SAP FI/CO Job Trends

SAP FICO
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP FI/CO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 698 622
Rank change year-on-year +107 -76 +393
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 80 52 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.077% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.90% 1.49% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 44 29 66
10th Percentile £57,875 £33,750 £49,000
25th Percentile £68,063 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +7.69%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,757 3,485 3,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.20% 5.13% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 1,703 2,142
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £79,375 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £51,238 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.49% -10.89% +9.52%

SAP FI/CO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP FI/CO job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP FI/CO

SAP FI/CO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP FI/CO over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP FI/CO in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI/CO within the UK over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +134 68 £77,500 +29.17% 30
London +78 36 £77,500 -22.50% 11
UK excluding London +95 32 £72,500 +20.83% 18
Work from Home +95 29 £72,500 -21.62% 25
North of England +46 10 £72,500 +20.83% 1
South East +40 9 £95,000 +58.33% 9
Yorkshire +11 6 £83,750 +39.58%
Midlands +56 5 £72,500 +3.57% 5
North West +46 4 £72,500 +20.83% 1
West Midlands +45 4 £76,250 +27.08% 4
Scotland +8 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Northern Ireland +6 3 - -
East of England +25 1 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands +24 1 £37,500 -53.13% 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:

Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Maya
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 80 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 80 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 54 (67.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (16.25%) SAP FSCM
4 12 (15.00%) SAP IBP
5 11 (13.75%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (7.50%) SAP PS
7 5 (6.25%) SAP ERP
7 5 (6.25%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.25%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.25%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.25%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.25%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.25%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (28.75%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Tableau
General
1 59 (73.75%) Finance
2 38 (47.50%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.00%) Law
4 12 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (13.75%) Games
6 8 (10.00%) Banking
6 8 (10.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.00%) Legal
7 4 (5.00%) Retail
8 1 (1.25%) Billing
8 1 (1.25%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (57.50%) Consultant
2 43 (53.75%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (35.00%) SAP FI Consultant
4 27 (33.75%) SAP CO Consultant
4 27 (33.75%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 25 (31.25%) Senior
6 17 (21.25%) Senior Consultant
7 15 (18.75%) Lead
7 15 (18.75%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 14 (17.50%) SAP PS Consultant
8 14 (17.50%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 13 (16.25%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
10 9 (11.25%) IT Consultant
10 9 (11.25%) Senior IT Consultant
11 8 (10.00%) Project Consultant
11 8 (10.00%) Project Manager
11 8 (10.00%) Senior Manager
11 8 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
12 4 (5.00%) SAP Manager
13 3 (3.75%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.00%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.25%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.75%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.25%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (42.50%) ERP
2 24 (30.00%) Project Management
3 23 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.25%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (23.75%) Analytics
5 19 (23.75%) Migration
5 19 (23.75%) Procure-to-Pay
5 19 (23.75%) Record to Report
6 18 (22.50%) Logistics
7 17 (21.25%) Business Strategy
7 17 (21.25%) Order to Cash
8 16 (20.00%) Risk Management
9 13 (16.25%) Business Transformation
9 13 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (16.25%) Requirements Management
10 12 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (13.75%) Prototyping
11 11 (13.75%) Requirements Analysis
12 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 10 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.75%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) Degree
2 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.00%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.75%) ACCA
4 3 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.75%) CIMA
4 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) CCA
6 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) PMO
2 6 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.00%) IFRS
4 2 (2.50%) GAAP
5 1 (1.25%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.25%) QA
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.25%) Ariba
4 3 (3.75%) Concur
5 1 (1.25%) MuleSoft