AAT Contracts in England

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for AAT qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 532 647
Rank change year-on-year +57 +115 +127
Contract jobs citing AAT 10 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.027% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.086% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £135 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £261 £143 £825
Median % change year-on-year +82.17% -82.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £321 £152 £838
90th Percentile £367 - -
UK median daily rate £225 £143 £825
% change year-on-year +57.34% -82.67% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.27 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

AAT 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing AAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for AAT in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AAT in England.

Daily rate trend for AAT in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AAT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AAT in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AAT in England.

Hourly rate trend for AAT in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AAT within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 6 £347 - 11
South West +45 2 £225 +57.34% 1
North of England +20 2 £225 - 3
North West +18 2 £225 - 3
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - - 3
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UK

AAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (20.00%) Exchequer
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (10.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Local Government
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Accountant
2 2 (20.00%) Management Accountant
3 1 (10.00%) Assistant Accountant
3 1 (10.00%) Credit Controller
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CCAB
2 2 (20.00%) CIMA
2 2 (20.00%) CIPFA
3 1 (10.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) GAAP
2 1 (10.00%) IFRS
2 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow