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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 448 514
Rank change year-on-year -124 +66 +94
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 56 74 66
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.63% 3.06% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 28
10th Percentile £405 £404 £429
25th Percentile £500 £495 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +4.13% -0.91%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £591
90th Percentile £651 £679 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.79% - -

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 3,433 2,417 3,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.04% 8.46% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,936 1,375 1,830
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 54 117
10th Percentile £26.30 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £36.90 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.64 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.60 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -145 39 £530 -5.36% 11
UK excluding London -114 22 £510 -5.12% 6
Work from Home -42 20 £450 -25.00% 4
London -82 16 £556 -5.36% 6
North of England -72 9 £475 -9.52% 2
East of England -24 8 £505 -15.83% 2
North West -41 5 £550 +7.32% 1
Wales -15 2 £550 -
North East -25 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -52 2 £400 -38.46% 1
East Midlands -32 1 - -
South East -64 1 - - 1
Midlands -72 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 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 56 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 56 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 29 (51.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.79%) Primavera
4 1 (1.79%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.79%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.79%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.79%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.79%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.79%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.79%) Azure
1 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Hudson
General
1 42 (75.00%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Banking
2 11 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.14%) General Ledger
3 4 (7.14%) Legal
4 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Billing
4 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Automotive
6 1 (1.79%) Local Government
6 1 (1.79%) Polish Language
6 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (42.86%) Consultant
2 23 (41.07%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (32.14%) SAP CO Consultant
3 18 (32.14%) SAP FI Consultant
3 18 (32.14%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 12 (21.43%) Project Manager
5 11 (19.64%) SAP Manager
5 11 (19.64%) SAP Project Manager
6 9 (16.07%) Lead
7 8 (14.29%) PMO Manager
7 8 (14.29%) PMO Project Manager
8 7 (12.50%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (10.71%) Analyst
10 5 (8.93%) SAP Support
11 4 (7.14%) Business Consultant
11 4 (7.14%) SAP Financial Consultant
11 4 (7.14%) SAP Financial Support
11 4 (7.14%) SAP Support Consultant
11 4 (7.14%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.71%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.79%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.79%) XML
2 1 (1.79%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.57%) FMCG
2 2 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.79%) Life Science
3 1 (1.79%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Migration
1 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 7 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (10.71%) Agile
4 6 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.71%) ERP
4 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (8.93%) IT Strategy
5 5 (8.93%) Project Management
5 5 (8.93%) Record to Report
6 4 (7.14%) Accounts Payable
6 4 (7.14%) Accounts Receivable
6 4 (7.14%) Business Process Analysis
6 4 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (7.14%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (5.36%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) ABAP
2 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) CCA
2 2 (3.57%) AAT
2 2 (3.57%) ACCA
2 2 (3.57%) CIMA
2 2 (3.57%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.57%) PMP
2 2 (3.57%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.79%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.86%) PMO
2 4 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.57%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.57%) ITGC
4 1 (1.79%) GAAP
4 1 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (5.36%) Ariba
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) Planview
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow