CCAB Contracts in the UK excluding London

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCAB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 373 419
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 +97
Contract jobs citing CCAB 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.016% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.046% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £566 £530
25th Percentile £222 £572 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -61.70% +4.44% +60.71%
75th Percentile £229 £597 £575
90th Percentile £372 £599 -
UK median daily rate £363 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -38.30% +6.82% +25.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCAB 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 5,447 6,548 7,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.25% 35.96% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,201 3,970 4,581
10th Percentile £214 £298 £300
25th Percentile £393 £420 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £527 £550
% change year-on-year -0.43% -4.14% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 742 523
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -8.46% +15.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCAB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CCAB in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCAB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCAB in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCAB in the UK excluding London

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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 CCAB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 East - 4 £225 - 3
Scotland - 2 - -
South West - 1 £468 - 1
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UK

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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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
1 4 (57.14%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (71.43%) Local Government
4 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Accountant
2 5 (71.43%) Financial Accountant
3 4 (57.14%) Senior
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Accountant
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Systems Accountant
3 4 (57.14%) Systems Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Data Management
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (57.14%) Process Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Fund Accounting
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ACCA
1 1 (14.29%) CIMA
1 1 (14.29%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (28.57%) IFRS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft