The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 185 198 188
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs citing ACCA 18 20 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.282% 0.254% 0.582%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.915% 1.859% 4.715%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 41
Average daily rate £450 £463 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -15.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £425 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £645 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.58% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.46 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
940 1076 1209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.68% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 646 767
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 50 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.85 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.30% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £28.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ACCA
London

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London ACCA Daily Rate Trend

ACCA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ACCA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London ACCA Daily Rate Histogram

ACCA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London ACCA Hourly Rate Trend

ACCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 22 (91.67%) Finance
2 20 (83.33%) CIMA
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle
3 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.67%) Hyperion
4 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Informatica
5 3 (12.50%) PowerCenter
5 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 3 (12.50%) Solvency II
6 2 (8.333%) QA
6 2 (8.333%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (8.333%) Six Sigma
6 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
6 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
6 2 (8.333%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) Banking
6 2 (8.333%) Retail
6 2 (8.333%) HFM
6 2 (8.333%) Degree
6 2 (8.333%) French Language
7 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (4.167%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (4.167%) Dynamics AX

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) HFM
2 1 (4.167%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.167%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) PowerCenter
2 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (91.67%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
2 2 (8.333%) Retail
2 2 (8.333%) French Language
3 1 (4.167%) Italian Language
3 1 (4.167%) Spanish Language
3 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.167%) General Ledger
3 1 (4.167%) Law
3 1 (4.167%) Advertising
3 1 (4.167%) Front Office
3 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Data Migration Specialist
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Accountant
5 2 (8.333%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Hyperion Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) MI Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Management Accountant
6 1 (4.167%) Report Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Programme Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Operations Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
2 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 3 (12.50%) Migration
3 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.333%) Waterfall
4 2 (8.333%) Six Sigma
4 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
4 2 (8.333%) Scrum
5 1 (4.167%) Data Mapping
5 1 (4.167%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Validation
5 1 (4.167%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.167%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Balanced Scorecard
5 1 (4.167%) Benchmarking
5 1 (4.167%) Project Management
5 1 (4.167%) ERP
5 1 (4.167%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) C#
1 1 (4.167%) C++
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (83.33%) CIMA
2 2 (8.333%) Degree
3 1 (4.167%) MBA
3 1 (4.167%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (12.50%) Solvency II
3 2 (8.333%) QA
4 1 (4.167%) GAAP
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle
2 4 (16.67%) Hyperion
3 3 (12.50%) Informatica
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.167%) Cognos
4 1 (4.167%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.167%) SAP
City of London
Accounting Manager, Media Company,London, £250-300 per day, A leading media company is currently looking for an Accountant with ACA/ACCA qualifications with previous Account Managing experience...
Orgtel
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
They will also be required to produce monthly management profit and loss reports including variance analysis, produce key supporting schedules for significant costs, have controllership of balance sheet...
Experis IT
Rate: £35000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Responsible for analysis, reporting and the control environment Essentials ?Formal accounting qualification - ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ACMA ?Ideally a strong academic background ?Experience of financial accounting and control ?Understanding...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The candidate must have: - Excellent Business Partnering experience - Senior level stakeholder management - Accountancy Qualified - Experience with dealing with non-finance stakeholders - FMCG experience prefered This is a high...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013