Finance and accounting
Chartered accountant jobs
Qualified accounting work in practice or industry: statutory accounts, audit, tax and the judgement calls inside them.
£50,062 median full-time pay, UK, ONS 2025
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What chartered accountant jobs pay
Median full-time pay for chartered and certified accountants was £50,062 across the UK in 2025. Full-time work of every kind had a median of £39,039, so this occupation sits about 1.3 times that. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it describes the occupation nationally rather than any advert on this page.
That figure is the reason this role is on the board. Every role here has a published ONS median full-time salary at or above £50,000, and it is checked against the ONS table each time the site is built rather than asserted in the copy. A role that stopped clearing it would stop the build.
Pay varies more by region than most people expect. ONS publishes it for groups of related occupations rather than single job titles, so the table beside this covers chartered and certified accountants, finance and investment analysts, advisers and taxation experts, not chartered accountant jobs alone.
Median full-time pay by region, 2025
| Region | Median full-time pay |
|---|---|
| London | £64,930 |
| South East | £47,811 |
| East of England | £47,653 |
| South West | £45,986 |
| West Midlands | £43,729 |
| East Midlands | £42,399 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £45,572 |
| North West | £45,870 |
| North East | £37,858 |
| Wales | £36,595 |
| Scotland | £50,719 |
Why there are no area pages for this role
The census is the only source that publishes occupation down to local authority level, and it publishes it in groups of related jobs rather than one job at a time. Chartered accountant jobs sit in group 242, alongside finance analyst jobs.
So there is one number for all of them in any given area. Building a page per role per area would mean the same figure appearing under several different headings, in 175 places each, which is the doorway pattern this site is built to avoid. One role carries the local pages for the group and the rest say so plainly.
For local figures on this group, see finance analyst jobs. The pay figures above are specific to chartered accountant jobs and are not shared with the rest of the group.
Chartered accountant: the full picture
Practice or industry, and moving between them
Practice means audit, accounts preparation, tax or advisory across a portfolio. The pace is driven by deadlines and busy season is real. Industry means one set of books, deeper context and more influence over what the numbers are used for.
Moving from practice to industry is the common direction and it is well trodden. Moving back is harder, because practice values recent technical breadth and industry work narrows it.
What the letters after the name actually mean
ICAEW awards ACA, usually through a training contract in practice. ACCA is more flexible about where you train and is strong internationally. CIMA is management accounting and is built for industry rather than audit.
None of them expires, all of them require continuing professional development, and only one of them lets you sign an audit opinion. If an advert insists on a specific body, that is usually why.
Before you apply
- A chartered qualification, ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or finalist level
- Right to work in the UK
Chartered accountant jobs: common questions
Does chartered accountant work pay more than £50,000 a year?
On the national figures, yes, and that is why the role is on this board at all. Median full-time pay for chartered and certified accountants was £50,062 across the UK in 2025, against £39,039 for full-time work of every kind. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it says nothing about what any individual advert pays.
What qualifications do I need to work as a chartered accountant?
A chartered qualification, ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or finalist level. Right to work in the UK.
Where does AboveMedian have local figures for chartered accountant jobs?
Nowhere, and the reason is worth stating. The census publishes occupation in groups of related jobs, and chartered accountant jobs share a group with finance analyst jobs. Local pages for each of them would show the same figure under different headings, so only one role carries them. For local figures on this group, see finance analyst jobs. Adverts themselves are UK wide.
Do you decide who gets sent to an employer?
No. You read the adverts, you choose one, and you apply to that employer yourself. Nothing on this site forwards a person to a job they did not apply to, and no employer is given a list of people.
What does it cost to use?
Nothing, ever. It is always free for job seekers, and employers pay to advertise. There is no premium account, no paid profile and no fee of any kind on the job seeker side.