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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 448 518
Rank change year-on-year -122 +70 +104
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 70 77 71
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.05% 3.20% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 31 30
10th Percentile £500 £405 £430
25th Percentile £525 £486 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% -3.21%
75th Percentile £725 £622 £619
90th Percentile £810 £660 £883
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £530
% change year-on-year +19.66% +10.38% +3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
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 3,416 2,403 3,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.46% 8.22% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,940 1,359 1,948
10th Percentile £363 £395 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £648 £657 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 53 114
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.27 £14.92
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.62
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +47.73% -14.49%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.40 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -141 50 £600 +9.34% 15
UK excluding London -97 26 £700 +19.66% 8
London -62 23 £556 +8.49% 7
Work from Home -34 22 £550 +4.76% 5
North of England -70 11 £550 -6.38% 1
North West -30 7 £683 - 1
Midlands -60 6 £700 +14.29% 3
West Midlands -56 5 £700 +19.66% 2
South East -56 4 £707 +31.84% 3
East of England -38 3 £500 -16.67% 2
North East -17 2 - -
Yorkshire -54 2 £400 -38.46%
Wales - 2 £550 -
East Midlands -33 1 - - 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 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 70 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 35 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.43%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.43%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.43%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.43%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Azure
1 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Hudson
General
1 50 (71.43%) Finance
2 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.29%) Banking
4 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.71%) Legal
5 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.29%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Automotive
7 2 (2.86%) Billing
7 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (47.14%) Consultant
1 33 (47.14%) SAP Consultant
2 26 (37.14%) SAP CO Consultant
2 26 (37.14%) SAP FI Consultant
2 26 (37.14%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 18 (25.71%) Lead
4 8 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 8 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 7 (10.00%) SAP Manager
5 7 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
6 6 (8.57%) Analyst
6 6 (8.57%) Product Lead
6 6 (8.57%) SAP Support
6 6 (8.57%) SAP Support Consultant
6 6 (8.57%) Support Consultant
7 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Leader
7 5 (7.14%) SAP Financial Support
8 4 (5.71%) SAP Business Consultant
8 4 (5.71%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (5.71%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.43%) FMCG
3 1 (1.43%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Migration
1 16 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (15.71%) Procure-to-Pay
2 11 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (11.43%) ERP
3 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (8.57%) Agile
4 6 (8.57%) Data Migration
4 6 (8.57%) GAP Analysis
4 6 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.57%) Process Improvement
4 6 (8.57%) Record to Report
4 6 (8.57%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (7.14%) Change Management
5 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 4 (5.71%) Business Process Analysis
6 4 (5.71%) DevOps
6 4 (5.71%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (5.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) ABAP
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.14%) CCA
2 4 (5.71%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.86%) AAT
3 2 (2.86%) ACCA
3 2 (2.86%) CIMA
3 2 (2.86%) Degree
3 2 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.86%) PMP
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.14%) PMO
2 4 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.86%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.43%) GAAP
4 1 (1.43%) ITGC
4 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (15.71%) Ariba
3 2 (2.86%) Planview
3 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle