Cost Accounting Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cost Accounting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cost Accounting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cost Accounting over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 451 616
Rank change year-on-year +105 +165 -121
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 6 15 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.060% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.066% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 11
10th Percentile £463 £475 £313
25th Percentile £478 £503 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £566 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +13.25% +29.20%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £581
90th Percentile £629 £600 £595
UK median daily rate £538 £560 £556
% change year-on-year -4.02% +0.72% +58.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cost Accounting is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Cost Accounting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cost Accounting trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Accounting
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 Cost Accounting.

Cost Accounting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cost Accounting over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Cost Accounting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cost Accounting
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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 3 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban
4 1 (16.67%) Lean Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle