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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 469 518
Rank change year-on-year -33 +49 +179
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 72 95 132
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.46% 3.53% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 44 39
10th Percentile £450 £491 £413
25th Percentile £516 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £735 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £514
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.06% -14.38%

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 2,924 2,692 3,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 7.28% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,657 1,430 2,082
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £664 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 68 87
10th Percentile £12.91 £28.62 £28.83
25th Percentile £24.49 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £33.49 £40.91 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -27.58% +25.53%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.60 £80.00
90th Percentile £88.05 £76.13 £90.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year -5.77% -28.62% +41.23%

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 25 October 2025.

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 12 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 25 October 2025. 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 -27 52 £650 +20.37% 25
UK excluding London -24 29 £650 +18.18% 17
London -14 22 £575 +15.00% 11
Work from Home +1 17 £550 +10.00% 16
South East +14 10 £675 +42.11% 11
Midlands -29 9 £650 +13.04% 3
North West -19 6 £513 -6.82% 2
North of England -36 6 £513 -6.82% 2
East Midlands -8 5 £650 +13.04%
West Midlands - 4 - - 3
East of England -17 3 £580 +16.00%
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:

Business Applications
1 72 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 72 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 51 (70.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (6.94%) SAP MDG
3 5 (6.94%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (1.39%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.39%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.39%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.39%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.78%) Azure
2 2 (2.78%) SaaS
2 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.78%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.78%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) LSMW
General
1 58 (80.56%) Finance
2 11 (15.28%) Manufacturing
3 10 (13.89%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.33%) Billing
4 6 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.17%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.78%) Banking
7 2 (2.78%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Law
8 1 (1.39%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (69.44%) Consultant
2 48 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (50.00%) SAP CO Consultant
4 33 (45.83%) SAP FI Consultant
4 33 (45.83%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 8 (11.11%) Lead
6 7 (9.72%) Architect
6 7 (9.72%) SAP Architect
6 7 (9.72%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (8.33%) SAP PS Consultant
8 5 (6.94%) Principal Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Project Consultant
9 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (5.56%) SAP Financial Support
9 4 (5.56%) SAP Support
10 3 (4.17%) Junior
11 2 (2.78%) Analyst
11 2 (2.78%) Lead Consultant
11 2 (2.78%) SAP Analyst
11 2 (2.78%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (23.61%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.78%) FMCG
3 2 (2.78%) Life Science
4 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) Accounts Receivable
1 11 (15.28%) Cost Control
1 11 (15.28%) Cost Management
2 9 (12.50%) Data Migration
2 9 (12.50%) Migration
2 9 (12.50%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 9 (12.50%) Risk Management
2 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (11.11%) Analytics
3 8 (11.11%) Cash Management
3 8 (11.11%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 7 (9.72%) AI
4 7 (9.72%) Business Activity Monitoring
4 7 (9.72%) Decision-Making
4 7 (9.72%) Generative AI
4 7 (9.72%) Process Improvement
4 7 (9.72%) Resource Allocation
4 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (9.72%) System Integration Testing
4 7 (9.72%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (5.56%) ACCA
1 4 (5.56%) CIMA
2 2 (2.78%) CISA
2 2 (2.78%) CISM
3 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) IFRS
2 3 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.78%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) GxP
4 1 (1.39%) GRC
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (11.11%) Ariba
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle
4 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.78%) Workday
5 1 (1.39%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.39%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.39%) Cognos
5 1 (1.39%) OpenText
5 1 (1.39%) Salesforce