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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 462 453
Rank change year-on-year -89 -9 +40
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 123 83 104
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.19% 2.93% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 36 42
10th Percentile £470 £394 £435
25th Percentile £500 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.94% -1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £580
90th Percentile £877 £700 £636
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,858 2,829 2,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.20% 8.61% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,166 1,614 1,658
10th Percentile £360 £360 £353
25th Percentile £456 £449 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £665 £680
90th Percentile £748 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 55 84
10th Percentile £17.57 £15.35 £23.43
25th Percentile £26.41 £25.98 £35.27
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -15.56% -16.15%
75th Percentile £71.91 £61.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.30 £74.00 £65.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £50.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.78% +12.21% -20.34%

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 18 August 2026.

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 15 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 18 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -122 70 £550 -6.14% 6
Work from Home -17 56 £496 -11.46% 5
UK excluding London -87 41 £510 -21.54% 4
London -74 29 £680 +20.35% 2
East of England -10 15 £510 -12.07%
South East -76 7 £548 -17.36% 2
North of England -79 7 £588 +11.90%
North West -46 5 £625 +21.95%
Wales -15 4 £575 -
Midlands -55 4 £600 -7.69% 2
West Midlands -45 3 - - 1
Yorkshire -43 2 £400 -38.46%
South West - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £500 -
East Midlands -22 1 £600 -7.69% 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 (0.81%) CMS
Business Applications
1 71 (57.72%) SAP CO
2 69 (56.10%) SAP FI/CO
3 64 (52.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (24.39%) SAP FI-CA
5 24 (19.51%) SAP BRIM
6 19 (15.45%) SAP PSCD
7 5 (4.07%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 5 (4.07%) SAP FI-AP
8 3 (2.44%) SAP ERP
8 3 (2.44%) SAP FI-GL
8 3 (2.44%) SAP GRC
8 3 (2.44%) SAP PS
9 2 (1.63%) SAP FS
9 2 (1.63%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (1.63%) SAP IS-U
9 2 (1.63%) SAP MM
9 2 (1.63%) SAP PP
9 2 (1.63%) SAP SD
9 2 (1.63%) SAP SM
10 1 (0.81%) Oracle BRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.44%) Azure
2 2 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (1.63%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (0.81%) SaaS
3 1 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.44%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) JIRA
2 2 (1.63%) Hudson
3 1 (0.81%) Toad
General
1 68 (55.28%) Finance
2 27 (21.95%) Billing
3 18 (14.63%) Social Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.94%) General Ledger
5 11 (8.94%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.50%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Banking
8 4 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.63%) Local Government
10 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) German Language
11 1 (0.81%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.81%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.81%) Retail
11 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (56.10%) Consultant
2 62 (50.41%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (18.70%) SAP FI Consultant
4 18 (14.63%) SAP CO Consultant
4 18 (14.63%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 14 (11.38%) Functional Consultant
5 14 (11.38%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 13 (10.57%) SAP Manager
7 12 (9.76%) Project Manager
7 12 (9.76%) SAP Project Manager
8 10 (8.13%) PMO Manager
8 10 (8.13%) PMO Project Manager
8 10 (8.13%) SAP PMO Manager
9 8 (6.50%) Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) Lead
9 8 (6.50%) SAP Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) Senior
10 7 (5.69%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 7 (5.69%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (4.88%) SAP Financial Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.45%) BAPI
2 7 (5.69%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (4.07%) XML
4 2 (1.63%) SAP ALE
4 2 (1.63%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.81%) IDoc
5 1 (0.81%) Middleware
5 1 (0.81%) REST
5 1 (0.81%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.81%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (0.81%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.81%) SOAP
5 1 (0.81%) Web Services
5 1 (0.81%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.81%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Life Science
2 7 (5.69%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.88%) FMCG
4 3 (2.44%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.63%) Replication
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (13.01%) Workshop Facilitation
3 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (10.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (9.76%) Accounts Payable
5 12 (9.76%) Migration
6 11 (8.94%) ERP
6 11 (8.94%) Revenue Management
7 10 (8.13%) Accounts Receivable
8 8 (6.50%) Data Migration
8 8 (6.50%) Project Delivery
8 8 (6.50%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (6.50%) Validation
9 7 (5.69%) Agile
9 7 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.69%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (5.69%) Project Management
9 7 (5.69%) Record to Report
10 6 (4.88%) Budgeting
10 6 (4.88%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.88%) ABAP
2 2 (1.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.81%) Java
3 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.81%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) CCA
3 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) ACCA
4 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.81%) CISM
4 1 (0.81%) CISSP
4 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.81%) PMP
4 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.13%) PMO
2 3 (2.44%) GRC
2 3 (2.44%) QA
3 2 (1.63%) IFRS
3 2 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) GAAP
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) ITGC
Vendors
1 123 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (8.94%) Ariba
3 4 (3.25%) Oracle
4 2 (1.63%) Guidewire
4 2 (1.63%) OpenText
4 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe
5 1 (0.81%) Amdocs
5 1 (0.81%) Duck Creek
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.81%) NetCracker