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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 677 590
Rank change year-on-year +106 -87 +313
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 76 31 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.057% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.95% 0.97% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 43 10 63
10th Percentile £53,000 - £55,584
25th Percentile £61,250 £33,750 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.58% -15.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +73.33% -46.43% +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 2,578 3,192 2,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.31% 5.88% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,441 1,537 2,007
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

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 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 12 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 January 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 +106 64 £72,500 -9.38% 6
London +73 32 £77,500 -3.13% 1
UK excluding London +68 28 £65,000 +73.33% 6
Work from Home +83 21 £77,500 -6.06% 4
South East - 15 £67,500 - 5
North of England +18 7 £83,750 -
Yorkshire -8 6 £83,750 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +24 1 £55,000 -2.65%
Midlands +14 1 £37,500 -46.43% 1
North West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 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:

Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Maya
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (92.11%) SAP FI
1 70 (92.11%) SAP FI/CO
2 46 (60.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (13.16%) SAP FSCM
3 10 (13.16%) SAP IBP
4 9 (11.84%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (9.21%) SAP PS
6 5 (6.58%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.26%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.32%) Primavera
8 1 (1.32%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.32%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.89%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.32%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.11%) SAP BW
2 6 (7.89%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 63 (82.89%) Finance
2 36 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 33 (43.42%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (17.11%) Manufacturing
5 11 (14.47%) Law
6 10 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (11.84%) Games
8 7 (9.21%) Banking
9 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (5.26%) Retail
10 3 (3.95%) Legal
11 1 (1.32%) Billing
11 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (56.58%) Consultant
2 41 (53.95%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (38.16%) SAP CO Consultant
3 29 (38.16%) SAP FI Consultant
3 29 (38.16%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 16 (21.05%) Lead
5 14 (18.42%) SAP PS Consultant
5 14 (18.42%) Senior
5 14 (18.42%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (15.79%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 11 (14.47%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 10 (13.16%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 8 (10.53%) Project Consultant
10 7 (9.21%) IT Consultant
10 7 (9.21%) Senior IT Consultant
11 6 (7.89%) Business Developer
11 6 (7.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 6 (7.89%) Developer
11 6 (7.89%) Power BI Developer
12 5 (6.58%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.79%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (7.89%) SAP CO-PA
3 4 (5.26%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.42%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.58%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.95%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.32%) IoT
5 1 (1.32%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (31.58%) ERP
3 22 (28.95%) Analytics
4 19 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 17 (22.37%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (22.37%) Decision-Making
5 17 (22.37%) Procure-to-Pay
6 16 (21.05%) Migration
7 15 (19.74%) Logistics
7 15 (19.74%) Order to Cash
7 15 (19.74%) Record to Report
8 14 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (18.42%) Project Management
9 13 (17.11%) Risk Management
10 10 (13.16%) Business Transformation
10 10 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (13.16%) Requirements Management
11 9 (11.84%) Prototyping
11 9 (11.84%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (11.84%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.47%) ABAP
2 6 (7.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 6 (7.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (34.21%) Degree
2 13 (17.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.21%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.95%) ACCA
4 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.95%) CIMA
4 3 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) CCA
6 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.95%) IFRS
3 2 (2.63%) GAAP
4 1 (1.32%) QA
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.58%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) Concur
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.32%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow