CIPFA Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for CIPFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CIPFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.48% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

CIPFA 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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 51 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 9.57% 16.67% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 48 16
10th Percentile £155 £308 £329
25th Percentile £190 £352 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% +0.63% -12.09%
75th Percentile £506 £452 £477
90th Percentile £549 £604 £544
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £425 £481
% change year-on-year +8.82% -11.69% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £19.73 - -
25th Percentile £23.53 - £50.00
Median hourly rate £31.10 - £55.00
75th Percentile £39.93 - £60.00
90th Percentile £44.47 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.81 £21.30 £20.87
% change year-on-year +7.09% +2.08% -5.16%

CIPFA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

CIPFA job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

CIPFA
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIPFA within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Northampton - 1 - -
CIPFA
East Midlands

CIPFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ERP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Finance Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle