Cost Accounting Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cost Accounting
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cost Accounting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 121 132
Rank change year-on-year - +11 -
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 0 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands - 0.044% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.051% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile - £638 £731
90th Percentile - - £765
England median daily rate £650 £573 £575
% change year-on-year +13.54% -0.43% +5.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Cost Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,721 1,980 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.44% 86.16% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 1,249 1,512
10th Percentile £250 £250 £259
25th Percentile £376 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.06% -2.93%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 68 96
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.97
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.59 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cost Accounting job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cost Accounting