Accountant Contracts in England

Accountant
UK > England

The median Accountant daily rate in England is £335, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 525 639
Rank change year-on-year +58 +114 +109
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 18 17 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.046% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.049% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 6
10th Percentile £206 £235 -
25th Percentile £213 £267 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £276 £288
Median % change year-on-year +21.38% -4.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £538 £424 £362
90th Percentile £635 £450 £548
UK median daily rate £335 £333 £325
% change year-on-year +0.60% +2.46% -32.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £54.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in England

Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
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 Accountant 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 +40 9 £575 +27.78% 60
Midlands +26 5 £213 - 68
West Midlands +18 5 £213 - 38
South West - 2 £225 - 40
South East +46 1 £275 +44.74% 83
North of England +13 1 £225 -17.58% 73
North West +11 1 £225 -17.58% 33
East of England - 1 £245 - 52
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 5 (27.78%) General Ledger
4 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (16.67%) ACCA
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) CIMA
5 3 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) Data Management
5 3 (16.67%) IFRS
6 2 (11.11%) Planning and Forecasting
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) IFRS 17
6 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.11%) AAT
6 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (5.56%) Local Government
7 1 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (5.56%) Time Management
7 1 (5.56%) JSP 440
7 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (5.56%) GAAP
7 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.56%) SQL

Accountant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) OCI
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 16 (88.89%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) General Ledger
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Local Government
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) iXBRL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 6 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (16.67%) Data Management
2 3 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) Project Management
2 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (5.56%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (5.56%) Attestation
4 1 (5.56%) Budget Management
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.56%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (5.56%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (5.56%) Time Management
4 1 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) ACCA
1 3 (16.67%) CIMA
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) AAT
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) IFRS
2 2 (11.11%) IFRS 17
3 1 (5.56%) GAAP
3 1 (5.56%) JSP 440
3 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle
1 1 (5.56%) Workday