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Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Accounting is a critical function in every business, and skilled accounting professionals are in high demand in the UK job market. With the increasing complexity of financial regulations and the growing importance of data-driven decision making, the demand for accounting professionals with advanced skills and qualifications has risen significantly. As…

Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 841,047 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	835,034	99.29 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,686	0.56 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,327	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 16,174 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 70,087 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	16,058	69,585
Contract	115	501

The busiest month for new permanent Accounting Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is December.

The busiest month for new contract Accounting Jobs is September, and the quietest month is July.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

11,344

Down 23.1% vs last year

Average salary

£41,955.00

Down 4.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Down 17.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£610.00

Up 24.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 117.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£560.00

Up 6.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Accounting Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
August 2026	11,344
July 2026	16,408
June 2026	14,232
May 2026	11,238
April 2026	24,156
March 2026	25,701
February 2026	12,810
January 2026	16,257
December 2025	4,382
November 2025	4,505
October 2025	22,988
September 2025	16,634

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	40	£122,340.00	£134,915.00	£147,490.00
Actuarial	65	£83,295.00	£88,990.00	£94,690.00
Tax Director	329	£76,420.00	£86,490.00	£96,565.00
Client Partner	79	£71,380.00	£85,885.00	£100,385.00
Commercial Director	110	£75,910.00	£83,265.00	£90,615.00
Financial Director	19	£72,045.00	£81,370.00	£90,690.00
Group Financial Controller	202	£75,465.00	£80,585.00	£85,705.00
Pricing Manager	45	£75,040.00	£79,520.00	£83,990.00
Senior Audit Manager	121	£69,795.00	£75,050.00	£80,305.00
Internal Audit Manager	26	£64,120.00	£67,365.00	£70,605.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Financial Controller	3,502	£60,750.00	£64,700.00	£68,650.00
Senior Internal Auditor	25	£61,765.00	£63,515.00	£65,265.00
Tax Manager	2,565	£56,250.00	£62,120.00	£67,990.00
Finance Business Partner	1,428	£57,045.00	£59,780.00	£62,505.00
Internal Audit	345	£56,115.00	£58,820.00	£61,530.00
Fraud Manager	24	£58,390.00	£58,390.00	£58,390.00
Audit Manager	952	£53,330.00	£57,760.00	£62,195.00
Fund Accounting	31	£54,435.00	£57,120.00	£59,805.00
Head of Accounts	14	£52,970.00	£57,065.00	£61,155.00
Cost Controller	181	£52,325.00	£56,940.00	£61,560.00
Group Accountant	348	£53,025.00	£56,705.00	£60,380.00
ACA	173	£52,110.00	£56,595.00	£61,080.00
Tax Consultant	31	£50,460.00	£54,785.00	£59,110.00
Financial Accountant	1,743	£51,480.00	£54,715.00	£57,960.00
Property Accountant	120	£49,640.00	£53,540.00	£57,440.00
Tax	8,424	£47,970.00	£53,280.00	£58,590.00
Project Accountant	412	£50,250.00	£53,225.00	£56,205.00
Senior Management Accountant	794	£48,910.00	£52,290.00	£55,670.00
Senior Auditor	57	£49,915.00	£52,215.00	£54,510.00
Systems Accountant	152	£48,725.00	£51,730.00	£54,740.00
Treasury Accountant	11	£49,940.00	£51,440.00	£52,940.00
Tax Advisor	124	£46,090.00	£50,790.00	£55,495.00
Assistant Financial Controller	16	£47,250.00	£50,600.00	£53,950.00
Financial Consultant	4	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Cost Accounting	72	£46,735.00	£49,850.00	£52,960.00
Audit	7,419	£46,215.00	£49,665.00	£53,125.00
Compliance Auditor	86	£44,500.00	£49,500.00	£54,500.00
Qualified Accountant	765	£45,535.00	£49,080.00	£52,625.00
CIMA	50	£47,635.00	£48,925.00	£50,215.00
Tax Accountant	1,051	£44,050.00	£48,665.00	£53,285.00
Tax Accounting	1,053	£44,010.00	£48,660.00	£53,300.00
Payroll Manager	863	£45,805.00	£48,070.00	£50,340.00
Auditor	511	£45,060.00	£48,050.00	£51,035.00
Taxation	18	£44,030.00	£46,845.00	£49,655.00
Asset Finance	52	£39,240.00	£46,565.00	£53,895.00
VAT	1,095	£42,540.00	£46,465.00	£50,390.00
Chartered Accountant	242	£42,490.00	£46,060.00	£49,625.00
Company Accountant	106	£42,240.00	£46,025.00	£49,805.00
Dealership Accountant	36	£44,055.00	£45,930.00	£47,815.00
Tax Assistant	371	£40,875.00	£45,750.00	£50,625.00
ACCA	408	£41,115.00	£45,460.00	£49,805.00
Audit Senior	1,979	£41,160.00	£45,080.00	£49,005.00
Accounts Controller	50	£41,725.00	£44,165.00	£46,605.00
Management Accountant	15,025	£40,650.00	£44,015.00	£47,385.00
Accounts Manager	15,010	£40,645.00	£44,010.00	£47,380.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Billing Manager	10	£40,085.00	£43,040.00	£46,000.00
Senior Accountant	4,343	£38,980.00	£42,905.00	£46,825.00
Accounts Senior	4,290	£38,965.00	£42,875.00	£46,785.00
Commercial Accountant	733	£38,170.00	£42,745.00	£47,320.00
Accounts Payable Manager	78	£40,590.00	£42,600.00	£44,605.00
Payroll Consultant	10	£37,250.00	£42,590.00	£47,915.00
Accountant	43,512	£38,670.00	£41,760.00	£44,850.00
Accounting	43,512	£38,670.00	£41,760.00	£44,850.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	17	£40,000.00	£41,665.00	£43,335.00
Practice Accountant	3,302	£37,445.00	£41,620.00	£45,800.00
Pricing Analyst	10	£37,250.00	£41,405.00	£45,565.00
Service Charge Accountant	72	£36,645.00	£40,250.00	£43,850.00
Credit Control Manager	32	£37,945.00	£40,020.00	£42,090.00
Fraud	734	£37,245.00	£38,255.00	£39,260.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	119	£33,750.00	£37,140.00	£40,535.00
Payroll Specialist	297	£34,915.00	£36,970.00	£39,025.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	17	£34,650.00	£36,650.00	£38,650.00
Payroll	4,992	£34,555.00	£36,515.00	£38,480.00
Assistant Management Accountant	584	£33,340.00	£35,850.00	£38,365.00
Senior Credit Controller	48	£33,495.00	£35,320.00	£37,145.00
Credit Control Supervisor	4	£33,000.00	£35,065.00	£37,125.00
Payroll Supervisor	35	£32,250.00	£35,030.00	£37,805.00
Quality Auditor	41	£33,165.00	£33,870.00	£34,580.00
Legal Cashier	396	£30,790.00	£32,815.00	£34,840.00
Bookkeeper	1,654	£30,285.00	£32,650.00	£35,010.00
Accounts Receivable	462	£30,775.00	£32,490.00	£34,200.00
Accounts Payable	1,271	£30,485.00	£32,005.00	£33,535.00
AAT	158	£28,515.00	£31,785.00	£35,060.00
Accounting Technician	112	£29,960.00	£30,950.00	£31,945.00
Credit Controller	1,977	£29,390.00	£30,675.00	£31,955.00
Payroll Assistant	255	£28,985.00	£30,610.00	£32,240.00
Assistant Accountant	3,453	£28,810.00	£30,565.00	£32,310.00
Accounts Assistant	3,450	£28,810.00	£30,560.00	£32,305.00
Accounting Assistant	3,449	£28,805.00	£30,555.00	£32,305.00
Fraud Investigator	10	£29,025.00	£30,265.00	£31,500.00
Sales Ledger	503	£28,845.00	£30,100.00	£31,360.00
Payroll Clerk	58	£28,495.00	£29,930.00	£31,360.00
Payroll Administrator	975	£28,370.00	£29,755.00	£31,150.00
Accounting Coordinator	135	£28,385.00	£29,640.00	£30,895.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounting Clerk	95	£28,305.00	£29,235.00	£30,165.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	126	£27,870.00	£28,985.00	£30,100.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	131	£27,825.00	£28,900.00	£29,965.00
Purchase Ledger	1,339	£27,705.00	£28,775.00	£29,850.00
Accounts Administrator	515	£27,360.00	£28,415.00	£29,475.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	384	£27,265.00	£28,300.00	£29,335.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Trainee Accountant	96	£25,665.00	£27,335.00	£29,000.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00