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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 481 483
Rank change year-on-year -121 +2 +60
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 72 81
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.80% 2.57% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 34 36
10th Percentile £500 £391 £442
25th Percentile £510 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £535
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +10.28% -2.73%
75th Percentile £663 £684 £575
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £66.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.40% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.71% - -

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 3,830 2,807 2,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.18% 8.53% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,148 1,614 1,704
10th Percentile £358 £363 £362
25th Percentile £456 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 60 81
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.28 £22.75
25th Percentile £27.65 £27.23 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £44.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -0.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £91.00 £82.75 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -18.81%

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 August 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 6 August 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 -97 49 £550 -8.33% 16
UK excluding London -110 25 £510 -21.54% 7
London -63 24 £735 +25.11% 4
Work from Home -55 20 £550 -3.08% 6
East of England -10 11 £510 -12.07%
North of England -70 5 £625 +19.05% 2
North West -50 4 £625 +21.95% 2
West Midlands -54 3 - -
Midlands -56 3 - - 2
South West - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Wales -10 1 £550 -
Yorkshire -47 1 £400 -38.46%
South East -65 1 - - 3

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 69 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 69 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 35 (50.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.35%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (2.90%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (2.90%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (2.90%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.90%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (2.90%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.90%) SAP PS
4 2 (2.90%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.45%) Primavera
5 1 (1.45%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.45%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.45%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.90%) Azure
1 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.45%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Hudson
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 44 (63.77%) Finance
2 13 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Banking
4 5 (7.25%) General Ledger
4 5 (7.25%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Billing
6 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (47.83%) Consultant
2 27 (39.13%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (28.99%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (28.99%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (28.99%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 13 (18.84%) Project Manager
4 13 (18.84%) SAP Manager
5 12 (17.39%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (15.94%) PMO Manager
6 11 (15.94%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (14.49%) SAP PMO Manager
8 6 (8.70%) Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Lead
8 6 (8.70%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (8.70%) Senior
9 5 (7.25%) Architect
9 5 (7.25%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (5.80%) Business Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.80%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.45%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.45%) XML
1 1 (1.45%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.25%) FMCG
3 4 (5.80%) Life Science
4 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (13.04%) Agile
2 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (11.59%) ERP
3 8 (11.59%) IT Strategy
3 8 (11.59%) Migration
3 8 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (10.14%) Project Management
4 7 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 6 (8.70%) Record to Report
6 5 (7.25%) Accounts Payable
6 5 (7.25%) Accounts Receivable
6 5 (7.25%) Analytics
6 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.25%) Data Migration
6 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
6 5 (7.25%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (5.80%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) ABAP
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.90%) CCA
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) PMO
2 2 (2.90%) GRC
2 2 (2.90%) ITGC
2 2 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.45%) GAAP
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (10.14%) Ariba
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
4 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow