Accountant Jobs in Cheshire

Accountant
North West > Cheshire

The median Accountant salary in Cheshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.13% - 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £65,000
75th Percentile £48,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £47,683 £25,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +90.73% -61.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 605 1,602 766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 77.07% 96.39% 88.66%
Number of salaries quoted 251 1,193 467
10th Percentile - £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% -4.21% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,750 £65,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in Cheshire

Accountant
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Accountant in Cheshire

Accountant
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2025. 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
Warrington - 1 £47,500 - 1
Accountant
North West

Accountant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 1 June 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Sage X3
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting

Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (100.00%) Sage X3
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sage