Accountant Job Trends in Oxford

Accountant
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Accountant salary in Oxford is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 266 250 490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 93.63% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 184 127 407
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £39,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £77,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,410 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.35% +10.00% +0.53%

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Accountant job vacancy trend in Oxford

Accountant
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in Oxford.

Salary distribution trend for Accountant job vacancies in Oxford

Accountant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 16 February 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 Oxford region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Xero

Accountant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xero