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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 466 526
Rank change year-on-year -130 +60 +33
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 61 74 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.62% 2.76% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 31
10th Percentile £435 £391 £433
25th Percentile £500 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £581
90th Percentile £663 £688 £600
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 3,774 2,677 3,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.19% 8.29% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,107 1,516 1,860
10th Percentile £363 £380 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £672 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 65 121
10th Percentile £20.31 £20.19 £17.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £30.25 £22.75
Median hourly rate £52.00 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +43.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -26.38%

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 9 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 9 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 -135 41 £510 -9.33% 6
Work from Home -45 21 £450 -20.70% 3
UK excluding London -114 21 £510 -7.27% 4
London -80 17 £575 - 1
East of England -14 11 £510 -15.00% 1
North of England -80 5 £625 +19.05% 2
North West -40 4 £625 +21.95% 2
Midlands -65 2 - -
Wales -14 1 £550 -
East Midlands -17 1 - -
Yorkshire -50 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -61 1 - -
West Midlands -65 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 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 61 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 30 (49.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.92%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.28%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (3.28%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.64%) Primavera
5 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.64%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.28%) Azure
1 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.64%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.64%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Hudson
General
1 44 (72.13%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Billing
4 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Local Government
5 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Consultant
2 24 (39.34%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP CO Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (22.95%) Project Manager
5 13 (21.31%) SAP Manager
5 13 (21.31%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (16.39%) SAP PMO Manager
8 8 (13.11%) Analyst
9 7 (11.48%) Lead
10 6 (9.84%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (8.20%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (6.56%) Architect
12 4 (6.56%) Business Analyst
12 4 (6.56%) SAP Business Analyst
13 3 (4.92%) Functional Consultant
13 3 (4.92%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.64%) XML
2 1 (1.64%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) FMCG
2 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.28%) Life Science
3 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (14.75%) Agile
3 8 (13.11%) IT Strategy
3 8 (13.11%) Migration
3 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.48%) Record to Report
4 7 (11.48%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (11.48%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.84%) Project Management
6 5 (8.20%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.20%) ERP
6 5 (8.20%) Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (6.56%) Accounts Receivable
7 4 (6.56%) Change Management
7 4 (6.56%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.56%) Roadmaps
8 3 (4.92%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) ABAP
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.28%) CCA
1 2 (3.28%) SAP Certification
1 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.64%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.64%) PMP
2 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) PMO
2 2 (3.28%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.28%) ITGC
2 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.64%) GAAP
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (8.20%) Ariba
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.64%) Planview