SAP FI/CO Contract Job Trends

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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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 481 476
Rank change year-on-year -118 -5 +67
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 70 65 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.83% 2.28% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 38
10th Percentile £500 £388 £445
25th Percentile £510 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +7.41% -0.09%
75th Percentile £663 £681 £575
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £638
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 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% - -
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 3,825 2,845 2,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.17% 8.63% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,156 1,641 1,679
10th Percentile £357 £363 £353
25th Percentile £456 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £663 £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 168 58 81
10th Percentile £18.40 £17.11 £22.75
25th Percentile £26.59 £26.89 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -9.46% -16.15%
75th Percentile £71.91 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.30 £79.00 £65.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +15.56% -20.34%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -107 49 £550 -8.33% 30
UK excluding London -100 27 £510 -21.54% 19
London -71 22 £735 +27.83% 12
Work from Home -45 21 £550 +3.77% 24
East of England -9 11 £510 -12.07%
North of England -73 5 £625 +19.05% 4
North West -45 4 £625 +21.95% 2
West Midlands -45 3 - - 1
Midlands -55 3 - - 4
South East -73 3 £625 -3.85% 4
South West - 2 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £500 - 3
Wales -11 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -43 1 £400 -38.46% 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:

Business Applications
1 70 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 70 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 34 (48.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.29%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.86%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.86%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.86%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (2.86%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.86%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.86%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.43%) Primavera
5 1 (1.43%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.43%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.43%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.43%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.86%) Azure
1 2 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.43%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Hudson
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 45 (64.29%) Finance
2 12 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.57%) General Ledger
3 6 (8.57%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.14%) Banking
4 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.29%) Billing
6 3 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.86%) Legal
7 2 (2.86%) Local Government
7 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (47.14%) Consultant
2 27 (38.57%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (27.14%) SAP CO Consultant
3 19 (27.14%) SAP FI Consultant
3 19 (27.14%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 13 (18.57%) Project Manager
4 13 (18.57%) SAP Manager
5 12 (17.14%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (15.71%) PMO Manager
6 11 (15.71%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (14.29%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (10.00%) Lead
8 7 (10.00%) Senior
9 6 (8.57%) Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) SAP Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (7.14%) Architect
11 4 (5.71%) Business Analyst
11 4 (5.71%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.71%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (2.86%) XML
2 1 (1.43%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.43%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.14%) FMCG
3 4 (5.71%) Life Science
4 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (12.86%) ERP
3 9 (12.86%) Migration
3 9 (12.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (11.43%) Agile
4 8 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 7 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (10.00%) Project Management
6 6 (8.57%) Accounts Payable
6 6 (8.57%) Accounts Receivable
6 6 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.57%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.57%) Record to Report
7 5 (7.14%) Analytics
7 5 (7.14%) Logistics
7 5 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) ABAP
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.29%) CCA
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.43%) PMP
4 1 (1.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.71%) PMO
2 2 (2.86%) GRC
2 2 (2.86%) ITGC
2 2 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.43%) GAAP
3 1 (1.43%) IFRS
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (11.43%) Ariba
3 2 (2.86%) Oracle
4 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow