FRS 29 Contract Job Trends

FRS 29 (IFRS 7) Financial Instruments: Disclosures
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring FRS 29 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 669 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FRS 29 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

FRS 29 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,286 5,579 5,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.31% 17.04% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,910 3,583 3,207
10th Percentile £325 £285 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £484
% change year-on-year +3.16% -1.86% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 266 302
10th Percentile £13.88 £13.60 £11.07
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.38 £14.10
Median hourly rate £36.07 £29.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.27% +18.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £69.82 £60.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.07 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.42% +4.01% -30.91%

FRS 29
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FRS 29 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

FRS 29 job vacancy trend in the UK

FRS 29
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FRS 29.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FRS 29

FRS 29
Top 1 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FRS 29 within the UK over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Work from Home - 1 £650 -

FRS 29
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IAS 32
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 9