Accountant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Accountant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Accountant salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 743 733
Rank change year-on-year +219 -10 +109
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 51 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.017% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.018% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 48 6 12
10th Percentile £47,683 - £22,000
25th Percentile - - £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £25,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +140.00% -36.71% -21.00%
75th Percentile - £38,125 £47,438
90th Percentile - £47,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +13.92% -21.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,103 67,726 52,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.86% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,704 47,866 30,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Accountant in the UK excluding London

Accountant
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 Accountant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +48 13 £60,000 +140.00% 10
South East +93 10 £60,000 +50.00% 11
North West 0 8 £47,683 +90.73% 9
South West - 8 £60,000 - 1
Scotland - 8 £60,000 - 1
Midlands +64 6 £60,000 +20.00% 5
East Midlands +23 5 £60,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £60,000 -
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 4
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 2
West Midlands +56 1 £75,000 +50.00% 4
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 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 UK excluding London region featuring Accountant in the job title.

1 48 (94.12%) Finance
2 44 (86.27%) ACCA
3 42 (82.35%) CIMA
3 42 (82.35%) SAP
3 42 (82.35%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (82.35%) Infor
3 42 (82.35%) Tableau
3 42 (82.35%) Infor LN
3 42 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 42 (82.35%) IFRS
4 40 (78.43%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (78.43%) Decision-Making
4 40 (78.43%) Management Information System
5 39 (76.47%) Oracle
5 39 (76.47%) Collaborative Working
6 38 (74.51%) Police
6 38 (74.51%) Revenue Recognition
6 38 (74.51%) Internal Audit
6 38 (74.51%) Business Forecasting
6 38 (74.51%) Cyber Intelligence
6 38 (74.51%) SAP BPC
6 38 (74.51%) Oracle Forms
6 38 (74.51%) Cognos
6 38 (74.51%) GAAP
7 7 (13.73%) Social Skills
8 6 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
9 5 (9.80%) ICAEW
10 4 (7.84%) Process Management
10 4 (7.84%) NetSuite
10 4 (7.84%) Microsoft

Accountant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 42 (82.35%) Infor LN
2 38 (74.51%) SAP BPC
3 4 (7.84%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.96%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (82.35%) Tableau
2 4 (7.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 38 (74.51%) Oracle Forms
General
1 48 (94.12%) Finance
2 40 (78.43%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (74.51%) Police
4 7 (13.73%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Billing
5 1 (1.96%) Games
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 40 (78.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.96%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (82.35%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (78.43%) Decision-Making
3 39 (76.47%) Collaborative Working
4 38 (74.51%) Business Forecasting
4 38 (74.51%) Cyber Intelligence
4 38 (74.51%) Internal Audit
4 38 (74.51%) Revenue Recognition
5 6 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
6 4 (7.84%) Analytics
6 4 (7.84%) Process Management
7 2 (3.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.92%) Disruptive Innovation
7 2 (3.92%) ERP
7 2 (3.92%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (3.92%) Process Improvement
7 2 (3.92%) Record to Report
8 1 (1.96%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (1.96%) Practice Management
8 1 (1.96%) Scenario Testing
Qualifications
1 44 (86.27%) ACCA
2 42 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 42 (82.35%) CIMA
3 5 (9.80%) ICAEW
4 2 (3.92%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (82.35%) IFRS
2 38 (74.51%) GAAP
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) Infor
1 42 (82.35%) SAP
2 39 (76.47%) Oracle
3 38 (74.51%) Cognos
4 4 (7.84%) Hyperion
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.92%) Xero