AAT Contracts 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 386 446
Rank change year-on-year +43 +60 +62
Contract jobs citing AAT 5 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.044% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.12% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £135 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £143 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.34% - -
75th Percentile £238 £152 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £225 £143 £825
% change year-on-year +57.34% -82.67% +43.48%

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 4,663 7,426 7,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.91% 36.60% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,837 4,303 5,049
10th Percentile £208 £269 £286
25th Percentile £379 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 920 607
10th Percentile £17.65 £13.50 £13.91
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% -19.40% +42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £79.74 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -6.88% -26.69% +24.14%

AAT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AAT in the UK excluding London

AAT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AAT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for AAT in the UK excluding London

AAT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AAT in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for AAT in the UK excluding London

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 17 May 2025. 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
South West +42 2 £225 +57.34% 4
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 3
North West - 2 £225 - 8
North of England - 2 £225 - 9
Scotland - 1 £220 -
AAT
UK

AAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Accountant
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Assistant Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) Credit Controller
2 1 (20.00%) Management Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Conversion
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ACCA
1 2 (40.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GAAP
1 1 (20.00%) IFRS
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow