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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 115 127
Rank change year-on-year -28 +12 -
Contract jobs citing GAAP 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.045% 0.23% 0.095%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 1.17% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £565 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% - -
75th Percentile £615 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £590 £475 -
% change year-on-year +24.21% - -

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 453 343 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.21% 19.61% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 238 203
10th Percentile £351 £323 £350
25th Percentile £459 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £662 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £762
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £23.83 £16.60
25th Percentile - £26.57 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +70.00% -
75th Percentile - £56.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £75.95 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.41 £34.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year -10.56% +35.03% -

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Derivatives Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft