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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 467 501
Rank change year-on-year -111 +34 +78
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 61 71 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.69% 2.89% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 30
10th Percentile £420 £388 £433
25th Percentile £500 £428 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £584
90th Percentile £625 £688 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
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 3,604 2,457 3,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.08% 8.18% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,028 1,385 1,878
10th Percentile £359 £388 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 60 124
10th Percentile £21.25 £20.47 £14.92
25th Percentile £30.30 £32.25 £22.24
Median hourly rate £53.00 £58.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +46.88% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.91 £73.13 £56.49
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.93 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.45% +50.00% -25.46%

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 24 June 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 15 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 24 June 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 -118 41 £510 -9.33% 4
UK excluding London -93 24 £510 -5.12% 3
Work from Home -45 21 £450 -20.00% 2
London -85 14 £550 -6.38% 2
East of England -18 11 £510 -15.00%
North of England -77 8 £588 +11.90% 2
North West -46 5 £625 +21.95% 2
North East -35 2 - -
Midlands -57 2 - -
Wales -12 1 £550 -
East Midlands -21 1 - -
Yorkshire -52 1 £400 -38.46%
West Midlands -56 1 - -
South East -65 1 - - 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 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 61 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 29 (47.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (4.92%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (3.28%) SAP BRIM
4 2 (3.28%) SAP SM
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.64%) Primavera
5 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PS
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (1.64%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.28%) Azure
1 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.64%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.64%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Hudson
General
1 45 (73.77%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Billing
4 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
7 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Consultant
2 24 (39.34%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (31.15%) SAP CO Consultant
3 19 (31.15%) SAP FI Consultant
3 19 (31.15%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 14 (22.95%) Project Manager
5 13 (21.31%) SAP Manager
5 13 (21.31%) SAP Project Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Manager
6 11 (18.03%) PMO Project Manager
7 10 (16.39%) SAP PMO Manager
8 9 (14.75%) Lead
9 6 (9.84%) Analyst
10 5 (8.20%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 4 (6.56%) Architect
11 4 (6.56%) SAP Analyst
12 3 (4.92%) Financial Analyst
12 3 (4.92%) SAP Architect
12 3 (4.92%) SAP Support
13 2 (3.28%) SAP Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.64%) XML
2 1 (1.64%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) FMCG
2 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.28%) Life Science
3 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.64%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (18.03%) Migration
3 9 (14.75%) Agile
3 9 (14.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (13.11%) IT Strategy
5 7 (11.48%) Record to Report
5 7 (11.48%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.84%) Data Migration
6 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.84%) Project Management
7 5 (8.20%) ERP
7 5 (8.20%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (6.56%) Project Delivery
9 3 (4.92%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.92%) Profit Centre Accounting
9 3 (4.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) ABAP
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) CCA
2 2 (3.28%) AAT
2 2 (3.28%) ACCA
2 2 (3.28%) CIMA
2 2 (3.28%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.64%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.64%) PMP
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) PMO
2 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.28%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.28%) ITGC
2 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.64%) GAAP
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.56%) Ariba
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.64%) Planview