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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 707 597
Rank change year-on-year +136 -110 +385
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 78 52 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.078% 0.25%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.89% 1.45% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 42 29 63
10th Percentile £57,625 £33,750 £49,000
25th Percentile £65,313 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -1.75%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,500 £95,500
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 2,695 3,579 3,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.98% 5.40% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 1,782 2,052
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +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 29 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 29 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 +133 65 £77,500 +29.17% 12
London +86 35 £77,500 -6.06% 8
UK excluding London +92 31 £72,500 +20.83% 12
Work from Home +109 28 £72,500 -12.12% 9
South East +60 9 £95,000 +58.33% 6
North of England +54 9 £75,000 +25.00%
Yorkshire +2 6 £83,750 +39.58%
Midlands +59 4 £72,500 +3.57% 1
Scotland +7 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Northern Ireland +5 4 £55,000 -8.33% 1
West Midlands +60 3 £72,500 +20.83% 1
North West +58 3 £72,500 +20.83%
East of England +32 1 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands +26 1 £37,500 -53.13%

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 (14.10%) Maya
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 78 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 78 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 53 (67.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (16.67%) SAP FSCM
4 12 (15.38%) SAP IBP
5 11 (14.10%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (7.69%) SAP PS
7 5 (6.41%) SAP ERP
7 5 (6.41%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.28%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.28%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.49%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Tableau
General
1 57 (73.08%) Finance
2 38 (48.72%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (42.31%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Law
4 12 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (14.10%) Games
6 8 (10.26%) Banking
6 8 (10.26%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.13%) Retail
8 3 (3.85%) Legal
9 1 (1.28%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (56.41%) Consultant
2 41 (52.56%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
3 26 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 25 (32.05%) Senior
5 17 (21.79%) Senior Consultant
6 15 (19.23%) Lead
7 14 (17.95%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 14 (17.95%) SAP PS Consultant
7 14 (17.95%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 13 (16.67%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 9 (11.54%) IT Consultant
9 9 (11.54%) Senior IT Consultant
10 8 (10.26%) Project Consultant
10 8 (10.26%) Project Manager
10 8 (10.26%) Senior Manager
10 8 (10.26%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (5.13%) SAP Manager
12 3 (3.85%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.13%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.28%) IoT
5 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.59%) ERP
2 25 (32.05%) Project Management
3 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (24.36%) Analytics
6 18 (23.08%) Logistics
6 18 (23.08%) Migration
6 18 (23.08%) Procure-to-Pay
6 18 (23.08%) Record to Report
7 17 (21.79%) Business Strategy
7 17 (21.79%) Order to Cash
8 16 (20.51%) Risk Management
9 13 (16.67%) Business Transformation
9 13 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (16.67%) Requirements Management
10 11 (14.10%) Decision-Making
10 11 (14.10%) Prototyping
10 11 (14.10%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (29.49%) Degree
2 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.97%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.85%) ACCA
4 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) CIMA
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) CCA
6 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) PMO
2 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.85%) IFRS
4 2 (2.56%) GAAP
5 1 (1.28%) QA
Vendors
1 78 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Ariba
4 3 (3.85%) Concur
5 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft