The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 438 488 445
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -43
Contract jobs citing ACCA 91 96 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.196% 0.165% 0.228%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.082% 0.954% 1.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 70 89
Average daily rate £500 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £300 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £628 £576 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.58% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £46.23 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8414 10063 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.25% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4503 5233 4635
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 552 658
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

ACCA Daily Rate Trend

ACCA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 within the UK.

ACCA Hourly Rate Trend

ACCA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +35 83 £500 +11.11%
London +25 55 £500 +8.10%
City of London +13 18 £450 -2.70%
South East +19 16 £451 +0.11%
Berkshire +19 5 £525 -
South West +29 4 £383 +2.00%
Surrey +12 4 £325 -25.75%
Sunbury-on-Thames +1 3 £175 -60.02%
Hampshire -7 3 £400 -
Bristol - 3 £383 -
Scotland - 3 £410 -
North West +11 2 - -
Brighton - 2 £451 -
Birmingham - 2 - -
Maidenhead - 2 £525 -
Aberdeen - 2 £410 -
East Sussex - 2 £451 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
Wales +10 1 - -
Middlesex +7 1 £135 -70.00%
Yorkshire +2 1 £400 +35.59%
East Midlands -3 1 £425 +88.88%
South Yorkshire - 1 £400 -
Somerset - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 - -
Swansea - 1 - -
Slough - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 £400 -
Inverness - 1 - -
Guildford - 1 £475 -

ACCA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 128 (90.78%) Finance
2 101 (71.63%) CIMA
3 35 (24.82%) SAP
4 31 (21.99%) Project Management
5 28 (19.86%) ERP
6 17 (12.06%) Banking
7 16 (11.35%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (10.64%) CODA
8 15 (10.64%) MS Excel
9 14 (9.929%) Oracle
9 14 (9.929%) Telecoms
10 13 (9.220%) Business Analysis
10 13 (9.220%) Migration
10 13 (9.220%) Change Management
11 12 (8.511%) Integration Testing
11 12 (8.511%) Data Migration
12 11 (7.801%) Risk Management
12 11 (7.801%) SQL
13 10 (7.092%) Agresso
13 10 (7.092%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (6.383%) Six Sigma
14 9 (6.383%) Hyperion
14 9 (6.383%) General Ledger
15 8 (5.674%) Dynamics AX
16 7 (4.965%) Dynamics GP
16 7 (4.965%) MS PowerPoint
16 7 (4.965%) Dynamics NAV
16 7 (4.965%) Data Cleansing
16 7 (4.965%) Retail
17 6 (4.255%) Management Information System

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 2 (1.418%) Flash
Applications
1 15 (10.64%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.965%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (2.837%) MS Office
4 1 (0.709%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.709%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.092%) Agresso
2 8 (5.674%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (4.965%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (4.965%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (4.255%) CODA-Financials
4 6 (4.255%) SAP Business One
5 5 (3.546%) HFM
6 4 (2.837%) SAP FI
6 4 (2.837%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (2.837%) SAP CO
6 4 (2.837%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (2.128%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (1.418%) SAP R/3
8 2 (1.418%) SAP FI-GL
8 2 (1.418%) Hyperion Planning
8 2 (1.418%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.709%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.709%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.709%) SAP FSCM
9 1 (0.709%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.128%) Broadband
2 1 (0.709%) FTP
2 1 (0.709%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.546%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.837%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.128%) PowerCenter
4 1 (0.709%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.709%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.709%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.709%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.709%) SAP BI
General
1 128 (90.78%) Finance
2 17 (12.06%) Banking
3 14 (9.929%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.383%) General Ledger
5 7 (4.965%) Retail
6 4 (2.837%) Front Office
6 4 (2.837%) Legal
6 4 (2.837%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.837%) Marketing
7 3 (2.128%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.418%) Back Office
8 2 (1.418%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.418%) Billing
8 2 (1.418%) French Language
9 1 (0.709%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.709%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.709%) Advertising
9 1 (0.709%) Automotive
9 1 (0.709%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (32.62%) Analyst
2 28 (19.86%) Project Manager
3 22 (15.60%) Business Analyst
4 14 (9.929%) Financial Analyst
5 10 (7.092%) Systems Analyst
6 9 (6.383%) Consultant
7 8 (5.674%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 7 (4.965%) Project Accountant
9 6 (4.255%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.546%) Project Assistant
10 5 (3.546%) Transition Manager
11 4 (2.837%) Business Manager
11 4 (2.837%) Implementation Analyst
11 4 (2.837%) Systems Accountant
11 4 (2.837%) SAP Consultant
12 3 (2.128%) Management Accountant
12 3 (2.128%) SAP Manager
12 3 (2.128%) SAP Project Manager
12 3 (2.128%) Hyperion Analyst
12 3 (2.128%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.255%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.837%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.418%) Statistics
3 2 (1.418%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.709%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.709%) Data Extraction
4 1 (0.709%) Economics
4 1 (0.709%) Handset
4 1 (0.709%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.99%) Project Management
2 28 (19.86%) ERP
3 16 (11.35%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (9.220%) Business Analysis
4 13 (9.220%) Migration
4 13 (9.220%) Change Management
5 12 (8.511%) Integration Testing
5 12 (8.511%) Data Migration
6 11 (7.801%) Risk Management
7 10 (7.092%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.383%) Six Sigma
9 7 (4.965%) Data Cleansing
10 6 (4.255%) PRINCE2
11 4 (2.837%) Asset Management
11 4 (2.837%) Financial Analysis
11 4 (2.837%) Analytics
12 3 (2.128%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (2.128%) Lean Six Sigma
12 3 (2.128%) Data Mapping
12 3 (2.128%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.801%) SQL
2 1 (0.709%) VB
2 1 (0.709%) VBA
2 1 (0.709%) C#
2 1 (0.709%) C++
Qualifications
1 101 (71.63%) CIMA
2 6 (4.255%) Degree
3 4 (2.837%) CIPFA
4 3 (2.128%) CISA
5 2 (1.418%) QiCA
5 2 (1.418%) MBA
6 1 (0.709%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.709%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.709%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.709%) CISM
6 1 (0.709%) CCAB
6 1 (0.709%) MCSE
6 1 (0.709%) MCSA
6 1 (0.709%) ISEB
6 1 (0.709%) CCA
6 1 (0.709%) CISSP
6 1 (0.709%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.709%) OCP
6 1 (0.709%) OCA
6 1 (0.709%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.255%) Solvency II
2 5 (3.546%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (3.546%) GAAP
3 2 (1.418%) QA
4 1 (0.709%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.709%) IAS 39
4 1 (0.709%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.418%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (24.82%) SAP
2 15 (10.64%) CODA
3 14 (9.929%) Oracle
4 9 (6.383%) Hyperion
5 3 (2.128%) Cognos
5 3 (2.128%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.128%) Informatica
5 3 (2.128%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.418%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.709%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.709%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.709%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.709%) HP
7 1 (0.709%) CA
7 1 (0.709%) Mercator
London
An exciting opportunity for a Project Manager has arisen with a large complex end user undergoing significant change- Due to increased business demand, a Project Manager with a...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP500 to GBP570 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accountant , Edinburgh, Banking, Newly Qualified, Big 4 or Audit, £230 per day A key banking client in Edinburgh urgently requires a newly qualified Accountant to own the month...
Orgtel
Rate: £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Thame, Oxfordshire
The ideal candidate will need to understand the systems that are currently in place (IDeaS & Cognos will be the main two)... Understand IDeaS revenue management system working with...
Fixed Recruitment
Rate: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Our client, a very profitable reinsurance business based in Greater London, are looking for a financial accountant to join the finance team as maternity cover- The role will...
High Finance Group
Rate: GBP250 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 16 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
London
Management Accountant, £310, London, Treasury My client, a leading bank, are looking for a strong candidate to join their Treasury department on a 24 Month contract, in their...
Orgtel
Rate: £300 - £310 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013