Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AAT qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 696 848
Rank change year-on-year +116 +152 -159
Contract jobs citing AAT 10 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.075% 0.043% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile £135 £813 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £825 £575
Median % change year-on-year -82.67% +43.48% +21.05%
75th Percentile £152 £838 £613
90th Percentile - - £624
UK excluding London median daily rate £143 - £160
% change year-on-year - - -62.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AAT 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

AAT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AAT within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +129 10 £143 -82.67% 39
UK excluding London +59 10 £143 - 34
South East - 6 - - 11
South West - 3 £143 - 8
North of England +27 1 - - 8
North West +15 1 - - 4

AAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) TestLink
General
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Ericsson Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Accounts Payable Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Record to Report
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ACCA
1 1 (10.00%) CIMA
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GAAP
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Ericsson
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP