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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 429 504
Rank change year-on-year -85 +75 +151
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 72 95 91
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.35% 3.91% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 36
10th Percentile £525 £494 £413
25th Percentile £569 £500 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £628 £646
90th Percentile £793 £688 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £574 £500
% change year-on-year +22.00% +14.75% -14.89%
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 3,069 2,432 3,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.26% 7.66% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,769 1,281 1,912
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £665 £669 £675
90th Percentile £760 £770 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 53 100
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £19.15
25th Percentile £33.75 £30.41 £33.38
Median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +38.97%
75th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £49.34 £56.03
% change year-on-year +14.51% -11.93% +36.15%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -72 60 £650 +21.21% 1
UK excluding London -59 35 £700 +22.00% 1
London -21 23 £600 +20.00%
Work from Home -22 17 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England -52 13 £815 +44.89%
South East -16 11 £688 +25.00% 1
North West -24 10 £815 +71.58%
Midlands -39 8 £700 +19.66%
West Midlands -30 7 £700 +19.66%
East of England -15 2 £580 -
North East -17 2 - -
East Midlands -21 1 - -
Yorkshire -49 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 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 72 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 72 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 43 (59.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.39%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.39%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.39%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.78%) Azure
1 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.78%) Power BI
1 2 (2.78%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Hudson
General
1 54 (75.00%) Finance
2 15 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Banking
3 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Automotive
5 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.39%) Billing
6 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.39%) Local Government
6 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (52.78%) Consultant
2 36 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (38.89%) SAP CO Consultant
4 27 (37.50%) SAP FI Consultant
4 27 (37.50%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 20 (27.78%) Lead
6 11 (15.28%) Architect
6 11 (15.28%) SAP Architect
7 8 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (8.33%) Product Lead
8 6 (8.33%) SAP Support
8 6 (8.33%) SAP Support Consultant
8 6 (8.33%) Support Consultant
9 5 (6.94%) Principal Architect
9 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Leader
9 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Business Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Architect
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.44%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.94%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.78%) Life Science
6 1 (1.39%) FMCG
6 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.61%) Migration
2 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (12.50%) Cash Management
4 9 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 9 (12.50%) Profit Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.11%) Accounts Receivable
5 8 (11.11%) AI
5 8 (11.11%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 8 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 7 (9.72%) Business Activity Monitoring
6 7 (9.72%) Cost Control
6 7 (9.72%) Cost Management
6 7 (9.72%) Generative AI
6 7 (9.72%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (9.72%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (9.72%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.78%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (8.33%) ACCA
1 6 (8.33%) CIMA
2 3 (4.17%) CCA
2 3 (4.17%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.78%) AAT
3 2 (2.78%) CISA
3 2 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (1.39%) Degree
4 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.56%) IFRS
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) GxP
2 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.39%) GRC
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.39%) PMO
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (13.89%) Ariba
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.39%) OpenText
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle
4 1 (1.39%) Planview
4 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow