IFRS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring IFRS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IFRS 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% - 0.021%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.94% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £398 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - £525
75th Percentile £434 - £538
90th Percentile £442 - -
England median daily rate £450 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +6.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

IFRS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 748 488 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.55% 13.77% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 294 410
10th Percentile £304 £250 £274
25th Percentile £365 £356 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £635 £684 £652
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 21 32
10th Percentile £17.48 - £13.81
25th Percentile £34.50 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.78 £20.19 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +161.39% -10.41% -4.11%
75th Percentile £61.25 £24.76 £48.13
90th Percentile £68.00 £29.50 £74.94
England median hourly rate £25.15 £31.37 £34.75
% change year-on-year -19.83% -9.73% +54.44%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IFRS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

IFRS job vacancy trend in the North of England

IFRS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IFRS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing IFRS

IFRS
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
North West - 7 £410 -
IFRS
England

IFRS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP CO
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FI
1 2 (28.57%) SAP FI/CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Data Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Accountant
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Governance
1 4 (57.14%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) Batch Processing
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cutover Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Data Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Metadata Management
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Stability
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) CRD IV
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (28.57%) FINREP
1 2 (28.57%) IFRS 17
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cognos
1 2 (28.57%) SAP