Senior Systems Accountant Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior System Accountant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior System Accountant salary in Birmingham is £54,292 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Accountant 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.097% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,097 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,292 - -
75th Percentile £57,486 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £54,292 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,869 1,119 2,910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.75% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 781 2,276
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,622 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

Senior Systems Accountant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 5 July 2026, Senior Systems Accountant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Senior Systems Accountant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) AAT
2 2 (66.67%) CCAB
2 2 (66.67%) EDI
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Google Sheets
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) SEO
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ACCA
3 1 (33.33%) CIMA
3 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

Senior Systems Accountant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) SEO
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) AAT
1 2 (66.67%) CCAB
2 1 (33.33%) ACCA
2 1 (33.33%) CIMA
2 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft