CIPFA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CIPFA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 409 -
Rank change year-on-year +45 - -
Contract jobs citing CIPFA 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.019% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.088% 0.054% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £445 £616 -
25th Percentile £456 £622 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £638 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% - -
75th Percentile £531 £647 -
90th Percentile £535 £649 -
UK median daily rate £500 £625 -
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CIPFA 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,663 7,350 8,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.80% 35.21% 29.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,340 4,554 5,875
10th Percentile £250 £254 £267
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +1.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 624 624
10th Percentile £18.67 £16.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £24.18 £26.24 £18.64
Median hourly rate £48.78 £51.89 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +15.31% +66.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.19 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +56.02%

CIPFA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CIPFA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CIPFA in the UK excluding London

CIPFA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CIPFA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CIPFA in the UK excluding London

CIPFA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CIPFA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CIPFA in the UK excluding London

CIPFA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIPFA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Scotland +26 3 £525 -17.65%
North of England - 1 £475 -
North West - 1 £475 -
South East - 1 - -
CIPFA
UK

CIPFA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) General Ledger
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Accountant
1 2 (40.00%) Business Change Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Management Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ACCA
2 3 (60.00%) CIMA
3 2 (40.00%) CIPD
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) ICAEW
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP