SAP FI/CO Contract Job Trends

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 488 509
Rank change year-on-year -96 +21 +48
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 65 68 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.71% 2.52% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 31
10th Percentile £375 £389 £433
25th Percentile £500 £439 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +0.91% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £581
90th Percentile £663 £688 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.09% -
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 3,805 2,699 3,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.23% 8.32% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,131 1,531 1,825
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £648 £669 £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 64 118
10th Percentile £20.31 £19.04 £18.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £30.19 £25.25
Median hourly rate £51.43 £53.50 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +32.67% -19.35%
75th Percentile £71.91 £68.13 £58.44
90th Percentile £90.50 £85.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -24.17% +50.00% -25.46%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -118 44 £510 -13.19% 10
Work from Home -59 23 £425 -25.11% 65
UK excluding London -104 22 £510 -15.00% 8
London -71 19 £550 -4.35% 3
East of England -12 11 £510 -15.00% 1
North of England -72 5 £625 +19.05% 3
North West -41 4 £625 +21.95% 2
Midlands -60 2 - - 1
Wales -11 1 £550 -
East Midlands -16 1 - -
Yorkshire -54 1 £400 -38.46% 1
West Midlands -65 1 - - 1
South East -68 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 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 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 65 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 65 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 33 (50.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.08%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (3.08%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.54%) Primavera
5 1 (1.54%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.54%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.54%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.54%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.54%) SAP GRC
5 1 (1.54%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.54%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.54%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.54%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.54%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) Azure
1 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) Hudson
General
1 47 (72.31%) Finance
2 13 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Banking
4 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.69%) General Ledger
5 4 (6.15%) Billing
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
5 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Local Government
6 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.54%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (41.54%) Consultant
2 26 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (35.38%) SAP CO Consultant
3 23 (35.38%) SAP FI Consultant
3 23 (35.38%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 15 (23.08%) Project Manager
5 14 (21.54%) SAP Manager
5 14 (21.54%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (16.92%) PMO Manager
6 11 (16.92%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (15.38%) SAP PMO Manager
8 8 (12.31%) Analyst
9 7 (10.77%) Lead
10 6 (9.23%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (7.69%) Architect
11 5 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
12 4 (6.15%) Functional Consultant
12 4 (6.15%) SAP Architect
12 4 (6.15%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.54%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.54%) XML
2 1 (1.54%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) FMCG
2 3 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (4.62%) Life Science
2 3 (4.62%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.54%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (15.38%) Agile
2 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.85%) Migration
3 9 (13.85%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (12.31%) IT Strategy
5 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.77%) Project Management
5 7 (10.77%) Record to Report
5 7 (10.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.23%) Data Migration
6 6 (9.23%) ERP
7 5 (7.69%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (7.69%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (7.69%) Change Management
7 5 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 4 (6.15%) Analytics
8 4 (6.15%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) ABAP
2 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.62%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.08%) CCA
2 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.08%) PMP
2 2 (3.08%) SAP Certification
2 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.46%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.08%) ITGC
2 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.54%) GAAP
3 1 (1.54%) GRC
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (9.23%) Ariba
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle
3 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Planview