CIMA Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 67 67
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +17
Contract jobs citing CIMA 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.13% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.65% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £488 - £563
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £550 £411
% change year-on-year -13.64% +33.98% -17.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

CIMA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 213 154 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.92% 22.75% 30.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 103 128
10th Percentile £212 £165 £268
25th Percentile £319 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.54% -6.86%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £578
90th Percentile £619 £735 £652
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 13
10th Percentile £16.30 £23.54 £20.13
25th Percentile £18.00 £27.28 £55.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.26% -23.08% +283.76%
75th Percentile - £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £20.00 £54.40 £68.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.73 £29.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -28.52% -16.55% +78.21%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CIMA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

CIMA job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CIMA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CIMA

CIMA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) SAP