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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 737 604 723
Rank change year-on-year -133 +119 -103
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 52 59 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.12% 0.077%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.45% 2.18% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 30
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,000 £52,125
25th Percentile £72,500 £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 £92,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - £111,625 £98,000
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 3,587 2,706 3,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.04% 5.45% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,208 1,525 1,825
10th Percentile £31,711 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.39%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -133 48 £80,000 +6.67% 38
UK excluding London -112 28 £80,000 +10.34% 21
London -86 20 £105,000 +22.09% 13
Midlands -27 16 £75,000 +1.69% 6
Work from Home -59 13 £75,000 +3.45% 21
East Midlands -22 9 - -
North West -20 7 £80,000 +10.34% 2
North of England -61 7 £80,000 +10.34% 2
West Midlands -45 6 £70,000 -6.67% 6
South East -45 4 £75,000 -21.05% 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 37 (71.15%) 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 44 (84.62%) Finance
2 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 12 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (19.23%) General Ledger
5 10 (19.23%) Retail
6 8 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (11.54%) Law
8 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
9 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (3.85%) Legal
11 1 (1.92%) Back Office
11 1 (1.92%) Banking
11 1 (1.92%) Billing
11 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Senior
2 19 (36.54%) Consultant
2 19 (36.54%) SAP Consultant
3 15 (28.85%) SAP CO Consultant
4 14 (26.92%) SAP FI Consultant
4 14 (26.92%) 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%) Analyst
6 10 (19.23%) SAP 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 9 (17.31%) SAP FI Analyst
8 7 (13.46%) SAP CO Specialist
8 7 (13.46%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
8 7 (13.46%) Senior Manager
9 6 (11.54%) Business Analyst
9 6 (11.54%) SAP Business Analyst
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
2 3 (5.77%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) FMCG
3 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.85%) Accounts Payable
1 15 (28.85%) Accounts Receivable
2 14 (26.92%) Roadmaps
3 13 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 11 (21.15%) Agile
5 9 (17.31%) Migration
5 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
6 8 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (13.46%) Backlog Management
7 7 (13.46%) Business Development
7 7 (13.46%) Compliance Audit
7 7 (13.46%) Data Migration
7 7 (13.46%) Objectives and Key Results
7 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.46%) Product Backlog
7 7 (13.46%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (13.46%) Workflow
7 7 (13.46%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) SAP Certification
2 5 (9.62%) CCA
2 5 (9.62%) Degree
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) ACCA
5 1 (1.92%) CIMA
5 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.92%) MBA
5 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