ACCA Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 135 143
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +65
Contract jobs citing ACCA 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.15% 0.037% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% 0.13% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £312
25th Percentile £438 £475 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £513 £525 £531
90th Percentile - - £535
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 904 782 823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.28% 29.02% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 478 515
10th Percentile £207 £307 £300
25th Percentile £388 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -1.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £606
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 32 38
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.99
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.96 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.60% +21.03%
75th Percentile £26.16 £50.48 £67.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £56.78 £69.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% - +16.67%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

ACCA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ACCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ACCA

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ACCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ACCA

ACCA
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
West Midlands -5 4 £475 -5.00% 9
ACCA
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) QlikView
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Accountant
2 2 (50.00%) Management Accountant
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Accountant
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Management Accountant
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Forecasting
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle