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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 123 152
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 +44
Contract jobs citing ACCA 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.048% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.12% 0.20% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £433 - £587
25th Percentile £444 £525 £615
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £673
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -18.22% +1.51%
75th Percentile £493 £575 £704
90th Percentile £496 - £717
Central London median daily rate £475 £550 £673
% change year-on-year -13.64% -18.22% +1.51%

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 447 504 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.96% 24.14% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 309 372
10th Percentile £333 £395 £348
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £553
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +1.81% -3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £658 £694
90th Percentile £760 £764 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £22.28 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £64.66 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 - £65.60
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing ACCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for ACCA 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

ACCA
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 and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Power Query
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Controller
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CIMA
2 2 (40.00%) CFA
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GAAP
1 1 (20.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Hyperion
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft