%) Business Transformation
9 13 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (16.67%) Requirements Management
10 11 (14.10%) Decision-Making
10 11 (14.10%) Prototyping
10 11 (14.10%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (29.49%) Degree
2 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.97%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.85%) ACCA
4 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) CIMA
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) CCA
6 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) PMO
2 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.85%) IFRS
4 2 (2.56%) GAAP
5 1 (1.28%) QA
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Ariba
4 3 (3.85%) Concur
5 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft