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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 683 609
Rank change year-on-year +108 -74 +312
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 70 31 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.058% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.71% 0.98% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 37 10 63
10th Percentile £52,500 - £55,584
25th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.53% -15.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,200 £92,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +76.67% -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 2,582 3,151 2,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.32% 5.87% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 1,517 2,018
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,675
25th Percentile £38,594 £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/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 9 January 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 9 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 +101 58 £77,500 -3.13% 3
London +71 32 £77,500 -3.13%
UK excluding London +68 22 £66,250 +76.67% 3
Work from Home +91 21 £77,500 -6.06% 2
South East - 9 £95,000 - 2
North of England +15 7 £83,750 -
Yorkshire -4 6 £83,750 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
Midlands +27 1 £37,500 -46.43% 1
East of England +19 1 £55,000 -2.65%
North West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 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 9 (12.86%) Maya
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 70 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 70 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 46 (65.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (14.29%) SAP FSCM
3 10 (14.29%) SAP IBP
4 9 (12.86%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (10.00%) SAP PS
6 5 (7.14%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.71%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.43%) Primavera
8 1 (1.43%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.43%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.57%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 57 (81.43%) Finance
2 30 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 27 (38.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.71%) Law
5 10 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (12.86%) Games
7 7 (10.00%) Banking
7 7 (10.00%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.71%) Retail
9 3 (4.29%) Legal
10 1 (1.43%) Billing
10 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (61.43%) Consultant
2 41 (58.57%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (41.43%) SAP CO Consultant
3 29 (41.43%) SAP FI Consultant
3 29 (41.43%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 16 (22.86%) Lead
5 14 (20.00%) SAP PS Consultant
5 14 (20.00%) Senior
5 14 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (17.14%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 11 (15.71%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 10 (14.29%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 8 (11.43%) Project Consultant
10 7 (10.00%) IT Consultant
10 7 (10.00%) Senior IT Consultant
11 4 (5.71%) SAP Manager
11 4 (5.71%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
11 4 (5.71%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
11 4 (5.71%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
12 3 (4.29%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.14%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.71%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.29%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.43%) IoT
5 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.29%) ERP
2 22 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (24.29%) Procure-to-Pay
4 16 (22.86%) Analytics
4 16 (22.86%) Migration
5 15 (21.43%) Logistics
5 15 (21.43%) Order to Cash
5 15 (21.43%) Record to Report
6 14 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (20.00%) Project Management
7 13 (18.57%) Business Strategy
7 13 (18.57%) Risk Management
8 11 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (15.71%) Decision-Making
9 10 (14.29%) Business Transformation
9 10 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (14.29%) Requirements Management
10 9 (12.86%) Prototyping
10 9 (12.86%) Requirements Analysis
10 9 (12.86%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.71%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 20 (28.57%) Degree
2 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.00%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.29%) ACCA
4 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.29%) CIMA
4 3 (4.29%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) CCA
6 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.29%) IFRS
3 2 (2.86%) GAAP
4 1 (1.43%) QA
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (7.14%) Ariba
3 3 (4.29%) Concur
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.43%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow