Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GAAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GAAP over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 680 1046 1087
Rank change year-on-year +366 +41 -336
Permanent jobs citing GAAP 56 28 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.023% 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.71% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 7
10th Percentile £33,375 £48,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £71,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £79,225 £79,000 £118,750
90th Percentile - £88,600 £154,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £83,500 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year +11.33% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GAAP is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,901 22,066 19,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.79% 17.77% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,801 11,871 12,470
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,874 £42,500 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

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 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for GAAP in the UK

GAAP
Top 11 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 5 December 2023. 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 +378 56 £75,000 - 70
London +272 28 £75,000 - 39
UK excluding London +241 28 £83,500 +11.33% 35
North of England +159 17 £97,000 +29.33% 11
North West +134 13 - - 9
Work from Home +242 10 £75,000 - 19
South East +146 5 £70,000 - 10
Yorkshire - 4 £97,000 - 2
Midlands - 4 - - 6
West Midlands - 4 - - 6
South West - 2 - - 2

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:

Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) dbt
1 6 (10.71%) PaaS
2 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
1 2 (3.57%) Power Query
2 1 (1.79%) Metadata
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
General
1 47 (83.93%) Finance
2 21 (37.50%) Banking
3 17 (30.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Billing
6 6 (10.71%) Legal
6 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (5.36%) Local Government
8 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Audit Manager
2 13 (23.21%) Senior
3 6 (10.71%) Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Architect
3 6 (10.71%) Technical Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Lead
5 4 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Business Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Senior Audit Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Senior Business Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Accountant
7 2 (3.57%) Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Management Accountant
7 2 (3.57%) NetSuite Consultant
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (1.79%) Administrator
8 1 (1.79%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) Financial Analyst
8 1 (1.79%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.71%) Django
1 6 (10.71%) Node.js
1 6 (10.71%) React
1 6 (10.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (5.36%) Housing Association
2 3 (5.36%) NHS
3 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (57.14%) Coaching
3 23 (41.07%) People Management
3 23 (41.07%) Performance Management
4 12 (21.43%) Accounts Payable
5 11 (19.64%) Mentoring
5 11 (19.64%) Service Management
6 9 (16.07%) Business Development
7 8 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
8 7 (12.50%) ERP
9 6 (10.71%) Agile
9 6 (10.71%) Continuous Delivery
9 6 (10.71%) DevOps
9 6 (10.71%) ETL
9 6 (10.71%) Open Source
9 6 (10.71%) Project Management
9 6 (10.71%) TDD
9 6 (10.71%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (10.71%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (42.86%) ACCA
2 1 (1.79%) CIMA
2 1 (1.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (57.14%) IFRS
2 6 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 32 (57.14%) CA
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) SAP
4 1 (1.79%) Xero