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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 739 630
Rank change year-on-year +117 -109 +469
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 56 62 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.080% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.09% 1.62% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 75
10th Percentile £62,000 £53,250 £45,500
25th Percentile £69,625 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,813 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £111,625 £94,375 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -7.69% -10.34%

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 2,676 3,837 3,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.42% 4.93% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,591 1,928 2,541
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,350 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +20.00%

SAP CO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP CO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP CO 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 13 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 17 September 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 +104 50 £75,000 +25.00% 21
London +82 28 £78,250 -10.57% 10
UK excluding London +94 24 £72,500 +20.83% 11
Work from Home +83 21 £72,500 +3.57% 17
South East +50 7 £95,000 +58.33% 8
Midlands +55 6 £73,750 +5.36% 2
North of England +34 6 £72,500 +20.83% 1
West Midlands +53 5 £75,000 +25.00%
Scotland +63 4 £72,500 +20.83%
North West +17 4 £72,500 +20.83%
Yorkshire +11 2 - - 1
East Midlands +31 1 £37,500 -53.13% 2
Northern Ireland +17 1 - -

SAP CO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (21.43%) Maya
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 56 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 54 (96.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 39 (69.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (26.79%) SAP FSCM
5 13 (23.21%) SAP IBP
6 12 (21.43%) SAP IS-U
7 5 (8.93%) SAP PS
8 3 (5.36%) SAP MM
9 1 (1.79%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (1.79%) SAP CRM
9 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
9 1 (1.79%) SAP EWM
9 1 (1.79%) SAP HCM
9 1 (1.79%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (35.71%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
General
1 45 (80.36%) Finance
2 30 (53.57%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (46.43%) Social Skills
4 12 (21.43%) Games
4 12 (21.43%) Law
4 12 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (8.93%) Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.57%) Billing
6 2 (3.57%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.79%) French Language
7 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Consultant
2 31 (55.36%) SAP Consultant
3 27 (48.21%) Senior
4 19 (33.93%) Senior Consultant
5 18 (32.14%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 18 (32.14%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 16 (28.57%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
7 12 (21.43%) IT Consultant
7 12 (21.43%) SAP CO Consultant
7 12 (21.43%) SAP FI Consultant
7 12 (21.43%) Senior IT Consultant
8 10 (17.86%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 8 (14.29%) Project Manager
9 8 (14.29%) Senior Manager
9 8 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (12.50%) Lead
10 7 (12.50%) SAP PS Consultant
11 4 (7.14%) Project Consultant
12 3 (5.36%) Analyst
12 3 (5.36%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.79%) IoT
4 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) ERP
2 23 (41.07%) Project Management
3 21 (37.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 20 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (35.71%) Record to Report
5 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (30.36%) Analytics
6 17 (30.36%) Logistics
6 17 (30.36%) Order to Cash
7 16 (28.57%) Business Strategy
7 16 (28.57%) Risk Management
8 15 (26.79%) Business Transformation
8 15 (26.79%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (26.79%) Requirements Management
9 14 (25.00%) Migration
10 12 (21.43%) Prototyping
10 12 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (14.29%) BPMN
11 8 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 8 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (41.07%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) SAP Certification
4 2 (3.57%) ACCA
4 2 (3.57%) CCA
4 2 (3.57%) CIMA
4 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) PMO
2 6 (10.71%) Data Quality
3 5 (8.93%) IFRS
4 4 (7.14%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) Ariba
4 2 (3.57%) Concur