CIMA Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CIMA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.27% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £325 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicester

CIMA 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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21 36 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 26.58% 46.75% 30.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 20
10th Percentile £346 £248 £452
25th Percentile £450 £409 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +40.00%
75th Percentile £613 £657 £592
90th Percentile £738 £715 £625
Leicestershire median daily rate £475 £550 £273
% change year-on-year -13.64% +101.83% -39.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £25.42 - -

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CIMA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

CIMA job vacancy trend in Leicester

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing CIMA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing CIMA

CIMA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Accountant
1 1 (100.00%) Project Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle