ACCA Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ACCA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 2.07% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £373 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £550 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +62.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

ACCA 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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 29 36 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 20.00% 36.73% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 49
10th Percentile £413 £243 £213
25th Percentile £438 £250 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +34.44% -5.88%
75th Percentile £581 £651 £538
90th Percentile £638 £687 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £468 £447 £363
% change year-on-year +4.70% +23.31% -27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £19.00 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.42 - -
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £31.79 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.80 £24.34 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.33% +21.70% +18.84%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

ACCA job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

ACCA
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing ACCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing ACCA

ACCA
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ACCA in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ACCA in Leicestershire

ACCA
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Leicester - 1 £325 - 2
ACCA
East Midlands

ACCA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Sheets
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) General Ledger
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Accountant
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Project Accountant
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Google