Accountant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Accountant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Accountant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £276 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 453 506
Rank change year-on-year +71 +53 -85
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 11 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.021% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.022% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile £228 £240 £274
25th Percentile £263 £261 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £276 £310 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.97% -31.11% +60.71%
75th Percentile £336 £346 £538
90th Percentile £397 £361 -
UK median daily rate £333 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +2.46% -35.00% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,140 22,709 29,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 15,914 20,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,220 1,177 1,493
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.70 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accountant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
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 Accountant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +37 7 £273 - 11
North West +20 7 £273 - 5
South East +25 1 £190 -38.71% 11
West Midlands - 1 - - 7
Midlands - 1 - - 13
Scotland - 1 £390 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 -
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) CIMA
2 4 (36.36%) ACCA
2 4 (36.36%) Sage
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Line Management
2 4 (36.36%) Sage X3
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) CIPFA
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Local Government
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (18.18%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Record to Report
5 1 (9.09%) Power BI
5 1 (9.09%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (9.09%) ICAEW
5 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.09%) General Ledger

Accountant Skill Set
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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Local Government
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) Line Management
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (18.18%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Business Transformation
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Record to Report
4 1 (9.09%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ACCA
1 4 (36.36%) CIMA
2 3 (27.27%) CIPFA
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) AAT
3 1 (9.09%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GAAP
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Sage
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Hyperion
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Reuters