Accountant Contracts in England

Accountant
UK > England

The median Accountant daily rate in England is £276 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 623 744
Rank change year-on-year +89 +121 -118
Contract jobs requiring an Accountant 17 14 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.029% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.031% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 11
10th Percentile £235 - £406
25th Percentile £267 £225 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £276 £325 £474
Median % change year-on-year -15.08% -31.43% +47.89%
75th Percentile £424 £485 £575
90th Percentile £450 £660 £613
UK median daily rate £276 £348 £462
% change year-on-year -20.58% -24.78% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accountant in England.

Daily rate trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accountant in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accountant in England

Accountant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accountant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +95 7 £450 +56.52% 36
North of England +27 7 £273 - 20
North West +24 6 £273 - 13
South East +8 1 £190 -60.82% 17
West Midlands - 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 - - 7
Midlands - 1 - - 11
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Accountant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) CIMA
2 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) ACCA
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (23.53%) Sage
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Line Management
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Sage X3
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) Power BI
4 3 (17.65%) Time Management
4 3 (17.65%) CIPFA
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (11.76%) Local Government
5 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Data Interpretation
6 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
6 1 (5.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 1 (5.88%) IFRS
6 1 (5.88%) Xero
6 1 (5.88%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (5.88%) General Ledger

Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Sage X3
2 1 (5.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
General
1 16 (94.12%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Local Government
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Agile
1 4 (23.53%) Line Management
2 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
2 3 (17.65%) Project Management
2 3 (17.65%) Time Management
3 2 (11.76%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
4 1 (5.88%) Change Management
4 1 (5.88%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) ERP
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ACCA
1 5 (29.41%) CIMA
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) CIPFA
3 1 (5.88%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) IFRS
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Sage
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Xero