GAAP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GAAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 458 472
Rank change year-on-year -204 +14 +92
Permanent jobs citing GAAP 18 80 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.23% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 1.69% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 0
10th Percentile £52,250 - -
25th Percentile £52,313 £58,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 -
90th Percentile £73,000 £77,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £93,750
% change year-on-year -3.70% -28.00% +25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GAAP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,201 4,726 6,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.46% 13.62% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,144 2,447 2,969
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £66,887
90th Percentile £81,557 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GAAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

GAAP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GAAP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GAAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GAAP

GAAP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GAAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for GAAP in the UK excluding London

GAAP
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 GAAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
South East -41 10 £55,000 -12.00% 10
North of England -90 4 £67,500 - 11
East of England -28 3 £57,500 -23.33% 2
North West -51 3 £67,500 - 8
Scotland -29 1 - - 3
Yorkshire -37 1 £72,500 -
GAAP
UK

GAAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Sage 50
2 1 (5.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 18 (100.00%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Legal
4 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 3 (16.67%) General Ledger
5 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Automotive
6 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.56%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Accountant
2 5 (27.78%) Management Accountant
3 4 (22.22%) Finance Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Financial Controller
4 2 (11.11%) Report Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Accountant
5 1 (5.56%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Compliance Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 9 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Budgeting
3 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) ERP
5 2 (11.11%) AI
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Data Lineage
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Validation
6 1 (5.56%) Business Forecasting
6 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.56%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (5.56%) Fintech
6 1 (5.56%) Order to Cash
6 1 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (5.56%) Revenue Recognition
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) ACCA
2 10 (55.56%) CIMA
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) IFRS
2 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (11.11%) IFRS 17
3 2 (11.11%) IFRS 9
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Sage
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Workday