Accountant Jobs in London

Accountant
England > London

The median Accountant salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 626 861
Rank change year-on-year +120 +235 -272
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 3 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.013% 0.025% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.026% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 8
10th Percentile £62,500 £30,000 £44,625
25th Percentile £66,250 £40,313 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% -0.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,250 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £89,900 - £73,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -21.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in London

Accountant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Accountant in London

Accountant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Accountant in London

Accountant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 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 London region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills

Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ACCA