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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 492 471
Rank change year-on-year -129 -21 +40
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 76 69 92
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.97% 2.39% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 41
10th Percentile £500 £450 £488
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £748 £688 £600
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
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 3,867 2,889 2,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.99% 8.70% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,097 1,645 1,468
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 52 72
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.40 £30.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.49 £35.27
Median hourly rate £38.93 £32.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -25.71% -22.55%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.10 £85.90 £74.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.87 £35.16 £40.91
% change year-on-year +7.71% -14.07% -27.58%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -126 52 £625 -3.85% 33
London -76 28 £793 +37.83% 14
UK excluding London -99 25 £510 -21.54% 20
Work from Home -68 22 £668 +23.04% 20
East of England -23 7 £510 -12.07%
Midlands -51 5 - - 6
West Midlands -43 4 - - 6
North West -50 4 £625 +21.95% 2
North of England -72 4 £625 +21.95% 3
South East -73 3 £625 -5.66% 7
Wales -11 2 - - 4
Scotland - 2 £500 -
South West - 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 76 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 76 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 47 (61.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (5.26%) SAP PP
4 3 (3.95%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (2.63%) SAP BRIM
5 2 (2.63%) SAP GRC
5 2 (2.63%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (2.63%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.63%) SAP PM
5 2 (2.63%) SAP PS
5 2 (2.63%) SAP SD
5 2 (2.63%) SAP SM
6 1 (1.32%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (1.32%) Primavera
6 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
6 1 (1.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (1.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (1.32%) SAP QM
6 1 (1.32%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.32%) Azure
1 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) JIRA
General
1 51 (67.11%) Finance
2 17 (22.37%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.89%) Banking
4 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.58%) Automotive
6 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.26%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Legal
7 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.63%) Billing
8 2 (2.63%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Romanian Language
9 1 (1.32%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (47.37%) Consultant
2 30 (39.47%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP CO Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP FI Consultant
3 18 (23.68%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 11 (14.47%) Architect
4 11 (14.47%) SAP Manager
5 10 (13.16%) SAP Architect
6 9 (11.84%) Project Manager
6 9 (11.84%) SAP Project Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Lead
7 8 (10.53%) Senior
8 7 (9.21%) Analyst
8 7 (9.21%) PMO Manager
8 7 (9.21%) PMO Project Manager
8 7 (9.21%) SAP Analyst
8 7 (9.21%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (9.21%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (7.89%) Functional Consultant
9 6 (7.89%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.21%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.26%) XML
3 2 (2.63%) XML Messaging
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.32%) SAP TM
4 1 (1.32%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (5.26%) FMCG
2 4 (5.26%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.95%) Life Science
4 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (23.68%) Migration
3 11 (14.47%) Data Migration
4 10 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
5 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.84%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (11.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (10.53%) Analytics
6 8 (10.53%) ERP
7 7 (9.21%) Roadmaps
7 7 (9.21%) Test Scripting
8 6 (7.89%) Agile
8 6 (7.89%) Architecture Governance
8 6 (7.89%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (7.89%) IT Strategy
8 6 (7.89%) Project Management
9 5 (6.58%) Translating Business Requirements
9 5 (6.58%) Validation
10 4 (5.26%) Cutover Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) CCA
4 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.32%) PMP
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) PMO
2 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) GRC
3 1 (1.32%) IFRS
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.32%) ITGC
3 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (17.11%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.32%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle