CCAB Contracts

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCAB 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 510 - 715
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Contract jobs citing CCAB 10 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% - 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% - 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £323 - £339
25th Percentile £363 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.57%
75th Percentile £700 - £516
90th Percentile - - £551
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 - £575
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

CCAB 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%

CCAB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCAB in the UK

CCAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CCAB in the UK

CCAB
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for CCAB in the UK

CCAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CCAB in the UK

CCAB
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCAB 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 - 8 £663 - 7
London - 7 £625 - 4
UK excluding London - 3 £538 - 6
Work from Home - 3 £700 - 3
Scotland - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £700 - 1
Wales - 1 £375 - 1

CCAB
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (20.00%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Local Government
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Head of Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Accountant
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Accountant
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Line Management
2 2 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (10.00%) Business Case
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
3 1 (10.00%) People Management
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) AAT
2 4 (40.00%) CIPFA
3 2 (20.00%) ACCA
3 2 (20.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle