Over the two years since the demise of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent economic turmoil, career opportunities for accountants have been significantly affected. While senior accounting professionals have witnessed a decline in job opportunities, it is those at the newly-qualified level that have perhaps seen the worst fall in the market.

Where previously a newly-qualified chartered accountant faced a plethora of career options, headcount reductions severely restricted this. With the latest ACA results released, here is our analysis of the opportunities in 2011 across some key business areas: