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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 678 696
Rank change year-on-year +77 +18 +216
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 66 28 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.054% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.48% 0.94% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 34 10 63
10th Percentile £52,500 - £55,108
25th Percentile £60,625 £33,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -14.06% +23.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +86.67% -46.43% +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 2,663 2,974 3,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.15% 5.79% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,432 2,539
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £102,375 £91,947
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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 3 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP FI/CO in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Top 12 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 3 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 +83 55 £76,250 -4.69% 3
London +57 30 £76,250 -4.69% 1
UK excluding London +49 23 £70,000 +86.67% 3
Work from Home +65 19 £77,500 -3.13% 2
South East - 9 £95,000 - 2
North of England -1 7 £83,750 -
Yorkshire -14 6 £83,750 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
Midlands +16 2 £53,750 -23.21% 1
East Midlands - 2 £53,750 -
East of England - 1 £55,000 -
North West - 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 8 (12.12%) Maya
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 66 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 66 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 43 (65.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (13.64%) SAP FSCM
3 9 (13.64%) SAP IBP
4 8 (12.12%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (10.61%) SAP PS
6 5 (7.58%) SAP ERP
7 4 (6.06%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.52%) Primavera
8 1 (1.52%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.52%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.18%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) JIRA
1 1 (1.52%) LSMW
General
1 54 (81.82%) Finance
2 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
3 24 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Law
5 9 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (12.12%) Banking
6 8 (12.12%) Games
7 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
8 4 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (6.06%) Retail
9 3 (4.55%) Legal
10 1 (1.52%) Billing
10 1 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (62.12%) Consultant
2 39 (59.09%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (43.94%) SAP CO Consultant
3 29 (43.94%) SAP FI Consultant
3 29 (43.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 15 (22.73%) Lead
5 14 (21.21%) Senior
5 14 (21.21%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (18.18%) SAP PS Consultant
6 12 (18.18%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 9 (13.64%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 9 (13.64%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
8 6 (9.09%) IT Consultant
8 6 (9.09%) Project Consultant
8 6 (9.09%) Senior IT Consultant
9 5 (7.58%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
9 5 (7.58%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
9 5 (7.58%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
10 3 (4.55%) SAP CO Specialist
10 3 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (6.06%) IDoc
3 1 (1.52%) EDI
3 1 (1.52%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.70%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.58%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.55%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.52%) IoT
5 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.36%) ERP
2 21 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.76%) Migration
3 17 (25.76%) Procure-to-Pay
4 15 (22.73%) Analytics
4 15 (22.73%) Order to Cash
4 15 (22.73%) Record to Report
5 14 (21.21%) Logistics
6 13 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (19.70%) Project Management
7 12 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 11 (16.67%) Business Strategy
9 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (13.64%) Business Transformation
10 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 9 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (13.64%) Requirements Management
10 9 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
11 8 (12.12%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (27.27%) Degree
2 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.55%) CCA
5 2 (3.03%) ACCA
5 2 (3.03%) CIMA
5 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.03%) GAAP
2 2 (3.03%) IFRS
3 1 (1.52%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) SEPA
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (6.06%) Ariba
3 3 (4.55%) Concur
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.52%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow