CIMA Contracts in England

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 603 707
Rank change year-on-year +125 +104 -112
Contract jobs citing CIMA 57 60 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.43% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 30 60
10th Percentile £250 £375 £413
25th Percentile £313 £437 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -4.22% +6.75%
75th Percentile £613 £605 £678
90th Percentile £675 £726 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.45% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £44.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -28.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CIMA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,579 14,027 15,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,398 10,082
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £637
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 756 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62.48 £68.33 £55.72
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CIMA in England

CIMA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CIMA in England.

Daily rate trend for CIMA in England

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CIMA in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CIMA in England

CIMA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CIMA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CIMA in England

CIMA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CIMA in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CIMA in England

CIMA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +88 25 £550 +7.58% 71
South East +35 19 £250 -37.50% 18
Midlands +25 4 £525 +23.53% 8
North of England +33 3 - - 27
North West +16 3 - - 16
West Midlands - 3 £438 - 2
South West +18 2 £456 -24.74% 11
East of England +18 2 - - 10
East Midlands +17 1 £650 +52.94% 6
CIMA
UK

CIMA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (5.26%) Primavera
3 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
2 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Power BI
2 3 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.51%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.75%) Data Mining
General
1 53 (92.98%) Finance
2 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.26%) General Ledger
5 3 (5.26%) German Language
5 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.26%) Retail
6 2 (3.51%) French Language
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Local Government
6 2 (3.51%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.75%) Electronics
7 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (42.11%) Analyst
2 13 (22.81%) Systems Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Financial Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Accountant
4 6 (10.53%) Lead
5 5 (8.77%) Commercial Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Report Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Applications Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Change Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Data Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Database Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Finance Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Project Controller
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Commercial Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.51%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (12.28%) Budgeting
2 7 (12.28%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 7 (12.28%) ERP
2 7 (12.28%) Financial Modelling
3 6 (10.53%) Agile
3 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
3 6 (10.53%) Project Management
3 6 (10.53%) Roadmaps
4 5 (8.77%) Business Forecasting
4 5 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (8.77%) Data Analysis
4 5 (8.77%) Data Migration
4 5 (8.77%) Decision-Making
4 5 (8.77%) Migration
4 5 (8.77%) Process Improvement
5 4 (7.02%) Data Architecture
5 4 (7.02%) IT Strategy
5 4 (7.02%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.02%) Python
2 3 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (5.26%) R
2 3 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (1.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (85.96%) ACCA
2 15 (26.32%) Degree
3 3 (5.26%) CIPFA
4 2 (3.51%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) AAT
5 1 (1.75%) CISA
5 1 (1.75%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) IFRS
2 3 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.75%) GAAP
3 1 (1.75%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) SAP
2 11 (19.30%) Sun
3 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.75%) Ariba
5 1 (1.75%) CA
5 1 (1.75%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.75%) OpenText
5 1 (1.75%) Sage