Project Accountant Contracts

Project Accountant
UK

The median Project Accountant daily rate in the UK is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 703 842
Rank change year-on-year +114 +139 -159
Contract jobs requiring a Project Accountant 2 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.007% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.007% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £302
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £370 £455
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -18.68% -17.27%
75th Percentile - - £546
90th Percentile - - £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £370 £329
% change year-on-year +8.11% +12.55% -

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 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Project Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Accountant in the UK

Project Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Accountant in the UK

Project Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Accountant in the UK

Project Accountant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Work from Home +119 1 - - 1
England +112 1 - - 2
London +99 1 - -
UK excluding London +57 1 £400 +8.11% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 -

Project Accountant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Project 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 Project Accountant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SAP

Project 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP