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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 490 471
Rank change year-on-year -119 -19 +51
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 76 67 91
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.96% 2.31% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 30 38
10th Percentile £500 £445 £484
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £686 £688 £597
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

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 3,882 2,896 2,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.07% 8.76% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,137 1,652 1,481
10th Percentile £360 £360 £353
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £652 £673 £675
90th Percentile £755 £760 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 48 75
10th Percentile £15.04 £12.95 £24.70
25th Percentile £19.70 £25.23 £35.36
Median hourly rate £38.93 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.70 £75.75 £65.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.68 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.09% -8.89% -20.34%

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 1 October 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 13 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 1 October 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 -103 52 £625 -3.85% 38
UK excluding London -97 28 £510 -21.54% 23
London -84 25 £760 +32.17% 15
Work from Home -58 23 £613 +14.49% 17
East of England -19 10 £510 -12.07%
North West -48 5 £625 +21.95% 4
North of England -75 5 £625 +19.05% 4
West Midlands -37 4 - - 5
Midlands -53 4 - - 6
South East -64 3 £625 -7.41% 11
Wales -13 2 £550 - 2
South West - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £500 -

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 76 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 76 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 43 (56.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (3.95%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (3.95%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.63%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.63%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.63%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.63%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.63%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.63%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.63%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.32%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.32%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (1.32%) SAP FI-FM
5 1 (1.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.32%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.32%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.63%) Azure
1 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) Hudson
General
1 49 (64.47%) Finance
2 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 6 (7.89%) Banking
4 6 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.58%) General Ledger
6 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Automotive
7 3 (3.95%) Billing
7 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.63%) Legal
8 2 (2.63%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (47.37%) Consultant
2 30 (39.47%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (26.32%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (26.32%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (26.32%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (18.42%) SAP Manager
5 12 (15.79%) Project Manager
5 12 (15.79%) SAP Project Manager
6 10 (13.16%) PMO Manager
6 10 (13.16%) PMO Project Manager
6 10 (13.16%) SAP PMO Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Architect
7 8 (10.53%) Senior
8 7 (9.21%) Lead
8 7 (9.21%) SAP Architect
8 7 (9.21%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (7.89%) Analyst
9 6 (7.89%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (6.58%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (6.58%) SAP PS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.26%) XML
3 2 (2.63%) XML Messaging
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.32%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (6.58%) FMCG
3 3 (3.95%) Life Science
3 3 (3.95%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (19.74%) Migration
3 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
4 9 (11.84%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (11.84%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (11.84%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (10.53%) Data Migration
5 8 (10.53%) ERP
6 7 (9.21%) Agile
6 7 (9.21%) Analytics
7 6 (7.89%) IT Strategy
7 6 (7.89%) Project Management
7 6 (7.89%) Test Scripting
8 5 (6.58%) Accounts Payable
8 5 (6.58%) Accounts Receivable
8 5 (6.58%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (6.58%) Logistics
8 5 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (6.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.63%) CCA
5 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PMP
5 1 (1.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) PMO
2 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) GRC
2 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.32%) IFRS
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.32%) ITGC
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (18.42%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.63%) Oracle
5 1 (1.32%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft