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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 627 780
Rank change year-on-year -47 +153 +73
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 53 27 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.062% 0.10%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.96% 1.18% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 51
10th Percentile £53,250 £62,500 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £71,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £111,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £126,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -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 2,704 2,294 4,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.98% 5.27% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,693 1,487 2,953
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +0.10% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -8 48 £75,000 -6.25% 18
UK excluding London -33 32 £67,500 -10.00% 14
London -23 15 £75,000 -9.09% 4
Midlands -29 14 £80,000 +3.23% 2
West Midlands -26 13 £80,000 +3.23% 1
South East - 12 £63,750 - 5
Work from Home +18 11 £80,000 -3.03% 4
North West - 5 £80,000 - 3
North of England - 5 £80,000 - 4
East of England -7 1 £85,000 +30.77% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 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 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (83.02%) SAP FI
2 43 (81.13%) SAP FI/CO
3 24 (45.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (5.66%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (3.77%) SAP ERP
6 1 (1.89%) Primavera
6 1 (1.89%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
1 1 (1.89%) LSMW
General
1 37 (69.81%) Finance
2 22 (41.51%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
4 13 (24.53%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.55%) Banking
5 4 (7.55%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Retail
7 1 (1.89%) Back Office
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Consultant
1 18 (33.96%) SAP Consultant
2 17 (32.08%) Analyst
3 16 (30.19%) SAP CO Consultant
4 15 (28.30%) SAP FI Consultant
4 15 (28.30%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 14 (26.42%) SAP Analyst
6 13 (24.53%) Business Analyst
6 13 (24.53%) SAP FI Analyst
7 11 (20.75%) SAP Business Analyst
8 10 (18.87%) SAP CO Business Analyst
8 10 (18.87%) SAP FI Business Analyst
8 10 (18.87%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
8 10 (18.87%) Senior
9 9 (16.98%) Business Developer
9 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 9 (16.98%) Developer
9 9 (16.98%) Power BI Developer
10 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 8 (15.09%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.98%) SAP CO-PA
2 4 (7.55%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.89%) EDI
3 1 (1.89%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Public Cloud
2 4 (7.55%) Private Cloud
3 3 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (3.77%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.89%) FMCG
5 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (22.64%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (22.64%) Decision-Making
3 11 (20.75%) Analytics
4 10 (18.87%) Computer Science
5 9 (16.98%) Budgeting
5 9 (16.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 9 (16.98%) Business Strategy
5 9 (16.98%) Data Analytics
5 9 (16.98%) Data Integration
5 9 (16.98%) Data Visualisation
5 9 (16.98%) ETL
5 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (16.98%) Visualisation
6 8 (15.09%) Data Migration
6 8 (15.09%) Migration
6 8 (15.09%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.32%) Cost Centre Accounting
7 6 (11.32%) ERP
7 6 (11.32%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 9 (16.98%) SQL
2 3 (5.66%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 4 (7.55%) CCA
2 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) CTC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) SLA
2 3 (5.66%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.77%) GAAP
3 2 (3.77%) IFRS
4 1 (1.89%) SEPA
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow