Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 804 1103
Rank change year-on-year +399 +299 -318
Permanent jobs citing CIMA 629 162 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.16% 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.30% 0.48% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 84 63 63
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £41,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,268 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% +0.49% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £73,125
90th Percentile £131,750 £91,250 £78,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CIMA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,363 33,755 42,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.77% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 15,182 19,046
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,776 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.20%

CIMA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CIMA.

Salary trend for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CIMA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CIMA in the UK

CIMA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIMA within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +419 600 £60,000 - 146
Work from Home +400 516 £61,250 +17.79% 64
UK excluding London +207 343 £50,000 +17.65% 78
London +312 263 £85,000 +17.24% 69
South East +183 235 £50,000 +33.33% 19
Midlands +49 40 £55,000 +29.41% 9
North of England +57 36 £45,000 -21.74% 30
North West +33 34 £43,750 -32.69% 21
East Midlands +15 29 £55,000 +39.24% 7
East of England +23 12 - - 10
West Midlands +26 11 £53,750 +26.47% 2
Scotland -54 11 - - 2
Wales - 7 - - 4
Yorkshire +77 2 £52,500 +32.91% 9
South West -30 2 - - 9

CIMA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 548 (87.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.59%) SAP CO
2 10 (1.59%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.95%) Primavera
4 2 (0.32%) SAP R/3
4 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (2.54%) Power Platform
2 6 (0.95%) Azure
2 6 (0.95%) Power Automate
2 6 (0.95%) PowerApps
3 4 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (0.64%) Snowflake
4 3 (0.48%) SaaS
5 2 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.32%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.16%) OCI
6 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (75.99%) Broadband
2 18 (2.86%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.54%) Power BI
2 6 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.64%) Big Data
3 4 (0.64%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.64%) Spark SQL
4 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 622 (98.89%) Finance
2 533 (84.74%) Social Skills
3 465 (73.93%) Analytical Skills
4 452 (71.86%) Influencing Skills
5 43 (6.84%) Billing
6 42 (6.68%) Retail
7 20 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.23%) General Ledger
10 13 (2.07%) Banking
11 10 (1.59%) Legal
11 10 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.64%) Aviation
14 2 (0.32%) Back Office
14 2 (0.32%) Front Office
14 2 (0.32%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.16%) Agriculture
15 1 (0.16%) Local Government
15 1 (0.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 526 (83.62%) Analyst
2 256 (40.70%) Senior
3 252 (40.06%) Senior Analyst
4 157 (24.96%) Financial Analyst
5 132 (20.99%) Commercial Analyst
6 41 (6.52%) Quantity Surveyor
7 18 (2.86%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 13 (2.07%) Finance Manager
9 11 (1.75%) Finance Project Manager
9 11 (1.75%) Project Manager
9 11 (1.75%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (1.59%) Business Development Manager
10 10 (1.59%) Business Manager
10 10 (1.59%) Development Manager
11 8 (1.27%) Head of Finance
12 7 (1.11%) Architect
12 7 (1.11%) SAP Architect
12 7 (1.11%) SAP Financial Architect
13 5 (0.79%) Consultant
13 5 (0.79%) Senior Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.64%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.15%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (1.75%) Social Media
3 10 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (1.59%) Life Science
4 6 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (0.48%) Derivative
6 2 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.32%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.32%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.16%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.16%) PMI
7 1 (0.16%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.48%) Windows
1 3 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (75.68%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 472 (75.04%) Agile
3 470 (74.72%) Budgeting
4 467 (74.24%) Business Case
5 465 (73.93%) Decision-Making
6 456 (72.50%) Actionable Insight
7 451 (71.70%) Mentoring
8 43 (6.84%) Contract Management
9 42 (6.68%) Data Management
10 23 (3.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (3.18%) Financial Analysis
12 19 (3.02%) Data Analysis
12 19 (3.02%) Roadmaps
13 18 (2.86%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (2.86%) Due Diligence
13 18 (2.86%) Project Management
14 15 (2.38%) PRINCE2
14 15 (2.38%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (2.23%) Business Development
15 14 (2.23%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.11%) SQL
2 6 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.32%) Python
3 2 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 607 (96.50%) ACCA
2 38 (6.04%) Degree
3 10 (1.59%) CFA
3 10 (1.59%) Master's Degree
3 10 (1.59%) MBA
3 10 (1.59%) PhD
4 6 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (0.79%) AAT
6 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.32%) CISA
7 2 (0.32%) CISM
7 2 (0.32%) CRISC
8 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.16%) CIPD
8 1 (0.16%) CISSP
8 1 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.16%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.91%) IFRS
2 3 (0.48%) PMO
3 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.32%) NIST
4 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.16%) AIFMD
4 1 (0.16%) COBIT
4 1 (0.16%) COSO
4 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.16%) GAAP
4 1 (0.16%) GDPR
4 1 (0.16%) GRC
4 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.16%) P3O
4 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.16%) PSD2
4 1 (0.16%) QA
4 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 473 (75.20%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.52%) NEC
2 41 (6.52%) Virgin Media
3 34 (5.41%) SAP
4 18 (2.86%) Openreach
5 11 (1.75%) CA
6 10 (1.59%) Sun
7 8 (1.27%) Yardi
8 7 (1.11%) Hyperion
8 7 (1.11%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (0.64%) Databricks
10 2 (0.32%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.32%) Google
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle
11 1 (0.16%) Planview
11 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow