Hybrid/Remote Cost Accounting Contract Job Trends

Cost Accounting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cost Accounting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 321 381
Rank change year-on-year +13 +60 +184
Contract jobs citing Cost Accounting 6 6 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.049% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.056% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 16
10th Percentile £520 £446 £464
25th Percentile £625 £504 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £601 £538
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +11.72% -9.66%
75th Percentile £675 £701 £588
90th Percentile - £761 £656
UK median daily rate £650 £574 £525
% change year-on-year +13.29% +9.29% -5.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cost Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,389 10,732 16,044
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.56% 88.19% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,208 6,740 11,077
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £740
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 217 384
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.96 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -28.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cost Accounting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cost Accounting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cost Accounting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cost Accounting

Cost Accounting
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cost Accounting over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Cost Accounting daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cost Accounting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Billing
2 4 (66.67%) General Ledger
2 4 (66.67%) Law
2 4 (66.67%) Publishing
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Financial Controller
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO
3 1 (16.67%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Accounts Payable
1 4 (66.67%) Accounts Receivable
1 4 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 4 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Cash Management
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Revenue Recognition
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ACCA
1 4 (66.67%) CIMA
2 2 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Xero
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft