Cost Accounting
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cost Accounting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 111 | 141 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +30 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley | - | 0.54% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.61% | 0.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £408 | £530 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £430 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £501 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.96% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £586 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £711 | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | £573 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.05% | -0.91% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
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 the Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,830 | 1,798 | 2,255 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 87.56% | 89.01% | 91.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,195 | 1,054 | 1,449 |
| 10th Percentile | £267 | £283 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £409 | £393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -1.44% | +1.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 138 | 55 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.01 | £18.97 | £18.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.63 | £30.50 | £25.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £56.75 | £49.87 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -55.68% | +13.80% | +137.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.25 | £63.22 | £64.20 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.63 | £68.81 | £72.33 |
| South East median hourly rate | £22.27 | £50.00 | £53.94 |
| % change year-on-year | -55.47% | -7.31% | +43.85% |
Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Accounting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cost Accounting.
