CIPFA Contracts in England

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CIPFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 520 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CIPFA 6 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.018% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.069% 0.059% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £408 £227 -
25th Percentile £411 £289 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £395 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% - -
75th Percentile £500 £499 -
90th Percentile £523 £560 -
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £638
% change year-on-year -9.52% -17.65% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £54.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CIPFA 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,715 10,161 12,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.62% 30.52% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,469 6,453 8,042
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.55% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 685 717 592
10th Percentile £18.16 £14.79 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £23.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.49 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

CIPFA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CIPFA in England

CIPFA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CIPFA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CIPFA

CIPFA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CIPFA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CIPFA

CIPFA
DemandTrendContract 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 CIPFA within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +30 3 £475 -20.83% 5
South East +13 2 £413 +117.11% 3
East of England - 1 - -
CIPFA
UK

CIPFA
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Accountant
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Finance Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Transformation Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Accountant
3 1 (16.67%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Transformation Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Workday Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) E-Procurement
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ACCA
2 5 (83.33%) CIMA
3 1 (16.67%) CCAB
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Workday