IFRS Jobs in the UK excluding London

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IFRS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IFRS over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 631 732
Rank change year-on-year +140 +101 +106
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 84 124 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.17% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.25% 1.28% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 46 24 9
10th Percentile - £40,800 -
25th Percentile - £50,172 £47,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,528 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% +2.77% -4.50%
75th Percentile - £75,313 £77,500
90th Percentile - £76,250 £80,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £71,250 £64,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% -19.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

IFRS 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 6,706 9,651 12,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.89% 13.52% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,234 6,335 4,537
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,550 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IFRS in the UK excluding London

IFRS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IFRS in the UK excluding London

IFRS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for IFRS in the UK excluding London

IFRS
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 IFRS 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
Scotland +154 44 £60,000 +26.68% 3
North of England +1 16 £60,000 +16.44% 1
Yorkshire +41 9 £60,000 +16.44%
South East +63 8 £60,000 -17.24% 4
North West -15 7 £47,683 - 1
South West +113 6 £60,000 - 2
Midlands +52 4 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands +20 4 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 3
Wales +31 2 £60,000 +16.44%
IFRS
UK

IFRS
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 7 (8.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 42 (50.00%) Infor LN
2 38 (45.24%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.95%) GCP
1 5 (5.95%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.19%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (50.00%) Tableau
2 5 (5.95%) NoSQL
2 5 (5.95%) Power BI
3 1 (1.19%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 38 (45.24%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 84 (100.00%) Finance
2 41 (48.81%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (45.24%) Police
4 33 (39.29%) Local Government
4 33 (39.29%) Public Sector
5 12 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 7 (8.33%) Banking
7 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
8 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (84.52%) Senior
2 44 (52.38%) Lead
3 42 (50.00%) Accountant
4 38 (45.24%) Project Accountant
4 38 (45.24%) Senior Accountant
4 38 (45.24%) Team Leader
5 33 (39.29%) Audit Manager
5 33 (39.29%) Senior Audit Manager
5 33 (39.29%) Senior Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Enterprise Management Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Lead Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.38%) Credit Risk Manager
7 2 (2.38%) Risk Manager
8 1 (1.19%) Administrator
8 1 (1.19%) Analytics Manager
8 1 (1.19%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 43 (51.19%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 5 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (5.95%) Market Risk
3 5 (5.95%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.19%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (48.81%) Decision-Making
3 38 (45.24%) Agile
3 38 (45.24%) Business Forecasting
3 38 (45.24%) Collaborative Working
3 38 (45.24%) Cyber Intelligence
3 38 (45.24%) Internal Audit
3 38 (45.24%) Revenue Recognition
4 33 (39.29%) Coaching
5 12 (14.29%) Analytics
6 7 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.95%) Data Integration
7 5 (5.95%) Data Management
7 5 (5.95%) Data Protection
7 5 (5.95%) DevOps
7 5 (5.95%) Predictive Analytics
7 5 (5.95%) Risk Analytics
7 5 (5.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (5.95%) Stress Testing
7 5 (5.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.33%) Python
1 7 (8.33%) SQL
2 5 (5.95%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (89.29%) ACCA
2 42 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 42 (50.00%) CIMA
3 4 (4.76%) ICAEW
4 1 (1.19%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (84.52%) GAAP
2 7 (8.33%) IFRS 9
3 5 (5.95%) Basel II
3 5 (5.95%) Basel III
3 5 (5.95%) Dodd-Frank
3 5 (5.95%) GDPR
3 5 (5.95%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.38%) CRD IV
5 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 43 (51.19%) SAP
2 42 (50.00%) Infor
3 39 (46.43%) Oracle
4 38 (45.24%) Cognos
5 4 (4.76%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft