Job market intelligence · Germany

Accountant / Tax Specialist Jobs in Germany

DATEV appears in 55% of analyzed listings. Hamburg is the most frequently named city, and 45% are marked as hybrid.

Accountant / Tax Specialist job listings

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Job-market data

What the listings show

Based on 337 job listings we analyzed since 16 March 2026. Not a list of current vacancies.

337
job listings analyzed
192
companies behind these listings
48%
of listings offer hybrid or remote work
83%
of listings name a city
Skill signals

Which skills recur

Share of 337 analyzed listings that name each skill. One listing can name several.

Finance tools58% of listings

DATEV
55%
HGB
6%
IFRS
2%

Business methods56% of listings

Consulting
35%
Accounting
22%
Digitalisierung
12%
Compliance
6%
Reporting
4%
Process Optimization
2%
Positioning

What gets you in, and what sets you apart

Use this to decide what your CV leads with: expected skills keep you in the running, rarer ones set you apart.

Shares of the analyzed listings; skills are extracted from each listing.

Table stakes

Named in at least half of these listings. Expected, not a differentiator.

  • DATEV184 listings · 55%

Your edge

Rarer but present. These are what set a candidate apart.

  • Accounting75 listings · 22%
  • Digitalisierung42 listings · 13%
  • HGB22 listings · 7%
Use the findings

What to take into your search

Show how you used DATEV

In the listingsDATEV is the most frequently named skill in these listings.How to use itIf it matches your experience, give a concrete example and its result.

Fully remote listings are less common

In the listingsOnly 4% of listings are fully remote. Hybrid is 45% and onsite 35%.How to use itIf you need fully remote work, check the work mode before spending time on an application.
Working conditions

Work patterns and requirements

Work mode

45%Hybrid
Hybrid 45%
Onsite 35%
Unspecified 17%
Remote 4%
Do these jobs need German?

Of 337 analyzed listings, 97 require German, 12 say it is optional or a plus, and 228 do not say.

German optional 4%
German required 29%
Not stated 68%

2% of the listings are written in English.

Seniority
Mid-level 34%
Junior 10%
Senior 8%
Unspecified 47%
Who these listings are open to
Part-time 4%
Apprenticeship (Ausbildung) 2%
Unspecified 10%

Full-time 84% (not shown in the bar).

Where the jobs cluster

Top locations

280 listings name a city (83%)
57 name no city (17%)

These postings don't specify a city in the data we have. That doesn't mean location isn't required, only that none was listed.

Cities named most often

  1. 1Hamburg15 listings4%
  2. 2Munich15 listings4%
  3. 3Berlin11 listings3%
  4. 4Cologne7 listings2%
  5. 5Nuremberg7 listings2%
  6. 6Düsseldorf7 listings2%

Counts and shares are of all 337 analyzed listings.

How you work

Soft skills that recur

Soft skills employers name

Communication
35%
Teamwork
32%
Self-Motivation
27%
Adaptability
21%
Reliability
17%
Attention to Detail
15%

Share of all analyzed listings that name each soft skill.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does a skill percentage mean every employer requires it?

No. It is the share of analyzed listings that explicitly name the skill. Read each posting, then show examples only for skills you actually have.

What if a listing has no city?

57 of 337 analyzed listings have no city in our data. They are not assigned to a city in the chart; this does not establish whether remote work is possible.

Why can the open listings differ from the market figures?

The market figures come from an analysis dated 22 September 2026. The open listings are loaded from the current index and can change between visits.

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Source: Kariyan job index, Germany. Some location, language and seniority fields are incomplete. We do not publish salary, demographic or response-rate data.