Accountant Contracts

Accountant
UK

The median Accountant daily rate in the UK is £335, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 563 702
Rank change year-on-year +68 +139 +116
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 25 19 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.044% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.047% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 7
10th Percentile £206 £249 -
25th Percentile £213 £272 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £333 £325
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +2.46% -32.29%
75th Percentile £506 £411 £435
90th Percentile £633 £450 £590
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £276 £310
% change year-on-year -18.48% -10.97% -31.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £54.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
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 Accountant 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 +58 18 £335 +21.38% 374
UK excluding London +64 12 £225 -18.48% 346
Work from Home +45 12 £297 -30.93% 253
London +40 9 £575 +27.78% 65
Midlands +26 5 £213 - 69
West Midlands +18 5 £213 - 39
Scotland +14 2 £220 -43.59% 15
South West - 2 £225 - 40
South East +46 1 £275 +44.74% 89
North of England +13 1 £225 -17.58% 78
North West +11 1 £225 -17.58% 36
Northern Ireland -8 1 £450 +12.50% 4
East of England - 1 £245 - 56

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 23 (92.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 6 (24.00%) Budgeting
3 5 (20.00%) IFRS
3 5 (20.00%) General Ledger
4 4 (16.00%) Local Government
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (16.00%) ACCA
5 3 (12.00%) AAT
5 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) CIMA
5 3 (12.00%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Data Management
5 3 (12.00%) Civica
6 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.00%) Planning and Forecasting
6 2 (8.00%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (8.00%) IFRS 17
7 1 (4.00%) Customer Service

Accountant Skill Set
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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) OCI
1 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 23 (92.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.00%) General Ledger
4 4 (16.00%) Local Government
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) iXBRL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Budgeting
1 6 (24.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (12.00%) Data Management
3 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (12.00%) Financial Analysis
3 3 (12.00%) Project Management
4 2 (8.00%) Planning and Forecasting
4 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.00%) Accounts Payable
5 1 (4.00%) Attestation
5 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (4.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 1 (4.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (4.00%) Due Diligence
5 1 (4.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (4.00%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (4.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) ACCA
2 3 (12.00%) AAT
2 3 (12.00%) CIMA
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) CCAB
4 1 (4.00%) CIPFA
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) IFRS
2 2 (8.00%) IFRS 17
3 1 (4.00%) GAAP
3 1 (4.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Civica
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Workday