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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 472 533
Rank change year-on-year -25 +61 +179
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 71 87 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.48% 3.08% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 32
10th Percentile £445 £480 £414
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £688 £594 £609
90th Percentile £700 £741 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 2,867 2,826 3,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.70% 7.34% 7.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,632 1,526 1,981
10th Percentile £360 £351 £358
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £775 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +0.47% +2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 80 68
10th Percentile £14.17 £24.95 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.27 £46.75
Median hourly rate £36.48 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £66.15 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.50% -20.34% +61.40%

SAP FI/CO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP FI/CO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP FI/CO 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 18 September 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 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 18 September 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 +4 56 £650 +20.37% 17
UK excluding London -12 29 £650 +18.18% 11
London +14 25 £613 +22.50% 6
Work from Home +18 15 £568 +13.50% 18
South East +25 9 £663 +39.47% 8
Midlands -14 8 £650 +13.04% 2
North of England -16 8 £525 -4.55% 1
East Midlands -3 5 £650 +13.04% 2
North West -15 5 £513 -6.82%
East of England +1 3 £580 +10.48%
West Midlands - 3 - -
North East -3 2 £525 -12.50%
Yorkshire -15 1 £650 +15.56% 1
Wales - 1 - -

SAP FI/CO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 71 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 71 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 51 (71.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (8.45%) SAP PS
4 4 (5.63%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.41%) SAP GRC
5 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.82%) Azure
2 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.41%) SaaS
3 1 (1.41%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.82%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.82%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) LSMW
General
1 56 (78.87%) Finance
2 10 (14.08%) Manufacturing
3 9 (12.68%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.45%) Billing
6 5 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (5.63%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.82%) Banking
8 2 (2.82%) Law
9 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.41%) Automotive
9 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (63.38%) Consultant
2 43 (60.56%) SAP Consultant
3 32 (45.07%) SAP CO Consultant
4 29 (40.85%) SAP FI Consultant
4 29 (40.85%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 9 (12.68%) Architect
5 9 (12.68%) SAP Architect
6 7 (9.86%) Lead
6 7 (9.86%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (8.45%) SAP PS Consultant
8 5 (7.04%) Principal Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Project Consultant
10 3 (4.23%) Junior
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Financial Support
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Support
11 2 (2.82%) Finance Business Analyst
11 2 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.82%) FMCG
5 1 (1.41%) Life Science
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.90%) Accounts Receivable
2 11 (15.49%) Cost Control
2 11 (15.49%) Cost Management
3 10 (14.08%) Migration
4 9 (12.68%) Analytics
4 9 (12.68%) Data Migration
4 9 (12.68%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 9 (12.68%) Risk Management
4 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (11.27%) Cash Management
5 8 (11.27%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.27%) Process Improvement
5 8 (11.27%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (9.86%) Business Activity Monitoring
6 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
6 7 (9.86%) Generative AI
6 7 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.86%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) ACCA
2 5 (7.04%) CIMA
3 3 (4.23%) Degree
4 2 (2.82%) CISA
4 2 (2.82%) CISM
5 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.41%) MBA
5 1 (1.41%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) IFRS
2 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
3 2 (2.82%) GxP
4 1 (1.41%) GRC
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (9.86%) Ariba
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Workday
5 1 (1.41%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.41%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.41%) Cognos
5 1 (1.41%) OpenText
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow