CCAB Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CCAB qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCAB 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.045% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £225 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -61.42% +6.05% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

CCAB falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 836 489 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.59% 29.40% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 322 350
10th Percentile £300 £214 £311
25th Percentile £421 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £579 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £724 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 30
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.20 £17.46
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.58 £23.00
Median hourly rate £21.74 £35.00 £34.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.90% +0.72% +57.06%
75th Percentile £31.00 £46.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £50.83 £52.50 £70.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%

CCAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCAB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

CCAB job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

CCAB
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CCAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CCAB

CCAB
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCAB within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Staffordshire - 1 - - 1
CCAB
England

CCAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft