The Accounting Talent Index 2025 is the most comprehensive look yet at how accountancy firms across the globe are responding to the sector’s most urgent issue: a shortage of skilled people. Based on a global accountancy survey of firm leaders and talent specialists, the 2025 report reveals how long-standing recruitment problems are threatening growth, stretching teams thin, and forcing firms to radically rethink how they resource for the future.
These challenges indicate that the pressures are only expected to mount through 2025 and beyond.
Salary costs are rising, stress levels are increasing, and firms are being forced to prioritise survival over innovation.
While the findings show it’s time to act for many, this isn’t just a story of crisis - far from it. The Index also outlines how leaders are responding - through strategic outsourcing, tech upgrades, offshoring, smarter training and more. And with just 13% of firms believing AI will reduce headcount, it’s clear that technology is reshaping what the profession needs from them, rather than replacing people.
Whether you’re a firm owner, partner, or industry stakeholder, the Accounting Talent Index is essential reading. It offers unique insight into where the pressure points lie, and what the highest-performing firms are doing to adapt and grow in the face of these sector-wide challenges.
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