CIMA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 449 598
Rank change year-on-year +126 +149 -136
Contract jobs citing CIMA 14 18 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.070% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.28% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 24
10th Percentile £322 £409 £408
25th Percentile £385 £513 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £622 £577
90th Percentile £760 £675 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.64% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £44.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -28.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CIMA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 6,516 8,836
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.45% 25.48% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 4,383 6,202
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £730 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 288 224
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.43 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £82.13 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

CIMA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CIMA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CIMA.

CIMA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CIMA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

CIMA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CIMA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

CIMA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) French Language
4 2 (14.29%) General Ledger
4 2 (14.29%) German Language
4 2 (14.29%) Local Government
4 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Accountant
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Finance Systems Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Project Controller
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Accountant
5 1 (7.14%) Finance Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Management Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) ERP
1 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Business Forecasting
3 2 (14.29%) CAD
3 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (14.29%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.14%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Fund Accounting
4 1 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) ACCA
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) CIPFA
4 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) IFRS
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Ariba
4 1 (7.14%) CA
4 1 (7.14%) OpenText