Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 822 1107
Rank change year-on-year +479 +285 -307
Permanent jobs citing ACCA 852 123 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.98% 0.39% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 104 49 95
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £55,268 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% +0.49% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,200 £78,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ACCA 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 28,550 31,536 47,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.33% 33.88% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 17,234 14,336 19,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,874
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% +0.10%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ACCA over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for ACCA in the UK

ACCA
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +454 811 £60,000 - 297
Work from Home +411 568 £60,000 +11.35% 116
UK excluding London +247 446 £55,000 +5.77% 152
London +337 385 £85,000 +36.00% 141
South East +175 264 £55,000 +27.17% 47
North of England +90 82 £45,000 -23.40% 36
North West +43 64 £47,500 -26.92% 26
Midlands +12 53 £55,000 +10.00% 26
East Midlands -7 29 £55,000 -11.65% 11
West Midlands +7 24 £47,500 +2.70% 15
Yorkshire +78 18 £45,000 -13.88% 9
Scotland -47 18 £70,000 - 6
East of England 0 13 £65,000 -5.45% 19
Wales +21 9 - - 3
Channel Islands - 5 - -
South West -29 2 - - 18

ACCA
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:

Applications
1 556 (65.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.94%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.94%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.23%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (1.41%) Power Platform
2 8 (0.94%) SaaS
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.23%) Azure
4 2 (0.23%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.12%) OCI
5 1 (0.12%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (56.10%) Broadband
2 18 (2.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.41%) Power BI
2 2 (0.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Maven
2 1 (0.12%) Git
2 1 (0.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 840 (98.59%) Finance
2 662 (77.70%) Social Skills
3 493 (57.86%) Analytical Skills
4 449 (52.70%) Influencing Skills
5 150 (17.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 140 (16.43%) Billing
7 74 (8.69%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (5.99%) Retail
9 43 (5.05%) Banking
10 36 (4.23%) Law
10 36 (4.23%) Legal
11 33 (3.87%) Local Government
12 32 (3.76%) Public Sector
13 24 (2.82%) Marketing
14 19 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.64%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.47%) Aviation
17 2 (0.23%) Agriculture
17 2 (0.23%) Front Office
17 2 (0.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 538 (63.15%) Analyst
2 292 (34.27%) Senior
3 261 (30.63%) Senior Analyst
4 175 (20.54%) Financial Analyst
5 144 (16.90%) Audit Manager
6 137 (16.08%) Commercial Analyst
7 54 (6.34%) Quality Manager
8 41 (4.81%) Quantity Surveyor
9 27 (3.17%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 19 (2.23%) Senior Manager
11 18 (2.11%) Senior Audit Manager
12 17 (2.00%) Finance Manager
13 16 (1.88%) Senior Quality Manager
14 13 (1.53%) Audit Support Manager
14 13 (1.53%) Finance Project Manager
14 13 (1.53%) Graduate
14 13 (1.53%) Project Manager
14 13 (1.53%) Support Manager
15 10 (1.17%) Forensic Manager
16 8 (0.94%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.23%) Node.js
1 2 (0.23%) Spring
2 1 (0.12%) .NET
2 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.12%) JSON
2 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (3.76%) NHS
3 31 (3.64%) Housing Association
4 21 (2.46%) Reinsurance
5 16 (1.88%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.29%) Social Media
8 6 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.59%) Derivative
9 5 (0.59%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.47%) PMI
11 2 (0.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.23%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.12%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.12%) Mobile Computing
12 1 (0.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.06%) Windows
1 9 (1.06%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (56.57%) Budgeting
1 482 (56.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 481 (56.46%) Agile
2 481 (56.46%) Decision-Making
3 458 (53.76%) Business Case
4 456 (53.52%) Actionable Insight
5 451 (52.93%) Mentoring
6 173 (20.31%) Coaching
7 126 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (13.38%) Business Development
9 74 (8.69%) Performance Management
10 73 (8.57%) People Management
10 73 (8.57%) Service Management
11 58 (6.81%) Project Management
12 53 (6.22%) Quality Management
13 50 (5.87%) Risk Management
14 43 (5.05%) Contract Management
14 43 (5.05%) Data Management
15 41 (4.81%) Wealth Management
16 40 (4.69%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.17%) Python
1 10 (1.17%) SQL
2 2 (0.23%) DataWeave
2 2 (0.23%) Java
3 1 (0.12%) C#
3 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 619 (72.65%) CIMA
2 51 (5.99%) Degree
3 14 (1.64%) CISA
4 9 (1.06%) AAT
5 6 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (0.47%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.35%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.23%) CRISC
9 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.12%) CFA
9 1 (0.12%) CIPD
9 1 (0.12%) CISM
9 1 (0.12%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.12%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (18.54%) IFRS
2 82 (9.62%) GAAP
3 16 (1.88%) IFRS 9
4 15 (1.76%) IFRS 17
5 14 (1.64%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.35%) NIST
6 3 (0.35%) QA
7 2 (0.23%) COBIT
8 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) ITGC
8 1 (0.12%) P3O
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) PMO
Vendors
1 513 (60.21%) Microsoft
2 179 (21.01%) CA
3 41 (4.81%) NEC
3 41 (4.81%) Virgin Media
4 35 (4.11%) SAP
5 18 (2.11%) Openreach
6 9 (1.06%) Hyperion
6 9 (1.06%) Oracle
6 9 (1.06%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (0.94%) Yardi
8 5 (0.59%) Sun
9 4 (0.47%) Sage
9 4 (0.47%) Xero
10 2 (0.23%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.23%) Google
10 2 (0.23%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.12%) Cognos
11 1 (0.12%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.12%) IBM
11 1 (0.12%) ServiceNow