CIPFA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CIPFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 361 427
Rank change year-on-year +3 +66 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CIPFA 4 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.033% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.073% 0.093% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £218 £616
25th Percentile £406 £267 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £358 £638
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -43.92% -
75th Percentile £419 £452 £647
90th Percentile - £503 £649
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £638
% change year-on-year -9.52% -17.65% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £54.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CIPFA 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,452 6,452 7,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.24% 35.49% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,223 3,888 4,554
10th Percentile £220 £300 £300
25th Percentile £388 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +4.27%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £706
UK median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 672 685 548
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.06 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £21.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.18 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.80% -7.15% +15.41%
75th Percentile £49.06 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.80 £79.43
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

CIPFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CIPFA in the UK excluding London

CIPFA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CIPFA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CIPFA
DemandTrendContract 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 CIPFA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +21 2 £413 +117.11% 6
Scotland -4 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
CIPFA
UK

CIPFA
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Accountant
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Finance Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Workday Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Workday Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ACCA
1 4 (100.00%) CIMA
2 1 (25.00%) CCAB
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Workday