CIPFA Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent with a requirement for CIPFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CIPFA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 5.26% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 14 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 31.58% 43.75% 70.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 29
10th Percentile £240 £304 £390
25th Percentile £300 £374 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -12.50% +31.15%
75th Percentile £469 £507 £575
90th Percentile £570 £653 £625
Staffordshire median daily rate £338 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -20.59% -15.00% +36.52%

CIPFA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCAB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft