Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 651 751
Rank change year-on-year +119 +100 -124
Contract jobs citing ACCA 66 68 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.42% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 34 80
10th Percentile £250 £375 £413
25th Percentile £313 £403 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £678
90th Percentile £675 £732 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -39.53% +7.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ACCA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ACCA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ACCA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +129 60 £500 -6.10% 234
UK excluding London +74 39 £325 -39.53% 128
London +93 25 £563 -3.43% 118
South East +38 23 £250 -37.50% 34
Work from Home +120 14 £450 -14.29% 86
Scotland +33 5 £525 -16.00% 7
Midlands +23 4 £525 +31.25% 21
North of England +33 3 - - 35
West Midlands +31 3 £438 +34.62% 7
North West +16 3 - - 21
South West +18 2 £456 -24.74% 19
East of England +18 2 - - 14
East Midlands +17 1 £650 +52.94% 14

ACCA
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 19 (28.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.52%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.52%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.52%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
General
1 65 (98.48%) Finance
2 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.06%) Law
6 3 (4.55%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.03%) French Language
7 2 (3.03%) German Language
7 2 (3.03%) Legal
7 2 (3.03%) Local Government
7 2 (3.03%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (43.94%) Analyst
2 15 (22.73%) Systems Analyst
3 13 (19.70%) Financial Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Business Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Consultant
6 6 (9.09%) Accountant
6 6 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Finance Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Commercial Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) IT Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Lead
9 3 (4.55%) Change Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Project Controller
10 2 (3.03%) Senior
10 2 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Senior Commercial Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Systems Accountant
11 1 (1.52%) Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.21%) Process Improvement
2 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (16.67%) ERP
3 11 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
4 8 (12.12%) Project Management
5 7 (10.61%) Budgeting
5 7 (10.61%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 7 (10.61%) Data Management
5 7 (10.61%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.09%) Business Forecasting
6 6 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (7.58%) Business Analysis
7 5 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.58%) Data Analysis
7 5 (7.58%) Data Migration
7 5 (7.58%) Migration
7 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.06%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 55 (83.33%) CIMA
2 15 (22.73%) Degree
3 6 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) CIPFA
5 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.03%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.52%) AAT
6 1 (1.52%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) IFRS
2 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.52%) GAAP
2 1 (1.52%) IFRS 17
2 1 (1.52%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Oracle
1 11 (16.67%) Sun
2 10 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 9 (13.64%) SAP
4 2 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (1.52%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.52%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.52%) Sage
5 1 (1.52%) Xero