Cost Accounting Contracts in England

Cost Accounting
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cost Accounting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Accounting over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 634 765
Rank change year-on-year +109 +131 -137
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 11 20 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.040% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.044% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 14
10th Percentile £420 £450 £310
25th Percentile £469 £515 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £553
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +8.50% +42.85%
75th Percentile £625 £665 £635
90th Percentile £666 £689 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £563 £549
% change year-on-year -4.44% +2.51% +41.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cost Accounting is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,110 45,282 64,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,055 31,791 45,856
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,587 1,766
10th Percentile £12.95 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.68
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Accounting in England

Cost Accounting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Accounting in England

Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cost Accounting in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cost Accounting in England

Cost Accounting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cost Accounting in England

Cost Accounting
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 Cost Accounting within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South East +16 6 £575 +0.88% 2
London +106 2 £670 +11.67% 4
South West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £500 - 1
Cost Accounting
UK

Cost Accounting
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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP CO
1 1 (9.09%) SAP FI
1 1 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Billing
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cost Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Procurement Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Life Science
2 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Delivery
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 5 (45.45%) Logistics
3 5 (45.45%) Project Governance
4 4 (36.36%) Business Case
4 4 (36.36%) DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) Kanban
4 4 (36.36%) Lean Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (27.27%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 3 (27.27%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) SAP