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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +53
Contract jobs citing ACCA 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.35% 0.094% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.29% 0.37% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £433 £562 £597
25th Percentile £444 £567 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £579 £674
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -14.03% +1.70%
75th Percentile £493 £587 £697
90th Percentile £496 £590 £714
Central London median daily rate £475 £579 £674
% change year-on-year -18.00% -14.03% +1.70%

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 466 536 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.80% 25.25% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 318 345
10th Percentile £336 £353 £355
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -0.88% -3.20%
75th Percentile £668 £661 £694
90th Percentile £738 £766 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £18.28
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.91% +5.72%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £39.47
% change year-on-year -16.92% -17.65% -8.73%

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

ACCA
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

ACCA
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Power Query
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Controller
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 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CIMA
2 2 (33.33%) CFA
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) IFRS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) GAAP
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft