IAS 39 Contract Job Trends

IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IAS 39 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IAS 39 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.016% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IAS 39 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 6,245 4,818 6,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.64% 13.36% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,001 2,804 4,499
10th Percentile £305 £270 £313
25th Percentile £402 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £606 £625 £644
90th Percentile £700 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +3.72% -6.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 218 250
10th Percentile £13.56 £13.26 £14.51
25th Percentile £16.92 £15.56 £20.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% -25.17% +56.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.91 £70.00 £80.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -16.45% -37.28% +101.19%

IAS 39
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IAS 39 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IAS 39 job vacancy trend in the UK

IAS 39
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IAS 39.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IAS 39

IAS 39
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAS 39 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 November 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
London - 1 £675 - 1
England - 1 £675 - 1

IAS 39
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%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IAS 32
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 9