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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 807 1079
Rank change year-on-year +466 +272 -303
Permanent jobs citing ACCA 843 145 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.04% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 102 52 81
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +5.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £74,875 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £55,155 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +5.06% -

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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 28 May 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 28 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 +475 800 £60,000 +3.79% 321
Work from Home +430 560 £62,500 +13.09% 144
UK excluding London +277 439 £51,250 -7.08% 172
London +390 382 £85,000 +36.00% 139
South East +190 260 £52,500 +26.51% 52
North of England +102 77 £45,000 -22.16% 48
North West +50 59 £42,500 -34.62% 32
Midlands +40 54 £55,000 +10.00% 31
East Midlands +12 29 £55,000 -24.14% 13
West Midlands +28 25 £47,500 +2.70% 18
Scotland -43 19 £70,000 +21.09% 6
Yorkshire +89 18 £45,000 -18.41% 16
East of England +7 13 £65,000 -5.45% 16
Wales +9 9 - - 5
Channel Islands - 5 - -
South West -27 2 - - 21

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
1 550 (65.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.07%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.07%) SAP CO
2 9 (1.07%) SAP FI
2 9 (1.07%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.24%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.30%) Power Platform
2 8 (0.95%) SaaS
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.24%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.12%) Azure
5 1 (0.12%) OCI
5 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (56.70%) Broadband
2 18 (2.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.30%) Power BI
2 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Maven
2 1 (0.12%) Git
2 1 (0.12%) JIRA
General
1 831 (98.58%) Finance
2 657 (77.94%) Social Skills
3 486 (57.65%) Analytical Skills
4 450 (53.38%) Influencing Skills
5 145 (17.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 138 (16.37%) Billing
7 69 (8.19%) Presentation Skills
8 50 (5.93%) Retail
9 43 (5.10%) Banking
10 36 (4.27%) Law
10 36 (4.27%) Legal
11 33 (3.91%) Local Government
12 32 (3.80%) Public Sector
13 23 (2.73%) Marketing
14 19 (2.25%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.66%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.47%) Aviation
17 2 (0.24%) Agriculture
17 2 (0.24%) Front Office
17 2 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 533 (63.23%) Analyst
2 291 (34.52%) Senior
3 260 (30.84%) Senior Analyst
4 168 (19.93%) Financial Analyst
5 140 (16.61%) Audit Manager
6 132 (15.66%) Commercial Analyst
7 54 (6.41%) Quality Manager
8 41 (4.86%) Quantity Surveyor
9 26 (3.08%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 19 (2.25%) Senior Manager
11 18 (2.14%) Senior Audit Manager
12 16 (1.90%) Finance Manager
12 16 (1.90%) Senior Quality Manager
13 13 (1.54%) Audit Support Manager
13 13 (1.54%) Finance Project Manager
13 13 (1.54%) Graduate
13 13 (1.54%) Project Manager
13 13 (1.54%) Support Manager
14 10 (1.19%) Forensic Manager
15 8 (0.95%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.24%) Node.js
1 2 (0.24%) 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 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (3.80%) NHS
3 31 (3.68%) Housing Association
4 21 (2.49%) Reinsurance
5 15 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.30%) Social Media
7 6 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.59%) Derivative
8 5 (0.59%) Educational Technology
9 4 (0.47%) PMI
10 2 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.12%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.12%) Mobile Computing
11 1 (0.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.47%) Windows
1 4 (0.47%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (57.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 481 (57.06%) Agile
3 480 (56.94%) Decision-Making
4 476 (56.47%) Budgeting
5 458 (54.33%) Business Case
6 456 (54.09%) Actionable Insight
7 451 (53.50%) Mentoring
8 171 (20.28%) Coaching
9 118 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (12.81%) Business Development
11 74 (8.78%) Performance Management
12 73 (8.66%) People Management
12 73 (8.66%) Service Management
13 58 (6.88%) Project Management
14 53 (6.29%) Quality Management
15 50 (5.93%) Risk Management
16 43 (5.10%) Contract Management
17 42 (4.98%) Data Management
18 39 (4.63%) Financial Analysis
19 37 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.19%) Python
2 9 (1.07%) SQL
3 2 (0.24%) DataWeave
3 2 (0.24%) Java
4 1 (0.12%) C#
Qualifications
1 614 (72.84%) CIMA
2 44 (5.22%) Degree
3 14 (1.66%) CISA
4 9 (1.07%) AAT
5 6 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (0.47%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.24%) CRISC
8 2 (0.24%) Security Cleared
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (18.39%) IFRS
2 82 (9.73%) GAAP
3 16 (1.90%) IFRS 9
4 15 (1.78%) IFRS 17
5 14 (1.66%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.36%) NIST
6 3 (0.36%) QA
7 2 (0.24%) COBIT
7 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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
1 506 (60.02%) Microsoft
2 175 (20.76%) CA
3 41 (4.86%) NEC
3 41 (4.86%) Virgin Media
4 36 (4.27%) SAP
5 18 (2.14%) Openreach
6 9 (1.07%) Hyperion
6 9 (1.07%) Oracle
6 9 (1.07%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (0.95%) Yardi
8 7 (0.83%) Sun
9 4 (0.47%) Sage
9 4 (0.47%) Xero
10 2 (0.24%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.24%) Google
10 2 (0.24%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.12%) Cognos
11 1 (0.12%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.12%) IBM
11 1 (0.12%) ServiceNow