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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 603 645 928
Rank change year-on-year +42 +283 +185
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 127 264 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.26% 0.042%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.37% 1.94% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 57 42 20
10th Percentile - £40,800 -
25th Percentile - £50,172 £47,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,250 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% -19.38%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £89,639 £94,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £51,528 £50,139
% change year-on-year +16.44% +2.77% -4.50%

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 9,270 13,609 18,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.61% 13.65% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,780 9,213 8,696
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £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 £73,000 £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% +4.17%

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 17 May 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 17 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 +140 84 £60,000 +16.44% 16
England -17 79 £60,000 -17.24% 71
Scotland +154 44 £60,000 +26.68% 3
London +15 41 £82,500 -8.33% 57
Work from Home +108 35 £94,637 +5.15% 34
North of England +1 16 £60,000 +16.44% 1
Yorkshire +41 9 £60,000 +16.44%
South East +63 8 £60,000 -17.24% 4
North West -15 7 £47,683 - 1
South West +113 6 £60,000 - 2
Midlands +52 4 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands +20 4 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 3
Wales +31 2 £60,000 +16.44%

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 11 (8.66%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 44 (34.65%) Infor LN
2 40 (31.50%) SAP BPC
3 5 (3.94%) SAP CO
3 5 (3.94%) SAP FI
3 5 (3.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.94%) GCP
1 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.79%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (34.65%) Tableau
2 5 (3.94%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.94%) Power BI
3 1 (0.79%) Base SAS
3 1 (0.79%) Metadata
3 1 (0.79%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 40 (31.50%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 103 (81.10%) Finance
2 46 (36.22%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (31.50%) Police
4 33 (25.98%) Local Government
4 33 (25.98%) Public Sector
5 15 (11.81%) Social Skills
6 9 (7.09%) Banking
7 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.57%) Legal
8 2 (1.57%) Retail
9 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 75 (59.06%) Senior
2 54 (42.52%) Audit Manager
3 47 (37.01%) Lead
4 44 (34.65%) Accountant
5 40 (31.50%) Project Accountant
5 40 (31.50%) Senior Accountant
5 40 (31.50%) Team Leader
6 33 (25.98%) Senior Audit Manager
6 33 (25.98%) Senior Manager
7 9 (7.09%) Analyst
8 6 (4.72%) Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.94%) SAP CO Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) SAP FI Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 5 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 45 (35.43%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.66%) Credit Risk
3 5 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.94%) Market Risk
3 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (36.22%) Decision-Making
2 45 (35.43%) Business Intelligence
3 44 (34.65%) Agile
4 41 (32.28%) Business Forecasting
4 41 (32.28%) Collaborative Working
5 40 (31.50%) Cyber Intelligence
5 40 (31.50%) Internal Audit
5 40 (31.50%) Revenue Recognition
6 33 (25.98%) Coaching
7 23 (18.11%) Mentoring
8 21 (16.54%) Benchmarking
9 16 (12.60%) Analytics
10 15 (11.81%) Stress Testing
11 13 (10.24%) Risk Management
12 10 (7.87%) Model Validation
13 9 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (6.30%) Statistics
15 7 (5.51%) Roadmaps
15 7 (5.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.81%) Python
2 14 (11.02%) R
3 8 (6.30%) SQL
4 6 (4.72%) C
5 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 99 (77.95%) ACCA
2 45 (35.43%) CIMA
3 44 (34.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.15%) ICAEW
5 3 (2.36%) Degree
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (76.38%) GAAP
2 22 (17.32%) IFRS 9
3 6 (4.72%) Basel III
4 5 (3.94%) Basel II
4 5 (3.94%) Dodd-Frank
4 5 (3.94%) GDPR
4 5 (3.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.57%) CRD IV
7 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.79%) IFRS 17
Vendors
1 51 (40.16%) SAP
2 44 (34.65%) Infor
3 41 (32.28%) Oracle
4 40 (31.50%) Cognos
5 4 (3.15%) Hyperion
5 4 (3.15%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.57%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.79%) Wallstreet Suite