IFRS Job Trends in England

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IFRS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 477 407
Rank change year-on-year -198 -70 +201
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 87 148 357
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.084% 0.35% 0.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.80% 2.25% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65 65 10
10th Percentile £43,700 £57,500 £56,996
25th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -15.15% +20.00%
75th Percentile £86,000 £86,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £132,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +27.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

IFRS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,938 6,579 9,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.50% 15.39% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,044 3,837 4,221
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -5.88% -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,250 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IFRS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IFRS job vacancy trend in England

IFRS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IFRS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IFRS

IFRS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IFRS in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for IFRS in England

IFRS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS within the England region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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
London -96 50 £65,000 -7.14% 38
South East -34 16 £70,000 -22.22% 4
East of England -27 12 £45,000 -40.00% 2
North West -47 7 £56,250 - 2
North of England -84 7 £56,250 - 4
South West -83 2 £84,000 -
IFRS
UK

IFRS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.30%) Apache
1 2 (2.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (22.99%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.60%) Sage 50
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.15%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (27.59%) SaaS
2 5 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.45%) Azure
3 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.30%) GitHub
4 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.15%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.15%) Collibra
5 1 (1.15%) PaaS
5 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) Big Data
2 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.45%) Metadata
2 3 (3.45%) Power BI
3 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.30%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) MLflow
General
1 85 (97.70%) Finance
2 36 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (39.08%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Legal
5 7 (8.05%) General Ledger
5 7 (8.05%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.75%) Banking
7 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.45%) Advertising
8 3 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.30%) Billing
9 2 (2.30%) German Language
9 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.15%) International Banking
10 1 (1.15%) Marketing
10 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Retail
10 1 (1.15%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (21.84%) Accountant
2 16 (18.39%) Financial Controller
3 15 (17.24%) Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) Financial Analyst
5 10 (11.49%) Report Analyst
6 9 (10.34%) Financial Accountant
7 7 (8.05%) Report Manager
8 6 (6.90%) Head of Finance
9 5 (5.75%) Management Accountant
10 4 (4.60%) Head of Strategy
11 3 (3.45%) Business Analyst
11 3 (3.45%) Senior
11 3 (3.45%) Technical Manager
12 2 (2.30%) Architect
12 2 (2.30%) Change Manager
12 2 (2.30%) Data Architect
12 2 (2.30%) Finance Business Analyst
12 2 (2.30%) Finance Manager
12 2 (2.30%) Systems Manager
12 2 (2.30%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) Terraform
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.75%) Social Network
3 4 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.60%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 3 (3.45%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.30%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.30%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.15%) Derivative
6 1 (1.15%) Equities
6 1 (1.15%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.15%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 25 (28.74%) Decision-Making
3 23 (26.44%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 17 (19.54%) AI
4 17 (19.54%) Revenue Recognition
5 16 (18.39%) Process Improvement
6 15 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.79%) Analytics
10 11 (12.64%) Business Strategy
11 10 (11.49%) ERP
12 9 (10.34%) Planning and Forecasting
13 8 (9.20%) Project Management
14 7 (8.05%) Fintech
14 7 (8.05%) Validation
15 6 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
15 6 (6.90%) Data Pipeline
15 6 (6.90%) Financial Modelling
15 6 (6.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.60%) Python
2 3 (3.45%) SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Bicep
3 2 (2.30%) R
4 1 (1.15%) C
4 1 (1.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 61 (70.11%) ACCA
2 42 (48.28%) CIMA
3 8 (9.20%) AAT
3 8 (9.20%) Degree
4 4 (4.60%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.60%) MBA
5 3 (3.45%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.15%) CFA
6 1 (1.15%) CISA
6 1 (1.15%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.15%) PMP
6 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (36.78%) GAAP
2 8 (9.20%) Data Quality
3 7 (8.05%) IFRS 17
4 4 (4.60%) GDPR
5 3 (3.45%) IFRS 9
5 3 (3.45%) Solvency II
6 2 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.15%) GRC
Vendors
1 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.90%) SAP
3 5 (5.75%) Sage
4 4 (4.60%) Anaplan
5 3 (3.45%) Databricks
6 2 (2.30%) Hyperion
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle
6 2 (2.30%) Xero
7 1 (1.15%) Adobe
7 1 (1.15%) IFS
7 1 (1.15%) Informatica
7 1 (1.15%) RedGate
7 1 (1.15%) Salesforce