IFRS Job Trends

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IFRS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 463 627
Rank change year-on-year -8 +164 +373
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 181 260 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.49% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.30% 3.01% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 104 12 41
10th Percentile £56,438 £58,575 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £69,563 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,606 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +10.87% -
75th Percentile £95,625 £88,368 £92,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £104,347 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £77,606 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.80% +50.61% +14.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

IFRS 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 7,886 8,652 8,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.08% 16.14% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 3,845 5,891
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,000 £30,318
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,415
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IFRS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IFRS job vacancy trend in the UK

IFRS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IFRS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IFRS

IFRS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IFRS over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IFRS within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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 +1 168 £75,000 -6.25% 30
London +48 103 £78,750 +8.62% 20
Work from Home +134 77 £67,500 -18.00% 11
UK excluding London -30 72 £70,000 -9.80% 17
North of England +18 33 £55,000 -41.88% 1
North West +30 19 £65,000 -
South West -16 18 £90,000 -
Yorkshire -18 9 - -
South East +21 6 £85,000 +6.25% 13
Scotland -10 6 - -
North East - 5 £55,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £75,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £52,500 -
West Midlands -6 2 - - 1
Midlands -20 2 - - 1

IFRS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (16.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (4.97%) NetSuite
1 9 (4.97%) SAP FS
2 4 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.66%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.66%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.66%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.10%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.10%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.81%) SaaS
2 21 (11.60%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (4.97%) IaaS
3 9 (4.97%) PaaS
4 4 (2.21%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.66%) AWS
6 2 (1.10%) Azure
6 2 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.10%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.55%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.55%) Collibra
7 1 (0.55%) dbt
7 1 (0.55%) GCP
7 1 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.60%) Big Data
2 4 (2.21%) Power BI
3 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.10%) Metadata
4 1 (0.55%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.55%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) ER Studio
1 1 (0.55%) ERwin
1 1 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
General
1 139 (76.80%) Finance
2 28 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.71%) Social Skills
4 22 (12.15%) Law
5 21 (11.60%) Local Government
5 21 (11.60%) Public Sector
6 20 (11.05%) Legal
7 17 (9.39%) Billing
8 14 (7.73%) Banking
9 9 (4.97%) Dutch Language
9 9 (4.97%) French Language
9 9 (4.97%) Games
10 3 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.10%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (25.41%) Senior
2 43 (23.76%) Audit Manager
3 36 (19.89%) Accountant
4 29 (16.02%) Senior Manager
5 28 (15.47%) Senior Audit Manager
6 22 (12.15%) Financial Accountant
7 20 (11.05%) Lead
8 19 (10.50%) Financial Controller
9 13 (7.18%) Finance Manager
9 13 (7.18%) Quality Manager
9 13 (7.18%) Senior Quality Manager
10 10 (5.52%) Analyst
10 10 (5.52%) Architect
10 10 (5.52%) Lead Architect
11 9 (4.97%) Business Manager
11 9 (4.97%) IT Architect
11 9 (4.97%) Senior Business Manager
12 7 (3.87%) Financial Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) Middleware
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.10%) REST
1 2 (1.10%) XBRL
2 1 (0.55%) .NET
2 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.55%) Kendo UI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.60%) Social Network
2 15 (8.29%) NHS
3 11 (6.08%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.66%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.10%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.10%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.10%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.10%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.55%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (23.76%) Budgeting
2 39 (21.55%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 36 (19.89%) Benchmarking
3 36 (19.89%) Decision-Making
4 30 (16.57%) Coaching
5 29 (16.02%) AI
6 27 (14.92%) ERP
7 25 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.26%) Process Improvement
8 24 (13.26%) Risk Management
9 22 (12.15%) Revenue Recognition
10 21 (11.60%) Agile
10 21 (11.60%) Analytics
11 15 (8.29%) Fintech
11 15 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (7.73%) Data Analytics
13 13 (7.18%) Quality Management
13 13 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (6.63%) Mathematics
15 11 (6.08%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.66%) R
1 3 (1.66%) SQL
2 2 (1.10%) C
2 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.10%) Python
3 1 (0.55%) ABAP
3 1 (0.55%) C#
3 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 119 (65.75%) ACCA
2 28 (15.47%) ICAEW
3 27 (14.92%) CIMA
4 24 (13.26%) Degree
5 4 (2.21%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.10%) AAT
6 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (62.43%) GAAP
2 17 (9.39%) IFRS 17
3 12 (6.63%) Solvency II
4 10 (5.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.76%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.10%) GDPR
6 2 (1.10%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.55%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (10.50%) SAP
2 11 (6.08%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.97%) Duck Creek
3 9 (4.97%) Guidewire
4 5 (2.76%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle
5 2 (1.10%) Workday
6 1 (0.55%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.55%) Ariba
6 1 (0.55%) Databricks
6 1 (0.55%) Informatica
6 1 (0.55%) Sparx