Salary results for Accountant

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Summary for Accountant

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3,940

Low
£29,000

High
£47,500

Average
£37,500

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Accountant

£37,500

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Salary summary by industry sector for Accountant

Industry/ sector

Average

Range

Monthly change*

Jobs

Sales

£42,500

47%

Recruitment Sales

£35,000

40%

Construction

£45,000

39%

Engineering, Manufacturing, Utilities

£42,500

14%

Media, New Media, Creative

£42,500

14%

Education

£42,500

14%

IT & Internet

£52,500

11%

Legal

£47,500

6%

Not For Profit, Charities

£42,500

3%

Accountancy

£37,500

0%

Banking, Insurance, Finance

£42,500

0%

Retail, Wholesale

£42,500

0%

Other

£29,000

0%

Marketing, Advertising, PR

£32,500

0%

Health, Nursing

£52,500

0%

Customer Services

£32,500

0%

Property

£36,678

-2%

Public Sector & Services

£47,500

-3%

Secretarial, PAs, Administration

£23,000

-8%

Oil, Gas, Alternative Energy

£52,500

-8%

Management Consultancy

£47,500

-9%

Senior Appointments

£42,500

-10%

Graduate, Trainees

£29,000

-10%

Travel, Leisure, Tourism

£32,500

-13%

Transport, Logistics

£32,500

-18%

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Top paying locations for Accountant

Location

Average

Range

Monthly change*

Jobs

£57,500

36%

£55,000

30%

£52,500

11%

£51,353

37%

Slough, Berkshire

£50,000

34%

£47,500

12%

£47,500

0%

£42,500

14%

£42,500

0%

£42,500

0%

Oxford, Oxfordshire

£42,500

22%

South West London

£42,500

31%

Croydon, Surrey

£42,500

-5%

£42,500

0%

£42,500

0%

£42,500

31%

£42,500

7%

£42,500

31%

Luton, Bedfordshire

£40,000

-5%

Brighton, East Sussex

£40,000

24%

£40,000

7%

£40,000

-23%

Redhill, Surrey

£39,535

-6%

£37,500

16%

Leeds, West Yorkshire

£37,500

16%

Crawley, West Sussex

£37,500

-11%

£37,500

16%

£37,500

-11%

Northampton, Northamptonshire

£37,500

16%

£37,500

39%

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