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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 669 628
Rank change year-on-year +88 -41 +281
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 69 30 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.057% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.68% 0.97% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 10 60
10th Percentile £52,500 - £55,729
25th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.53% -20.94% +23.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,200 £92,750 £105,500
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 2,572 3,080 3,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.21% 5.82% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,500 2,195
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,031 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,625 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% -3.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £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 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP FI/CO in the UK

SAP FI/CO
Top 11 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 20 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 +105 57 £77,500 -3.13% 1
London +69 32 £77,500 -3.13%
UK excluding London +64 21 £66,250 +76.67% 1
Work from Home +81 20 £77,500 -6.06% 2
South East - 9 £95,000 - 1
North of England +10 6 £83,750 -
Yorkshire -8 6 £83,750 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
Midlands +27 1 £37,500 -46.43%
East of England +26 1 £55,000 -2.65%
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 -

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 (13.04%) Maya
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 69 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 45 (65.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (14.49%) SAP FSCM
3 10 (14.49%) SAP IBP
4 9 (13.04%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (10.14%) SAP PS
6 5 (7.25%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.80%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.45%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.45%) Primavera
8 1 (1.45%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.84%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 56 (81.16%) Finance
2 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 27 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Law
5 10 (14.49%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (13.04%) Games
7 7 (10.14%) Banking
7 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.80%) Retail
9 3 (4.35%) Legal
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (60.87%) Consultant
2 40 (57.97%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (40.58%) SAP CO Consultant
3 28 (40.58%) SAP FI Consultant
3 28 (40.58%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 16 (23.19%) Lead
5 14 (20.29%) Senior
5 14 (20.29%) Senior Consultant
6 13 (18.84%) SAP PS Consultant
7 12 (17.39%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 11 (15.94%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 10 (14.49%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
10 7 (10.14%) IT Consultant
10 7 (10.14%) Project Consultant
10 7 (10.14%) Senior IT Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) SAP Manager
11 4 (5.80%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
11 4 (5.80%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
12 3 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.94%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.80%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.25%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.35%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.45%) IoT
5 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) ERP
2 22 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (24.64%) Procure-to-Pay
4 16 (23.19%) Analytics
4 16 (23.19%) Migration
5 15 (21.74%) Logistics
5 15 (21.74%) Order to Cash
5 15 (21.74%) Record to Report
6 14 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (20.29%) Project Management
7 13 (18.84%) Business Strategy
7 13 (18.84%) Risk Management
8 11 (15.94%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (15.94%) Decision-Making
9 10 (14.49%) Business Transformation
9 10 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (14.49%) Requirements Management
10 9 (13.04%) Prototyping
10 9 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
10 9 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) Degree
2 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.35%) ACCA
4 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.35%) CIMA
4 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.90%) CCA
6 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.35%) IFRS
3 2 (2.90%) GAAP
4 1 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (7.25%) Ariba
3 3 (4.35%) Concur
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow