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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 488 463
Rank change year-on-year -123 -25 +72
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 68 65 87
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.78% 2.34% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 29 36
10th Percentile £500 £440 £494
25th Percentile £510 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £663 £688 £591
90th Percentile £1,225 £700 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £650 £555
% change year-on-year -21.54% +17.12% +0.91%
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 3,822 2,778 2,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.13% 8.55% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,132 1,573 1,550
10th Percentile £363 £358 £352
25th Percentile £461 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £664 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £545
% change year-on-year -2.23% -1.47% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 54 81
10th Percentile £16.63 £14.76 £24.50
25th Percentile £23.07 £25.25 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -15.62%
75th Percentile £71.91 £62.81 £61.60
90th Percentile £92.00 £74.25 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £44.24 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.58% -1.69% -19.89%

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 3 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 3 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 -130 44 £625 -3.85% 17
UK excluding London -101 25 £510 -21.54% 13
Work from Home -37 22 £588 +9.81% 14
London -75 19 £825 +43.48% 7
East of England -14 10 £510 -12.07% 1
North West -45 5 £625 +21.95% 1
North of England -61 5 £625 +19.05% 1
West Midlands -47 3 - -
Midlands -52 3 - - 2
South East -71 2 £625 -5.66% 4
South West - 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 £500 - 2
Wales -15 1 £550 -

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 68 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 68 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 33 (48.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (2.94%) SAP BRIM
3 2 (2.94%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.94%) SAP FI-CA
3 2 (2.94%) SAP GRC
3 2 (2.94%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (2.94%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.94%) SAP PS
3 2 (2.94%) SAP SM
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.47%) Primavera
4 1 (1.47%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.47%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.47%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Hudson
General
1 44 (64.71%) Finance
2 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.82%) General Ledger
5 5 (7.35%) Banking
5 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Billing
7 3 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.94%) Local Government
8 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Polish Language
9 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (48.53%) Consultant
2 27 (39.71%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP CO Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP FI Consultant
3 19 (27.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (20.59%) SAP Manager
5 12 (17.65%) Project Manager
5 12 (17.65%) SAP Project Manager
6 10 (14.71%) PMO Manager
6 10 (14.71%) PMO Project Manager
6 10 (14.71%) SAP PMO Manager
7 7 (10.29%) Senior
8 6 (8.82%) Lead
8 6 (8.82%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (7.35%) Architect
10 4 (5.88%) Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.88%) SAP Architect
10 4 (5.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) XML
2 2 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.47%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.47%) XML Messaging
3 1 (1.47%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.35%) FMCG
3 4 (5.88%) Life Science
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (14.71%) Migration
3 9 (13.24%) ERP
3 9 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.24%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (10.29%) Agile
5 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.82%) Accounts Payable
6 6 (8.82%) Accounts Receivable
6 6 (8.82%) Analytics
6 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (8.82%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.82%) IT Strategy
6 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.82%) Project Management
7 5 (7.35%) Logistics
7 5 (7.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (7.35%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (5.88%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.41%) CCA
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.47%) PMP
4 1 (1.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) GRC
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.47%) IFRS
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.47%) ITGC
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (16.18%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow