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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 435 520
Rank change year-on-year -93 +85 +109
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 72 90 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.32% 3.80% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 31
10th Percentile £505 £455 £450
25th Percentile £556 £506 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £647
90th Percentile £815 £683 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 3,100 2,366 3,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 7.71% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,745 1,278 1,983
10th Percentile £360 £375 £385
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £658 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 55 118
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.27 £16.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £51.37 £59.40 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +25.05% +27.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.19
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £59.40 £47.50
% change year-on-year -4.88% +25.05% +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 18 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 18 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 -96 57 £648 +15.63% 7
UK excluding London -78 28 £700 +19.66% 6
London -39 26 £578 +10.10% 1
Work from Home -28 21 £550 +4.76% 5
North of England -59 10 £815 +51.63% 1
Midlands -50 8 £700 +19.66% 4
North West -28 7 £815 +71.58% 1
South East -30 7 £707 +31.84% 1
West Midlands -42 7 £700 +19.66% 3
North East -16 2 - -
East of England -29 2 £545 -9.17%
East Midlands -23 1 - - 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 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 72 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 72 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 42 (58.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (1.39%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.39%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.39%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.39%) Azure
1 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.39%) SaaS
1 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.39%) Power BI
1 1 (1.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Hudson
General
1 53 (73.61%) Finance
2 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Banking
4 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.78%) Automotive
6 2 (2.78%) Billing
6 2 (2.78%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.39%) Local Government
7 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (54.17%) Consultant
1 39 (54.17%) SAP Consultant
2 31 (43.06%) SAP CO Consultant
3 30 (41.67%) SAP FI Consultant
3 30 (41.67%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 20 (27.78%) Lead
5 8 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 6 (8.33%) Product Lead
6 6 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 6 (8.33%) SAP Support
6 6 (8.33%) SAP Support Consultant
6 6 (8.33%) Support Consultant
7 5 (6.94%) Architect
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Architect
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Leader
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Financial Support
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Manager
7 5 (6.94%) SAP Project Manager
8 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.78%) Life Science
3 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.39%) Migration
2 17 (23.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (13.89%) Data Migration
5 9 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (9.72%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (8.33%) Business Process Analysis
8 6 (8.33%) ERP
8 6 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (6.94%) Agile
9 5 (6.94%) Change Management
9 5 (6.94%) Process Improvement
9 5 (6.94%) Project Management
9 5 (6.94%) Roadmaps
10 4 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (5.56%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (5.56%) System Integration Testing
11 3 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.56%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.17%) ACCA
2 3 (4.17%) CCA
2 3 (4.17%) CIMA
3 2 (2.78%) AAT
3 2 (2.78%) Degree
3 2 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.17%) PMO
3 2 (2.78%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.39%) ITGC
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (15.28%) Ariba
3 2 (2.78%) Planview
3 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.39%) OpenText
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle