Financial Accountant Contracts in England

Financial Accountant
UK > England

The median Financial Accountant daily rate in England is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 - 659
Rank change year-on-year - - +135
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Accountant 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £283 - -
25th Percentile £340 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile £587 - -
UK median daily rate £435 - -

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 22,588 34,188 47,267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.71% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,046 22,707 33,560
10th Percentile £300 £280 £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 £760
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 915 2,433 1,401
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.81 £36.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.60% -17.05% +95.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

Financial Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Accountant in England

Financial Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Accountant in England

Financial Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Financial Accountant in England

Financial Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Accountant in England

Financial 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 Financial Accountant within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 - 1 £625 - 7
East of England - 1 £245 -
Financial Accountant
UK

Financial Accountant Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Financial 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 Financial Accountant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding

Financial 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Attestation
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft