Get your copy of the Reed Accountancy and Finance Practice Salary Guide 2025 to discover the latest salary and benefit benchmarks for UK accountancy professionals. This comprehensive guide provides essential wage data and insights into current recruitment trends in the accountancy and finance practice sector.
Our accountancy and finance practice salary guide is the ultimate UK accountancy salary checker. It is broken down into jobs across seven sector practices:
Business services outsourcing
Audit and assurance
Personal tax
Corporate and indirect tax
Corporate finance
Corporate recovery and insolvency
Forensics and investigations
Utilising our comprehensive salary guides to determine the average compensation for finance practice roles across various regions in the UK will help you stay competitive in the job market.
By benchmarking salaries and benefits accurately, you can attract and retain top talent, ensuring your organisation stands out against your closest competitors.
Our guides provide detailed insights into regional salary variations, industry trends, and best practices for compensation, empowering you to make informed decisions that enhance your recruitment and retention strategies. Not only that, but you can also use the guide to find out what you should, or could, be earning in a UK firm.
Will this guide help me? Who is it for?
Whether you're aiming to determine the average personal tax partner salary to offer a new hire, or you're curious about the salary you should be earning when starting a career in audit, our 2025 accountancy and finance practice salary guide is here to help. This guide enables you to compare salaries across all regions of the UK, from London to the North East and East Anglia, ensuring you have the information you need to make informed salary decisions – whether a jobseeker or employer.
One of the most pressing challenges for the practice sector is the growing skills gap. This is exacerbated by two trends: the scarcity of junior talent and the evolving demands of the industry, particularly around digital transformation due to AI. Practices are increasingly reliant on mid-level hires who lack foundational knowledge gained through junior roles - a shortfall that will have long-term implications.
Accountancy and Finance Practice Expert, Reed
I’m an employer looking for accounting and finance salary benchmarking advice – how will this help?
Our accountancy and finance practice salary guide offers a detailed overview of salaries across the sector, enabling you to make well-informed decisions about the compensation and benefits you should provide to both new and existing employees. This guide is an essential resource for any organisation in the practice sector, allowing you to compare salaries and benefits to ensure your remuneration packages are competitive and up to date.
With our research indicating that nearly half of 5,000 UK workers are dissatisfied with their salaries, it is crucial for employers to offer competitive wages to maintain employee satisfaction and retain top talent. Whether you need to benchmark salaries for a corporate finance analyst or a financial forensics specialist, our guide provides the necessary information to help you make informed decisions about your compensation offerings.
Are you trying to find out what you should be earning in an accountancy practice?
If you're curious about the salary you should be earning in roles such as an Audit and Assurance Director, Personal Tax Manager, or as an AAT/CAT qualified professional, our salary guide is the perfect tool for you. This comprehensive guide provides detailed benchmarks for various positions within practice, helping you understand your market value.
By referencing our guide, you can make informed decisions about your career. Whether you're considering a new job offer or planning your next career move, knowing the average salaries for your role can give you the confidence to negotiate better pay and benefits. Our guide covers salary data across different regions in the UK, ensuring you have a clear picture of what you should be earning based on your location and qualifications.
Additionally, our guide offers insights into industry trends and the factors influencing salary levels, such as demand for specific skills and regional economic conditions.
Why should I download this accountancy salary guide?
Our comprehensive salary guide covers a wide range of roles at all levels within the accountancy and finance practice sector. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, you'll find valuable insights to help you succeed.
Reed’s vertical market specialists, provide in-depth analysis and key insights into the sector. This means you'll gain a unique perspective on the job market that you won't find elsewhere.
The data in this guide reflects current salary expectations, allowing you to make informed decisions about the salaries you offer employees, or accept for yourself. By staying up to date with the latest trends and developments in the sector, you can ensure your compensation packages are competitive and attractive and as a jobseeker you know your worth.
Download our guide to navigate the job market with confidence, benchmark salaries accurately, and stay ahead in the ever-evolving accountancy and finance landscape.
How can Reed’s accountancy and finance practice salary guide help with my benefits/rewards benchmarking?
Our salary guides are informed by a survey of 5,000 UK workers, conducted in November 2024. This survey is designed to help inform your decisions when it comes to benchmarking all things salary and reward in the practice sector.
Key findings include:
Forty-three per cent of people say they work more hours than they are paid to.
Alarmingly, when asked why, 40% of those employees said they have too much work to do in the hours they are paid to work.
Nearly half of workers are unhappy with their salaries.
More than half (60%) of those who aren’t satisfied with their salary shared that this is because it hasn’t risen with the cost of living, nearly a third (31%) say it’s not enough for them to live the lifestyle they want, and 36% feel they’re unable to save enough money to meet their financial goals.
Salary increases remain the most significant action to make workers feel more valued, with 59% of respondents ranking it at the top.
Company benefits offered marry up almost exactly with the benefits employees make use of, with onsite parking, hybrid working, Christmas shutdown and free refreshments ranking as the top received and used benefits.
See all the results from our survey and leverage this guide to make informed decisions on salaries and benefits in UK practices’ for 2025. Download your copy of the Reed Accountancy and Finance Practice Salary Guide 2025 now.
