ACCA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ACCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 389 660
Rank change year-on-year +2 +271 +127
Permanent jobs citing ACCA 200 439 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.59% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.94% 2.21% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 95 51 29
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.19% +10.11%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £73,400
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.44% +5.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ACCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

ACCA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ACCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ACCA in the UK excluding London

ACCA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ACCA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for ACCA in the UK excluding London

ACCA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ACCA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ACCA in the UK excluding London

ACCA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ACCA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +37 77 £55,000 +22.22% 22
North West +3 61 £55,000 +29.41% 16
Scotland +149 46 £60,000 -14.29% 4
South East -108 34 £50,000 -6.98% 37
Midlands +35 24 £60,000 +9.09% 24
West Midlands +49 18 - - 14
Yorkshire +54 16 £60,000 +33.33% 5
South West +122 12 £60,000 - 18
East Midlands +20 6 £60,000 +9.09% 10
East of England +42 5 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Wales +34 2 £60,000 - 3
ACCA
UK

ACCA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (16.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (14.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 42 (21.00%) Infor LN
2 39 (19.50%) SAP BPC
3 34 (17.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (1.50%) Sage X3
6 2 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.00%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.00%) Azure
3 2 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (26.00%) Tableau
2 29 (14.50%) Power BI
3 4 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.00%) OLAP
3 4 (2.00%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.50%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 38 (19.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (96.50%) Finance
2 86 (43.00%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 38 (19.00%) Police
5 37 (18.50%) Local Government
5 37 (18.50%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.50%) Legal
6 5 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.50%) Law
8 3 (1.50%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.50%) Back Office
9 1 (0.50%) Billing
9 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.50%) Front Office
9 1 (0.50%) Games
9 1 (0.50%) German Language
9 1 (0.50%) Marketing
9 1 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (46.00%) Senior
2 48 (24.00%) Analyst
3 47 (23.50%) Accountant
4 44 (22.00%) Lead
5 40 (20.00%) Senior Accountant
6 38 (19.00%) Project Accountant
6 38 (19.00%) Senior Manager
6 38 (19.00%) Team Leader
7 37 (18.50%) Audit Manager
7 37 (18.50%) Senior Audit Manager
8 36 (18.00%) Financial Analyst
9 17 (8.50%) Administrator
9 17 (8.50%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (8.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 16 (8.00%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (4.00%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.00%) Developer
12 6 (3.00%) Finance Manager
13 5 (2.50%) Analytics Manager
13 5 (2.50%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.00%) JSON
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 69 (34.50%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.50%) Social Media
3 4 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.50%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.00%) Windows
1 4 (2.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (42.50%) Decision-Making
2 77 (38.50%) Business Intelligence
3 66 (33.00%) Agile
4 56 (28.00%) ERP
5 50 (25.00%) Coaching
5 50 (25.00%) Internal Audit
6 45 (22.50%) Collaborative Working
7 41 (20.50%) Business Forecasting
7 41 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (20.00%) Process Improvement
9 38 (19.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 38 (19.00%) Cyber Intelligence
9 38 (19.00%) Revenue Recognition
10 33 (16.50%) Budgeting
11 27 (13.50%) Analytics
11 27 (13.50%) Financial Analysis
12 26 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (12.50%) Business Development
14 19 (9.50%) Time Management
15 18 (9.00%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.00%) SQL
2 6 (3.00%) Python
3 2 (1.00%) C#
3 2 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (69.00%) CIMA
2 76 (38.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (22.50%) Degree
4 28 (14.00%) CCAB
5 17 (8.50%) ICAEW
6 12 (6.00%) CIPFA
7 8 (4.00%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.00%) CFA
9 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.50%) AAT
10 1 (0.50%) CBAP
10 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (40.00%) IFRS
2 75 (37.50%) GAAP
3 34 (17.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 83 (41.50%) SAP
2 46 (23.00%) Cognos
3 42 (21.00%) Infor
4 39 (19.50%) Oracle
5 24 (12.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (2.50%) Alteryx
6 5 (2.50%) Sage
7 4 (2.00%) Hyperion
7 4 (2.00%) IBM
8 2 (1.00%) Xero
9 1 (0.50%) Canon