ACCA Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 47 71
Rank change year-on-year -10 +24 -
Contract jobs citing ACCA 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.20% 0.39% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 1.02% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £900
East of England median daily rate £580 - £900
% change year-on-year - - +125.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

ACCA 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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 172 196 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.19% 37.91% 42.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 85 180
10th Percentile £398 £290 £400
25th Percentile £500 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £725
90th Percentile £700 £600 £814
East of England median daily rate £528 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 56 66
10th Percentile £16.88 £32.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £20.28 £38.40 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% -
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £80.13 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% +111.11% +7.14%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

ACCA job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

ACCA
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ACCA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ACCA

ACCA
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ACCA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ACCA

ACCA
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Stevenage -3 1 £500 -
ACCA
East of England

ACCA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle