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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 587 692 613
Rank change year-on-year +105 -79 +419
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 78 54 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.080% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.80% 1.58% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 43 30 68
10th Percentile £57,750 £33,750 £48,775
25th Percentile £66,625 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,500
90th Percentile £97,400 £98,000 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +5.66%

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 3,425 3,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.45% 5.06% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 1,695 2,214
10th Percentile £31,155 £35,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £38,281 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £74,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,277 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.43% -12.56% +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 8 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 8 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 +118 66 £75,000 +25.00% 51
London +90 34 £75,000 -18.92% 28
UK excluding London +89 31 £72,500 +20.83% 36
Work from Home +84 27 £72,500 -14.71% 19
North of England +21 10 £72,500 +20.83% 1
South East +46 8 £95,000 +58.33% 27
Yorkshire +9 6 £83,750 +39.58%
Midlands +67 5 £72,500 +3.57% 4
West Midlands +46 4 £76,250 +27.08% 2
North West +20 4 £72,500 +20.83% 1
Scotland +4 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Northern Ireland +3 3 - -
East of England +24 1 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands +21 1 £37,500 -53.13% 2

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 (15.38%) Maya
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 78 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 77 (98.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 53 (67.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (17.95%) SAP FSCM
5 13 (16.67%) SAP IBP
6 12 (15.38%) SAP IS-U
7 7 (8.97%) SAP PS
8 5 (6.41%) SAP MM
9 3 (3.85%) SAP ERP
10 1 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 1 (1.28%) SAP CRM
10 1 (1.28%) SAP EWM
10 1 (1.28%) SAP HCM
10 1 (1.28%) SAP PP
10 1 (1.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (30.77%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Tableau
General
1 60 (76.92%) Finance
2 36 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (43.59%) Social Skills
4 13 (16.67%) Law
4 13 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (15.38%) Games
6 8 (10.26%) Manufacturing
7 6 (7.69%) Banking
8 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.13%) Legal
8 4 (5.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (58.97%) Consultant
2 43 (55.13%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) Senior
4 25 (32.05%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 18 (23.08%) Senior Consultant
6 16 (20.51%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 15 (19.23%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 14 (17.95%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 13 (16.67%) Lead
9 13 (16.67%) SAP PS Consultant
10 10 (12.82%) IT Consultant
10 10 (12.82%) Senior IT Consultant
11 8 (10.26%) Project Manager
11 8 (10.26%) Senior Manager
11 8 (10.26%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (8.97%) Project Consultant
13 4 (5.13%) SAP Manager
14 3 (3.85%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.82%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.13%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.28%) IoT
3 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) ERP
2 25 (32.05%) Project Management
3 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.92%) Procure-to-Pay
4 21 (26.92%) Record to Report
5 20 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (24.36%) Logistics
7 18 (23.08%) Analytics
7 18 (23.08%) Business Strategy
7 18 (23.08%) Migration
7 18 (23.08%) Order to Cash
8 17 (21.79%) Risk Management
9 14 (17.95%) Business Transformation
9 14 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (17.95%) Requirements Management
10 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (15.38%) Prototyping
10 12 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 8 (10.26%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 24 (30.77%) Degree
2 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.97%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.85%) ACCA
4 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) CCA
4 3 (3.85%) CIMA
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) PMO
2 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.85%) IFRS
4 2 (2.56%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.28%) QA
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Ariba
4 3 (3.85%) Concur
5 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft