Financial Accountant Jobs

Financial Accountant
UK

The median Financial Accountant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 717 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Financial Accountant 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 51,041 102,339 82,314
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 94.80% 91.12%
Number of salaries quoted 27,176 72,296 54,117
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £44,750
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 £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +6.49%

Financial Accountant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Financial Accountant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Accountant in the UK

Financial Accountant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Accountant.

Salary trend for Financial Accountant in the UK

Financial Accountant
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Accountant within the UK over the 6 months to 27 June 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
London - 2 £60,000 - 14
England - 2 £60,000 - 18
Work from Home - 2 £60,000 - 7

Financial Accountant Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 June 2025, Financial 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 Financial Accountant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) GAAP
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Social Network
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data

Financial 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GAAP