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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 441 508
Rank change year-on-year -80 +67 +141
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 71 90 93
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.29% 3.68% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 38
10th Percentile £525 - £368
25th Percentile £559 £500 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £549 £513
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +7.07% -6.82%
75th Percentile £725 £628 £640
90th Percentile £793 £697 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.00 -

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 3,106 2,447 3,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.42% 7.58% 7.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,797 1,293 1,885
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £660 £675
90th Percentile £755 £756 £758
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £535 £525
% change year-on-year +2.76% +1.95% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 51 89
10th Percentile £18.76 £22.27 £21.65
25th Percentile £26.60 £30.21 £46.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% -29.19% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £66.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £91.19 £80.75 £86.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £43.84 £56.49
% change year-on-year +24.32% -22.39% +51.45%

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 January 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 8 January 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 -73 59 £650 +21.21% 5
UK excluding London -61 34 £700 +19.66% 5
London -21 24 £578 +15.60% 1
Work from Home -20 17 £550 +10.00% 4
North of England -49 13 £815 +44.89%
South East -14 11 £688 +17.52% 4
North West -16 10 £815 +71.58%
West Midlands -32 7 £700 +19.66%
Midlands -34 7 £700 +19.66% 1
North East -14 2 - -
East of England -22 2 £580 -
Yorkshire -45 1 - -
Wales - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 71 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 71 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 42 (59.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.41%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.41%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.41%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.41%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.41%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Azure
1 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
1 2 (2.82%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Hudson
General
1 52 (73.24%) Finance
2 13 (18.31%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (7.04%) Banking
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Automotive
6 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Billing
7 1 (1.41%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.41%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (52.11%) Consultant
2 35 (49.30%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (36.62%) SAP CO Consultant
4 25 (35.21%) SAP FI Consultant
4 25 (35.21%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 19 (26.76%) Lead
6 11 (15.49%) Architect
6 11 (15.49%) SAP Architect
7 8 (11.27%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (8.45%) Product Lead
8 6 (8.45%) SAP Support
8 6 (8.45%) SAP Support Consultant
8 6 (8.45%) Support Consultant
9 5 (7.04%) Principal Architect
9 5 (7.04%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 5 (7.04%) SAP Financial Leader
9 5 (7.04%) SAP Financial Support
10 4 (5.63%) Business Consultant
10 4 (5.63%) SAP Business Consultant
10 4 (5.63%) SAP Financial Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.72%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (8.45%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.82%) Life Science
6 1 (1.41%) FMCG
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.54%) Migration
2 13 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (12.68%) Profit Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.27%) AI
5 8 (11.27%) Cash Management
5 8 (11.27%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 8 (11.27%) Data Migration
5 8 (11.27%) Risk Management
6 7 (9.86%) Accounts Receivable
6 7 (9.86%) Business Activity Monitoring
6 7 (9.86%) Cost Control
6 7 (9.86%) Cost Management
6 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
6 7 (9.86%) Generative AI
6 7 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (9.86%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (8.45%) Business Process Analysis
7 6 (8.45%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (8.45%) ACCA
1 6 (8.45%) CIMA
2 3 (4.23%) CCA
2 3 (4.23%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.82%) AAT
3 2 (2.82%) CISA
3 2 (2.82%) CISM
4 1 (1.41%) Degree
4 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.63%) IFRS
2 2 (2.82%) GDPR
2 2 (2.82%) GxP
2 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.41%) GRC
3 1 (1.41%) PMO
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (14.08%) Ariba
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.41%) OpenText
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle
4 1 (1.41%) Planview
4 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow