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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 693 594
Rank change year-on-year +122 -99 +408
Permanent jobs citing SAP FI/CO 79 52 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.078% 0.23%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.89% 1.50% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 43 29 65
10th Percentile £57,750 £33,750 £49,000
25th Percentile £66,625 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,500 £90,500
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 2,737 3,467 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.20% 5.18% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,576 1,687 2,119
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,375 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,027 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.94% -13.00% +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 18 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 18 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 +127 67 £76,250 +27.08% 32
London +67 36 £77,500 -22.50% 10
UK excluding London +100 31 £72,500 +20.83% 18
Work from Home +105 29 £72,500 -21.62% 24
North of England +53 10 £72,500 +20.83% 1
South East +54 9 £95,000 +58.33% 9
Yorkshire +14 6 £83,750 +39.58%
Midlands +50 4 £72,500 +3.57% 6
North West +46 4 £72,500 +20.83% 1
Scotland +5 4 £72,500 +20.83% 2
West Midlands +55 3 £72,500 +20.83% 5
Northern Ireland +4 3 - -
East Midlands +25 1 £37,500 -53.13% 1
East of England +16 1 £55,000 -2.65%

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 (13.92%) Maya
2 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 79 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 79 (100.00%) SAP FI
2 53 (67.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (16.46%) SAP FSCM
4 12 (15.19%) SAP IBP
5 11 (13.92%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (7.59%) SAP PS
7 5 (6.33%) SAP ERP
7 5 (6.33%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (1.27%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.27%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.27%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.27%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.11%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) Tableau
General
1 58 (73.42%) Finance
2 38 (48.10%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (40.51%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.19%) Law
4 12 (15.19%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (13.92%) Games
6 8 (10.13%) Banking
6 8 (10.13%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.06%) Legal
7 4 (5.06%) Retail
8 1 (1.27%) Billing
8 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (56.96%) Consultant
2 42 (53.16%) SAP Consultant
3 27 (34.18%) SAP FI Consultant
4 26 (32.91%) SAP CO Consultant
4 26 (32.91%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 24 (30.38%) Senior
6 16 (20.25%) Senior Consultant
7 15 (18.99%) Lead
7 15 (18.99%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 14 (17.72%) SAP PS Consultant
9 13 (16.46%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 13 (16.46%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
10 9 (11.39%) IT Consultant
10 9 (11.39%) Senior IT Consultant
11 8 (10.13%) Project Consultant
11 8 (10.13%) Project Manager
11 8 (10.13%) Senior Manager
11 8 (10.13%) Senior Project Manager
12 4 (5.06%) SAP Manager
13 3 (3.80%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.92%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (5.06%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.80%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.04%) ERP
2 24 (30.38%) Project Management
3 23 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (24.05%) Analytics
5 19 (24.05%) Migration
5 19 (24.05%) Procure-to-Pay
5 19 (24.05%) Record to Report
6 18 (22.78%) Logistics
7 17 (21.52%) Business Strategy
7 17 (21.52%) Order to Cash
8 16 (20.25%) Risk Management
9 13 (16.46%) Business Transformation
9 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (16.46%) Requirements Management
10 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (13.92%) Prototyping
11 11 (13.92%) Requirements Analysis
12 10 (12.66%) Decision-Making
12 10 (12.66%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 23 (29.11%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.13%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.80%) ACCA
4 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.80%) CIMA
4 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) CCA
6 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) PMO
2 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.06%) IFRS
4 2 (2.53%) GAAP
5 1 (1.27%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.27%) QA
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (10.13%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.33%) Ariba
4 3 (3.80%) Concur
5 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft