Accountant jobs in Wakefield

Live accountant roles in Wakefield, with Yorkshire salary benchmarks.

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112 live roles in Wakefield

Assistant Accountant

Wakefield

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A growing and highly successful manufacturing business is looking to appoint an Assistant Accountant to join its finance team in Wakefield.

Hybrid Accountancy, Finance & Banking
3 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Tax Manager

Wakefield

£119,198–£156,447

The firm's clientele ranges from large publicly held corporations to closely held businesses in diverse industries.

Accountancy, Finance & Banking
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Junior Account Manager

Wakefield

£30,000 base salary

Join us as a Junior Account Manager at Furza. Are you a graduate looking to kickstart your career in a fast‑growing, future‑focused industry?

Hybrid Sales & Business Development
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Accountant hiring in Wakefield: the numbers

  • 112 live accountant roles in Wakefield right now.
  • Median advertised salary for accountant roles in Wakefield: £52,000; the middle half of adverts pay £39,000 to £77,500 (from 17 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Sharp Consultancy (6), Michael Page International Recruitment Limited (4), Reed (4), Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions (3), Hawthorne-Finch Talent Solutions Ltd (3).
  • Newest advert posted 13 October 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Accountant salary in Yorkshire

£30,250 – £45,500 (median £35,000 · 25th–75th pct)

How this figure was built. Based on 23 live advertised salaries for this role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Accounts assistants and bookkeepers sit well below the band (£24,000–£32,000); part-qualified roles anchor its bottom and newly qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA accountants its middle. Practice pays less than industry at qualification but more later; audit seniors and tax specialists sit at the top.
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