SAP FI Contract Job Trends

SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP FI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 451 434
Rank change year-on-year -34 -17 +215
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 96 113 178
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.04% 4.42% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 43 47
10th Percentile £467 - £390
25th Percentile £518 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £657 £662
90th Percentile £760 £731 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 £86.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.30% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £86.00 -
% change year-on-year -59.30% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP FI falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,163 2,558 3,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 7.40% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,826 1,371 2,012
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £659 £665 £665
90th Percentile £760 £758 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 56 85
10th Percentile £18.87 £22.27 £30.00
25th Percentile £30.13 £31.06 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £45.59 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -19.30% +51.45%
75th Percentile £79.63 £67.63 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.75 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.02% -18.25% +51.45%

SAP FI
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP FI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP FI job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP FI over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP FI in the UK

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI

SAP FI
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -58 72 £650 +17.38% 13
UK excluding London -33 44 £650 +8.33% 15
Work from Home +6 31 £550 +10.00% 7
London -24 23 £600 +20.00% 8
South East +15 18 £675 +31.07% 9
West Midlands -33 11 £700 -1.75%
Midlands -37 11 £700 +3.51%
East of England -18 9 £492 -
North of England -37 9 £575 +2.22% 1
North West -15 8 £683 +43.68%
Yorkshire -44 1 £575 +2.22% 1

SAP FI
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 67 (69.79%) SAP CO
2 65 (67.71%) SAP FI/CO
3 60 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (9.38%) SAP MM
5 8 (8.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (7.29%) SAP FI-CA
7 6 (6.25%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (2.08%) SAP MDG
8 2 (2.08%) SAP R/3
8 2 (2.08%) SAP SD
9 1 (1.04%) SAP BPC
9 1 (1.04%) SAP CRM
9 1 (1.04%) SAP EWM
9 1 (1.04%) SAP FI-AP
9 1 (1.04%) SAP GRC
9 1 (1.04%) SAP PP
9 1 (1.04%) SAP PS
9 1 (1.04%) SAP QM
9 1 (1.04%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.13%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.08%) Azure
2 2 (2.08%) SaaS
2 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
2 2 (2.08%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (1.04%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Metadata
2 3 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.13%) Power BI
3 2 (2.08%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.08%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.04%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Toad
3 1 (1.04%) Hudson
General
1 62 (64.58%) Finance
2 18 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.29%) Billing
4 7 (7.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.21%) Banking
7 3 (3.13%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.08%) Automotive
8 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.04%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.04%) German Language
9 1 (1.04%) Law
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (57.29%) Consultant
2 53 (55.21%) SAP Consultant
3 30 (31.25%) SAP FI Consultant
4 25 (26.04%) SAP CO Consultant
5 24 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 16 (16.67%) Lead
7 12 (12.50%) Architect
7 12 (12.50%) SAP Architect
8 9 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (6.25%) Product Lead
10 5 (5.21%) Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Principal Architect
10 5 (5.21%) SAP Analyst
11 4 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (4.17%) SAP Financial Architect
11 4 (4.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 4 (4.17%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
12 3 (3.13%) SAP Financial Consultant
12 3 (3.13%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (19.79%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (6.25%) SAP Basis
2 6 (6.25%) SAP Business Workflow
3 2 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.29%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.08%) Life Science
3 2 (2.08%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.04%) FMCG
4 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 14 (14.58%) Migration
2 14 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (11.46%) Analytics
3 11 (11.46%) Cash Management
3 11 (11.46%) Validation
4 9 (9.38%) Accounts Payable
4 9 (9.38%) Accounts Receivable
4 9 (9.38%) Data Migration
4 9 (9.38%) Invoice Processing
4 9 (9.38%) Knowledge Transfer
4 9 (9.38%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 9 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (8.33%) AI
5 8 (8.33%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 8 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
6 7 (7.29%) Business Continuity
6 7 (7.29%) ITSM
6 7 (7.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.38%) ABAP
2 2 (2.08%) Java
2 2 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.25%) ACCA
1 6 (6.25%) CIMA
2 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.08%) CISA
2 2 (2.08%) CISM
2 2 (2.08%) SAP Certification
2 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.04%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.17%) IFRS
2 2 (2.08%) GDPR
2 2 (2.08%) GxP
2 2 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.04%) GRC
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (14.58%) Ariba
3 9 (9.38%) OpenText
3 9 (9.38%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.13%) Oracle
5 1 (1.04%) Alteryx