Accountant Jobs

Accountant
UK

The median Accountant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 753 1127
Rank change year-on-year -13 +374 -73
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 10 19 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.033% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.034% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £59,500 £26,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £30,375 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.61% -15.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £65,688 £70,625
90th Percentile £95,500 £80,250 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £43,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +49.43% -33.08% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 72,161 55,390 132,206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 95.71% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 37,668 40,246 77,568
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,798 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,509 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,309 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.00%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant over the 6 months to 29 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Accountant in the UK

Accountant
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -45 10 £70,000 +64.71% 33
Work from Home +20 7 £90,000 +38.46% 19
UK excluding London -54 6 £65,000 +49.43% 27
London +17 4 £90,000 +32.84% 10
South East -32 4 £70,000 - 8
North of England -13 1 £65,000 +52.05% 5
North West -28 1 £65,000 +52.05% 3
East Midlands -34 1 £62,500 +119.30% 1
Midlands -39 1 £62,500 +119.30% 3

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 October 2024, Accountant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) ACCA
3 4 (40.00%) CIMA
3 4 (40.00%) ERP
4 3 (30.00%) Oracle
4 3 (30.00%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (30.00%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (30.00%) Advertising
4 3 (30.00%) Billing
4 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Reinsurance
4 3 (30.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (20.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) Flash
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (10.00%) CRM
6 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Accountant Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (30.00%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Advertising
2 3 (30.00%) Billing
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 3 (30.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (30.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Order Management
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Revenue Recognition
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) ACCA
2 4 (40.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle