CIMA Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 100 111
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing CIMA 4 9 9
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.28% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 1.49% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -41.07% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £419 - £519
90th Percentile - - £530
South East median daily rate £550 £425 £250
% change year-on-year +29.41% +70.00% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 581 603 763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.97% 38.16% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 333 440
10th Percentile £255 £261 £205
25th Percentile £375 £408 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.49% +13.00% -8.34%
75th Percentile £550 £656 £621
90th Percentile £638 £716 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 36 55
10th Percentile £19.42 £41.13 £45.21
25th Percentile £21.29 £48.18 £55.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +173.91%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.04 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.75 £80.74 £75.93
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -52.55% -11.67% +33.33%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

CIMA job vacancy trend in Berkshire

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CIMA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CIMA

CIMA
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CIMA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CIMA

CIMA
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 2 £413 - 1
CIMA
South East

CIMA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Workday Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ACCA
2 2 (50.00%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Hyperion
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Workday