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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 441 512
Rank change year-on-year -81 +71 +128
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 89 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.22% 3.73% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 35 33
10th Percentile £525 £478 £413
25th Percentile £563 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £644 £648
90th Percentile £815 £690 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £550
% change year-on-year +19.66% +6.36% -6.38%
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 3,060 2,384 3,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.94% 7.59% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,740 1,249 1,988
10th Percentile £360 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £660 £672
90th Percentile £750 £773 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 54 124
10th Percentile £19.85 £22.27 £16.85
25th Percentile £33.75 £32.19 £22.26
Median hourly rate £49.42 £49.34 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +3.87% +16.85%
75th Percentile £77.69 £76.64 £60.06
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £53.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +5.12% +13.16% +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 1 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 1 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 -77 53 £650 +17.12% 3
UK excluding London -63 28 £700 +19.66% 3
London -40 22 £600 +14.29% 1
Work from Home -14 20 £550 +7.32% 4
North of England -61 11 £815 +44.89%
North West -25 8 £815 +71.58%
Midlands -47 8 £700 +19.66% 1
South East -16 7 £678 +23.36% 2
West Midlands -33 7 £700 +19.66% 1
North East -19 2 - -
East of England -23 1 £580 -3.33%
East Midlands -23 1 - -
Yorkshire -51 1 - -
Wales - 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 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 38 (55.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.47%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.47%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.47%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.47%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.47%) Azure
1 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.47%) SaaS
1 1 (1.47%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Hudson
General
1 49 (72.06%) Finance
2 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Banking
4 6 (8.82%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.94%) Automotive
7 2 (2.94%) Billing
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.47%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.47%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.47%) Local Government
8 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (54.41%) Consultant
1 37 (54.41%) SAP Consultant
2 29 (42.65%) SAP CO Consultant
3 28 (41.18%) SAP FI Consultant
3 28 (41.18%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 21 (30.88%) Lead
5 8 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) Architect
6 6 (8.82%) Product Lead
6 6 (8.82%) SAP Architect
6 6 (8.82%) SAP Financial Leader
6 6 (8.82%) SAP Support
6 6 (8.82%) SAP Support Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) Support Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 5 (7.35%) SAP Financial Support
8 4 (5.88%) SAP Business Consultant
8 4 (5.88%) SAP Financial Architect
8 4 (5.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.41%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.94%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.94%) Life Science
3 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.47%) FMCG
4 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Migration
2 15 (22.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (16.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (14.71%) Data Migration
5 8 (11.76%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (10.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.82%) Business Process Analysis
7 6 (8.82%) ERP
7 6 (8.82%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (8.82%) Process Improvement
7 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (7.35%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (5.88%) Cash Management
9 4 (5.88%) Change Management
9 4 (5.88%) Profit Centre Accounting
9 4 (5.88%) Project Management
9 4 (5.88%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.88%) Scenario Testing
9 4 (5.88%) System Integration Testing
10 3 (4.41%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) SAP Certification
2 3 (4.41%) ACCA
2 3 (4.41%) CCA
2 3 (4.41%) CIMA
3 2 (2.94%) AAT
3 2 (2.94%) Degree
3 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.94%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.47%) PMO
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (16.18%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Planview
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) OpenText
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle