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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 453 517
Rank change year-on-year -111 +64 +80
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 61 76 67
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.79% 3.13% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 29
10th Percentile £428 £404 £430
25th Percentile £500 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -
75th Percentile £606 £650 £600
90th Percentile £768 £678 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -10.13% +3.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
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 3,412 2,431 3,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.33% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,922 1,368 1,853
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 52 114
10th Percentile £25.59 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.53 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £78.31 £57.87
90th Percentile £86.60 £86.00 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -23.81%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -133 46 £550 -3.93% 12
UK excluding London -94 23 £510 -10.13% 11
London -66 20 £556 -7.33% 2
Work from Home -43 18 £450 -25.00% 5
North of England -66 9 £475 -9.52% 4
East of England -26 8 £505 -15.83% 4
North West -42 5 £550 +7.32% 3
Wales -10 2 £550 -
North East -24 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -56 2 £400 -38.46% 1
Midlands -67 2 £700 +13.36%
South East -70 2 £707 +31.84% 4
East Midlands -30 1 - -
West Midlands -53 1 £700 +19.66%

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 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 61 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 30 (49.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.64%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.64%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.64%) Azure
1 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Hudson
General
1 43 (70.49%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.03%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Billing
5 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
7 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (45.90%) Consultant
2 27 (44.26%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP CO Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 12 (19.67%) Project Manager
5 11 (18.03%) Lead
5 11 (18.03%) SAP Manager
5 11 (18.03%) SAP Project Manager
6 8 (13.11%) PMO Manager
6 8 (13.11%) PMO Project Manager
6 8 (13.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 7 (11.48%) SAP PMO Manager
8 6 (9.84%) Analyst
9 5 (8.20%) SAP Support
9 5 (8.20%) SAP Support Consultant
9 5 (8.20%) Support Consultant
10 4 (6.56%) SAP Analyst
10 4 (6.56%) SAP Business Consultant
10 4 (6.56%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.64%) XML
2 1 (1.64%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) FMCG
3 1 (1.64%) Life Science
3 1 (1.64%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Migration
2 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (13.11%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (11.48%) Data Migration
5 7 (11.48%) ERP
5 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.84%) Record to Report
7 5 (8.20%) Agile
7 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.20%) IT Strategy
7 5 (8.20%) Project Management
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (6.56%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.56%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
8 4 (6.56%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.56%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) ABAP
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) CCA
2 2 (3.28%) AAT
2 2 (3.28%) ACCA
2 2 (3.28%) CIMA
2 2 (3.28%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.28%) PMP
2 2 (3.28%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.39%) PMO
2 4 (6.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.28%) ITGC
4 1 (1.64%) GAAP
4 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.56%) Ariba
3 2 (3.28%) Planview
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow