Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GAAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GAAP 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 597 801 979
Rank change year-on-year +204 +178 +220
Permanent jobs citing GAAP 95 95 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.096% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.07% 0.70% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 43 16 6
10th Percentile - £67,500 £66,875
25th Percentile - £85,000 £78,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £86,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +4.55% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile - £92,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £71,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -15.49% -13.94% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,849 13,550 19,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.00% 13.76% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 9,267 9,193
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

GAAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GAAP in the UK

GAAP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GAAP in the UK

GAAP
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for GAAP in the UK

GAAP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAAP 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
UK excluding London +236 64 £60,000 -15.49% 23
England +131 52 £60,000 -30.43% 59
Scotland - 34 £60,000 - 2
Work from Home +213 27 £82,500 -8.33% 36
London +76 24 £82,500 -4.35% 41
South East +116 8 £60,000 +33.33% 6
South West +112 6 £60,000 - 2
North of England +61 6 £60,000 -38.14% 5
Midlands +81 4 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire +64 4 £60,000 -38.14% 3
East Midlands - 4 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 1
North West +20 2 £60,000 - 2
Wales - 2 £60,000 -

GAAP
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:

Business Applications
1 40 (42.11%) Infor LN
1 40 (42.11%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.05%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (42.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (42.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 78 (82.11%) Finance
2 48 (50.53%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (42.11%) Police
4 26 (27.37%) Local Government
4 26 (27.37%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.42%) Legal
5 8 (8.42%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (8.42%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (69.47%) Senior
2 44 (46.32%) Audit Manager
3 41 (43.16%) Lead
4 40 (42.11%) Accountant
4 40 (42.11%) Project Accountant
4 40 (42.11%) Senior Accountant
4 40 (42.11%) Team Leader
5 26 (27.37%) Senior Audit Manager
5 26 (27.37%) Senior Manager
6 1 (1.05%) Analyst
6 1 (1.05%) Business Analyst
6 1 (1.05%) Business Finance Analyst
6 1 (1.05%) Business Process Owner
6 1 (1.05%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (1.05%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (1.05%) IT Audit Manager
6 1 (1.05%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 41 (43.16%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (43.16%) Internal Audit
2 40 (42.11%) Business Forecasting
2 40 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (42.11%) Collaborative Working
2 40 (42.11%) Cyber Intelligence
2 40 (42.11%) Decision-Making
2 40 (42.11%) Revenue Recognition
3 27 (28.42%) Agile
4 26 (27.37%) Coaching
5 17 (17.89%) Benchmarking
5 17 (17.89%) Mentoring
6 9 (9.47%) Fintech
7 8 (8.42%) Contract Negotiation
8 2 (2.11%) ERP
8 2 (2.11%) Process Improvement
8 2 (2.11%) Record to Report
9 1 (1.05%) DevOps
9 1 (1.05%) IT Governance
9 1 (1.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (1.05%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 83 (87.37%) ACCA
2 41 (43.16%) CIMA
3 40 (42.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (90.53%) IFRS
2 2 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.05%) COBIT
3 1 (1.05%) COSO
3 1 (1.05%) IFRS 17
3 1 (1.05%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.05%) NIST
3 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 40 (42.11%) Cognos
1 40 (42.11%) Infor
1 40 (42.11%) Oracle
1 40 (42.11%) SAP
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft