International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IFRS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IFRS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 623 953
Rank change year-on-year +55 +330 +152
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 116 270 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.27% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.31% 1.99% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 59 51 16
10th Percentile - £40,800 £55,000
25th Percentile - £50,172 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £86,695 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £51,528 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.44% -31.30% +42.86%

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 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IFRS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for IFRS in the UK

IFRS
Top 14 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 30 April 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 +159 81 £60,000 +16.44% 26
England +19 74 £60,000 -22.58% 77
Scotland +157 38 £60,000 +16.44% 3
London -1 33 £82,500 -8.33% 53
Work from Home +153 32 £94,637 +11.34% 46
North of England +43 19 £60,000 +16.44% 5
Yorkshire +50 12 £60,000 +16.44% 2
South East +94 8 £60,000 -17.24% 4
North West +18 7 £47,683 - 3
South West +116 6 £60,000 - 2
East Midlands +49 4 £60,000 - 1
Midlands +47 4 £60,000 -38.46% 7
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 4
Wales +32 2 £60,000 +16.44% 1

IFRS
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (12.93%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.86%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 44 (37.93%) Infor LN
2 40 (34.48%) SAP BPC
3 4 (3.45%) SAP CO
3 4 (3.45%) SAP FI
3 4 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.90%) GCP
2 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.86%) AWS
4 1 (0.86%) Azure
4 1 (0.86%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (37.93%) Tableau
2 7 (6.03%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.31%) Power BI
4 1 (0.86%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.86%) Metadata
4 1 (0.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 40 (34.48%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.86%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Gradle
2 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) JUnit
2 1 (0.86%) Maven
2 1 (0.86%) Selenium
2 1 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.86%) Spinnaker
2 1 (0.86%) TestNG
General
1 96 (82.76%) Finance
2 47 (40.52%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (34.48%) Police
4 25 (21.55%) Local Government
4 25 (21.55%) Public Sector
5 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
6 14 (12.07%) Banking
7 9 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.72%) Retail
9 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.86%) Legal
9 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (57.76%) Senior
2 50 (43.10%) Lead
3 44 (37.93%) Accountant
4 42 (36.21%) Audit Manager
5 40 (34.48%) Project Accountant
5 40 (34.48%) Senior Accountant
5 40 (34.48%) Team Leader
6 25 (21.55%) Senior Audit Manager
6 25 (21.55%) Senior Manager
7 7 (6.03%) Analyst
7 7 (6.03%) Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Enterprise Management Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Lead Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.31%) Consultant
9 4 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (3.45%) SAP FI Consultant
9 4 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 47 (40.52%) Management Information System
2 16 (13.79%) Credit Risk
3 8 (6.90%) Market Risk
3 8 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 7 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (39.66%) Decision-Making
2 45 (38.79%) Business Intelligence
3 40 (34.48%) Business Forecasting
3 40 (34.48%) Collaborative Working
3 40 (34.48%) Cyber Intelligence
3 40 (34.48%) Internal Audit
3 40 (34.48%) Revenue Recognition
4 38 (32.76%) Agile
5 25 (21.55%) Coaching
6 21 (18.10%) Analytics
6 21 (18.10%) Mentoring
7 17 (14.66%) Benchmarking
8 16 (13.79%) Stress Testing
9 14 (12.07%) Risk Management
10 11 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (9.48%) Model Validation
11 9 (7.76%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (7.76%) Scenario Testing
11 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.38%) Python
2 15 (12.93%) R
3 12 (10.34%) SQL
4 5 (4.31%) C
5 1 (0.86%) Java
5 1 (0.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 86 (74.14%) ACCA
2 44 (37.93%) BPSS Clearance
2 44 (37.93%) CIMA
3 4 (3.45%) ICAEW
4 3 (2.59%) Degree
5 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (73.28%) GAAP
2 25 (21.55%) IFRS 9
3 9 (7.76%) Basel III
4 8 (6.90%) GDPR
5 7 (6.03%) Basel II
5 7 (6.03%) Dodd-Frank
5 7 (6.03%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.45%) CRD IV
7 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.86%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (42.24%) SAP
2 44 (37.93%) Infor
3 41 (35.34%) Oracle
4 40 (34.48%) Cognos
5 4 (3.45%) Hyperion
6 3 (2.59%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.72%) CA Agile Central