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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 89 112
Rank change year-on-year -35 +23 -6
Contract jobs citing CIMA 1 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.051% 0.57% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 1.59% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 £406 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £413 £190
Median % change year-on-year +30.30% +117.11% -63.81%
75th Percentile £544 £419 £195
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £560 £325
% change year-on-year -10.71% +72.31% -38.10%

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 890 439 892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 45.48% 35.84% 45.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 265 422
10th Percentile £308 £325 £313
25th Percentile £407 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -9.48% +5.45%
75th Percentile £632 £606 £650
90th Percentile £733 £700 £734
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 23 95
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.81 £41.70
25th Percentile £73.93 £42.91 £55.94
Median hourly rate £83.58 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.39% +13.64% -5.72%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.45 £88.87 £89.01
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £46.30 £57.35
% change year-on-year +34.99% -19.27% -4.42%

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 13 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Windsor - 1 £538 - 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Record to Report
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP