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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 488 481
Rank change year-on-year -121 -7 +40
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 71 71 88
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.84% 2.47% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 37
10th Percentile £500 £445 £483
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £698 £688 £588
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £737
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,858 2,877 2,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.03% 8.73% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,135 1,628 1,506
10th Percentile £363 £360 £351
25th Percentile £463 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 52 77
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.59 £24.80
25th Percentile £19.90 £25.25 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -18.55%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.20 £74.75 £65.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.75 £44.24 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.40% -1.69% -19.89%

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 24 September 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 13 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 24 September 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 -133 47 £625 -3.85% 37
UK excluding London -102 26 £510 -21.54% 22
Work from Home -58 23 £625 +10.13% 12
London -88 21 £793 +29.39% 14
East of England -23 10 £510 -12.07%
North West -51 5 £625 +21.95% 4
North of England -68 5 £625 +19.05% 4
West Midlands -44 3 - - 5
Midlands -51 3 - - 5
South East -69 3 £625 -5.66% 11
South West - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Wales -11 1 £550 - 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:

Business Applications
1 71 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 71 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 39 (54.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.23%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.82%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.82%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.82%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.82%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (2.82%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.82%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.82%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.82%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.82%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.41%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (1.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.41%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.41%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Azure
1 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Hudson
General
1 48 (67.61%) Finance
2 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.04%) Banking
4 5 (7.04%) General Ledger
4 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Billing
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.82%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.82%) Local Government
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.41%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (50.70%) Consultant
2 30 (42.25%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (28.17%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (28.17%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (28.17%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (19.72%) SAP Manager
5 12 (16.90%) Project Manager
5 12 (16.90%) SAP Project Manager
6 10 (14.08%) PMO Manager
6 10 (14.08%) PMO Project Manager
6 10 (14.08%) SAP PMO Manager
7 8 (11.27%) Senior
8 7 (9.86%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (8.45%) Lead
10 5 (7.04%) Architect
10 5 (7.04%) SAP PS Consultant
11 4 (5.63%) Analyst
11 4 (5.63%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.63%) Project Consultant
11 4 (5.63%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) XML
2 3 (4.23%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (2.82%) XML Messaging
4 1 (1.41%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.41%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.04%) FMCG
3 3 (4.23%) Life Science
4 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.08%) Migration
3 9 (12.68%) ERP
3 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
3 9 (12.68%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (12.68%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (11.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (9.86%) Agile
6 6 (8.45%) Analytics
6 6 (8.45%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.45%) IT Strategy
6 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.45%) Project Management
6 6 (8.45%) Test Scripting
7 5 (7.04%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (7.04%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.04%) Logistics
7 5 (7.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.82%) CCA
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.41%) PMP
5 1 (1.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) PMO
2 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.82%) GRC
2 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.41%) IFRS
3 1 (1.41%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.41%) ITGC
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (19.72%) Ariba
3 3 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Anaplan