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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 827 1128
Rank change year-on-year +425 +301 -330
Permanent jobs citing CIMA 643 136 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.14% 0.086%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 0.42% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 83 46 64
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,268 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% +0.49% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,938 £72,813
90th Percentile £134,500 £89,375 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.59% -19.05% -

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 27,556 32,526 44,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.20% 33.17% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,216 14,654 19,122
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,791 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.01%

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 24 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 24 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 +413 613 £60,000 - 205
Work from Home +422 518 £60,000 +15.38% 97
UK excluding London +220 354 £51,250 +20.59% 107
London +287 267 £85,000 +17.24% 97
South East +180 236 £50,000 +33.33% 31
North of England +71 44 £47,500 -24.00% 36
North West +31 42 £45,000 -30.77% 25
Midlands +19 40 £55,000 +29.41% 13
East Midlands +17 29 £55,000 - 5
East of England +19 12 - - 12
West Midlands +20 11 £53,750 +26.47% 8
Scotland - 11 - - 4
Wales - 9 - - 3
Yorkshire +78 2 £52,500 +5.53% 11
South West -23 2 - - 12

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 (0.62%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 559 (86.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.40%) SAP CO
2 9 (1.40%) SAP FI
2 9 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.93%) Primavera
4 3 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.31%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.64%) Power Platform
2 6 (0.93%) Azure
2 6 (0.93%) Power Automate
2 6 (0.93%) PowerApps
3 4 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
4 3 (0.47%) SaaS
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.31%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.16%) OCI
6 1 (0.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (74.34%) Broadband
2 18 (2.80%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.64%) Power BI
2 6 (0.93%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.62%) Big Data
3 4 (0.62%) Data Mining
3 4 (0.62%) Spark SQL
4 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 636 (98.91%) Finance
2 537 (83.51%) Social Skills
3 464 (72.16%) Analytical Skills
4 452 (70.30%) Influencing Skills
5 49 (7.62%) Retail
6 44 (6.84%) Billing
7 21 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.95%) Legal
8 19 (2.95%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.64%) Banking
10 14 (2.18%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.62%) Aviation
14 2 (0.31%) Back Office
14 2 (0.31%) Front Office
14 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.16%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 536 (83.36%) Analyst
2 258 (40.12%) Senior
3 254 (39.50%) Senior Analyst
4 168 (26.13%) Financial Analyst
5 134 (20.84%) Commercial Analyst
6 41 (6.38%) Quantity Surveyor
7 20 (3.11%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 15 (2.33%) Finance Manager
9 12 (1.87%) Finance Project Manager
9 12 (1.87%) Project Manager
10 10 (1.56%) Business Development Manager
10 10 (1.56%) Business Manager
10 10 (1.56%) Development Manager
11 8 (1.24%) Head of Finance
11 8 (1.24%) Systems Analyst
12 6 (0.93%) Architect
12 6 (0.93%) SAP Architect
12 6 (0.93%) SAP Financial Architect
13 5 (0.78%) Consultant
13 5 (0.78%) Senior Commercial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.62%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (1.71%) Social Media
3 10 (1.56%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (1.56%) Life Science
4 6 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (0.78%) Derivative
6 2 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.31%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.31%) 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 (0.47%) Windows
1 3 (0.47%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (74.96%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 475 (73.87%) Budgeting
3 473 (73.56%) Agile
4 468 (72.78%) Business Case
5 465 (72.32%) Decision-Making
6 456 (70.92%) Actionable Insight
7 451 (70.14%) Mentoring
8 43 (6.69%) Contract Management
9 42 (6.53%) Data Management
10 30 (4.67%) Financial Analysis
11 28 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (2.95%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (2.95%) Data Analysis
12 19 (2.95%) Due Diligence
12 19 (2.95%) Project Management
13 18 (2.80%) Roadmaps
13 18 (2.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (2.33%) Analytics
14 15 (2.33%) Financial Modelling
14 15 (2.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.09%) SQL
2 6 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.31%) Python
3 2 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 614 (95.49%) ACCA
2 42 (6.53%) Degree
3 12 (1.87%) AAT
4 10 (1.56%) CFA
4 10 (1.56%) Master's Degree
4 10 (1.56%) MBA
4 10 (1.56%) PhD
5 6 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.31%) CISA
7 2 (0.31%) CISM
7 2 (0.31%) 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%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.18%) IFRS
2 3 (0.47%) PMO
3 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.31%) 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
1 482 (74.96%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.38%) NEC
2 41 (6.38%) Virgin Media
3 34 (5.29%) SAP
4 18 (2.80%) Openreach
5 11 (1.71%) CA
6 9 (1.40%) Hyperion
6 9 (1.40%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (1.24%) Yardi
8 7 (1.09%) Sun
9 4 (0.62%) Databricks
10 2 (0.31%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.31%) Google
11 1 (0.16%) Cognos
11 1 (0.16%) IBM
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle
11 1 (0.16%) Planview
11 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow