Accountant
UK
The median Accountant daily rate in the UK is £276 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 554 | 672 | 801 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +129 | -115 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Accountant | 18 | 15 | 39 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.027% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | 0.028% | 0.047% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £242 | - | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £270 | £225 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £276 | £348 | £462 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.58% | -24.78% | -2.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £415 | £525 | £566 |
| 90th Percentile | £450 | £645 | £601 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £273 | £485 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.71% | +17.58% | +51.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £54.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £54.00 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 39,817 | 53,094 | 83,517 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.81% | 94.62% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,817 | 37,082 | 58,793 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,805 | 1,473 | 1,982 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +87.50% | +7.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.45 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £43.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.98% | +115.00% | +5.26% |
Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accountant.
Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accountant over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.
Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accountant.
Accountant
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 | +105 | 17 | £276 | -15.08% | 106 |
| UK excluding London | +37 | 10 | £273 | -43.71% | 64 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 9 | £430 | +72.00% | 114 |
| London | +90 | 7 | £450 | +56.52% | 37 |
| North of England | +28 | 7 | £273 | - | 16 |
| North West | +23 | 6 | £273 | - | 12 |
| South East | +12 | 1 | £190 | -60.82% | 17 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £390 | - |
Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2024, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Accountant in the job title.
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Accountant Skill Set
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: