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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 437 515
Rank change year-on-year -127 +78 +78
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 61 79 68
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.80% 3.28% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 30 30
10th Percentile £420 £405 £430
25th Percentile £505 £508 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +6.36% -
75th Percentile £696 £650 £600
90th Percentile £797 £676 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £585 £555
% change year-on-year -12.82% +5.41% +3.26%
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 3,380 2,408 3,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.16% 8.31% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 1,363 1,882
10th Percentile £361 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £745 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 51 116
10th Percentile £25.70 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £58.38
90th Percentile £87.25 £86.00 £64.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.92% +50.00% -20.00%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -138 45 £556 -4.96% 14
London -73 21 £578 -3.67% 2
UK excluding London -105 21 £510 -12.82% 12
Work from Home -42 19 £450 -25.00% 2
North of England -76 9 £475 -9.52% 4
East of England -30 5 £500 -16.67% 3
North West -37 5 £550 +7.32% 3
South East -58 3 £707 +31.84% 4
Wales -10 2 £550 -
North East -20 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -51 2 £400 -38.46% 1
Midlands -57 2 £700 +9.38% 2
East Midlands -30 1 - - 1
West Midlands -58 1 £700 +19.66% 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 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 61 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 31 (50.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.64%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.64%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.64%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.64%) Azure
1 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Hudson
General
1 44 (72.13%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.03%) Banking
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Billing
5 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
7 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (45.90%) Consultant
2 27 (44.26%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP CO Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI Consultant
3 21 (34.43%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 13 (21.31%) Lead
5 9 (14.75%) Project Manager
6 8 (13.11%) SAP Manager
6 8 (13.11%) SAP Project Manager
6 8 (13.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (9.84%) Analyst
8 5 (8.20%) PMO Manager
8 5 (8.20%) PMO Project Manager
8 5 (8.20%) SAP Support
8 5 (8.20%) SAP Support Consultant
8 5 (8.20%) Support Consultant
9 4 (6.56%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (6.56%) SAP Business Consultant
9 4 (6.56%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (6.56%) SAP PMO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.64%) XML
2 1 (1.64%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) FMCG
3 1 (1.64%) Life Science
3 1 (1.64%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) Migration
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (13.11%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (11.48%) Data Migration
5 7 (11.48%) ERP
5 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.84%) Record to Report
7 5 (8.20%) Agile
7 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (8.20%) Project Management
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Payable
8 4 (6.56%) Accounts Receivable
8 4 (6.56%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (6.56%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
8 4 (6.56%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (6.56%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (4.92%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) ABAP
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) CCA
2 2 (3.28%) AAT
2 2 (3.28%) ACCA
2 2 (3.28%) CIMA
2 2 (3.28%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.28%) PMP
2 2 (3.28%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) PMO
2 4 (6.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) ISO 20022
3 2 (3.28%) ITGC
4 1 (1.64%) GAAP
4 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.56%) Ariba
3 2 (3.28%) Planview
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow