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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 613 718
Rank change year-on-year -142 +105 -89
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 52 57 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.12% 0.081%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.47% 2.17% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 33
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,000 £53,600
25th Percentile £75,000 £69,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £112,500 £87,813 £80,000
90th Percentile - £111,625 £96,250
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 3,541 2,622 3,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.03% 5.35% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,202 1,549 1,870
10th Percentile £31,711 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,984 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,085 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.17% -4.76% -12.50%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -130 48 £80,000 +6.67% 37
UK excluding London -133 27 £80,000 +10.34% 22
London -72 21 £105,000 +34.19% 14
Midlands -45 18 £75,000 +1.69% 5
Work from Home -61 11 £80,000 +10.34% 14
East Midlands -25 9 - -
West Midlands -37 8 £70,000 -6.67% 5
North West -29 6 £80,000 +10.34% 4
North of England -62 6 £80,000 +10.34% 4
South East -53 2 £92,500 -2.63% 11
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 52 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 50 (96.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 33 (63.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.92%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.92%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG
4 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (1.92%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.92%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.92%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Hudson
1 2 (3.85%) LSMW
General
1 42 (80.77%) Finance
2 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 12 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (21.15%) Manufacturing
5 10 (19.23%) Retail
6 9 (17.31%) General Ledger
7 8 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (11.54%) Law
9 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.92%) Back Office
11 1 (1.92%) Banking
11 1 (1.92%) Billing
11 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Senior
2 16 (30.77%) Consultant
2 16 (30.77%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (26.92%) Analyst
4 12 (23.08%) SAP Analyst
4 12 (23.08%) SAP CO Consultant
5 11 (21.15%) SAP FI Analyst
5 11 (21.15%) SAP FI Consultant
5 11 (21.15%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 11 (21.15%) Senior Consultant
5 11 (21.15%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
5 11 (21.15%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 10 (19.23%) Business Analyst
6 10 (19.23%) SAP Manager
6 10 (19.23%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
6 10 (19.23%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 8 (15.38%) SAP Business Analyst
8 7 (13.46%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
8 7 (13.46%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
8 7 (13.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.92%) EDI
2 1 (1.92%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Life Science
2 3 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) FMCG
3 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.85%) Process Improvement
2 14 (26.92%) Accounts Payable
2 14 (26.92%) Accounts Receivable
3 13 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 12 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (19.23%) Agile
6 9 (17.31%) Migration
7 8 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.46%) Backlog Management
8 7 (13.46%) Business Development
8 7 (13.46%) Compliance Audit
8 7 (13.46%) Data Migration
8 7 (13.46%) Objectives and Key Results
8 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (13.46%) Product Backlog
8 7 (13.46%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (13.46%) Workflow
8 7 (13.46%) Workflow Analysis
9 6 (11.54%) Cost Centre Accounting
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 5 (9.62%) CCA
2 5 (9.62%) Degree
3 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.92%) MBA
3 1 (1.92%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (1.92%) PMO
2 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 52 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.92%) Ariba