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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	624	492	467
Rank change year-on-year	-132	-25	+31
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO	78	72	92
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.14%	0.21%	0.25%
As % of the Business Applications category	2.02%	2.50%	3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	32	34	42
10^th Percentile	-	£450	£489
25^th Percentile	£510	£516	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£625	£590	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+5.93%	+7.27%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£909	£688	£600
90^th Percentile	£1,225	£700	£745
UK excluding London median daily rate	£510	£650	£550
% change year-on-year	-21.54%	+18.18%	+7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
Median hourly rate	£95.00	-	-
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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills	3,860	2,884	2,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	7.00%	8.61%	7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,077	1,637	1,454
10^th Percentile	£363	£358	£363
25^th Percentile	£463	£450	£455
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£550
75^th Percentile	£656	£669	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£750	£775
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£540	£525
% change year-on-year	-2.78%	+2.86%	-2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	186	54	70
10^th Percentile	£15.00	£14.19	£29.54
25^th Percentile	£19.49	£25.18	£35.09
Median hourly rate	£37.68	£33.49	£43.25
Median % change year-on-year	+12.52%	-22.57%	-23.44%
75^th Percentile	£68.44	£71.25	£61.60
90^th Percentile	£89.38	£88.86	£75.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£37.68	£38.00	£40.33
% change year-on-year	-0.84%	-5.77%	-28.62%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 22 October 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.

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 22 October 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	-111	55	£650	-	31
London	-84	32	£900	+56.52%	12
UK excluding London	-106	26	£510	-21.54%	22
Work from Home	-66	23	£710	+29.09%	19
East of England	-19	7	£510	-12.07%
Midlands	-47	5	-	-	8
West Midlands	-39	4	-	-	7
North West	-51	4	£625	+21.95%	3
North of England	-68	4	£625	+21.95%	3
South East	-65	3	£625	-7.41%	7
South West	-	3	-	-
Wales	-8	2	-	-	4
Scotland	-	2	£500	-

SAP FI/CO Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SAP FI/CO also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for SAP FI/CO.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP	100.0%	78
1	SAP CO	100.0%	78
1	SAP FI	100.0%	78
4	SAP S/4HANA	62.8%	49
5	Stakeholder Management	41.0%	32
6	Migration	25.6%	20
7	Ariba	16.7%	13
7	Data Migration	16.7%	13
7	ERP	16.7%	13
10	Requirements Gathering	15.4%	12
11	Security Cleared	14.1%	11
11	Stakeholder Engagement	14.1%	11
11	Workshop Facilitation	14.1%	11
14	Roadmaps	12.8%	10
14	SC Cleared	12.8%	10
14	Translating Business Requirements	12.8%	10
17	Analytics	11.5%	9
17	Project Delivery	11.5%	9
19	PMO	9.0%	7
19	SAP Fiori	9.0%	7
19	Test Scripting	9.0%	7
19	User Acceptance Testing	9.0%	7
23	Agile	7.7%	6
23	Architecture Governance	7.7%	6
23	Budgeting	7.7%	6
23	Enterprise Architecture	7.7%	6
23	IT Strategy	7.7%	6
28	Accounts Payable	6.4%	5
28	Accounts Receivable	6.4%	5
28	Business Analysis	6.4%	5

SAP FI/CO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Business Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP CO	100.0%	78
1	SAP FI	100.0%	78
3	SAP S/4HANA	62.8%	49
4	SAP PP	5.1%	4
5	SAP FI-CA	3.8%	3
5	SAP FI-FM	3.8%	3
5	SAP GRC	3.8%	3
8	SAP BRIM	2.6%	2
8	SAP IS-U	2.6%	2
8	SAP MM	2.6%	2
8	SAP PM	2.6%	2
8	SAP PS	2.6%	2
8	SAP SD	2.6%	2
8	SAP SM	2.6%	2
15	OpenText VIM for SAP	1.3%	1
15	Primavera	1.3%	1
15	SAP BPC	1.3%	1
15	SAP ERP	1.3%	1
15	SAP EWM	1.3%	1
15	SAP FI-AP	1.3%	1