AAT Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for AAT qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 336 396
Rank change year-on-year -55 +60 +76
Contract jobs citing AAT 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.089% 0.041% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +111.11% - -
75th Percentile £488 £238 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £411 £296 £173
% change year-on-year +38.86% +71.10% -61.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

AAT 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,711 4,889 7,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.90% 34.68% 36.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,226 2,898 4,334
10th Percentile £256 £225 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% -7.27% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £649
90th Percentile £706 £700 £703
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 391 618
10th Percentile £15.64 £18.50 £15.33
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -20.98% +19.28%
75th Percentile £51.53 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £78.79
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -37.13% -22.91% +15.31%

AAT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AAT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

AAT job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AAT
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AAT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AAT

AAT
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AAT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AAT

AAT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AAT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
North of England -47 4 - - 2
North West -26 2 - - 2
North East - 2 - -
Midlands - 1 £475 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £475 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 2
AAT
UK

AAT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) NetSuite
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Billing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Business Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Business Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Financial Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Financial Support
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Support
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Support Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Support Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Support Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Accountant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Assistant Accountant
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ACCA
1 4 (66.67%) CIMA
2 2 (33.33%) ECDL
3 1 (16.67%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Sage