IFRS Contract Job Trends

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IFRS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 463 513
Rank change year-on-year -64 +50 +185
Contract jobs citing IFRS 102 46 64
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.29% 1.03% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 26 32
10th Percentile £350 £481 £406
25th Percentile £363 £584 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £574 £724 £606
90th Percentile £675 £763 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.04% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IFRS 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 7,892 4,479 6,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.21% 15.33% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,118 2,893 4,018
10th Percentile £337 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £399 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £630
90th Percentile £700 £720 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 175 374
10th Percentile £14.32 £17.69 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £31.25 £31.76 £20.55
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +54.53% -48.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.18 £82.88 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £17.86
% change year-on-year +10.94% +79.17% -52.37%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IFRS job vacancy trend in the UK

IFRS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IFRS

IFRS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFRS over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IFRS

IFRS
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS within the UK over the 6 months to 10 April 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
England -50 93 £400 -38.46% 45
London -17 71 £400 -41.82% 23
UK excluding London -100 29 £400 -34.02% 35
Work from Home -26 22 £393 -31.65% 14
North West - 12 £395 - 4
North of England - 12 £395 - 5
South East -55 7 - - 21
Wales - 7 £400 -
South West -28 2 £650 +25.30% 1
Midlands -67 1 £1,300 +160.00% 1
West Midlands - 1 £1,300 -

IFRS
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (2.94%) SAS
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.96%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.98%) Apache
3 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (15.69%) NetSuite
2 5 (4.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (3.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.96%) Loan IQ
5 2 (1.96%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.98%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.98%) OneSumX
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.98%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.98%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.98%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.98%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.98%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.59%) SaaS
2 10 (9.80%) OCI
3 4 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.96%) Azure
4 2 (1.96%) IaaS
4 2 (1.96%) PaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.98%) AWS
5 1 (0.98%) Collibra
5 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.98%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Metadata
2 5 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.92%) Power BI
3 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.96%) Ataccama
5 2 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.98%) Apache Hudi
6 1 (0.98%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.98%) Big Data
6 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.98%) Power Query
6 1 (0.98%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.98%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) ERwin
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
1 2 (1.96%) PowerDesigner
2 1 (0.98%) ER Studio
General
1 93 (91.18%) Finance
2 41 (40.20%) Social Skills
3 19 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.76%) Banking
5 7 (6.86%) General Ledger
5 7 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.90%) Legal
7 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Retail
8 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Billing
9 2 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.96%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.98%) French Language
10 1 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (20.59%) Analyst
2 16 (15.69%) Accountant
2 16 (15.69%) Financial Analyst
2 16 (15.69%) Test Manager
3 12 (11.76%) Report Analyst
4 11 (10.78%) Finance Manager
4 11 (10.78%) Senior
5 7 (6.86%) Architect
5 7 (6.86%) Lead
5 7 (6.86%) Senior Manager
6 5 (4.90%) Report Manager
7 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.92%) Consultant
7 4 (3.92%) Financial Controller
8 3 (2.94%) Operations Manager
8 3 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.94%) Test Leader
9 2 (1.96%) Business Finance Analyst
9 2 (1.96%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
9 2 (1.96%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.94%) Middleware
3 2 (1.96%) XML
3 2 (1.96%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.98%) EDI
4 1 (0.98%) REST
4 1 (0.98%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Derivative
2 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.94%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.96%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.96%) Equities
5 2 (1.96%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.98%) FMCG
6 1 (0.98%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (30.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (22.55%) Data Governance
3 22 (21.57%) ETL
3 22 (21.57%) Validation
4 20 (19.61%) ERP
4 20 (19.61%) User Acceptance Testing
5 19 (18.63%) Cutover Planning
5 19 (18.63%) Test Management
5 19 (18.63%) Test Strategy
6 17 (16.67%) Change Management
6 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (16.67%) Revenue Recognition
7 16 (15.69%) Data Validation
7 16 (15.69%) Operational Acceptance Testing
8 15 (14.71%) Operational Stability
8 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (14.71%) Regression Testing
9 14 (13.73%) Process Improvement
10 13 (12.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 10 (9.80%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.75%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) PL/SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (0.98%) C
3 1 (0.98%) Korn
3 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (29.41%) ACCA
2 14 (13.73%) Degree
3 13 (12.75%) CIMA
4 12 (11.76%) Master's Degree
5 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.92%) PMP
8 3 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.94%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.98%) CCAB
9 1 (0.98%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.98%) OCP
9 1 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (34.31%) GAAP
2 27 (26.47%) IFRS 17
3 20 (19.61%) IFRS 9
4 16 (15.69%) QA
5 8 (7.84%) Data Quality
6 7 (6.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (5.88%) Solvency II
8 4 (3.92%) Basel III
9 3 (2.94%) FINREP
9 3 (2.94%) IAS 32
9 3 (2.94%) IAS 39
10 2 (1.96%) CRD IV
11 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.98%) COREP
11 1 (0.98%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Control-M
Vendors
1 15 (14.71%) Oracle
2 13 (12.75%) Salesforce
3 11 (10.78%) SAP
4 5 (4.90%) Informatica
5 4 (3.92%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.92%) Workday
6 2 (1.96%) Cognos
6 2 (1.96%) Sage
7 1 (0.98%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.98%) BT
7 1 (0.98%) Charles River
7 1 (0.98%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Murex
7 1 (0.98%) SimCorp
7 1 (0.98%) Wolters Kluwer