Accountant Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Accountant
England > East Midlands

The median Accountant daily rate in the East Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £343 - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £608 - -
England median daily rate £400 £342 £276
% change year-on-year +16.96% +23.91% -15.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 944 457 724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 89.96% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 308 489
10th Percentile £190 £200 £163
25th Percentile £369 £341 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £446 £418
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +6.71% -7.22%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £605 £600 £625
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 27 82
10th Percentile £13.45 £11.44 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.65 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.94 £23.41 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% +32.22% -12.18%
75th Percentile £25.15 £27.58 £25.14
90th Percentile £51.25 £32.56 £50.96
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -19.08%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Accountant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Accountant job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Accountant
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in the East Midlands

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accountant in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in the East Midlands

Accountant
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 2 £475 - 1
Accountant
England

Accountant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) CIMA
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Accountant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Sheets
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Google