CIMA Job Trends in Merseyside

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CIMA 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.45% - 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.44% - 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £49,000 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £51,238
% change year-on-year +9.09% +7.34% -18.02%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 135 228 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.06% 38.97% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53 38 71
10th Percentile £31,300 £25,244 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £27,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.74% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £75,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -13.04%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CIMA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

CIMA job vacancy trend in Merseyside

CIMA
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing CIMA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing CIMA

CIMA
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
St Helens - 4 £55,000 - 1
Liverpool - 2 £52,500 - 2
CIMA
North West

CIMA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Head of Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Head of Support
3 1 (16.67%) Accountant
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Head of Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Accountant
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adaptive Insights
1 2 (33.33%) Workday