AAT Contracts

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AAT qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 572 711
Rank change year-on-year +63 +139 +130
Contract jobs citing AAT 11 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.023% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.075% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £135 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £143 £825
Median % change year-on-year +57.34% -82.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £296 £152 £838
90th Percentile £357 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £143 -
% change year-on-year +57.34% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AAT 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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

AAT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AAT.

Daily rate trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AAT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AAT in the UK

AAT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AAT.

Hourly rate trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AAT within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +57 10 £261 +82.17% 26
London - 6 £347 - 9
UK excluding London +58 5 £225 +57.34% 17
Work from Home - 4 £225 - 11
South West +45 2 £225 +57.34% 1
North of England +20 2 £225 - 6
North West +18 2 £225 - 6
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £220 -

AAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (18.18%) Exchequer
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Google Workspace
2 1 (9.09%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Local Government
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
6 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (9.09%) Retail
6 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Accountant
3 2 (18.18%) Management Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Assistant Accountant
4 1 (9.09%) Credit Controller
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
2 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
3 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (9.09%) Data Conversion
3 1 (9.09%) ERP
3 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.09%) Time Management
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCAB
2 3 (27.27%) CIPFA
3 2 (18.18%) ACCA
3 2 (18.18%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) GAAP
2 1 (9.09%) IFRS
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow