Financial Accountant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Financial Accountant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Financial Accountant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 - 425
Rank change year-on-year - - +94
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Accountant 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.045% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £222 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
UK median daily rate £225 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,908 16,765 20,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 92.03% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,513 10,270 14,134
10th Percentile £216 £220 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,226 1,734 1,150
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.37 £19.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.09 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.24% +20.00% +75.69%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Financial Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Financial Accountant in the UK excluding London

Financial Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Financial Accountant in the UK excluding London

Financial Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Accountant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Accountant in the UK excluding London

Financial Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Financial Accountant in the UK excluding London

Financial 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 Financial Accountant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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 - 6
Scotland - 3 £475 - 2
Financial Accountant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 2025, Financial 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 Financial Accountant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Project Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (71.43%) CCAB
3 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
4 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (57.14%) Systems Thinking
4 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (57.14%) PowerApps
4 4 (57.14%) Power BI
4 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
4 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
4 4 (57.14%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (57.14%) Data Management
4 4 (57.14%) Local Government
4 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) CIMA
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) ACCA
5 2 (28.57%) ERP
5 2 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Business Case

Financial 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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
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 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Local Government
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Project Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
3 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
3 4 (57.14%) Data Management
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CCAB
2 2 (28.57%) ACCA
2 2 (28.57%) CIMA
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) IFRS
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft