Accountant
UK
The median Accountant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 636 | 891 | 952 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +255 | +61 | +293 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Accountant | 66 | 16 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.015% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.016% | 0.018% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 59 | 10 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | - | £22,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £25,000 | £38,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £45,000 | £54,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -17.43% | +9.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,000 | £61,750 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £25,000 | £39,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +140.00% | -36.71% | -21.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Accountant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Accountant.
Accountant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Accountant over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Accountant
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +225 | 54 | £60,000 | +140.00% | 33 |
| England | +205 | 50 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 76 |
| North of England | +47 | 17 | £53,842 | +115.37% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +133 | 13 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 41 |
| North West | +6 | 12 | £47,683 | +90.73% | 10 |
| South East | +87 | 10 | £60,000 | +50.00% | 6 |
| South West | - | 8 | £60,000 | - | 5 |
| Scotland | - | 8 | £60,000 | - | |
| London | +107 | 6 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 47 |
| Midlands | +67 | 5 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +46 | 5 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 5 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £60,000 | - | |
| Wales | - | 2 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
Accountant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Accountant in the job title.
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Accountant Skill Set
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: