Hybrid/Remote Cost Accounting Job Trends

Cost Accounting
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cost Accounting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 469 478
Rank change year-on-year +97 +9 +280
Permanent jobs citing Cost Accounting 1 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.005% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.006% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £24,000 £54,326
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -55.82% -25.07%
75th Percentile - £24,500 £66,778
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £24,000 £62,533
% change year-on-year +170.83% -61.62% -13.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cost Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,820 17,850 20,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.98% 89.77% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,725 10,738 16,290
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cost Accounting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cost Accounting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cost Accounting
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cost Accounting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cost Accounting

Cost Accounting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Accountant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree