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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 634 805
Rank change year-on-year -49 +171 +7
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 50 33 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.076% 0.090%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.80% 1.48% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 60
10th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £69,875 £55,673
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £68,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +17.22% +5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £111,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £126,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +29.17% -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 2,785 2,231 4,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.99% 5.13% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,737 1,444 2,988
10th Percentile £31,900 £31,250 £31,675
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,163 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.04%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -50 46 £75,000 -6.25% 24
UK excluding London -32 31 £70,000 -9.68% 13
Midlands -25 14 £80,000 - 1
West Midlands -32 13 £80,000 - 1
London -21 12 £75,000 -28.57% 12
South East - 11 £63,750 - 3
Work from Home +15 9 £80,000 -18.99% 8
North West +2 6 £80,000 +45.45% 5
North of England -26 6 £80,000 +45.45% 6
East of England -19 1 £85,000 +30.77% 2
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 -

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 41 (82.00%) SAP FI
2 40 (80.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 21 (42.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (6.00%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (2.00%) Primavera
5 1 (2.00%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.00%) Power BI
2 4 (8.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) LSMW
General
1 36 (72.00%) Finance
2 20 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (32.00%) Manufacturing
4 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Retail
6 5 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (8.00%) General Ledger
8 2 (4.00%) Banking
8 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.00%) Back Office
9 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Law
9 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (32.00%) Analyst
2 14 (28.00%) SAP Analyst
2 14 (28.00%) SAP FI Analyst
3 13 (26.00%) Consultant
3 13 (26.00%) SAP Consultant
4 12 (24.00%) Business Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) SAP Business Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) SAP CO Business Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) SAP CO Consultant
5 10 (20.00%) SAP FI Business Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
5 10 (20.00%) Senior
6 9 (18.00%) Business Developer
6 9 (18.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 9 (18.00%) Developer
6 9 (18.00%) Power BI Developer
6 9 (18.00%) SAP FI Consultant
6 9 (18.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 8 (16.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 8 (16.00%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) SAP CO-PA
2 2 (4.00%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.00%) EDI
3 1 (2.00%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (6.00%) Private Cloud
1 3 (6.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (6.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) FMCG
3 1 (2.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 9 (18.00%) Analytics
3 9 (18.00%) Budgeting
3 9 (18.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 9 (18.00%) Business Strategy
3 9 (18.00%) Computer Science
3 9 (18.00%) Data Analytics
3 9 (18.00%) Data Integration
3 9 (18.00%) Data Visualisation
3 9 (18.00%) ETL
3 9 (18.00%) Process Improvement
3 9 (18.00%) Visualisation
4 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (12.00%) Compliance Audit
6 6 (12.00%) Data Migration
6 6 (12.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
2 3 (6.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Degree
2 7 (14.00%) SAP Certification
3 4 (8.00%) CCA
4 3 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.00%) MBA
5 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) SLA
2 3 (6.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.00%) Ariba