Systems Accountant Contracts

System Accountant
UK

The median System Accountant daily rate in the UK is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 574 712
Rank change year-on-year +62 +138 +134
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Accountant 8 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.018% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.020% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile - £263 -
25th Percentile £206 £272 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £276 £288
Median % change year-on-year -23.01% -4.00% -32.35%
75th Percentile £397 £407 £459
90th Percentile £481 £450 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £273 £250
% change year-on-year -22.16% +9.20% -39.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Systems Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Systems Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Accountant in the UK

Systems Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Accountant in the UK

Systems Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Accountant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Accountant in the UK

Systems Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Accountant in the UK

Systems Accountant
Top 6 Contract 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 1 May 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 5 £213 -23.01% 93
UK excluding London +62 3 £213 -22.16% 90
Work from Home +42 3 - - 82
Midlands - 3 £213 - 16
West Midlands - 3 £213 - 9
London +37 2 £461 +2.48% 13

Systems Accountant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Systems Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Systems Accountant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 4 (50.00%) Local Government
3 3 (37.50%) Civica
3 3 (37.50%) Financial Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Law
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) AAT
5 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Time Management
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (12.50%) CIMA
5 1 (12.50%) ACCA
5 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
5 1 (12.50%) Workday
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) OCI

Systems Accountant Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Crystal Reports
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Local Government
3 3 (37.50%) Law
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (37.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) AAT
1 1 (12.50%) ACCA
1 1 (12.50%) CIMA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Civica
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Workday