Fund Accounting Contract Job Trends

Fund Accounting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Fund Accounting skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 559 647
Rank change year-on-year +23 +88 +144
Contract jobs citing Fund Accounting 17 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.010% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.012% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 11
10th Percentile £429 - £450
25th Percentile £538 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £800 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +52.38% -27.59%
75th Percentile £725 - £631
90th Percentile £750 - £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fund Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,589 32,869 44,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.52% 85.60% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,385 20,313 30,580
10th Percentile £300 £310 £314
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,782 1,485 1,560
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.77
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.95 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +7.50% +73.91%

Fund Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fund Accounting in the UK

Fund Accounting
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fund Accounting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fund Accounting

Fund Accounting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fund Accounting over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fund Accounting in the UK

Fund Accounting
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fund Accounting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Fund Accounting

Fund Accounting
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fund Accounting within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 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 +21 15 £700 -12.50% 6
London +26 13 £700 -12.50% 4
Work from Home +20 7 £700 - 3
UK excluding London - 2 £413 - 2
North of England - 1 £358 - 2
North West - 1 £358 - 2
South West - 1 £468 -

Fund Accounting
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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MultiFonds
2 1 (5.88%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (5.88%) Aladdin
2 1 (5.88%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Snowflake
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) GitHub
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Lucidchart
4 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
2 1 (5.88%) DB2
2 1 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Back Office
5 3 (17.65%) Financial Institution
5 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
6 2 (11.76%) Legal
6 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Analyst
2 13 (76.47%) Business Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Data Business Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Asset Management Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Asset Management Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Accountant
6 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Data Quality Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Data Quality Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Fund Management Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) ADO
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) XBRL
2 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) User Stories
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Decision-Making
3 7 (41.18%) Asset Management
3 7 (41.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (35.29%) Business Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis
5 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Project Management
7 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
7 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
7 3 (17.65%) Investment Management
8 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (11.76%) SDLC
8 2 (11.76%) Technical Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Technology Transformation
8 2 (11.76%) Time Management
8 2 (11.76%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) CBAP
1 1 (5.88%) CCAB
1 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) AIFMD
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.88%) FATCA
1 1 (5.88%) IFRS
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) UCITS
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) FIS
2 2 (11.76%) eFront
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Advent