Cost Accounting Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Cost Accounting
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Cost Accounting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.41% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 913 283 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 93.35% 96.92% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 189 223
10th Percentile £350 £220 £324
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 12
10th Percentile £15.28 - £10.90
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.22 £12.19
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.19 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +19.46% +22.37% +24.46%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% +27.00%

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Cost Accounting job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Cost Accounting
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Accounting within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
Sheffield - 4 £500 - 1
Cost Accounting
Yorkshire

Cost Accounting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Cost Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cost Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree