Accountant Jobs in the North West

Accountant
England > North West

The median Accountant salary in the North West is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 281 290
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 7 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.088% 0.081% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.086% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £25,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +90.73% -61.54% -
75th Percentile £56,921 - £67,500
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +13.92% -21.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,315 9,322 6,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.61% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,164 4,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in the North West

Accountant
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Accountant in the North West.

Salary trend for Accountant in the North West

Accountant
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Accountant in the North West

Accountant
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Lancashire -64 6 £47,683 +90.73% 2
Manchester +61 1 - - 5
Accountant
England

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 North West region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) ACCA
2 6 (85.71%) CIMA
2 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Infor
2 6 (85.71%) Tableau
2 6 (85.71%) Infor LN
2 6 (85.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (85.71%) IFRS
3 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (71.43%) Financial Analysis
4 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (57.14%) Power BI
4 4 (57.14%) Analytics
4 4 (57.14%) Process Management
4 4 (57.14%) Hyperion
4 4 (57.14%) ICAEW
5 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
6 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (28.57%) Police
6 2 (28.57%) Revenue Recognition
6 2 (28.57%) SAP BPC
6 2 (28.57%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (28.57%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (28.57%) Internal Audit
6 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
6 2 (28.57%) GAAP
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle

Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Infor LN
2 2 (28.57%) SAP BPC
3 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Tableau
2 4 (57.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Financial Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Analytics
3 4 (57.14%) Process Management
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Internal Audit
5 2 (28.57%) Revenue Recognition
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Disruptive Innovation
6 1 (14.29%) ERP
6 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Record to Report
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ACCA
1 6 (85.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (85.71%) CIMA
2 4 (57.14%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) IFRS
2 2 (28.57%) GAAP
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Infor
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 4 (57.14%) Hyperion
3 2 (28.57%) Cognos
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft