CIMA Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 51 63
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 +24
Contract jobs citing CIMA 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.099% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.71% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +52.94%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £363 £440
% change year-on-year +37.93% -17.61% -14.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

CIMA 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 293 141 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.04% 26.50% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 82 157
10th Percentile £183 £200 £160
25th Percentile £358 £329 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £455 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +39.85% -35.00%
75th Percentile £563 £580 £538
90th Percentile £603 £673 £630
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 11 29
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.38 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +20.90% +18.84%
75th Percentile £25.14 £24.42 £25.00
90th Percentile £25.73 £33.75 £44.38
England median hourly rate £27.69 £51.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year -46.23% +32.56% -22.30%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CIMA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CIMA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CIMA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CIMA

CIMA
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 CIMA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
Derbyshire - 1 £475 - 1
CIMA
England

CIMA
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) SAP