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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 496 505
Rank change year-on-year -94 +9 +56
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 65 75
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 2.36% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 29 34
10th Percentile £390 £385 £438
25th Percentile £500 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.50% +0.83%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £575
90th Percentile £761 £690 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.09% +7.06%
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 3,827 2,756 3,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.26% 8.44% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,132 1,572 1,773
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £453 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% - -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 63 93
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.99 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.06 £28.33 £27.50
Median hourly rate £50.24 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.90 £81.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year -33.33% +48.79% -25.78%

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 23 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 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 23 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 47 £510 -15.00% 10
Work from Home -52 23 £425 -29.17% 3
UK excluding London -92 23 £510 -15.00% 5
London -69 22 £625 +6.38% 4
East of England -16 11 £510 -15.00% 1
North of England -70 5 £625 +19.05%
North West -42 4 £625 +21.95%
Midlands -60 2 - - 2
West Midlands -60 2 - - 2
South West - 2 - - 1
Wales -16 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -49 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -72 1 - - 1
Scotland - 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 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 34 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.94%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.94%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.94%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.47%) Primavera
5 1 (1.47%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.47%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.47%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Hudson
General
1 46 (67.65%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.24%) Banking
4 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) General Ledger
5 4 (5.88%) Billing
5 4 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.41%) Legal
6 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (42.65%) Consultant
2 25 (36.76%) SAP Consultant
3 22 (32.35%) SAP CO Consultant
3 22 (32.35%) SAP FI Consultant
3 22 (32.35%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 15 (22.06%) Project Manager
5 14 (20.59%) SAP Manager
5 14 (20.59%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (14.71%) SAP PMO Manager
8 8 (11.76%) Analyst
9 7 (10.29%) Lead
10 6 (8.82%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (7.35%) Architect
11 5 (7.35%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (5.88%) Business Analyst
12 4 (5.88%) SAP Architect
12 4 (5.88%) SAP Business Analyst
12 4 (5.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.47%) XML
2 1 (1.47%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) FMCG
2 4 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (5.88%) Life Science
3 2 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Replication
4 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.71%) Agile
2 10 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.24%) Migration
4 8 (11.76%) IT Strategy
4 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (10.29%) ERP
5 7 (10.29%) Project Management
6 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.82%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Record to Report
6 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (7.35%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (7.35%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (7.35%) Analytics
7 5 (7.35%) Change Management
7 5 (7.35%) Project Delivery
7 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
8 4 (5.88%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.94%) CCA
3 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.94%) PMP
3 2 (2.94%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) GRC
2 2 (2.94%) ITGC
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) GAAP
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (8.82%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) Planview