Assistant Accountant Jobs in Wigan

Assistant Accountant
Manchester > Wigan

The median Assistant Accountant salary in Wigan is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Assistant Accountant 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wigan 2.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wigan

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wigan. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Wigan with a recognized job title 26 18 15
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 60.47% 100.00% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 15
10th Percentile - £26,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £24,930 £27,750 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -2.94% -12.26%
75th Percentile £46,250 £33,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £46,150 £58,750
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

Assistant Accountant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, Assistant Accountant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wigan region featuring Assistant Accountant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Xero
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Assistant Accountant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AAT
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) Xero