Fund Accounting Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Fund Accounting
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Fund Accounting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 116 129
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 +45
Contract jobs citing Fund Accounting 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.095% 0.11% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £506 £584
25th Percentile £800 £516 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £538 £688
Median % change year-on-year +58.14% -21.82% +27.91%
75th Percentile £900 £566 £766
90th Percentile - £579 £801
Central London median daily rate £850 £538 £688
% change year-on-year +58.14% -21.82% +19.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Fund Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,867 1,634 2,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.40% 92.00% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,293 1,042 1,493
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £678 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.00 £20.07
Median hourly rate £27.75 £31.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +27.00% -38.27%
75th Percentile £46.29 £36.94 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.13 £45.25 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -15.77% +11.47% -20.54%

Fund Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Fund Accounting job vacancy trend in the City of London

Fund Accounting
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Fund Accounting
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Fund Accounting
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) WinAutomation
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft