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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 479 494
Rank change year-on-year -116 +15 +40
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 72 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 2.58% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 34
10th Percentile £500 £391 £438
25th Percentile £510 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -1.82%
75th Percentile £663 £684 £575
90th Percentile £1,090 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £66.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.40% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.71% - -

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 3,829 2,795 2,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.20% 8.49% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,143 1,611 1,707
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 60 81
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.28 £22.75
25th Percentile £28.13 £27.23 £35.36
Median hourly rate £42.75 £44.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -0.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.10 £82.75 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -18.81%

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 5 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 5 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 -135 48 £550 -8.33% 16
UK excluding London -103 25 £510 -21.54% 7
London -57 23 £710 +20.85% 4
Work from Home -54 20 £550 -3.08% 8
East of England -6 11 £510 -12.07%
North of England -61 5 £625 +19.05% 2
North West -50 4 £625 +21.95% 2
West Midlands -56 3 - -
Midlands -60 3 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £500 -
South West - 2 - -
Wales -11 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -46 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -76 1 - - 3

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 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 35 (51.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.41%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.94%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.94%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (2.94%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.94%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.94%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.47%) Primavera
5 1 (1.47%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.47%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.47%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Hudson
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 44 (64.71%) Finance
2 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Banking
4 5 (7.35%) General Ledger
4 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Billing
6 3 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 2 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (47.06%) Consultant
2 27 (39.71%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (29.41%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (29.41%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (29.41%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 13 (19.12%) Project Manager
4 13 (19.12%) SAP Manager
5 12 (17.65%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Manager
6 11 (16.18%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (14.71%) SAP PMO Manager
8 6 (8.82%) Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Lead
8 6 (8.82%) SAP Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Senior
10 4 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.88%) SAP Architect
10 4 (5.88%) SAP Business Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.47%) XML
1 1 (1.47%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.35%) FMCG
3 4 (5.88%) Life Science
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (13.24%) Agile
2 9 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (11.76%) ERP
3 8 (11.76%) IT Strategy
3 8 (11.76%) Migration
3 8 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (10.29%) Project Management
4 7 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
5 6 (8.82%) Record to Report
6 5 (7.35%) Accounts Payable
6 5 (7.35%) Accounts Receivable
6 5 (7.35%) Analytics
6 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.35%) Data Migration
6 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
6 5 (7.35%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (5.88%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.94%) CCA
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.18%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) GRC
2 2 (2.94%) ITGC
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) GAAP
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (10.29%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow