GAAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 113 124
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 +41
Contract jobs citing GAAP 7 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.65% 0.97% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £583 - -
25th Percentile £610 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year +40.05% +10.47% -
75th Percentile £681 £488 -
90th Percentile £681 - -
Central London median daily rate £665 £475 £430
% change year-on-year +40.05% +10.47% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 424 310 366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.51% 17.96% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 215 262
10th Percentile £354 £375 £364
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +1.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £650
90th Percentile £769 £806 £764
Central London median daily rate £550 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £19.23 £28.43 £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 £38.06 £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £54.75 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -49.77% +165.71% -
75th Percentile £52.25 £72.06 £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 £82.08 £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £23.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +17.02% +0.43% -6.40%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GAAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

GAAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

GAAP
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (14.29%) Loan IQ
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) OCI
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) Power Query
3 1 (14.29%) PowerPivot
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) General Ledger
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Accountant
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Finance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Derivatives Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Accountant
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Transformation Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Derivative
1 2 (28.57%) Fixed Income
1 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Equities
2 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) IFRS
2 1 (14.29%) Basel III
2 1 (14.29%) IFRS 17
2 1 (14.29%) IFRS 9
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Workday
3 1 (14.29%) Informatica
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Murex