GAAP Contracts in England

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GAAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GAAP over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 513 652
Rank change year-on-year +37 +139 +101
Contract jobs citing GAAP 10 28 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.075% 0.042%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.26% 0.53% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 10
10th Percentile £332 £430 £406
25th Percentile £377 £508 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £630 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +14.55% -35.29%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £575
90th Percentile £600 £700 -
UK median daily rate £488 £630 £550
% change year-on-year -22.62% +14.55% -35.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GAAP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,871 5,277 6,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.86% 14.20% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,477 3,369 4,564
10th Percentile £273 £300 £280
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 349 204
10th Percentile £18.12 £10.95 £14.49
25th Percentile £22.63 £13.18 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.34 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% -45.84% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.51 £67.38 £79.93
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.80 £36.25
% change year-on-year +67.05% -42.61% +29.46%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GAAP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GAAP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAAP in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAAP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for GAAP 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 GAAP within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +30 4 £508 -19.44% 45
Midlands - 4 £500 - 7
East Midlands - 3 £500 - 1
South West - 1 £475 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £349 - 6
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UK

GAAP
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 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Bank Analyzer
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) General Ledger
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Accountant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Finance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Management Accountant
4 1 (10.00%) Process Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Financial Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Record to Report
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ACCA
1 3 (30.00%) CIMA
2 1 (10.00%) AAT
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) IFRS
2 2 (20.00%) IFRS 9
2 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Alteryx
2 1 (10.00%) Ariba
2 1 (10.00%) Cognos
2 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) PeopleSoft