GAAP Contract Job Trends in Central London

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring GAAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 137 152
Rank change year-on-year +19 +15 -
Contract jobs citing GAAP 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.21% 0.085% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.08% 0.52% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £320
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £638 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +27.50% -4.76% -9.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

GAAP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 369 388 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 19.69% 16.50% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 221 349
10th Percentile £319 £340 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +1.71%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £700
90th Percentile £833 £750 £825
London median daily rate £525 £550 £571
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.72% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £22.53 - -
25th Percentile £25.62 - -
Median hourly rate £34.24 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% - -
75th Percentile £40.81 - -
90th Percentile £66.35 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +66.67%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GAAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

GAAP job vacancy trend in Central London

GAAP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GAAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GAAP

GAAP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAAP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. 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
City of London +5 4 £475 - 10
GAAP
London

GAAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (25.00%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Accountant
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Controller
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Expense Management
2 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ACCA
2 1 (25.00%) CCAB
2 1 (25.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) IFRS
2 1 (25.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP