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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 453 480
Rank change year-on-year -76 +27 +193
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 65 95 122
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.08% 3.57% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 42
10th Percentile £513 - £379
25th Percentile £559 £500 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £725 £613 £640
90th Percentile £787 £681 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £574 £500
% change year-on-year +22.00% +14.75% -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 3,130 2,663 3,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 7.40% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,813 1,431 2,043
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £652 £669
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £539 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% +2.67% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 61 84
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.60 £30.72
25th Percentile £27.54 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +43.01%
75th Percentile £81.00 £66.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.92 £80.75 £89.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +25.53%

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 6 December 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 10 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 6 December 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 -41 53 £700 +27.85% 10
UK excluding London -48 28 £700 +22.00% 8
London -16 23 £600 +20.00% 6
Work from Home -18 15 £550 +10.00% 8
South East +5 12 £700 +19.66% 6
West Midlands -18 8 £700 +19.66%
Midlands -31 8 £700 +19.66%
North West -24 6 £815 +48.18%
North of England -52 6 £815 +48.18%
East of England -14 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 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 65 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 65 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 38 (58.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.54%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.54%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.54%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.54%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.54%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.54%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.54%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.08%) Azure
2 2 (3.08%) SaaS
2 2 (3.08%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
2 2 (3.08%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.08%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Hudson
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 47 (72.31%) Finance
2 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Manufacturing
4 6 (9.23%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Automotive
6 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.54%) Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Billing
7 1 (1.54%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (52.31%) Consultant
2 32 (49.23%) SAP Consultant
3 25 (38.46%) SAP CO Consultant
4 24 (36.92%) SAP FI Consultant
4 24 (36.92%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 14 (21.54%) Lead
6 11 (16.92%) Architect
6 11 (16.92%) SAP Architect
7 6 (9.23%) Product Lead
8 5 (7.69%) Principal Architect
9 4 (6.15%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (6.15%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.15%) SAP Support
9 4 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.62%) Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.62%) SAP Financial Leader
10 3 (4.62%) SAP Financial Support
10 3 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (4.62%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.62%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.08%) Life Science
4 1 (1.54%) FMCG
4 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.54%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.85%) Migration
1 9 (13.85%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 8 (12.31%) AI
2 8 (12.31%) Cash Management
2 8 (12.31%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 8 (12.31%) Risk Management
2 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (12.31%) Translating Business Requirements
3 7 (10.77%) Accounts Receivable
3 7 (10.77%) Business Activity Monitoring
3 7 (10.77%) Cost Control
3 7 (10.77%) Cost Management
3 7 (10.77%) Decision-Making
3 7 (10.77%) Generative AI
3 7 (10.77%) Resource Allocation
3 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (9.23%) Data Migration
4 6 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (6.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) ACCA
1 4 (6.15%) CIMA
2 2 (3.08%) CISA
2 2 (3.08%) CISM
2 2 (3.08%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) IFRS
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) GxP
2 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.54%) GRC
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (18.46%) Ariba
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.54%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.54%) OpenText
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle