Systems Accountant Contract Job Trends

System Accountant
UK

The median System Accountant daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 504 555
Rank change year-on-year -67 +51 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Accountant 107 53 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.16% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.18% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 46 5
10th Percentile £313 £325 £262
25th Percentile £400 £350 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £276
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +72.10% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £547 -
90th Percentile £715 £600 £433
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £273
% change year-on-year +21.43% +28.21% -27.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,255 29,550 35,480
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 91.04% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,827 18,649 21,961
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,770 1,552 1,702
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.69 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -1.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.83 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +6.95%

Systems Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Accountant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Systems Accountant job vacancy trend in the UK

Systems Accountant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Accountant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Accountant job vacancies in the UK

Systems Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Accountant over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Accountant in the UK

Systems Accountant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Accountant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Accountant job vacancies in the UK

Systems Accountant
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 15 September 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 -56 95 £450 - 54
UK excluding London -38 94 £425 +21.43% 50
Midlands - 33 £425 - 14
West Midlands - 25 £578 - 9
North of England - 18 £400 - 5
South East -57 17 £450 +56.52% 18
Work from Home -62 16 £400 -20.00% 36
North West - 16 £400 - 2
London -89 13 £710 +42.00% 8
Wales - 8 - -
South West - 8 £275 - 8
East Midlands - 8 £375 - 5
East of England -24 6 £600 -
Scotland -24 4 £325 -7.14% 5
Yorkshire - 2 £500 - 3

Systems Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Systems Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Systems Accountant in the job title.

1 48 (44.86%) Migration
2 36 (33.64%) ERP
3 27 (25.23%) ACCA
3 27 (25.23%) CIMA
4 23 (21.50%) Data Migration
5 18 (16.82%) Business Continuity
5 18 (16.82%) Unit4 Business World
6 17 (15.89%) Oracle
6 17 (15.89%) Process Improvement
6 17 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (13.08%) Sage
8 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.28%) CIPFA
9 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (9.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (9.35%) Project Management
11 9 (8.41%) Validation
12 8 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
12 8 (7.48%) NetSuite
12 8 (7.48%) Xero
13 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
13 7 (6.54%) Record to Report
14 5 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (4.67%) Decision-Making
14 5 (4.67%) Power BI
14 5 (4.67%) Power Platform
14 5 (4.67%) SAP
15 4 (3.74%) Change Management
15 4 (3.74%) Intacct

Systems Accountant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (7.48%) NetSuite
3 3 (2.80%) Sage 50
3 3 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.87%) HFM
4 2 (1.87%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.74%) Intacct
3 1 (0.93%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) Power BI
2 2 (1.87%) Essbase
2 2 (1.87%) Metadata
2 2 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
General
1 104 (97.20%) Finance
2 17 (15.89%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.74%) Legal
5 4 (3.74%) Local Government
5 4 (3.74%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.74%) Data Structures
1 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.86%) Migration
2 36 (33.64%) ERP
3 23 (21.50%) Data Migration
4 18 (16.82%) Business Continuity
5 17 (15.89%) Process Improvement
5 17 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (9.35%) Project Management
9 9 (8.41%) Validation
10 8 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.54%) Project Delivery
11 7 (6.54%) Record to Report
12 5 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (4.67%) Decision-Making
13 4 (3.74%) Change Management
14 3 (2.80%) Budgeting
14 3 (2.80%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 3 (2.80%) Collaborative Working
14 3 (2.80%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (25.23%) ACCA
1 27 (25.23%) CIMA
2 11 (10.28%) CIPFA
3 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (15.89%) Oracle
2 14 (13.08%) Sage
3 8 (7.48%) Xero
4 5 (4.67%) SAP
5 3 (2.80%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.87%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.93%) Google