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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 493 464
Rank change year-on-year -122 -29 +41
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 76 65 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.99% 2.28% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 29 42
10th Percentile £500 £440 £489
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £729 £688 £609
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,826 2,855 2,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.01% 8.64% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,081 1,622 1,500
10th Percentile £363 £358 £361
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £671 £675
90th Percentile £768 £751 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 50 73
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.98 £25.08
25th Percentile £19.48 £25.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.49 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.97% -25.58% -19.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.00 £85.10 £67.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £39.50 £41.41
% change year-on-year -5.06% -4.62% -26.69%

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 8 October 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 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 8 October 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 -95 53 £625 -3.85% 35
London -80 28 £793 +37.83% 12
UK excluding London -104 26 £510 -21.54% 18
Work from Home -65 22 £668 +24.77% 19
East of England -29 8 £510 -12.07%
Midlands -52 5 - - 6
West Midlands -43 4 - - 6
North West -44 4 £625 +21.95% 2
North of England -60 4 £625 +21.95% 2
South East -68 3 £625 -5.66% 9
Wales -6 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 £500 -
South West - 2 - -

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 76 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 76 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 47 (61.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (3.95%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (3.95%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.63%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.63%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.63%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.63%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.63%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (1.32%) Primavera
5 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.32%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (1.32%) SAP FI-FM
5 1 (1.32%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.32%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.32%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.32%) Azure
1 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) JIRA
General
1 50 (65.79%) Finance
2 17 (22.37%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.89%) Banking
4 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.58%) Automotive
6 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.26%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Legal
7 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.63%) Billing
8 2 (2.63%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (46.05%) Consultant
2 29 (38.16%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP CO Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP FI Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 12 (15.79%) SAP Manager
5 11 (14.47%) Architect
6 10 (13.16%) Project Manager
6 10 (13.16%) SAP Architect
6 10 (13.16%) SAP Project Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Lead
7 8 (10.53%) PMO Manager
7 8 (10.53%) PMO Project Manager
7 8 (10.53%) SAP PMO Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Senior
8 7 (9.21%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (7.89%) Analyst
9 6 (7.89%) SAP Analyst
9 6 (7.89%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 6 (7.89%) SAP PS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.21%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.26%) XML
3 2 (2.63%) XML Messaging
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.32%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (5.26%) FMCG
2 4 (5.26%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.95%) Life Science
4 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (23.68%) Migration
3 11 (14.47%) Data Migration
4 10 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
5 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.84%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (11.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (10.53%) Analytics
7 7 (9.21%) ERP
7 7 (9.21%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.21%) Test Scripting
8 6 (7.89%) Agile
8 6 (7.89%) Architecture Governance
8 6 (7.89%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (7.89%) IT Strategy
8 6 (7.89%) Project Management
9 5 (6.58%) Translating Business Requirements
9 5 (6.58%) Validation
10 4 (5.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) CCA
4 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.32%) PMP
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) PMO
2 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) GRC
3 1 (1.32%) IFRS
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.32%) ITGC
3 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (17.11%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.32%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle