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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 443 600
Rank change year-on-year -11 +157 +332
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 164 253 80
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.53% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.40% 3.24% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 94 7 33
10th Percentile £57,063 £61,950 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £69,125 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £76,086
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.14% +12.72%
75th Percentile £95,000 £101,737 £92,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,606 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% +10.87% -

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 6,820 7,815 7,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.91% 16.23% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,031 3,506 5,405
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,954 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +25 100 £80,000 +10.34% 20
North of England +10 33 £55,000 -41.88% 1
North West +24 19 £65,000 -
South West -7 17 £90,000 -
Yorkshire -19 9 - -
South East +30 6 £85,000 +6.25% 13
North East - 5 £55,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands -5 2 - - 1
Midlands -19 2 - - 1
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 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (17.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.49%) SAP FS
2 7 (4.27%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.83%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.83%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.83%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.22%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.22%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.41%) SaaS
2 21 (12.80%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (5.49%) IaaS
3 9 (5.49%) PaaS
4 4 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.83%) AWS
6 2 (1.22%) Azure
6 2 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.22%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.61%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.61%) Collibra
7 1 (0.61%) dbt
7 1 (0.61%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.80%) Big Data
2 4 (2.44%) Power BI
3 2 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.22%) Metadata
4 1 (0.61%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) ER Studio
1 1 (0.61%) ERwin
1 1 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
General
1 123 (75.00%) Finance
2 25 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.41%) Law
4 20 (12.20%) Social Skills
5 17 (10.37%) Billing
5 17 (10.37%) Legal
6 15 (9.15%) Local Government
6 15 (9.15%) Public Sector
7 14 (8.54%) Banking
8 9 (5.49%) Dutch Language
8 9 (5.49%) French Language
8 9 (5.49%) Games
9 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.22%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (24.39%) Senior
2 37 (22.56%) Audit Manager
3 35 (21.34%) Accountant
4 23 (14.02%) Senior Manager
5 22 (13.41%) Financial Accountant
5 22 (13.41%) Senior Audit Manager
6 20 (12.20%) Lead
7 18 (10.98%) Financial Controller
8 13 (7.93%) Quality Manager
8 13 (7.93%) Senior Quality Manager
9 10 (6.10%) Architect
9 10 (6.10%) Lead Architect
10 9 (5.49%) Analyst
10 9 (5.49%) Business Manager
10 9 (5.49%) Finance Manager
10 9 (5.49%) IT Architect
10 9 (5.49%) Senior Business Manager
11 7 (4.27%) Financial Analyst
11 7 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (4.27%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.22%) Middleware
1 2 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.22%) REST
1 2 (1.22%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.80%) Social Network
2 15 (9.15%) NHS
3 11 (6.71%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.22%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.22%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.22%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.61%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.56%) Budgeting
2 36 (21.95%) Benchmarking
3 35 (21.34%) Decision-Making
4 34 (20.73%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 27 (16.46%) AI
6 24 (14.63%) Coaching
6 24 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (14.02%) ERP
7 23 (14.02%) Risk Management
8 22 (13.41%) Process Improvement
9 19 (11.59%) Analytics
10 16 (9.76%) Revenue Recognition
11 15 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (8.54%) Agile
12 14 (8.54%) Fintech
13 13 (7.93%) Quality Management
14 12 (7.32%) Data Analytics
14 12 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (6.71%) Mathematics
15 11 (6.71%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.83%) SQL
2 2 (1.22%) C
2 2 (1.22%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.22%) Python
2 2 (1.22%) R
3 1 (0.61%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 108 (65.85%) ACCA
2 27 (16.46%) ICAEW
3 23 (14.02%) CIMA
4 19 (11.59%) Degree
5 4 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.22%) AAT
6 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (64.63%) GAAP
2 16 (9.76%) IFRS 17
3 11 (6.71%) Solvency II
4 10 (6.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (3.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.22%) GDPR
6 2 (1.22%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.61%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (11.59%) SAP
2 11 (6.71%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.49%) Duck Creek
3 9 (5.49%) Guidewire
4 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.22%) Oracle
5 2 (1.22%) Workday
6 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.61%) Ariba
6 1 (0.61%) Databricks
6 1 (0.61%) Informatica
6 1 (0.61%) Sparx