Market evidence report — bookkeeper

Source: 36 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-09. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	33	92 %
n/a	1	3 %
senior	1	3 %
junior	1	3 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	QuickBooks	15	42 %
2	Microsoft Excel	14	39 %
3	QuickBooks Online	5	14 %
4	Xero	5	14 %
5	QuickBooks Desktop	4	11 %
6	QuickBooks Enterprise	3	8 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	bank reconciliation	20	56 %
2	financial reporting	16	44 %
3	accounts receivable	14	39 %
4	accounts payable	13	36 %
5	bookkeeping	13	36 %
6	payroll processing	12	33 %
7	financial record maintenance	8	22 %
8	general ledger maintenance	7	19 %
9	account reconciliation	6	17 %
10	accounts payable processing	6	17 %
11	accounts receivable management	6	17 %
12	accounts receivable processing	5	14 %
13	financial statement preparation	5	14 %
14	invoice processing	5	14 %
15	accounts payable management	4	11 %
16	budget tracking	4	11 %
17	tax preparation	4	11 %
18	tax return preparation	4	11 %
19	billing	3	8 %
20	cash flow monitoring	3	8 %
21	financial record management	3	8 %
22	general ledger accounting	3	8 %
23	tax document preparation	3	8 %
24	tax filing	3	8 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	payroll processing	8	22 %
2	client communication	6	17 %
3	account reconciliation	5	14 %
4	discrepancy resolution	4	11 %
5	financial record maintenance	4	11 %
6	financial transaction recording	4	11 %
7	tax return preparation	4	11 %
8	vendor invoice processing	4	11 %
9	expense tracking	3	8 %
10	filing system maintenance	3	8 %
11	financial report preparation	3	8 %
12	financial statement preparation	3	8 %
13	invoice and payment processing	3	8 %
14	order confirmation creation	3	8 %
15	purchase order processing	3	8 %
16	sales order processing	3	8 %
17	transaction recording	3	8 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

36 ads.

Top hard skills:

bank reconciliation — 56 % (20 ads)
financial reporting — 44 % (16 ads)
accounts receivable — 39 % (14 ads)
accounts payable — 36 % (13 ads)
bookkeeping — 36 % (13 ads)
payroll processing — 33 % (12 ads)
financial record maintenance — 22 % (8 ads)
general ledger maintenance — 19 % (7 ads)
account reconciliation — 17 % (6 ads)
accounts payable processing — 17 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

QuickBooks — 42 % (15 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 39 % (14 ads)
QuickBooks Online — 14 % (5 ads)
Xero — 14 % (5 ads)
QuickBooks Desktop — 11 % (4 ads)
QuickBooks Enterprise — 8 % (3 ads)
ADP — 6 % (2 ads)
Bill.com — 6 % (2 ads)
Google Workspace — 6 % (2 ads)
Microsoft Outlook — 6 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 92 % · n/a 3 % · senior 3 % · junior 3 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)