Cost Accounting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cost Accounting
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cost Accounting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cost Accounting over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 377 417
Rank change year-on-year +43 +40 +82
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 3 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.054% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.063% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 33
10th Percentile £577 £468 £435
25th Percentile £583 £484 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £538 £560
Median % change year-on-year +12.56% -4.02% -1.54%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £600
90th Percentile £634 £610 £681
UK median daily rate £585 £538 £563
% change year-on-year +8.84% -4.44% +1.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cost Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,463 17,414 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.37% 84.70% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,190 10,403 14,840
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 832 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cost Accounting in the UK excluding London

Cost Accounting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Cost Accounting in the UK excluding London

Cost Accounting
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 Cost Accounting within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 East +38 1 £585 +1.74% 1
Scotland +10 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
West Midlands - 1 £625 -
Cost Accounting
UK

Cost Accounting
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Financial Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP