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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 679 599
Rank change year-on-year +100 -80 +335
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 72 32 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.058% 0.22%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.75% 0.98% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 37 11 64
10th Percentile £52,500 - £50,050
25th Percentile £60,000 £33,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £56,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.17% -19.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,200 £87,500 £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 2,614 3,259 2,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.42% 5.90% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,454 1,579 1,973
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,350 £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 1 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 1 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 +113 60 £77,500 +3.33% 16
London +48 34 £77,500 -3.13% 7
UK excluding London +73 22 £66,250 +76.67% 8
Work from Home +90 21 £77,500 -6.06% 7
South East - 9 £95,000 - 6
North of England +28 7 £83,750 - 1
Yorkshire -2 6 £83,750 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £55,000 -
East of England +22 1 £55,000 +9.45%
Midlands +21 1 £37,500 -46.43% 1
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 10 (13.89%) Maya
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 72 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 72 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 47 (65.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (15.28%) SAP FSCM
3 11 (15.28%) SAP IBP
4 10 (13.89%) SAP IS-U
5 7 (9.72%) SAP PS
6 5 (6.94%) SAP ERP
7 4 (5.56%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.39%) Primavera
8 1 (1.39%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.39%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.44%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 58 (80.56%) Finance
2 31 (43.06%) Social Skills
3 28 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.67%) Law
5 11 (15.28%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (13.89%) Games
7 7 (9.72%) Banking
7 7 (9.72%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (5.56%) Retail
9 3 (4.17%) Legal
10 1 (1.39%) Billing
10 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (62.50%) Consultant
2 42 (58.33%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (40.28%) SAP CO Consultant
3 29 (40.28%) SAP FI Consultant
3 29 (40.28%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 16 (22.22%) Lead
4 16 (22.22%) Senior
4 16 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
5 14 (19.44%) SAP PS Consultant
6 13 (18.06%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 12 (16.67%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 11 (15.28%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 8 (11.11%) IT Consultant
9 8 (11.11%) Project Consultant
9 8 (11.11%) Senior IT Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) SAP Manager
10 4 (5.56%) Senior SAP CO Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Senior SAP FI Consultant
10 4 (5.56%) Senior SAP FI/CO Consultant
11 3 (4.17%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.56%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.94%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.17%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) IoT
5 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.72%) ERP
2 22 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 17 (23.61%) Analytics
4 17 (23.61%) Migration
5 16 (22.22%) Logistics
5 16 (22.22%) Order to Cash
5 16 (22.22%) Record to Report
6 15 (20.83%) Project Management
7 14 (19.44%) Business Strategy
7 14 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (19.44%) Risk Management
8 12 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (15.28%) Business Transformation
9 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (15.28%) Decision-Making
9 11 (15.28%) Requirements Management
10 10 (13.89%) Prototyping
10 10 (13.89%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.28%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Degree
2 13 (18.06%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.72%) SAP Certification
4 3 (4.17%) ACCA
4 3 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.17%) CIMA
4 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) CCA
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.17%) IFRS
3 2 (2.78%) GAAP
4 1 (1.39%) QA
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.94%) Ariba
3 3 (4.17%) Concur
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow