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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 454 500
Rank change year-on-year -51 +46 +206
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 72 93 126
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.37% 3.48% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 38
10th Percentile £450 - £413
25th Percentile £519 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £694 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £740 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +20.45% +10.00% -13.04%

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 3,039 2,672 3,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 7.30% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,729 1,424 2,057
10th Percentile £358 £363 £369
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £660 £665 £664
90th Percentile £750 £755 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 66 86
10th Percentile £13.35 £25.20 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.23 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -23.44% +25.53%
75th Percentile £77.69 £61.72 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £79.75 £89.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.30% -27.58% +25.53%

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 November 2025.

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 11 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 November 2025. 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 -43 52 £650 +19.54% 51
UK excluding London -32 30 £663 +20.45% 36
London -7 21 £535 +7.00% 28
Work from Home -3 18 £543 +8.50% 19
Midlands -25 11 £700 +21.74% 4
South East +9 10 £675 +42.11% 27
North West -15 7 £664 +20.68% 1
North of England -35 7 £664 +20.68% 1
West Midlands - 6 £700 - 2
East Midlands -16 5 £650 +13.04% 2
East of England -13 2 £580 +16.00%

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 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 72 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 72 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 51 (70.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (6.94%) SAP MDG
3 5 (6.94%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.39%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.39%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.39%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.39%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.78%) Azure
2 2 (2.78%) SaaS
2 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.78%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.78%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.39%) Tableau
General
1 57 (79.17%) Finance
2 11 (15.28%) Manufacturing
2 11 (15.28%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Billing
3 6 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.78%) General Ledger
4 2 (2.78%) Spanish Language
4 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.39%) Automotive
5 1 (1.39%) Banking
5 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
5 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Law
5 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (62.50%) Consultant
2 43 (59.72%) SAP Consultant
3 33 (45.83%) SAP CO Consultant
4 30 (41.67%) SAP FI Consultant
4 30 (41.67%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 11 (15.28%) Lead
6 9 (12.50%) Architect
6 9 (12.50%) SAP Architect
7 7 (9.72%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (8.33%) SAP PS Consultant
9 5 (6.94%) Principal Architect
10 4 (5.56%) Project Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Support
11 3 (4.17%) Junior
11 3 (4.17%) SAP Financial Consultant
11 3 (4.17%) SAP Financial Leader
12 2 (2.78%) Analyst
12 2 (2.78%) SAP Project Manager
12 2 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (26.39%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.78%) Life Science
5 1 (1.39%) FMCG
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) Cost Control
1 11 (15.28%) Cost Management
1 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
2 9 (12.50%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 9 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 8 (11.11%) AI
3 8 (11.11%) Cash Management
3 8 (11.11%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 8 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 7 (9.72%) Analytics
4 7 (9.72%) Business Activity Monitoring
4 7 (9.72%) Data Migration
4 7 (9.72%) Decision-Making
4 7 (9.72%) Generative AI
4 7 (9.72%) Migration
4 7 (9.72%) Resource Allocation
5 6 (8.33%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
5 6 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (5.56%) ACCA
1 4 (5.56%) CIMA
2 2 (2.78%) CISA
2 2 (2.78%) CISM
2 2 (2.78%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) IFRS
2 3 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.78%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) GxP
4 1 (1.39%) GRC
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (16.67%) Ariba
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle
4 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.78%) Workday
5 1 (1.39%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.39%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.39%) OpenText