Accountant Job Trends in Bolton

Accountant
Manchester > Bolton

The median Accountant salary in Bolton is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 0.95% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 95 124 142
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 83.78% 97.93%
Number of salaries quoted 80 98 102
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,625 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £57,468 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% +6.42% -6.09%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Accountant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Accountant job vacancy trend in Bolton

Accountant Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 23 June 2026, 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 Bolton region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Accountant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft