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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 488 487
Rank change year-on-year -124 -1 +34
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 71 86
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 2.49% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 30 35
10th Percentile £500 £445 £480
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £698 £688 £594
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -21.54% +18.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% - -
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 3,877 2,853 2,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.66% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,148 1,620 1,516
10th Percentile £362 £360 £357
25th Percentile £463 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -2.33% +0.47% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 54 79
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.76 £24.90
25th Percentile £21.25 £25.25 £35.18
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -18.18%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £92.00 £76.75 £66.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £44.24 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.58% -1.69% -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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -136 47 £625 -3.85% 30
UK excluding London -115 26 £510 -21.54% 15
Work from Home -48 22 £625 +10.13% 8
London -97 21 £793 +29.39% 12
East of England -22 10 £510 -12.07%
North West -41 5 £625 +21.95% 5
North of England -82 5 £625 +19.05% 5
West Midlands -52 3 - - 2
Midlands -53 3 - - 3
South East -76 3 £625 -5.66% 5
South West - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Wales -13 1 £550 - 2

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 37 (53.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.90%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (2.90%) SAP BRIM
3 2 (2.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.90%) SAP FI-CA
3 2 (2.90%) SAP GRC
3 2 (2.90%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (2.90%) SAP MM
3 2 (2.90%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.90%) SAP PS
3 2 (2.90%) SAP SM
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.45%) Primavera
4 1 (1.45%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (1.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.45%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.45%) SAP PSCD
4 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 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Hudson
General
1 46 (66.67%) Finance
2 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.25%) Banking
4 5 (7.25%) General Ledger
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%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (50.72%) Consultant
2 29 (42.03%) 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 14 (20.29%) SAP Manager
5 12 (17.39%) Project Manager
5 12 (17.39%) SAP Project Manager
6 10 (14.49%) PMO Manager
6 10 (14.49%) PMO Project Manager
6 10 (14.49%) SAP PMO Manager
7 8 (11.59%) Senior
8 7 (10.14%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (8.70%) Lead
10 5 (7.25%) Architect
11 4 (5.80%) Analyst
11 4 (5.80%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Analyst
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Architect
11 4 (5.80%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) XML
2 2 (2.90%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.45%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.45%) XML Messaging
3 1 (1.45%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.25%) FMCG
3 3 (4.35%) 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 21 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.49%) Migration
3 9 (13.04%) ERP
3 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
4 8 (11.59%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (11.59%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (10.14%) Agile
6 6 (8.70%) Analytics
6 6 (8.70%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.70%) IT Strategy
6 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.70%) Project Management
7 5 (7.25%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (7.25%) Accounts Receivable
7 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.25%) Logistics
7 5 (7.25%) Test Scripting
7 5 (7.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.14%) 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 10 (14.49%) PMO
2 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.90%) GRC
2 2 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.45%) IFRS
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.45%) ITGC
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (17.39%) Ariba
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.45%) Anaplan