Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 634 748
Rank change year-on-year +125 +114 -96
Contract jobs citing CIMA 60 61 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.40% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 28 71
10th Percentile £250 £375 £413
25th Percentile £356 £409 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £575 £639 £666
90th Percentile £675 £683 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £356 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -33.72% +7.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £44.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £54.00 - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - +34.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CIMA 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 12,739 15,389 18,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.90% 27.24% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,267 12,566
10th Percentile £309 £335 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,072 756 771
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.24 £19.96
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +23.61%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.47 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £51.82 £35.10
% change year-on-year -21.58% +47.62% +6.36%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CIMA over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CIMA over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +101 52 £500 -2.44% 195
UK excluding London +54 34 £356 -33.72% 97
London +82 23 £550 +6.02% 96
South East +22 17 £250 -37.50% 29
Work from Home +114 13 £488 -7.14% 92
Scotland +32 7 £525 -16.00% 4
Midlands +34 4 £525 +16.67% 12
West Midlands +18 3 £438 -2.78% 7
North of England +34 2 - - 31
North West +30 2 - - 21
South West +13 2 £456 - 11
East of England +11 2 - - 11
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 5

CIMA
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 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (5.00%) Primavera
3 1 (1.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.67%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.67%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.00%) Azure
2 3 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (5.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.33%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.33%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 54 (90.00%) Finance
2 24 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.00%) German Language
6 3 (5.00%) Retail
7 2 (3.33%) Electronics
7 2 (3.33%) French Language
7 2 (3.33%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.33%) Legal
7 2 (3.33%) Local Government
7 2 (3.33%) Marketing
7 2 (3.33%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (43.33%) Analyst
2 14 (23.33%) Financial Analyst
3 12 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
4 9 (15.00%) Business Analyst
5 7 (11.67%) Finance Business Analyst
6 5 (8.33%) Accountant
6 5 (8.33%) Commercial Analyst
6 5 (8.33%) Lead
7 3 (5.00%) Applications Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Change Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Data Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 3 (5.00%) Report Manager
8 2 (3.33%) Business Change Manager
8 2 (3.33%) Business Manager
8 2 (3.33%) Change Manager
8 2 (3.33%) Project Controller
8 2 (3.33%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (18.33%) ERP
3 9 (15.00%) Data Analysis
3 9 (15.00%) Process Improvement
4 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 7 (11.67%) Agile
5 7 (11.67%) Financial Modelling
5 7 (11.67%) Project Management
5 7 (11.67%) Roadmaps
6 6 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (10.00%) Revenue Recognition
7 5 (8.33%) Budgeting
7 5 (8.33%) Business Analysis
7 5 (8.33%) Business Forecasting
7 5 (8.33%) Data Migration
7 5 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (8.33%) Migration
7 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) Python
2 3 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (5.00%) R
2 3 (5.00%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (88.33%) ACCA
2 17 (28.33%) Degree
3 5 (8.33%) CIPFA
4 2 (3.33%) CIPD
4 2 (3.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) ICAEW
5 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) IFRS
2 3 (5.00%) PMO
3 1 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) SAP
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.33%) Oracle
3 8 (13.33%) Sun
4 1 (1.67%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (1.67%) Ariba
4 1 (1.67%) CA
4 1 (1.67%) OpenText
4 1 (1.67%) Sage