CIMA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 331 460
Rank change year-on-year +41 +129 +143
Contract jobs citing CIMA 14 14 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.091% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.33% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 10
10th Percentile £358 £322 £409
25th Percentile £489 £385 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £560 £538 £622
90th Percentile £700 £760 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £44.50 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 -
% change year-on-year -19.10% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CIMA 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CIMA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CIMA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CIMA.

CIMA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CIMA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CIMA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power Query
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Commercial Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Finance Manager
1 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Financial Controller
2 1 (7.14%) Head of Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (7.14%) Senior
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Commercial Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Financial Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 4 (28.57%) Budget Management
2 4 (28.57%) Budgeting
2 4 (28.57%) Financial Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Contract Management
4 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Line Management
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (7.14%) Business Case
5 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) Due Diligence
5 1 (7.14%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) ACCA
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CCAB
3 2 (14.29%) CIPFA
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GAAP
1 2 (14.29%) IFRS
1 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) IFS
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Hyperion
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP