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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 426 498
Rank change year-on-year -92 +72 +161
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 70 90 93
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.28% 3.72% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 38
10th Percentile £525 - £368
25th Percentile £566 £500 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £549 £513
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% +7.07% -6.82%
75th Percentile £725 £628 £640
90th Percentile £799 £697 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -16.67%
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 3,070 2,419 3,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.44% 7.61% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,769 1,279 1,912
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £755 £759 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +2.23% +2.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 51 93
10th Percentile £18.76 £22.27 £19.40
25th Percentile £26.60 £30.21 £40.25
Median hourly rate £43.18 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% -26.54% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £68.38 £70.50
90th Percentile £91.19 £80.75 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.75 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +20.72% -18.25% +51.45%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -62 58 £663 +23.54% 2
UK excluding London -51 34 £700 +19.66% 2
London -20 23 £600 +20.00%
Work from Home -23 16 £550 +10.00% 2
North of England -38 13 £815 +44.89%
South East 0 11 £688 +17.52% 2
North West -20 10 £815 +71.58%
West Midlands -23 7 £700 +19.66%
Midlands -35 7 £700 +19.66%
North East -12 2 - -
East of England -20 2 £580 -
Yorkshire -46 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 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 70 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 70 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 42 (60.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.43%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.43%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.43%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.43%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.43%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.43%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.86%) Azure
1 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.86%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.86%) Power BI
1 2 (2.86%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Hudson
General
1 52 (74.29%) Finance
2 13 (18.57%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (7.14%) Banking
5 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Automotive
6 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.43%) Billing
7 1 (1.43%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (51.43%) Consultant
2 34 (48.57%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (37.14%) SAP CO Consultant
4 25 (35.71%) SAP FI Consultant
4 25 (35.71%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 19 (27.14%) Lead
6 11 (15.71%) Architect
6 11 (15.71%) SAP Architect
7 8 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (8.57%) Product Lead
8 6 (8.57%) SAP Support
8 6 (8.57%) SAP Support Consultant
8 6 (8.57%) Support Consultant
9 5 (7.14%) Principal Architect
9 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Leader
9 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.71%) SAP Business Consultant
10 4 (5.71%) SAP Financial Architect
10 4 (5.71%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (8.57%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.29%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.86%) Life Science
6 1 (1.43%) FMCG
6 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Migration
2 13 (18.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (12.86%) Profit Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.43%) AI
5 8 (11.43%) Cash Management
5 8 (11.43%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.43%) Data Migration
5 8 (11.43%) Risk Management
6 7 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable
6 7 (10.00%) Business Activity Monitoring
6 7 (10.00%) Cost Control
6 7 (10.00%) Cost Management
6 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 7 (10.00%) Generative AI
6 7 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.57%) Business Process Analysis
7 6 (8.57%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) ACCA
1 6 (8.57%) CIMA
2 3 (4.29%) CCA
2 3 (4.29%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.86%) AAT
3 2 (2.86%) CISA
3 2 (2.86%) CISM
4 1 (1.43%) Degree
4 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.71%) IFRS
2 2 (2.86%) GDPR
2 2 (2.86%) GxP
2 2 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.43%) GRC
3 1 (1.43%) PMO
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (14.29%) Ariba
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.43%) OpenText
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle
4 1 (1.43%) Planview
4 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow