CCAB Contracts in England

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCAB 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 477 - 652
Rank change year-on-year - - +128
Contract jobs citing CCAB 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% - 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £391 - -
25th Percentile £533 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.77%
75th Percentile £700 - £338
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +28.57%
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

CCAB 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%

CCAB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCAB in England

CCAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCAB in England

CCAB
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for CCAB in England

CCAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CCAB in England

CCAB
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 CCAB 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 - 7 £625 - 4
South East - 1 £700 - 1
CCAB
UK

CCAB
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (25.00%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Local Government
3 4 (50.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Finance Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Line Management
2 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
3 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) AAT
2 4 (50.00%) CIPFA
3 2 (25.00%) ACCA
3 2 (25.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle