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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 441 518
Rank change year-on-year -121 +77 +100
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 64 78 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.97% 3.28% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 33 34
10th Percentile £483 £405 £430
25th Percentile £550 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £600
90th Percentile £815 £674 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £550 £530
% change year-on-year +27.27% +3.77% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
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 3,254 2,380 3,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.41% 8.18% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,858 1,331 2,016
10th Percentile £360 £375 £376
25th Percentile £450 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £654 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 56 116
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.84
25th Percentile £33.75 £39.53 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £40.87
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +46.82% -13.97%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £87.75 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -132 47 £623 +13.18% 15
UK excluding London -100 23 £700 +27.27% 8
London -73 22 £556 +5.90% 7
Work from Home -31 19 £475 -9.52% 5
North of England -65 10 £608 - 1
North West -36 6 £815 - 1
Midlands -66 6 £700 +19.66% 3
South East -49 5 £707 +35.31% 3
West Midlands -49 5 £700 +19.66% 2
North East -10 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £400 -
East Midlands -33 1 - - 1
East of England -38 1 £510 -15.00% 2
Wales - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 64 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 64 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 33 (51.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.56%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (1.56%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Hudson
General
1 47 (73.44%) Finance
2 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Banking
4 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Legal
7 2 (3.13%) Automotive
7 2 (3.13%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.56%) Billing
8 1 (1.56%) Local Government
8 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (46.88%) Consultant
1 30 (46.88%) SAP Consultant
2 23 (35.94%) SAP CO Consultant
2 23 (35.94%) SAP FI Consultant
2 23 (35.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 18 (28.13%) Lead
4 7 (10.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (9.38%) Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Product Lead
5 6 (9.38%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.38%) SAP Support
5 6 (9.38%) SAP Support Consultant
5 6 (9.38%) Support Consultant
6 5 (7.81%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 5 (7.81%) SAP Financial Leader
6 5 (7.81%) SAP Financial Support
6 5 (7.81%) SAP Manager
6 5 (7.81%) SAP Project Manager
7 4 (6.25%) SAP Financial Architect
7 4 (6.25%) SAP Financial Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (23.44%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.56%) Life Science
3 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) Migration
2 15 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (17.19%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (10.94%) Data Migration
5 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.94%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (9.38%) ERP
6 6 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (7.81%) Agile
7 5 (7.81%) Change Management
7 5 (7.81%) Process Improvement
7 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.25%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.25%) Record to Report
8 4 (6.25%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (4.69%) DevOps
9 3 (4.69%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) ABAP
2 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) CCA
1 4 (6.25%) SAP Certification
2 2 (3.13%) AAT
2 2 (3.13%) ACCA
2 2 (3.13%) CIMA
2 2 (3.13%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.69%) PMO
3 2 (3.13%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.56%) GAAP
4 1 (1.56%) ITGC
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (14.06%) Ariba
3 2 (3.13%) Planview
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow