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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 445 514
Rank change year-on-year -118 +69 +99
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 77 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.04% 3.26% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 34
10th Percentile £510 £405 £430
25th Percentile £550 £486 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £725 £622 £600
90th Percentile £815 £660 £838
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 3,327 2,361 3,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.43% 8.12% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,894 1,326 2,002
10th Percentile £363 £388 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £648 £660 £675
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 127 56 114
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.67
25th Percentile £33.75 £39.53 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.70 £86.00 £86.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 2 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 2 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 -131 48 £600 +9.34% 15
UK excluding London -102 25 £700 +19.66% 8
Work from Home -30 22 £550 +4.76% 5
London -67 22 £556 +8.49% 7
North of England -66 11 £550 -15.38% 1
North West -33 7 £683 - 1
Midlands -61 6 £700 +19.66% 3
South East -57 5 £707 +31.84% 3
West Midlands -59 5 £700 +19.66% 2
North East -13 2 - -
Yorkshire -55 2 £400 -38.46%
Wales - 2 £550 -
East Midlands -34 1 - - 1
East of England -37 1 £510 -15.00% 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 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 35 (51.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.47%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.47%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.47%) Azure
1 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Hudson
General
1 51 (75.00%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.71%) Banking
4 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (4.41%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Automotive
7 2 (2.94%) Billing
7 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.47%) Local Government
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (50.00%) Consultant
1 34 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 27 (39.71%) SAP CO Consultant
2 27 (39.71%) SAP FI Consultant
2 27 (39.71%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 18 (26.47%) Lead
4 8 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (8.82%) Analyst
5 6 (8.82%) Product Lead
5 6 (8.82%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.82%) SAP Support
5 6 (8.82%) SAP Support Consultant
5 6 (8.82%) Support Consultant
6 5 (7.35%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 5 (7.35%) SAP Financial Leader
6 5 (7.35%) SAP Financial Support
6 5 (7.35%) SAP Manager
6 5 (7.35%) SAP Project Manager
7 4 (5.88%) SAP Financial Architect
7 4 (5.88%) SAP Financial Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.06%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.47%) FMCG
3 1 (1.47%) Life Science
3 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) Migration
2 16 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (16.18%) Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (11.76%) ERP
5 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.29%) Data Migration
6 7 (10.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.82%) Agile
7 6 (8.82%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.82%) Process Improvement
7 6 (8.82%) Record to Report
8 5 (7.35%) Change Management
8 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.88%) Business Process Analysis
9 4 (5.88%) DevOps
9 4 (5.88%) Scenario Testing
9 4 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) CCA
2 4 (5.88%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.94%) AAT
3 2 (2.94%) ACCA
3 2 (2.94%) CIMA
3 2 (2.94%) Degree
3 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.94%) PMP
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.41%) PMO
3 2 (2.94%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.47%) GAAP
4 1 (1.47%) ITGC
4 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (16.18%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Planview
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle