Accountant Jobs in England

Accountant
UK > England

The median Accountant salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 796 924 1109
Rank change year-on-year +128 +185 -290
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 18 22 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.023% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.025% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 19
10th Percentile - £22,000 £39,300
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,188 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% -21.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £93,000 - £64,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% -21.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Accountant in England

Accountant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Accountant in England

Accountant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
North of England +58 10 £25,000 -36.71% 12
North West +22 10 £25,000 -61.54% 8
London +146 4 £84,000 +46.72% 31
Midlands +17 3 £50,000 +26.58% 11
East Midlands -14 2 - - 5
West Midlands +34 1 £50,000 - 6
South East - 1 £40,000 - 10
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 across the England region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) ACCA
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Cash Management
4 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 4 (22.22%) Power BI
4 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (11.11%) Retail
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) IFRS
6 2 (11.11%) ETL
6 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
6 2 (11.11%) SaaS
6 2 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.56%) AAT
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) Coaching
7 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 1 (5.56%) Management Information System

Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Cash Management
2 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (11.11%) ETL
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (5.56%) Coaching
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.56%) ERP
4 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.56%) Migration
4 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) ACCA
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft