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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 472 497
Rank change year-on-year -116 +25 +39
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 72 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.77% 2.61% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 35
10th Percentile £470 £393 £440
25th Percentile £510 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -0.09%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £575
90th Percentile £1,090 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.09% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £66.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.40% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.71% - -

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 3,832 2,763 2,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.23% 8.42% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,148 1,593 1,731
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £455 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £740 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 59 84
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.70 £23.43
25th Percentile £28.50 £27.06 £35.36
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -12.20%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.80 £83.00 £65.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -16.15%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -120 49 £550 -8.33% 5
London -72 24 £680 +15.74% 2
UK excluding London -93 24 £510 -15.00% 3
Work from Home -53 20 £550 -8.33% 1
East of England -7 11 £510 -13.56%
North of England -70 5 £625 +19.05%
North West -49 4 £625 +21.95%
Midlands -62 3 - - 3
West Midlands -63 3 - - 2
South West - 2 - -
Wales -15 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -47 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -75 1 - -
Scotland - 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:

Business Applications
1 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 34 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.41%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.94%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.94%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (2.94%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.94%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.94%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.47%) Primavera
5 1 (1.47%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.47%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Hudson
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 44 (64.71%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Banking
4 5 (7.35%) General Ledger
4 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.41%) Billing
6 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 2 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (45.59%) Consultant
2 26 (38.24%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP CO Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP FI Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (20.59%) Project Manager
5 13 (19.12%) SAP Manager
5 13 (19.12%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (14.71%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (10.29%) Analyst
9 6 (8.82%) Lead
9 6 (8.82%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (7.35%) Architect
10 5 (7.35%) Senior
11 4 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 4 (5.88%) SAP Architect
11 4 (5.88%) SAP Business Analyst
11 4 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.47%) XML
2 1 (1.47%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.35%) FMCG
3 4 (5.88%) Life Science
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.24%) Agile
4 8 (11.76%) ERP
4 8 (11.76%) IT Strategy
4 8 (11.76%) Project Management
4 8 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (10.29%) Migration
5 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.82%) Record to Report
6 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (7.35%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (7.35%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (7.35%) Analytics
7 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.35%) Data Migration
7 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.35%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (5.88%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.94%) CCA
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) GRC
2 2 (2.94%) ITGC
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) GAAP
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (10.29%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow