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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 658 672
Rank change year-on-year +60 +14 +241
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI 62 37 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.074% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.30% 1.26% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33 15 62
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,750 £55,563
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -12.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +96.67% -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 2,701 2,936 3,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.05% 5.90% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 1,430 2,516
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,900 £33,609
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,625 £59,878 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +4.14% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,350 £102,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +61 49 £77,500 - 6
London +47 27 £77,500 -3.13% 2
Work from Home +64 23 £77,500 -3.13% 3
UK excluding London +16 20 £73,750 +96.67% 5
North of England - 7 £83,750 -
Yorkshire - 6 £83,750 -
South East +29 4 £95,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
Midlands +10 3 £70,000 - 4
East of England +15 2 £55,000 -15.38%
East Midlands - 2 £53,750 - 3
West Midlands +15 1 £80,000 +14.29% 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 6 (9.68%) Maya
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 58 (93.55%) SAP CO
1 58 (93.55%) SAP FI/CO
2 45 (72.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (12.90%) SAP PS
4 7 (11.29%) SAP FSCM
4 7 (11.29%) SAP IBP
5 6 (9.68%) SAP IS-U
6 5 (8.06%) SAP ERP
7 4 (6.45%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.61%) Primavera
8 1 (1.61%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.61%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.61%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
1 1 (1.61%) LSMW
General
1 48 (77.42%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.90%) Law
5 7 (11.29%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (9.68%) Banking
6 6 (9.68%) Games
7 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
7 5 (8.06%) Retail
8 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (6.45%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Billing
9 1 (1.61%) French Language
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (66.13%) Consultant
2 39 (62.90%) SAP Consultant
3 31 (50.00%) SAP CO Consultant
3 31 (50.00%) SAP FI Consultant
3 31 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 12 (19.35%) SAP PS Consultant
4 12 (19.35%) Senior
4 12 (19.35%) Senior Consultant
5 10 (16.13%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 9 (14.52%) Lead
7 6 (9.68%) Project Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
8 5 (8.06%) Architect
9 4 (6.45%) IT Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.35%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (6.45%) IDoc
3 1 (1.61%) EDI
3 1 (1.61%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (9.68%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.84%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.61%) FMCG
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) ERP
2 15 (24.19%) Migration
3 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.58%) Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (20.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (19.35%) Analytics
5 12 (19.35%) Logistics
5 12 (19.35%) Order to Cash
5 12 (19.35%) Record to Report
6 11 (17.74%) Project Management
7 9 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (14.52%) Business Strategy
7 9 (14.52%) Decision-Making
7 9 (14.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (14.52%) Risk Management
7 9 (14.52%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (11.29%) Integration Testing
9 7 (11.29%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (11.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) Degree
3 5 (8.06%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.84%) CCA
4 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) ACCA
5 2 (3.23%) CIMA
6 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) GAAP
1 2 (3.23%) IFRS
2 1 (1.61%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.61%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) SEPA
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (4.84%) Ariba
2 3 (4.84%) Concur
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.61%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow