GAAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GAAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GAAP over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 378 422
Rank change year-on-year +18 +44 +92
Contract jobs citing GAAP 3 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.050% 0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% 0.35% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £360 - -
25th Percentile £377 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.30%
75th Percentile £453 - £613
90th Percentile £474 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £432 £575
% change year-on-year +10.08% -24.96% -2.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GAAP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,535 2,852 3,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.01% 14.34% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 1,629 2,176
10th Percentile £235 £232 £254
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £499
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -4.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £669 £684
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 313 202
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.97 £13.33
25th Percentile £15.50 £13.31 £18.09
Median hourly rate £25.83 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -28.57% +55.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.60 £70.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £25.00 £38.71
% change year-on-year +12.72% -35.42% +48.88%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GAAP in the UK excluding London

GAAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GAAP in the UK excluding London

GAAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GAAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GAAP in the UK excluding London

GAAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for GAAP in the UK excluding London

GAAP
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 GAAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Midlands - 2 £349 -
South West - 1 £475 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £349 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
GAAP
UK

GAAP
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 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) General Ledger
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Accountant
1 1 (33.33%) Management Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Conversion
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Record to Report
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ACCA
1 2 (66.67%) CIMA
2 1 (33.33%) AAT
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) IFRS
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle