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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 457 516
Rank change year-on-year -108 +59 +111
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 64 78 71
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.89% 3.24% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 31 31
10th Percentile £475 £405 £430
25th Percentile £525 £486 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £725 £622 £635
90th Percentile £815 £660 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £530
% change year-on-year +19.66% +10.38% +3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
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 3,388 2,410 3,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.38% 8.23% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 1,355 1,954
10th Percentile £363 £400 £372
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £659 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 53 112
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +58.63% -20.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £87.35 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -5.83% +58.63% -22.81%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -114 49 £600 +9.34% 10
UK excluding London -95 25 £700 +19.66% 8
London -58 23 £556 +8.49% 3
Work from Home -39 19 £400 -23.81% 6
North of England -71 10 £550 -6.38% 4
North West -35 6 £683 - 2
Midlands -65 5 £700 +14.29% 2
East of England -37 4 £500 -16.67% 1
West Midlands -56 4 £700 +19.66%
South East -57 4 £707 +31.84% 1
North East -18 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -54 2 £400 -38.46% 2
Wales - 2 £550 -
East Midlands -33 1 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 64 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 64 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 31 (48.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.56%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.56%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.56%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.56%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.56%) Azure
1 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Hudson
General
1 45 (70.31%) Finance
2 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Banking
4 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Legal
6 3 (4.69%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.13%) Automotive
7 2 (3.13%) Billing
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.56%) Local Government
8 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Consultant
1 28 (43.75%) SAP Consultant
2 22 (34.38%) SAP CO Consultant
2 22 (34.38%) SAP FI Consultant
2 22 (34.38%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 16 (25.00%) Lead
4 9 (14.06%) Project Manager
5 8 (12.50%) SAP Manager
5 8 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
6 7 (10.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (9.38%) Analyst
7 6 (9.38%) Product Lead
8 5 (7.81%) SAP Financial Leader
8 5 (7.81%) SAP Support
8 5 (7.81%) SAP Support Consultant
8 5 (7.81%) Support Consultant
9 4 (6.25%) Finance Manager
9 4 (6.25%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (6.25%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (6.25%) SAP Financial Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.63%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.69%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.56%) FMCG
4 1 (1.56%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) Migration
2 15 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (17.19%) Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (12.50%) ERP
5 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.38%) Agile
6 6 (9.38%) Data Migration
6 6 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
6 6 (9.38%) Record to Report
6 6 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (7.81%) Change Management
7 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.25%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.25%) DevOps
8 4 (6.25%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.25%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) ABAP
2 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) CCA
2 4 (6.25%) SAP Certification
3 2 (3.13%) AAT
3 2 (3.13%) ACCA
3 2 (3.13%) CIMA
3 2 (3.13%) Degree
3 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.13%) PMP
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) PMO
2 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.13%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.56%) GAAP
4 1 (1.56%) ITGC
4 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (14.06%) Ariba
3 2 (3.13%) Planview
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle