The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ACCA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Rank 115 134 128
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -6
Contract jobs citing ACCA 5 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.209% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.865% 0.132% 0.141%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £525 - £295
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.58% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
578 757 710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 24.13% 24.07% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 282 242
Average daily rate £375 £333 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.78% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 41
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £21.66
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -16.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £12.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £47.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ACCA
South East

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ACCA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire ACCA Jobs Demand Trend

ACCA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ACCA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire ACCA Daily Rate Trend

ACCA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ACCA across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire ACCA Hourly Rate Trend

ACCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidenhead - 2 £525 -
Slough - 1 - -
ACCA
South East

ACCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ACCA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ACCA.

1 13 (100.00%) CIMA
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) SAP
2 9 (69.23%) MS Excel
3 7 (53.85%) Agresso
3 7 (53.85%) SQL
4 6 (46.15%) CODA-Financials
4 6 (46.15%) CODA
4 6 (46.15%) Project Management
4 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
4 6 (46.15%) SAP Business One
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (38.46%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (30.77%) ERP
7 3 (23.08%) HFM
7 3 (23.08%) Oracle
8 2 (15.38%) CIPFA
8 2 (15.38%) Hyperion
8 2 (15.38%) Hyperion Planning
9 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (7.692%) SAP BPC
9 1 (7.692%) Financial Analysis
9 1 (7.692%) Data Quality
9 1 (7.692%) Metadata Management
9 1 (7.692%) Marketing
9 1 (7.692%) Data Extraction
9 1 (7.692%) E-business
9 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
9 1 (7.692%) Automotive

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing ACCA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ACCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 9 (69.23%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Agresso
2 6 (46.15%) CODA-Financials
2 6 (46.15%) SAP Business One
3 5 (38.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (38.46%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (38.46%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (23.08%) HFM
5 2 (15.38%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (7.692%) SAP BPC
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) 3G
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Automotive
3 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.692%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Systems Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Implementation Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Systems Accountant
4 2 (15.38%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Hyperion Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Management Accountant
5 1 (7.692%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Data Extraction
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) ERP
3 1 (7.692%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Metadata Management
3 1 (7.692%) E-business
3 1 (7.692%) ETL
3 1 (7.692%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) CIMA
2 2 (15.38%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) SAP
2 6 (46.15%) CODA
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) Hyperion
5 1 (7.692%) Ab Initio
5 1 (7.692%) CA
5 1 (7.692%) JD Edwards