Accountant Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Accountant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Accountant daily rate in Leicestershire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £343 - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £608 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 144 84 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 85.71% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 57 105
10th Percentile £131 £207 £138
25th Percentile £360 £275 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -5.06%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £643 £633
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £446 £418
% change year-on-year +1.01% +6.71% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 4
10th Percentile £13.87 £19.05 £14.98
25th Percentile £14.65 £19.88 £19.81
Median hourly rate £17.14 £22.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% -10.00% +23.03%
75th Percentile £23.50 £26.88 £27.81
90th Percentile £26.76 £28.75 £28.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.94 £23.41 £17.71
% change year-on-year -23.39% +32.22% -12.18%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Accountant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Accountant job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Accountant
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in Leicestershire

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accountant in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in Leicestershire

Accountant
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 Accountant within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 1
Accountant
East Midlands

Accountant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leicestershire region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) CIMA
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Sheets
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Accountant Skill Set
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Sheets
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Google