SAP FI/CO Contract Job Trends

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 471 520
Rank change year-on-year -134 +49 +43
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 60 73 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.61% 2.75% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 33 31
10th Percentile £435 £390 £433
25th Percentile £500 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £581
90th Percentile £663 £688 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
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 3,737 2,650 3,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 8.30% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,087 1,496 1,852
10th Percentile £362 £387 £363
25th Percentile £450 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 65 121
10th Percentile £20.31 £20.19 £17.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £30.25 £22.33
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +43.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £89.75 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -26.38%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -120 40 £510 -11.30% 6
Work from Home -42 21 £450 -25.00% 22
UK excluding London -108 21 £510 -7.27% 4
London -81 16 £575 -2.13% 1
East of England -16 11 £510 -15.00% 1
North of England -80 5 £625 +19.05% 2
North West -47 4 £625 +21.95% 2
Midlands -64 2 - -
Wales -16 1 £550 -
East Midlands -17 1 - -
Yorkshire -41 1 £400 -38.46%
West Midlands -59 1 - -
South East -70 1 - -
Scotland - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 60 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 60 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 29 (48.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (5.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.33%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (3.33%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.67%) Primavera
5 1 (1.67%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.67%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.67%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.67%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.67%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.67%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.67%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.67%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) Azure
1 2 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.67%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.67%) Hudson
General
1 43 (71.67%) Finance
2 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.33%) Banking
4 4 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.67%) Billing
4 4 (6.67%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.67%) Legal
5 3 (5.00%) Local Government
5 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.67%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.67%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (40.00%) Consultant
2 23 (38.33%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
3 20 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
3 20 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (23.33%) Project Manager
5 13 (21.67%) SAP Manager
5 13 (21.67%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (18.33%) PMO Manager
6 11 (18.33%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (16.67%) SAP PMO Manager
8 8 (13.33%) Analyst
9 7 (11.67%) Lead
10 6 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (8.33%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (6.67%) Architect
12 4 (6.67%) Business Analyst
12 4 (6.67%) SAP Business Analyst
13 3 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
13 3 (5.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.67%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.67%) XML
2 1 (1.67%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.33%) FMCG
2 3 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.33%) Life Science
3 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (15.00%) Agile
3 8 (13.33%) IT Strategy
3 8 (13.33%) Migration
4 7 (11.67%) Record to Report
4 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (11.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.00%) Project Management
6 5 (8.33%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.33%) ERP
6 5 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (6.67%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (6.67%) Accounts Receivable
7 4 (6.67%) Change Management
7 4 (6.67%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.67%) Roadmaps
8 3 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) ABAP
2 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.33%) CCA
1 2 (3.33%) SAP Certification
2 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.67%) Degree
2 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.67%) PMP
2 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (3.33%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.33%) ITGC
2 2 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.67%) GAAP
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.67%) Ariba
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle
3 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.67%) Planview