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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 816 1073
Rank change year-on-year +477 +257 -290
Permanent jobs citing ACCA 829 177 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.17% 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 0.52% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 105 67 82
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £43,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% +5.11% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,400 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +2.38%

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 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 3 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 3 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 +473 788 £60,000 +3.79% 223
Work from Home +438 551 £65,000 +18.18% 91
UK excluding London +262 426 £50,000 -9.09% 127
London +375 380 £85,000 +36.00% 101
South East +186 251 £50,000 +33.33% 32
North of England +88 75 £42,500 -27.85% 39
North West +39 57 £42,500 -30.79% 25
Midlands +56 55 £55,000 +10.00% 20
East Midlands +20 29 £55,000 -24.14% 13
West Midlands +34 26 £47,500 -5.00% 7
Yorkshire +84 18 £45,000 -23.61% 13
Scotland -55 18 £70,000 +21.09% 6
East of England +25 13 £65,000 +13.04% 14
Wales +10 7 - - 5
Channel Islands - 5 - -
South West -25 2 - - 18

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
1 544 (65.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.21%) SAP CO
2 10 (1.21%) SAP FI
2 10 (1.21%) SAP FI/CO
3 9 (1.09%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.24%) SAP R/3
4 2 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.12%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 12 (1.45%) Power Platform
2 7 (0.84%) SaaS
3 2 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.24%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.12%) OCI
4 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 478 (57.66%) Broadband
2 18 (2.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.45%) Power BI
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.12%) JIRA
General
1 814 (98.19%) Finance
2 645 (77.80%) Social Skills
3 482 (58.14%) Analytical Skills
4 450 (54.28%) Influencing Skills
5 138 (16.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 136 (16.41%) Billing
7 67 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
8 50 (6.03%) Retail
9 40 (4.83%) Banking
10 36 (4.34%) Law
11 34 (4.10%) Local Government
12 33 (3.98%) Legal
12 33 (3.98%) Public Sector
13 20 (2.41%) Marketing
14 19 (2.29%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.69%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.48%) Aviation
17 2 (0.24%) Agriculture
17 2 (0.24%) Front Office
17 2 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 528 (63.69%) Analyst
2 288 (34.74%) Senior
3 257 (31.00%) Senior Analyst
4 162 (19.54%) Financial Analyst
5 136 (16.41%) Audit Manager
6 129 (15.56%) Commercial Analyst
7 54 (6.51%) Quality Manager
8 41 (4.95%) Quantity Surveyor
9 23 (2.77%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 19 (2.29%) Senior Manager
11 18 (2.17%) Senior Audit Manager
12 16 (1.93%) Senior Quality Manager
13 14 (1.69%) Finance Manager
14 13 (1.57%) Audit Support Manager
14 13 (1.57%) Graduate
14 13 (1.57%) Support Manager
15 12 (1.45%) Finance Project Manager
15 12 (1.45%) Project Manager
16 11 (1.33%) Systems Analyst
17 10 (1.21%) Forensic Manager
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (3.98%) NHS
3 32 (3.86%) Housing Association
4 21 (2.53%) Reinsurance
5 14 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.33%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.33%) Social Media
7 6 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.60%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.36%) Derivative
10 2 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.12%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.12%) Mobile Computing
11 1 (0.12%) PMI
11 1 (0.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.36%) Windows
1 3 (0.36%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (57.66%) Agile
2 477 (57.54%) Decision-Making
3 476 (57.42%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 470 (56.69%) Budgeting
5 457 (55.13%) Business Case
6 456 (55.01%) Actionable Insight
7 451 (54.40%) Mentoring
8 170 (20.51%) Coaching
9 114 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (12.79%) Business Development
11 76 (9.17%) Performance Management
12 75 (9.05%) People Management
13 74 (8.93%) Service Management
14 57 (6.88%) Project Management
15 53 (6.39%) Quality Management
16 50 (6.03%) Risk Management
17 43 (5.19%) Contract Management
18 42 (5.07%) Data Management
19 35 (4.22%) Financial Analysis
20 32 (3.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (1.21%) SQL
2 8 (0.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 607 (73.22%) CIMA
2 37 (4.46%) Degree
3 15 (1.81%) CISA
4 9 (1.09%) AAT
5 6 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.24%) CRISC
8 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.12%) CFA
8 1 (0.12%) CIPD
8 1 (0.12%) CISM
8 1 (0.12%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (18.09%) IFRS
2 84 (10.13%) GAAP
3 16 (1.93%) IFRS 9
4 15 (1.81%) IFRS 17
5 14 (1.69%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.36%) NIST
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%) ISAE 3402
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
8 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 502 (60.55%) Microsoft
2 169 (20.39%) CA
3 41 (4.95%) NEC
3 41 (4.95%) Virgin Media
4 37 (4.46%) SAP
5 18 (2.17%) Openreach
6 10 (1.21%) Oracle
6 10 (1.21%) Sun
7 8 (0.97%) Yardi
8 7 (0.84%) Hyperion
8 7 (0.84%) PeopleSoft
9 4 (0.48%) Sage
9 4 (0.48%) Xero
10 2 (0.24%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.24%) Google
11 1 (0.12%) Peregrine
11 1 (0.12%) Planview
11 1 (0.12%) ServiceNow