FRS 29 (IFRS 7) Financial Instruments: Disclosures
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for FRS 29 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FRS 29 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 818
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FRS 29 0 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.015%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile - - £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

FRS 29 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,264 8,008 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.34% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,961 5,483 8,038
10th Percentile £297 £275 £294
25th Percentile £405 £410 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 234 300
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £18.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £20.49 £37.75 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.74% +33.63% +34.36%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.71 £77.44 £67.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -49.37% +66.27% +0.24%

FRS 29
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FRS 29 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FRS 29 in the UK

FRS 29
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FRS 29.

Daily rate trend for FRS 29 in the UK