GAAP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GAAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GAAP 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% - 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% - 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £606 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £613 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

GAAP 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 574 300 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.38% 19.63% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 161 184
10th Percentile £346 £250 £237
25th Percentile £425 £393 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £567
90th Percentile £720 £650 £635
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 24 25
10th Percentile £18.59 £15.12 £18.00
25th Percentile £38.81 £15.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £53.75 £36.40 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.66% +32.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £83.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.33 £69.11
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -8.55% -40.54%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GAAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

GAAP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GAAP
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GAAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GAAP

GAAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GAAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GAAP

GAAP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAAP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Berkshire - 1 £613 -
GAAP
South East

GAAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle