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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 444 521
Rank change year-on-year -89 +77 +116
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 83 86
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.26% 3.49% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 35
10th Percentile £518 £472 £413
25th Percentile £558 £512 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £647
90th Percentile £815 £675 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £550
% change year-on-year +19.66% +6.36% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 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 3,054 2,376 3,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.81% 7.64% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,732 1,259 2,010
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £778 £762
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 56 122
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.27 £16.45
25th Percentile £32.81 £34.06 £22.13
Median hourly rate £50.68 £53.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +13.42% +27.35%
75th Percentile £70.94 £77.81 £60.19
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £55.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year +2.26% +16.32% +27.35%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -88 54 £650 +16.07% 5
UK excluding London -66 28 £700 +19.66% 3
London -35 23 £578 +10.10% 2
Work from Home -16 21 £550 +4.76% 4
North of England -66 11 £815 +51.63%
North West -26 8 £815 +71.58%
Midlands -41 8 £700 +19.66% 2
South East -26 7 £678 +23.36% 1
West Midlands -37 7 £700 +19.66% 2
North East -18 2 - -
East of England -24 1 £580 -3.33%
East Midlands -24 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 69 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 38 (55.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.45%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.45%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.45%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) Azure
1 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.45%) SaaS
1 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Hudson
General
1 50 (72.46%) Finance
2 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Banking
4 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.90%) Automotive
7 2 (2.90%) Billing
7 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.45%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (52.17%) Consultant
1 36 (52.17%) SAP Consultant
2 28 (40.58%) SAP CO Consultant
3 27 (39.13%) SAP FI Consultant
3 27 (39.13%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 20 (28.99%) Lead
5 8 (11.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 6 (8.70%) Architect
6 6 (8.70%) Product Lead
6 6 (8.70%) SAP Architect
6 6 (8.70%) SAP Financial Leader
6 6 (8.70%) SAP Support
6 6 (8.70%) SAP Support Consultant
6 6 (8.70%) Support Consultant
7 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 5 (7.25%) SAP Financial Support
8 4 (5.80%) SAP Business Consultant
8 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Architect
8 4 (5.80%) SAP Manager
8 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (26.09%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (8.70%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.90%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.90%) Life Science
3 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.45%) FMCG
4 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Migration
2 15 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (15.94%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (14.49%) Data Migration
5 9 (13.04%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.14%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.70%) Business Process Analysis
7 6 (8.70%) ERP
7 6 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (7.25%) Process Improvement
8 5 (7.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (5.80%) Cash Management
9 4 (5.80%) Change Management
9 4 (5.80%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.80%) Profit Centre Accounting
9 4 (5.80%) Project Management
9 4 (5.80%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.80%) Scenario Testing
9 4 (5.80%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.35%) ACCA
2 3 (4.35%) CCA
2 3 (4.35%) CIMA
3 2 (2.90%) AAT
3 2 (2.90%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.90%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.90%) PMO
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (15.94%) Ariba
3 2 (2.90%) Planview
3 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.45%) OpenText
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle