IFRS Contracts

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IFRS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFRS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 536 676
Rank change year-on-year +71 +140 +17
Contract jobs citing IFRS 54 64 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.062%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.18% 1.02% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 22
10th Percentile £496 £464 £423
25th Percentile £561 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £725 £613 £738
90th Percentile £775 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £575 £473
% change year-on-year -2.17% +21.69% -22.86%

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 4,558 6,250 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,921 3,951 5,482
10th Percentile £265 £295 £275
25th Percentile £400 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 383 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -44.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFRS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Top 10 Contract 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 30 April 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 +54 51 £650 +8.33% 77
London +36 28 £700 +16.67% 53
UK excluding London +45 23 £563 -2.17% 26
Work from Home +40 15 £550 -8.33% 46
South East +32 13 £650 +8.33% 4
Midlands +26 4 £500 -23.08% 7
East Midlands +13 4 £500 -23.08% 1
South West - 4 £525 - 2
East of England +32 1 - - 4
Scotland +8 1 - - 3

IFRS
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (22.22%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.41%) SAP FI
3 3 (5.56%) NetSuite
3 3 (5.56%) SAP CO
3 3 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.70%) SAP Bank Analyzer
4 2 (3.70%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (1.85%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) SaaS
2 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.70%) AWS
3 2 (3.70%) Azure
3 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.70%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
1 3 (5.56%) SAP HANA
2 2 (3.70%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 38 (70.37%) Finance
2 17 (31.48%) Banking
3 10 (18.52%) General Ledger
4 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.11%) Retail
5 6 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Consultant
2 14 (25.93%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (14.81%) Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Accountant
4 5 (9.26%) SAP Technical Consultant
4 5 (9.26%) Senior
4 5 (9.26%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (7.41%) Risk Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.56%) Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Credit Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Lead
6 3 (5.56%) Report Manager
6 3 (5.56%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Credit Risk Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Finance Manager
7 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Credit Risk
2 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.70%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Analytics
2 11 (20.37%) Stress Testing
3 10 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
4 8 (14.81%) Data Modelling
4 8 (14.81%) Internal Audit
4 8 (14.81%) Revenue Recognition
4 8 (14.81%) Validation
5 6 (11.11%) Credit Risk Management
5 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (9.26%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 5 (9.26%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (7.41%) Budgeting
7 4 (7.41%) ETL
7 4 (7.41%) Migration
7 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.56%) Agile
8 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) ABAP
3 1 (1.85%) Groovy
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) ACCA
2 5 (9.26%) CIMA
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) AAT
4 1 (1.85%) CCAB
4 1 (1.85%) Degree
4 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (42.59%) IFRS 9
2 8 (14.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (12.96%) IFRS 17
4 6 (11.11%) GAAP
5 5 (9.26%) Basel III
6 1 (1.85%) CRD IV
6 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.85%) GDPR
6 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.85%) QA
6 1 (1.85%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) SAP
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.85%) Ariba
4 1 (1.85%) Cognos
4 1 (1.85%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce