Accountant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Accountant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Accountant salary in the UK excluding London is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 759 748 858
Rank change year-on-year -11 +110 -193
Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant 12 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.021% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.024% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 8
10th Percentile - £22,000 £38,325
25th Percentile - £34,188 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £39,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.71% -21.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £38,125 £47,438 £52,813
90th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £55,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% -21.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +55 8 £25,000 -36.71% 12
North West +23 8 £25,000 -61.54% 8
Midlands +16 3 £50,000 +26.58% 15
East Midlands -12 2 - - 8
West Midlands +26 1 £50,000 - 7
South East - 1 £40,000 - 13
Accountant
UK

Accountant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) ACCA
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (33.33%) Cash Management
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) AAT
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Coaching
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Power BI
4 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.33%) ERP
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) 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 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Cash Management
2 1 (8.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.33%) Coaching
2 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (8.33%) ERP
2 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (8.33%) Migration
2 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ACCA
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) AAT
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft