The first table below looks at the demand for ACCA in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ACCA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Rank 68 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing ACCA 19 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.642% 0.139% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.994% 0.602% -
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 0
Average salary £60,000 £30,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+96.72% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +20.00%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
317 166 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.40% 23.15% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 286 153 299
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,780 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £53,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ACCA
South East

ACCA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ACCA across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Kent ACCA Jobs Demand Trend

ACCA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ACCA across the Kent region.

Kent ACCA Salary Trend

ACCA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ACCA across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent ACCA Salary Histogram

ACCA
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing ACCA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ACCA.

1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) CISA
3 4 (20.00%) CIMA
3 4 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (20.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) VBA
3 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (20.00%) ERP
3 4 (20.00%) Epicor
3 4 (20.00%) Agresso
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) CISSP
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (15.00%) DB2
4 3 (15.00%) UNIX
4 3 (15.00%) Windows
4 3 (15.00%) International Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Banking

ACCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing ACCA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ACCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
1 4 (20.00%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (15.00%) DB2
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) International Banking
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Auditor
2 6 (30.00%) IT Auditor
3 4 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (20.00%) Administrator
4 3 (15.00%) Internal Auditor
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) UNIX
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) ERP
2 3 (15.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
1 4 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CISA
2 4 (20.00%) CIMA
3 3 (15.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Epicor