SAP FI/CO Contract Job Trends

SAP FICO
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP FI/CO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 425 513
Rank change year-on-year -146 +88 +101
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 62 77 65
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.80% 3.19% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 28 25
10th Percentile £428 £404 £429
25th Percentile £508 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £573 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +6.02% -1.82%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £600
90th Percentile £794 £671 £870
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £585 £625
% change year-on-year -9.40% -6.40% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP FI/CO 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 3,452 2,416 3,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.24% 8.25% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,966 1,361 1,886
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 51 117
10th Percentile £22.29 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £58.00
90th Percentile £88.30 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.44 £60.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -5.93% +49.39% -18.04%

SAP FI/CO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP FI/CO job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP FI/CO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP FI/CO over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP FI/CO in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAP FI/CO
Top 14 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/CO within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -131 46 £556 -0.71% 19
UK excluding London -110 22 £530 -9.40% 16
London -70 21 £578 +10.10% 3
Work from Home -32 19 £450 -14.29% 4
North of England -57 9 £475 -19.15% 5
East of England -35 5 £500 -16.67% 6
North West -38 5 £550 - 3
South East -49 3 £707 +31.84% 5
Midlands -74 3 £700 +14.29% 2
Wales -13 2 £550 -
North East -17 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -50 2 £400 -38.46% 2
West Midlands -60 2 £700 +19.66% 1
East Midlands -31 1 - - 1

SAP FI/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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 62 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 62 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 31 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.61%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.61%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.61%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.61%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Azure
1 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) Hudson
General
1 45 (72.58%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.74%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.45%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.45%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Billing
5 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Automotive
7 1 (1.61%) Local Government
7 1 (1.61%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (45.16%) Consultant
2 27 (43.55%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (33.87%) SAP CO Consultant
3 21 (33.87%) SAP FI Consultant
3 21 (33.87%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 13 (20.97%) Lead
5 9 (14.52%) Project Manager
6 8 (12.90%) SAP Manager
6 8 (12.90%) SAP Project Manager
6 8 (12.90%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Analyst
8 5 (8.06%) PMO Manager
8 5 (8.06%) PMO Project Manager
8 5 (8.06%) SAP Support
8 5 (8.06%) SAP Support Consultant
8 5 (8.06%) Support Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Business Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.61%) XML
2 1 (1.61%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.61%) FMCG
3 1 (1.61%) Life Science
3 1 (1.61%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.42%) Migration
2 16 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.97%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (14.52%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (11.29%) Data Migration
5 7 (11.29%) ERP
5 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.68%) Record to Report
7 5 (8.06%) Agile
7 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.06%) Project Management
8 4 (6.45%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (6.45%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (6.45%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.45%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (6.45%) Process Improvement
8 4 (6.45%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.45%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (4.84%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) ABAP
2 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) CCA
2 2 (3.23%) AAT
2 2 (3.23%) ACCA
2 2 (3.23%) CIMA
2 2 (3.23%) Degree
2 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.23%) PMP
2 2 (3.23%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) PMO
2 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.23%) ITGC
4 1 (1.61%) GAAP
4 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (8.06%) Ariba
3 2 (3.23%) Planview
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle
4 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow