IFRS Contracts in the South East

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring IFRS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFRS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 181 220
Rank change year-on-year +35 +39 +33
Contract jobs citing IFRS 13 24 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.43% 0.034%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.54% 2.89% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - £510 £318
25th Percentile - £563 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £348
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +72.66% -43.27%
75th Percentile - - £362
90th Percentile - - £367
England median daily rate £650 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +6.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 512 830 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.01% 14.93% 15.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 435 563
10th Percentile £200 £232 £200
25th Percentile £363 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 65 43
10th Percentile £21.32 £10.82 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.38 £19.00
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%
75th Percentile £62.24 £48.75 £51.94
90th Percentile £77.27 £65.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing IFRS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IFRS in the South East

IFRS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IFRS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IFRS in the South East

IFRS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +37 13 £650 +8.33% 2
Buckinghamshire +16 9 £650 +8.33%
Berkshire +25 4 - - 2
IFRS
England

IFRS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (69.23%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Unit4 Business World
General
1 5 (38.46%) Banking
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) General Ledger
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Credit Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Credit Risk Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Credit Risk Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Data Modeller
2 2 (15.38%) Finance Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Report Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Analytics
1 9 (69.23%) Stress Testing
2 8 (61.54%) Portfolio Management
3 7 (53.85%) Internal Audit
4 5 (38.46%) Credit Risk Management
4 5 (38.46%) Validation
5 4 (30.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
6 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
6 2 (15.38%) Credit Risk Modelling
6 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ACCA
2 2 (15.38%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle