Fund Accounting Contracts

Fund Accounting
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Fund Accounting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fund Accounting over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 688 775
Rank change year-on-year +118 +87 -67
Contract jobs citing Fund Accounting 17 18 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.031% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.035% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 53
10th Percentile £523 £192 £483
25th Percentile £525 £463 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -25.00% +118.75%
75th Percentile £726 £606 £813
90th Percentile £805 £710 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £125 £488
% change year-on-year +380.00% -74.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fund Accounting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fund Accounting in the UK

Fund Accounting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fund Accounting over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fund Accounting in the UK

Fund Accounting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Fund Accounting in the UK

Fund Accounting
Top 9 Contract 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 May 2024. 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 +112 16 £575 +9.52% 12
London +84 13 £575 +9.52% 12
Work from Home +113 4 £563 +12.50% 6
UK excluding London +63 3 £600 +380.00% 2
North West +27 1 £550 +340.00%
North of England +24 1 £550 +340.00%
Midlands +23 1 £650 -
East Midlands - 1 £650 -
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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 Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MS Access
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
2 3 (17.65%) General Ledger
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Analyst
2 11 (64.71%) Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Finance Business Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Asset Management
1 4 (23.53%) Fund Management
1 4 (23.53%) Investment Management
2 3 (17.65%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) UML
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.88%) Business Case
4 1 (5.88%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Data Mapping
4 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ACCA
1 1 (5.88%) CIMA
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) COREP
1 1 (5.88%) FINREP
1 1 (5.88%) IFRS
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft