CIMA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CIMA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 436 597
Rank change year-on-year +110 +161 -113
Contract jobs citing CIMA 15 21 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.088% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.35% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 22
10th Percentile £305 £375 £388
25th Percentile £427 £438 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +4.88% +2.50%
75th Percentile £566 £622 £591
90th Percentile £815 £675 £692
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £544
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.15% +6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £44.50 - £26.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CIMA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CIMA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CIMA trend for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CIMA.

CIMA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CIMA over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

CIMA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CIMA over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

CIMA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CIMA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 15 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) French Language
4 2 (13.33%) General Ledger
4 2 (13.33%) German Language
4 2 (13.33%) Local Government
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Accountant
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Financial Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Management Accountant
3 2 (13.33%) Project Controller
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Accountant
4 1 (6.67%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Business Forecasting
2 4 (26.67%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Budgeting
4 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) CAD
4 2 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (13.33%) Data Interpretation
4 2 (13.33%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (6.67%) Fund Accounting
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) ACCA
2 7 (46.67%) Degree
3 4 (26.67%) CIPFA
4 2 (13.33%) ICAEW
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) IFRS
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Ariba
4 1 (6.67%) CA
4 1 (6.67%) OpenText