SAP FI/CO Contract Job Trends

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 461 516
Rank change year-on-year -135 +55 +47
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 59 73 75
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.62% 2.89% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 33 30
10th Percentile £420 £390 £433
25th Percentile £500 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £588 £650 £584
90th Percentile £663 £688 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
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 3,647 2,526 3,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.10% 8.21% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 1,432 1,862
10th Percentile £359 £388 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% - -
75th Percentile £650 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 119
10th Percentile £20.31 £21.46 £16.69
25th Percentile £30.27 £30.75 £22.33
Median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +43.75% -19.19%
75th Percentile £71.91 £72.50 £56.49
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.24 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.26% +50.00% -25.46%

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 1 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 15 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 1 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 -133 39 £510 -11.30% 7
UK excluding London -98 23 £510 -7.27% 3
Work from Home -46 21 £450 -25.00% 4
London -84 13 £550 -6.38% 2
East of England -12 11 £510 -15.00%
North of England -74 7 £625 +19.05% 2
North West -37 5 £625 +21.95% 2
Midlands -63 2 - -
Wales -13 1 £550 -
East Midlands -16 1 - -
North East -33 1 - -
Yorkshire -50 1 £400 -38.46%
West Midlands -53 1 - -
South East -70 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 59 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 59 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 27 (45.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (5.08%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.39%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (3.39%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.69%) Primavera
5 1 (1.69%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.69%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.69%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.69%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.69%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.69%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.69%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.69%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.39%) Azure
1 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.69%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Hudson
General
1 42 (71.19%) Finance
2 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Banking
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Billing
4 4 (6.78%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
5 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.69%) Polish Language
6 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (42.37%) Consultant
2 24 (40.68%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (33.90%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (33.90%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (33.90%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (23.73%) Project Manager
5 13 (22.03%) SAP Manager
5 13 (22.03%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (18.64%) PMO Manager
6 11 (18.64%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (16.95%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (11.86%) Lead
9 6 (10.17%) Analyst
10 4 (6.78%) Architect
10 4 (6.78%) SAP Analyst
10 4 (6.78%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 3 (5.08%) Financial Analyst
11 3 (5.08%) Functional Consultant
11 3 (5.08%) SAP Architect
11 3 (5.08%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.69%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.69%) XML
2 1 (1.69%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) FMCG
2 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.39%) Life Science
3 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (15.25%) Agile
2 9 (15.25%) Migration
3 8 (13.56%) IT Strategy
3 8 (13.56%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (11.86%) Record to Report
4 7 (11.86%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) Project Management
6 5 (8.47%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.47%) Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (6.78%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (6.78%) Accounts Receivable
7 4 (6.78%) ERP
7 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.08%) Profit Centre Accounting
8 3 (5.08%) Roadmaps
8 3 (5.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) ABAP
2 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.08%) CCA
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.69%) AAT
3 1 (1.69%) ACCA
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.69%) CIMA
3 1 (1.69%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PMP
3 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.34%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.39%) ITGC
2 2 (3.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) GAAP
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.78%) Ariba
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.69%) Planview