Hybrid/Remote IFRS Job Trends

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring IFRS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 390 462
Rank change year-on-year +1 +72 +57
Permanent jobs citing IFRS 64 43 46
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.65% 1.44% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 60 15 11
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile £56,875 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +4.58%
75th Percentile £86,000 £106,250 -
90th Percentile £100,000 £126,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -22.22% +50.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,868 2,986 3,275
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.89% 18.05% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,428 1,694 2,246
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,668 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

IFRS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

IFRS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IFRS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

IFRS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IFRS over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

IFRS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IFRS
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Apache
1 2 (3.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (25.00%) NetSuite
2 3 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.13%) Sage 50
4 1 (1.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.25%) SaaS
2 11 (17.19%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (10.94%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 5 (7.81%) Azure
4 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.13%) Collibra
5 2 (3.13%) GitHub
5 2 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.31%) Big Data
2 4 (6.25%) Metadata
2 4 (6.25%) Power BI
3 2 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.13%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) MLflow
General
1 63 (98.44%) Finance
2 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
3 19 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Legal
5 5 (7.81%) Banking
6 3 (4.69%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.13%) Billing
7 2 (3.13%) German Language
7 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Law
7 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) Accountant
2 17 (26.56%) Financial Accountant
3 10 (15.63%) Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Financial Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Report Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Report Manager
4 5 (7.81%) Architect
5 4 (6.25%) Consultant
5 4 (6.25%) Systems Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Technical Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Workday Consultant
7 2 (3.13%) Audit Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Data Modeller
7 2 (3.13%) Financial Controller
7 2 (3.13%) Management Accountant
7 2 (3.13%) Quality Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Senior
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 11 (17.19%) Social Network
3 4 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (4.69%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (3.13%) Reference Data
5 2 (3.13%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.56%) Derivative
6 1 (1.56%) Equities
6 1 (1.56%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (28.13%) AI
3 17 (26.56%) ERP
4 15 (23.44%) Budgeting
5 12 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 11 (17.19%) Commercial Awareness
6 11 (17.19%) Due Diligence
6 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (15.63%) Analytics
7 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.63%) Revenue Recognition
8 8 (12.50%) Planning and Forecasting
8 8 (12.50%) Validation
9 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.94%) Process Improvement
10 6 (9.38%) ETL
10 6 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (7.81%) Agile
11 5 (7.81%) CI/CD
11 5 (7.81%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (3.13%) Bicep
3 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (79.69%) ACCA
2 23 (35.94%) CIMA
3 8 (12.50%) AAT
4 4 (6.25%) Degree
5 2 (3.13%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.88%) GAAP
2 7 (10.94%) GDPR
3 6 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 6 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (6.25%) IFRS 17
4 4 (6.25%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Databricks
2 4 (6.25%) Hyperion
3 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.69%) Workday
4 2 (3.13%) Informatica
4 2 (3.13%) Sage
4 2 (3.13%) SAP
4 2 (3.13%) Xero
5 1 (1.56%) RedGate