ACCA Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 85 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing ACCA 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.66% 0.11% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.22% 0.37% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £400 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 - £54.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 342 267 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 20.66% 28.65% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 175 224
10th Percentile £333 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £419 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -5.62% +0.02%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £675
90th Percentile £650 £713 £798
North West median daily rate £478 £490 £513
% change year-on-year -2.55% -4.39% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 22
10th Percentile £22.44 - £24.32
25th Percentile £22.68 £31.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £45.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -28.96% +100.20%
75th Percentile £75.63 £60.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £178.75 £73.75 £96.75
North West median hourly rate £49.12 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +51.13% +102.37% -57.17%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

ACCA job vacancy trend in Manchester

ACCA
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ACCA

ACCA
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ACCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ACCA

ACCA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Accountant
2 7 (63.64%) Systems Accountant
3 3 (27.27%) Management Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
2 1 (9.09%) ERP
2 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CIMA
2 7 (63.64%) CIPFA
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GAAP
1 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Sage
1 1 (9.09%) SAP