CIMA Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 98 109
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CIMA 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.24% 0.13% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.45% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 - -
England median daily rate £500 £594 £538
% change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year - +70.73% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 419 440 623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.94% 28.22% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 163 308
10th Percentile £197 £207 £270
25th Percentile £350 £309 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £598 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 150 145
10th Percentile £16.30 £16.30 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £43.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% +104.76% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.45 £73.93 £71.61
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for CIMA in the East of England

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

CIMA
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CIMA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CIMA

CIMA
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 26 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire - 2 £580 -
Norfolk - 1 - - 1
CIMA
England

CIMA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Accountant
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Finance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Finance Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Finance Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Transformation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Accountant
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ACCA
2 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP