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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 444 523
Rank change year-on-year -108 +79 +100
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 67 82 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.09% 3.44% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 36
10th Percentile £456 £406 £429
25th Percentile £550 £493 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £725 £627 £606
90th Percentile £815 £672 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £538 £515
% change year-on-year +30.23% +4.37% +0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
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 3,200 2,382 3,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.52% 8.08% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,833 1,332 2,036
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £467 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £654 £664
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -1.47% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 52 121
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.27 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.75 £39.53 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +27.66% +6.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £89.47 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £43.12
% change year-on-year -5.83% +39.16% -12.01%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -110 53 £623 +13.70% 6
UK excluding London -85 26 £700 +30.23% 5
London -43 25 £556 +5.90% 1
Work from Home -30 20 £550 +4.76% 3
North of England -67 10 £608 +27.89% 2
Midlands -62 8 £700 +19.66% 2
West Midlands -52 7 £700 +19.66% 1
North West -37 6 £815 +71.58% 1
South East -44 6 £707 +35.31% 1
North East -13 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £400 - 1
East of England -29 1 £510 -15.00%
East Midlands -34 1 - - 1
Wales - 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 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 67 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 67 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 38 (56.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.49%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.49%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.49%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (1.49%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.49%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Hudson
General
1 49 (73.13%) Finance
2 16 (23.88%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Banking
4 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Legal
7 2 (2.99%) Automotive
7 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.49%) Billing
8 1 (1.49%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.49%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.49%) Local Government
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Consultant
1 34 (50.75%) SAP Consultant
2 27 (40.30%) SAP CO Consultant
2 27 (40.30%) SAP FI Consultant
2 27 (40.30%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 19 (28.36%) Lead
4 7 (10.45%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (8.96%) Product Lead
5 6 (8.96%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.96%) SAP Support
5 6 (8.96%) SAP Support Consultant
5 6 (8.96%) Support Consultant
6 5 (7.46%) Analyst
6 5 (7.46%) Architect
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Architect
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Financial Leader
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Financial Support
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Manager
6 5 (7.46%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Life Science
2 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.49%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (22.39%) Migration
3 11 (16.42%) Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (16.42%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (8.96%) Data Migration
5 6 (8.96%) ERP
5 6 (8.96%) GAP Analysis
5 6 (8.96%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (7.46%) Agile
6 5 (7.46%) Change Management
6 5 (7.46%) Process Improvement
6 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.97%) Business Process Analysis
7 4 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.97%) Record to Report
7 4 (5.97%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (5.97%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (5.97%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (4.48%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.48%) CCA
3 2 (2.99%) AAT
3 2 (2.99%) ACCA
3 2 (2.99%) CIMA
3 2 (2.99%) Degree
3 2 (2.99%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.48%) PMO
3 2 (2.99%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.49%) GAAP
4 1 (1.49%) ITGC
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.43%) Ariba
3 2 (2.99%) Planview
3 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle