Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 808 1108
Rank change year-on-year +439 +300 -221
Permanent jobs citing CIMA 626 79 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.098% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 0.29% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 54 36 76
10th Percentile £36,875 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.40% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CIMA.

Salary trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CIMA over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +414 599 £60,000 +9.09% 48
Work from Home +367 506 £60,000 +15.38% 26
UK excluding London +255 353 £55,000 +16.40% 38
London +276 259 £82,500 +50.00% 18
South East +171 219 £48,750 +30.00% 6
North of England +59 59 £60,000 +14.29% 13
North West +34 49 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Midlands +11 36 £55,000 +29.41% 4
East Midlands -1 27 £55,000 +5.77% 2
Scotland - 16 - -
East of England +7 12 - - 1
Yorkshire +66 10 - - 3
West Midlands +2 9 £32,000 -24.71% 2
Wales - 9 - - 1
South West -4 2 - - 5

CIMA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.16%) TPMS
Applications
1 560 (89.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.32%) Primavera
2 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.32%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.16%) HFM
3 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP GTM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (2.88%) Power Platform
2 3 (0.48%) Azure
2 3 (0.48%) PowerApps
3 2 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.32%) Google Workspace
3 2 (0.32%) Power Automate
3 2 (0.32%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.16%) Asana
4 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.16%) OCI
4 1 (0.16%) SaaS
4 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (76.36%) Broadband
2 18 (2.88%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.88%) Power BI
2 2 (0.32%) Big Data
2 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.32%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.32%) Spark SQL
2 2 (0.32%) Tableau
3 1 (0.16%) Power Query
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 620 (99.04%) Finance
2 547 (87.38%) Social Skills
3 498 (79.55%) Analytical Skills
4 450 (71.88%) Influencing Skills
5 44 (7.03%) Retail
6 43 (6.87%) Billing
7 23 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.35%) General Ledger
9 20 (3.19%) Legal
10 19 (3.04%) Banking
10 19 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.16%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.16%) Local Government
12 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 538 (85.94%) Analyst
2 260 (41.53%) Senior
3 252 (40.26%) Senior Analyst
4 183 (29.23%) Financial Analyst
5 135 (21.57%) Commercial Analyst
6 35 (5.59%) Quantity Surveyor
7 26 (4.15%) Finance Manager
8 20 (3.19%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 12 (1.92%) Finance Project Manager
9 12 (1.92%) Project Manager
10 10 (1.60%) Graduate
11 8 (1.28%) Business Intelligence Manager
11 8 (1.28%) Business Manager
12 5 (0.80%) Senior Manager
13 4 (0.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 4 (0.64%) Report Analyst
13 4 (0.64%) Risk Analyst
13 4 (0.64%) Senior Business Manager
14 3 (0.48%) Head of Finance
14 3 (0.48%) Senior Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.32%) PySpark
2 1 (0.16%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (2.24%) Social Media
3 11 (1.76%) Management Information System
4 5 (0.80%) Derivative
5 4 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.16%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.16%) PMI
6 1 (0.16%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.16%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.92%) Windows
1 12 (1.92%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (80.99%) Budgeting
2 499 (79.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 469 (74.92%) Agile
4 465 (74.28%) Decision-Making
5 459 (73.32%) Actionable Insight
6 453 (72.36%) Business Case
7 450 (71.88%) Mentoring
8 43 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (5.91%) Contract Management
10 36 (5.75%) Data Management
11 32 (5.11%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (4.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (3.99%) Financial Modelling
14 24 (3.83%) Financial Analysis
15 19 (3.04%) Project Management
16 16 (2.56%) Economics
17 14 (2.24%) Cost Management
18 13 (2.08%) Line Management
18 13 (2.08%) Performance Management
18 13 (2.08%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.64%) SQL
2 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 614 (98.08%) ACCA
2 58 (9.27%) Degree
3 12 (1.92%) CFA
4 10 (1.60%) AAT
5 6 (0.96%) DBS Check
5 6 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.16%) CISA
7 1 (0.16%) CISM
7 1 (0.16%) CISSP
7 1 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.16%) CRISC
7 1 (0.16%) FFIEC
7 1 (0.16%) PMP
7 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.60%) IFRS
2 2 (0.32%) PMO
3 1 (0.16%) AIFMD
3 1 (0.16%) COBIT
3 1 (0.16%) COSO
3 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.16%) GAAP
3 1 (0.16%) GDPR
3 1 (0.16%) GRC
3 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.16%) NIST
3 1 (0.16%) P3O
3 1 (0.16%) PSD2
3 1 (0.16%) QA
3 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 499 (79.71%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.59%) NEC
2 35 (5.59%) Virgin Media
3 22 (3.51%) CA
3 22 (3.51%) SAP
4 18 (2.88%) Openreach
5 10 (1.60%) Hyperion
6 9 (1.44%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (0.48%) Yardi
8 2 (0.32%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.32%) Databricks
8 2 (0.32%) Google
9 1 (0.16%) Cognos
9 1 (0.16%) IBM
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle
9 1 (0.16%) Planview
9 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow