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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 681 586
Rank change year-on-year +107 -95 +351
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 73 33 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.059% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.74% 0.99% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 37 12 64
10th Percentile £52,500 - £50,050
25th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.53% -9.64% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,200 £96,500 £103,500
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 2,669 3,323 2,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.47% 5.92% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,497 1,622 1,941
10th Percentile £32,000 £33,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £58,265 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% -2.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 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 +123 61 £77,500 -3.13% 45
London +83 35 £77,500 -3.13% 5
UK excluding London +69 22 £66,250 +76.67% 48
Work from Home +99 21 £77,500 -6.06% 6
South East - 9 £95,000 - 11
North of England +25 7 £83,750 - 8
Yorkshire -4 6 £83,750 - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 - 3
East of England +31 1 £55,000 +9.45% 7
Midlands +25 1 £37,500 -46.43% 11
North West - 1 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 6

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 (15.07%) Maya
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 73 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 73 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 48 (65.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (16.44%) SAP FSCM
3 12 (16.44%) SAP IBP
4 11 (15.07%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (9.59%) SAP PS
6 5 (6.85%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.48%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.37%) Primavera
8 1 (1.37%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.37%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.55%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 59 (80.82%) Finance
2 32 (43.84%) Social Skills
3 29 (39.73%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (17.81%) Law
5 12 (16.44%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (15.07%) Games
7 7 (9.59%) Banking
7 7 (9.59%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.48%) Retail
9 3 (4.11%) Legal
10 1 (1.37%) Billing
10 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (63.01%) Consultant
2 43 (58.90%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (39.73%) SAP CO Consultant
3 29 (39.73%) SAP FI Consultant
3 29 (39.73%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 17 (23.29%) Senior
4 17 (23.29%) Senior Consultant
5 16 (21.92%) Lead
6 14 (19.18%) SAP PS Consultant
6 14 (19.18%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 13 (17.81%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 12 (16.44%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 9 (12.33%) IT Consultant
9 9 (12.33%) Senior IT Consultant
10 8 (10.96%) Project Consultant
11 4 (5.48%) SAP Manager
11 4 (5.48%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
11 4 (5.48%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
11 4 (5.48%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
12 3 (4.11%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.44%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.48%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.85%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.11%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) IoT
5 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.62%) ERP
2 22 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (26.03%) Procure-to-Pay
4 18 (24.66%) Analytics
4 18 (24.66%) Migration
5 17 (23.29%) Logistics
5 17 (23.29%) Order to Cash
5 17 (23.29%) Record to Report
6 16 (21.92%) Project Management
7 15 (20.55%) Business Strategy
7 15 (20.55%) Risk Management
8 14 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (16.44%) Business Transformation
10 12 (16.44%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (16.44%) Requirements Management
11 11 (15.07%) Decision-Making
11 11 (15.07%) Prototyping
11 11 (15.07%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (12.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 22 (30.14%) Degree
2 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.59%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.11%) ACCA
4 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) CIMA
4 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) CCA
6 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.11%) IFRS
3 2 (2.74%) GAAP
4 1 (1.37%) QA
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.85%) Ariba
3 3 (4.11%) Concur
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow