The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ACCA over the 3 months to 23 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 South West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Rank 107 136 124
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -12
Contract jobs citing ACCA 4 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.199% 0.154% 0.104%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.664% 0.486% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
Average daily rate £383 £375 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
+9.03% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
602 1029 730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.95% 31.71% 25.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 550 332
Average daily rate £383 £419 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.71% +11.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 74 54
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.90 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.40 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ACCA
England

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol - 3 £383 -
Somerset - 1 - -
ACCA
England

ACCA
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) CIMA
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI-GL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) HP