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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 450 510
Rank change year-on-year -122 +60 +64
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 61 71 69
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.79% 2.92% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 26 28
10th Percentile £428 £403 £430
25th Percentile £500 £473 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £581 £650 £600
90th Percentile £638 £681 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.79% - -

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 3,413 2,429 3,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.99% 8.44% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,920 1,376 1,837
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £464 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £788 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 58 120
10th Percentile £26.38 £19.49 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £34.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.12 £76.64 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £65.00
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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -136 42 £510 -7.27% 19
UK excluding London -100 25 £510 -5.12% 11
Work from Home -42 20 £450 -20.00% 7
London -96 16 £556 -3.30% 9
East of England -21 11 £510 -15.00% 2
North of England -77 9 £475 -9.52% 5
North West -36 5 £550 +7.32% 5
Wales -11 2 £550 -
North East -31 2 - -
Yorkshire -58 2 £400 -38.46%
East Midlands -30 1 - -
Midlands -59 1 - - 1
South East -67 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 61 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 31 (50.82%) 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%) Primavera
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 PS
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 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Hudson
General
1 44 (72.13%) Finance
2 11 (18.03%) Banking
2 11 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
3 4 (6.56%) Legal
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Billing
4 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Automotive
6 1 (1.64%) Local Government
6 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
6 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (39.34%) Consultant
2 23 (37.70%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (29.51%) SAP CO Consultant
3 18 (29.51%) SAP FI Consultant
3 18 (29.51%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 15 (24.59%) Project Manager
5 14 (22.95%) SAP Manager
5 14 (22.95%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (16.39%) Lead
7 10 (16.39%) SAP PMO Manager
8 7 (11.48%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (9.84%) Analyst
10 5 (8.20%) SAP Support
11 4 (6.56%) Business Consultant
11 4 (6.56%) SAP Financial Consultant
11 4 (6.56%) SAP Financial Support
11 4 (6.56%) SAP Support Consultant
11 4 (6.56%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) 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%) FMCG
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Life Science
3 1 (1.64%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Migration
1 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (16.39%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (13.11%) IT Strategy
4 7 (11.48%) Data Migration
4 7 (11.48%) Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (11.48%) Project Management
5 6 (9.84%) Agile
5 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (9.84%) ERP
5 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (9.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (8.20%) Record to Report
7 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (6.56%) Accounts Receivable
7 4 (6.56%) Business Process Analysis
7 4 (6.56%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (6.56%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (4.92%) Waterfall
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 13 (21.31%) 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 3 (4.92%) Ariba
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) Planview
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow