Assistant Accountant Job Trends in Preston

Assistant Accountant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Assistant Accountant salary in Preston is £42,850 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Assistant Accountant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,850 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,850 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 321 70 182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.57% 90.91% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 191 46 138
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,683 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £53,647 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.39% +14.75% +6.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,770 £58,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,900 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%

Assistant Accountant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Assistant 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 Preston region featuring Assistant Accountant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ICAEW
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor LN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau

Assistant Accountant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Infor LN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) ICAEW
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP