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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 465 493
Rank change year-on-year -50 +28 +192
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 96 129
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.23% 3.56% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 39 45
10th Percentile £450 £498 £413
25th Percentile £526 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -7.49%
75th Percentile £725 £619 £625
90th Percentile £777 £710 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £563 £500
% change year-on-year +24.44% +12.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 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 3,095 2,700 3,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 7.41% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,782 1,448 2,084
10th Percentile £358 £363 £365
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £655 £666
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 63 85
10th Percentile £18.72 £23.78 £30.96
25th Percentile £28.36 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +28.39%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.55 £80.75 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.40% -26.54% +41.23%

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 29 November 2025.

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 11 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 29 November 2025. 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 -46 54 £700 +29.63% 11
UK excluding London -29 30 £700 +24.44% 12
London +1 22 £593 +18.50% 6
Work from Home -12 16 £543 +8.50% 8
South East +11 12 £700 +32.08% 5
Midlands -27 10 £700 +19.66% 2
West Midlands -17 8 £700 +19.66% 2
North West -25 6 £815 +48.18%
North of England -48 6 £815 +48.18%
East Midlands -13 2 - -
East of England -17 2 £580 -

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 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 69 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 43 (62.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.90%) SAP MDG
3 2 (2.90%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.45%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.45%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.90%) Azure
2 2 (2.90%) SaaS
2 2 (2.90%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.90%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 49 (71.01%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Billing
6 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.45%) Automotive
7 1 (1.45%) Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.45%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (55.07%) Consultant
2 36 (52.17%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (40.58%) SAP CO Consultant
4 27 (39.13%) SAP FI Consultant
4 27 (39.13%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 14 (20.29%) Lead
6 11 (15.94%) Architect
6 11 (15.94%) SAP Architect
7 6 (8.70%) Product Lead
8 5 (7.25%) Principal Architect
8 5 (7.25%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 5 (7.25%) SAP Support
9 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (5.80%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Financial Leader
10 3 (4.35%) SAP PS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.19%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.90%) Life Science
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.45%) FMCG
4 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.04%) Migration
1 9 (13.04%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 8 (11.59%) AI
2 8 (11.59%) Cash Management
2 8 (11.59%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 8 (11.59%) Cost Control
2 8 (11.59%) Cost Management
2 8 (11.59%) Risk Management
2 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (11.59%) Translating Business Requirements
3 7 (10.14%) Accounts Receivable
3 7 (10.14%) Business Activity Monitoring
3 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
3 7 (10.14%) Generative AI
3 7 (10.14%) Resource Allocation
4 6 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 6 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (7.25%) Process Improvement
5 5 (7.25%) System Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) ACCA
1 4 (5.80%) CIMA
2 2 (2.90%) CISA
2 2 (2.90%) CISM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) IFRS
2 2 (2.90%) GDPR
2 2 (2.90%) GxP
2 2 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.45%) GRC
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (18.84%) Ariba
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.45%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.45%) OpenText
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle