Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AAT qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 857 958
Rank change year-on-year +201 +101 +184
Permanent jobs citing AAT 36 39 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.040% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.14% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 23 28 17
10th Percentile £22,500 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £34,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £43,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -20.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £64,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £46,250 £48,250
% change year-on-year -13.51% -4.15% +75.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

AAT 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

AAT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AAT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AAT.

Salary trend for AAT in the UK

AAT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AAT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for AAT in the UK

AAT
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AAT within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +173 32 £40,000 -8.57% 26
UK excluding London +197 25 £40,000 -13.51% 17
North of England +94 19 £40,000 -15.79% 6
North West +43 19 £40,000 -15.79% 6
Work from Home +197 11 £27,500 -21.43% 11
London +115 7 - - 9
South East +108 4 £30,000 -0.83% 4
South West - 2 £42,500 - 1

AAT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (27.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) Power BI
General
1 30 (83.33%) Finance
2 18 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
4 10 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (19.44%) Local Government
5 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
6 5 (13.89%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (47.22%) Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 12 (33.33%) Report Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Help Desk Agent
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) Accounts Assistant
5 4 (11.11%) Finance Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Accountant
6 2 (5.56%) Accounts Receivable Consultant
6 2 (5.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Accountant
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Trainee
7 1 (2.78%) Trainee Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) Social Media
2 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows
1 10 (27.78%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Decision-Making
2 13 (36.11%) Customer Service
3 11 (30.56%) ERP
4 10 (27.78%) Accounts Receivable
4 10 (27.78%) Budgeting
4 10 (27.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (27.78%) Financial Modelling
4 10 (27.78%) Mathematics
4 10 (27.78%) Scorecard
5 7 (19.44%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 7 (19.44%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (19.44%) Financial Analysis
6 6 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
7 5 (13.89%) Cash Management
7 5 (13.89%) KYC
8 4 (11.11%) Analytics
8 4 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) ACCA
2 14 (38.89%) CIMA
3 10 (27.78%) DBS Check
3 10 (27.78%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle
3 4 (11.11%) Sage
3 4 (11.11%) Xero
4 2 (5.56%) SAP