SAP FI Job Trends

SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP FI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 668 600
Rank change year-on-year +105 -68 +313
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI 79 35 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.064% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.05% 1.10% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 41 10 65
10th Percentile £52,500 - £55,625
25th Percentile £62,500 £33,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.58% -15.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +73.33% -46.43% +7.69%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP FI falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,588 3,193 2,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.33% 5.88% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,449 1,537 2,012
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,913
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

SAP FI
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP FI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP FI job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP FI
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI

SAP FI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP FI over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP FI in the UK

SAP FI
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI within the UK over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 65 £76,250 -4.69% 9
London +66 33 £77,500 -3.13% 3
Work from Home +75 28 £75,000 -9.09% 6
UK excluding London +72 28 £65,000 +73.33% 7
South East - 10 £95,000 - 6
North of England +17 7 £83,750 -
Yorkshire -8 6 £83,750 -
Midlands +22 5 £65,000 -7.14% 1
West Midlands +25 4 £65,000 -7.14%
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +22 2 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 1
North West - 1 - -

SAP FI
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 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (11.39%) Maya
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (88.61%) SAP CO
1 70 (88.61%) SAP FI/CO
2 51 (64.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (12.66%) SAP FSCM
3 10 (12.66%) SAP IBP
4 9 (11.39%) SAP IS-U
5 8 (10.13%) SAP PS
6 5 (6.33%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.06%) SAP MM
8 2 (2.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 1 (1.27%) Primavera
9 1 (1.27%) SAP EWM
9 1 (1.27%) SAP FI-AA
9 1 (1.27%) SAP PP
9 1 (1.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) SAP BW
2 4 (5.06%) Power BI
3 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 63 (79.75%) Finance
2 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
3 28 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.92%) Law
5 10 (12.66%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (11.39%) Games
7 7 (8.86%) Banking
7 7 (8.86%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.06%) Legal
8 4 (5.06%) Retail
9 1 (1.27%) Billing
9 1 (1.27%) French Language
9 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (56.96%) Consultant
2 43 (54.43%) SAP Consultant
3 30 (37.97%) SAP FI Consultant
4 29 (36.71%) SAP CO Consultant
4 29 (36.71%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 16 (20.25%) Lead
6 14 (17.72%) SAP PS Consultant
6 14 (17.72%) Senior
6 14 (17.72%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (15.19%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 11 (13.92%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 10 (12.66%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
10 8 (10.13%) Project Consultant
11 7 (8.86%) IT Consultant
11 7 (8.86%) Senior IT Consultant
12 5 (6.33%) Architect
13 4 (5.06%) SAP Architect
13 4 (5.06%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
13 4 (5.06%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
13 4 (5.06%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.06%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (6.33%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.80%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) IoT
5 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.44%) ERP
2 27 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.32%) Migration
4 18 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (21.52%) Procure-to-Pay
6 16 (20.25%) Analytics
7 15 (18.99%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (18.99%) Logistics
7 15 (18.99%) Order to Cash
7 15 (18.99%) Record to Report
8 14 (17.72%) Project Management
9 13 (16.46%) Business Strategy
9 13 (16.46%) Risk Management
10 11 (13.92%) Decision-Making
11 10 (12.66%) Business Transformation
11 10 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (12.66%) Data Analysis
11 10 (12.66%) Requirements Management
12 9 (11.39%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 20 (25.32%) Degree
2 14 (17.72%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) ACCA
3 7 (8.86%) CIMA
3 7 (8.86%) SAP Certification
4 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.53%) CCA
7 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.80%) IFRS
3 2 (2.53%) GAAP
4 1 (1.27%) QA
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.33%) Ariba
3 3 (3.80%) Concur
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow