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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 454 486
Rank change year-on-year -83 +32 +178
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 66 90 116
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.08% 3.55% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 42
10th Percentile £518 - £379
25th Percentile £569 £500 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £548 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% +4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £668
90th Percentile £793 £694 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £585 £500
% change year-on-year +19.66% +17.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
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 3,179 2,532 3,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.66% 7.40% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,834 1,355 1,992
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £659 £665 £670
90th Percentile £760 £757 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £541 £525
% change year-on-year +1.62% +3.10% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 56 86
10th Percentile £18.80 £22.27 £30.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £31.06 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £45.59 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -19.30% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.63 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.82 £80.75 £89.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +16.93% -18.25% +51.45%

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 16 December 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 10 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 16 December 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 -61 53 £700 +29.63% 12
UK excluding London -53 29 £700 +19.66% 14
London -19 22 £625 +25.00% 8
Work from Home -14 16 £550 +10.00% 7
South East -9 12 £700 +19.66% 7
West Midlands -23 8 £700 +19.66%
Midlands -32 8 £700 +19.66%
North West -28 7 £815 +71.58%
North of England -44 7 £815 +44.89% 1
East of England -26 2 £580 -

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 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 66 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 66 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 38 (57.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.52%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.52%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.52%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.52%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.52%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.03%) Azure
2 2 (3.03%) SaaS
2 2 (3.03%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.52%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.03%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Hudson
General
1 47 (71.21%) Finance
2 11 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.61%) Manufacturing
4 6 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Automotive
7 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.52%) Billing
8 1 (1.52%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.52%) Law
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (51.52%) Consultant
2 32 (48.48%) SAP Consultant
3 25 (37.88%) SAP CO Consultant
4 24 (36.36%) SAP FI Consultant
4 24 (36.36%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 15 (22.73%) Lead
6 11 (16.67%) Architect
6 11 (16.67%) SAP Architect
7 6 (9.09%) Product Lead
8 5 (7.58%) Principal Architect
9 4 (6.06%) SAP Financial Architect
9 4 (6.06%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.55%) Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) SAP Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (4.55%) SAP Financial Leader
10 3 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 3 (4.55%) SAP Support
11 2 (3.03%) SAP Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (21.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.03%) Life Science
4 1 (1.52%) FMCG
4 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.64%) Migration
1 9 (13.64%) Profit Centre Accounting
1 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (12.12%) AI
2 8 (12.12%) Cash Management
2 8 (12.12%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 8 (12.12%) Risk Management
2 8 (12.12%) Translating Business Requirements
3 7 (10.61%) Accounts Receivable
3 7 (10.61%) Business Activity Monitoring
3 7 (10.61%) Cost Control
3 7 (10.61%) Cost Management
3 7 (10.61%) Decision-Making
3 7 (10.61%) Generative AI
3 7 (10.61%) Resource Allocation
3 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 6 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (6.06%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (6.06%) ACCA
1 4 (6.06%) CIMA
2 2 (3.03%) CISA
2 2 (3.03%) CISM
2 2 (3.03%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.52%) CCA
3 1 (1.52%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.52%) PMP
3 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) IFRS
2 2 (3.03%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) GxP
2 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.52%) GRC
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (16.67%) Ariba
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.52%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.52%) OpenText
5 1 (1.52%) Oracle
5 1 (1.52%) Planview