SAP Controlling (CO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP CO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP CO over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 799 855
Rank change year-on-year +117 +56 +282
Permanent jobs citing SAP CO 29 96 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.097% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.04% 2.11% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 21 49 85
10th Percentile £62,500 £54,650 £46,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -
75th Percentile £115,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £105,000 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% +8.33%

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 2,797 4,551 6,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.04% 4.59% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,854 2,932 3,486
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,063 £42,468 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,316
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +15.00%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP CO.

Salary trend for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP CO over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP CO in the UK

SAP CO
Top 7 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 16 May 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 +116 28 £80,000 +14.29% 112
London +103 21 £93,750 - 20
Work from Home +84 12 £98,750 +23.44% 185
UK excluding London +158 7 £75,000 +25.00% 101
Midlands +66 6 £77,500 - 19
West Midlands - 6 £77,500 - 10
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 23

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 3 (10.34%) Maya
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 29 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 28 (96.55%) SAP FI/CO
3 18 (62.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (13.79%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (10.34%) SAP IBP
5 3 (10.34%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (6.90%) SAP PS
7 1 (3.45%) SAP CRM
7 1 (3.45%) SAP HCM
7 1 (3.45%) SAP MM
7 1 (3.45%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SAP BW
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
3 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
General
1 26 (89.66%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Games
5 3 (10.34%) Law
6 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Billing
7 1 (3.45%) Dutch Language
7 1 (3.45%) French Language
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Swedish Language
7 1 (3.45%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Consultant
2 21 (72.41%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (48.28%) SAP CO Consultant
3 14 (48.28%) SAP FI Consultant
4 13 (44.83%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 8 (27.59%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 8 (27.59%) Senior
5 8 (27.59%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (27.59%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 7 (24.14%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
7 3 (10.34%) Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Architect
7 3 (10.34%) IT Consultant
7 3 (10.34%) SAP Architect
7 3 (10.34%) Senior IT Consultant
7 3 (10.34%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
8 2 (6.90%) SAP PS Consultant
8 2 (6.90%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 2 (6.90%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Fedwire
3 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Procure-to-Pay
1 10 (34.48%) Record to Report
2 9 (31.03%) Roadmaps
3 7 (24.14%) Project Management
4 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) Change Management
5 5 (17.24%) ERP
5 5 (17.24%) Order to Cash
5 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
6 4 (13.79%) Analytics
6 4 (13.79%) Business Strategy
6 4 (13.79%) Business Transformation
6 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.79%) Logistics
6 4 (13.79%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.79%) Requirements Management
7 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Python
1 2 (6.90%) R
2 1 (3.45%) ABAP
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) CCA
4 1 (3.45%) CFA
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) IFRS
1 5 (17.24%) IFRS 9
2 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.45%) SEPA
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.45%) Concur
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle