ACCA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 126 136
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +58
Contract jobs citing ACCA 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.33% 0.094% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 0.36% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £427 £562 £597
25th Percentile £430 £567 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £579 £674
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% -14.03% -0.92%
75th Percentile £545 £587 £697
90th Percentile £631 £590 £714
Central London median daily rate £479 £579 £674
% change year-on-year -17.35% -14.03% -0.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

ACCA 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 504 548 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.05% 25.66% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 323 321
10th Percentile £347 £335 £334
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £642 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £24.00 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -55.17% +55.08%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -45.83% +28.34%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

ACCA job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ACCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ACCA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ACCA in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ACCA in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ACCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ACCA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Finance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Report Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Coaching
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CFA
1 2 (33.33%) CIMA
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
2 1 (16.67%) SAP