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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 449 487
Rank change year-on-year -73 +38 +180
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 92 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.18% 3.67% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 41
10th Percentile £525 - £375
25th Percentile £559 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £548 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% +4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £648
90th Percentile £793 £694 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 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 3,167 2,508 3,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.55% 7.51% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,824 1,328 1,905
10th Percentile £358 £371 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £668 £664 £675
90th Percentile £760 £763 £754
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 55 92
10th Percentile £18.80 £22.27 £22.06
25th Percentile £26.25 £30.21 £46.75
Median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £66.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.82 £80.75 £88.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +51.45%

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 31 December 2025.

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 13 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 31 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 -63 57 £650 +23.81% 80
UK excluding London -40 32 £700 +19.66% 67
London -22 24 £578 +15.60% 17
Work from Home -19 17 £550 +10.00% 11
South East -10 11 £688 +17.52% 20
North of England -49 11 £815 +44.89% 15
North West -14 9 £815 +71.58% 6
West Midlands -24 7 £700 +19.66% 6
Midlands -30 7 £700 +19.66% 14
East of England -21 2 £580 - 9
North East -13 1 - - 2
Yorkshire -46 1 - - 7
Wales - 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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 69 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 69 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 41 (59.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.45%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.45%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.45%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.45%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.90%) Azure
1 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.90%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.90%) Power BI
1 2 (2.90%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Hudson
General
1 50 (72.46%) Finance
2 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.80%) Banking
5 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Automotive
6 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.45%) Billing
7 1 (1.45%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.45%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (52.17%) Consultant
2 34 (49.28%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (37.68%) SAP CO Consultant
4 25 (36.23%) SAP FI Consultant
4 25 (36.23%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 18 (26.09%) Lead
6 11 (15.94%) Architect
6 11 (15.94%) SAP Architect
7 7 (10.14%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (8.70%) Product Lead
9 5 (7.25%) Principal Architect
9 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Leader
9 5 (7.25%) SAP Support
9 5 (7.25%) SAP Support Consultant
9 5 (7.25%) Support Consultant
10 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Architect
10 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.29%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Augmented Reality
2 5 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.90%) Life Science
6 1 (1.45%) FMCG
6 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Migration
2 12 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (13.04%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 9 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (11.59%) AI
4 8 (11.59%) Cash Management
4 8 (11.59%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 8 (11.59%) Data Migration
4 8 (11.59%) Risk Management
5 7 (10.14%) Accounts Receivable
5 7 (10.14%) Business Activity Monitoring
5 7 (10.14%) Cost Control
5 7 (10.14%) Cost Management
5 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
5 7 (10.14%) Generative AI
5 7 (10.14%) Resource Allocation
5 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.14%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (8.70%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (7.25%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) ACCA
1 5 (7.25%) CIMA
2 3 (4.35%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.90%) CCA
3 2 (2.90%) CISA
3 2 (2.90%) CISM
4 1 (1.45%) AAT
4 1 (1.45%) Degree
4 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) IFRS
2 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
3 2 (2.90%) GxP
3 2 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.45%) GRC
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (14.49%) Ariba
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.45%) OpenText
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle
4 1 (1.45%) Planview
4 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow