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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 432 517
Rank change year-on-year -85 +85 +119
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 70 85 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.19% 3.51% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 36
10th Percentile £510 £406 £429
25th Percentile £550 £493 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £725 £627 £630
90th Percentile £815 £672 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £538 £515
% change year-on-year +30.23% +4.37% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
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 3,194 2,422 3,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.58% 8.06% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,820 1,342 1,998
10th Percentile £360 £376 £380
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £665
90th Percentile £738 £775 £752
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £548 £525
% change year-on-year +0.46% +4.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 54 118
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £16.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £35.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% +7.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% -3.06%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -100 56 £623 +13.70% 6
UK excluding London -89 27 £700 +30.23% 5
London -49 26 £556 +5.90%
Work from Home -17 21 £550 +4.76% 3
North of England -62 10 £815 +71.58% 2
Midlands -57 8 £700 +19.66% 3
North West -38 7 £815 +71.58% 1
West Midlands -50 7 £700 +19.66% 2
South East -31 6 £707 +35.31%
North East -16 2 - -
East of England -28 2 £545 -9.17%
East Midlands -30 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Wales - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 70 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 41 (58.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.43%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.43%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (1.43%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (1.43%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.43%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Azure
1 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.43%) SaaS
1 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.43%) Power BI
1 1 (1.43%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Hudson
General
1 53 (75.71%) Finance
2 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.29%) Banking
4 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Legal
5 3 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.86%) Automotive
6 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.43%) Billing
7 1 (1.43%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.43%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.43%) Local Government
7 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (50.00%) Consultant
1 35 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 28 (40.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 28 (40.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 28 (40.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 20 (28.57%) Lead
4 8 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (8.57%) Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Product Lead
5 6 (8.57%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.57%) SAP Support
5 6 (8.57%) SAP Support Consultant
5 6 (8.57%) Support Consultant
6 5 (7.14%) Architect
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Architect
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Leader
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Support
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Manager
6 5 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (27.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.86%) Life Science
3 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.43%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) Migration
2 16 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (15.71%) Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (11.43%) Data Migration
5 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (8.57%) Business Process Analysis
6 6 (8.57%) ERP
6 6 (8.57%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (8.57%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (7.14%) Agile
7 5 (7.14%) Change Management
7 5 (7.14%) Process Improvement
7 5 (7.14%) Project Management
7 5 (7.14%) Roadmaps
8 4 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.71%) Profit Centre Accounting
8 4 (5.71%) Record to Report
8 4 (5.71%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.71%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.29%) ACCA
2 3 (4.29%) CCA
2 3 (4.29%) CIMA
3 2 (2.86%) AAT
3 2 (2.86%) Degree
3 2 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.29%) PMO
3 2 (2.86%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.43%) GAAP
4 1 (1.43%) ITGC
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (12.86%) Ariba
3 2 (2.86%) Planview
3 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.43%) OpenText
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle