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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 463 500
Rank change year-on-year -36 +37 +183
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 71 88 129
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.32% 3.27% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 39 40
10th Percentile £450 £498 £413
25th Percentile £525 £500 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -7.49%
75th Percentile £700 £619 £606
90th Percentile £760 £750 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £556 £500
% change year-on-year +25.84% +11.25% -14.89%

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 3,066 2,691 3,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 7.35% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,759 1,434 2,081
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £665 £663
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 69 67 85
10th Percentile £13.40 £24.14 £30.96
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -28.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £78.25 £61.68 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.82 £79.55 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +61.40%

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 15 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 15 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 -50 51 £663 +22.69% 30
UK excluding London -28 29 £700 +25.84% 18
London -16 21 £555 +11.00% 11
Work from Home -4 19 £543 +8.50% 24
South East +11 11 £688 +44.74% 9
Midlands -24 10 £700 +21.74% 5
West Midlands - 7 £700 - 4
North West -18 6 £815 +48.18% 1
North of England -44 6 £815 +48.18% 1
East Midlands -13 3 - - 1
East of England -19 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 71 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 71 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 47 (66.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (5.63%) SAP MDG
3 4 (5.63%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.41%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.41%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.41%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.82%) Azure
2 2 (2.82%) SaaS
2 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
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
General
1 54 (76.06%) Finance
2 11 (15.49%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Billing
6 2 (2.82%) Spanish Language
6 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.41%) Automotive
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (57.75%) Consultant
2 39 (54.93%) SAP Consultant
3 30 (42.25%) SAP CO Consultant
4 27 (38.03%) SAP FI Consultant
4 27 (38.03%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 13 (18.31%) Lead
6 10 (14.08%) Architect
6 10 (14.08%) SAP Architect
7 6 (8.45%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 5 (7.04%) Principal Architect
8 5 (7.04%) SAP PS Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Product Lead
9 4 (5.63%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.63%) SAP Support
10 3 (4.23%) Project Consultant
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Financial Architect
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Financial Leader
10 3 (4.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.35%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.82%) Life Science
4 1 (1.41%) FMCG
4 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.08%) Cost Control
1 10 (14.08%) Cost Management
1 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (12.68%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 9 (12.68%) Risk Management
3 8 (11.27%) AI
3 8 (11.27%) Cash Management
3 8 (11.27%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 8 (11.27%) Migration
4 7 (9.86%) Accounts Receivable
4 7 (9.86%) Business Activity Monitoring
4 7 (9.86%) Data Migration
4 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
4 7 (9.86%) Generative AI
4 7 (9.86%) Process Improvement
4 7 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
5 6 (8.45%) Analytics
5 6 (8.45%) Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (8.45%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (8.45%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (5.63%) ACCA
1 4 (5.63%) CIMA
2 2 (2.82%) CISA
2 2 (2.82%) CISM
2 2 (2.82%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) 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 13 (18.31%) Ariba
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.23%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Workday
5 1 (1.41%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.41%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.41%) OpenText