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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 801,041 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	795,206	99.27 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,562	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,273	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 15,405 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 66,753 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	15,292	66,266
Contract	112	486

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 August.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

14,232

Up 2.5% vs last year

Average salary

£45,870.00

Up 4.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 8.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Up 4.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 73.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Down 0.8% 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
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
August 2025	7,616
July 2025	11,903

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	25	£126,370.00	£139,465.00	£152,560.00
Tax Director	311	£77,460.00	£87,785.00	£98,105.00
Client Partner	81	£72,750.00	£87,645.00	£102,535.00
Actuarial	62	£80,190.00	£86,115.00	£92,050.00
Group Financial Controller	155	£74,095.00	£79,125.00	£84,155.00
Commercial Director	80	£71,685.00	£78,945.00	£86,210.00
Pricing Manager	41	£75,185.00	£78,910.00	£82,630.00
Senior Audit Manager	131	£71,570.00	£75,810.00	£80,040.00
Financial Director	14	£64,865.00	£73,415.00	£81,965.00
Internal Audit Manager	29	£67,030.00	£70,475.00	£73,915.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Financial Controller	2,953	£61,505.00	£65,590.00	£69,675.00
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Tax Manager	2,313	£57,220.00	£62,690.00	£68,170.00
Head of Accounts	10	£58,000.00	£61,065.00	£64,125.00
Finance Business Partner	1,388	£56,995.00	£59,895.00	£62,790.00
Group Accountant	316	£55,830.00	£59,580.00	£63,325.00
Senior Internal Auditor	22	£57,605.00	£59,210.00	£60,820.00
ACA	152	£54,210.00	£59,040.00	£63,875.00
Internal Audit	337	£55,940.00	£58,415.00	£60,895.00
Audit Manager	909	£54,075.00	£58,315.00	£62,555.00
Fund Accounting	35	£55,115.00	£57,990.00	£60,865.00
Cost Controller	163	£52,225.00	£57,200.00	£62,170.00
Tax Consultant	35	£51,285.00	£55,895.00	£60,500.00
Financial Accountant	1,572	£52,375.00	£55,485.00	£58,605.00
Assistant Financial Controller	13	£50,315.00	£54,500.00	£58,690.00
Senior Auditor	59	£52,360.00	£54,490.00	£56,615.00
Tax	7,637	£49,225.00	£54,345.00	£59,465.00
Project Accountant	392	£50,865.00	£53,650.00	£56,440.00
Tax Advisor	127	£47,960.00	£52,790.00	£57,625.00
Systems Accountant	132	£49,230.00	£52,580.00	£55,930.00
Property Accountant	106	£49,220.00	£52,560.00	£55,900.00
Financial Consultant	4	£46,500.00	£51,750.00	£57,000.00
Treasury Accountant	11	£49,940.00	£51,440.00	£52,940.00
Senior Management Accountant	732	£48,055.00	£51,355.00	£54,655.00
Cost Accounting	68	£47,335.00	£50,690.00	£54,045.00
Qualified Accountant	692	£46,630.00	£50,100.00	£53,565.00
Compliance Auditor	55	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Audit	6,719	£45,945.00	£49,435.00	£52,925.00
CIMA	50	£47,635.00	£48,925.00	£50,215.00
Auditor	460	£45,750.00	£48,770.00	£51,790.00
Taxation	8	£46,165.00	£48,585.00	£51,000.00
Tax Accountant	931	£44,400.00	£48,500.00	£52,600.00
Tax Accounting	931	£44,400.00	£48,500.00	£52,600.00
Payroll Manager	795	£45,605.00	£48,125.00	£50,650.00
Asset Finance	38	£40,115.00	£47,980.00	£55,855.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£45,195.00	£47,080.00	£48,970.00
VAT	901	£43,185.00	£46,860.00	£50,540.00
Company Accountant	120	£42,225.00	£46,175.00	£50,115.00
Chartered Accountant	212	£42,645.00	£45,990.00	£49,330.00
Accounts Controller	40	£43,245.00	£45,535.00	£47,825.00
ACCA	354	£40,740.00	£45,005.00	£49,270.00
Tax Assistant	343	£41,110.00	£44,965.00	£48,820.00
Audit Senior	1,872	£40,825.00	£44,600.00	£48,375.00
Accounts Manager	12,913	£40,740.00	£44,010.00	£47,280.00
Management Accountant	13,010	£40,730.00	£44,005.00	£47,275.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Accounts Payable Manager	72	£41,200.00	£43,355.00	£45,515.00
Commercial Accountant	650	£38,420.00	£42,615.00	£46,820.00
Senior Accountant	3,934	£38,445.00	£42,165.00	£45,890.00
Accounts Senior	3,881	£38,435.00	£42,145.00	£45,860.00
Billing Manager	8	£38,125.00	£41,690.00	£45,250.00
Pricing Analyst	10	£37,250.00	£41,405.00	£45,565.00
Accountant	38,316	£38,305.00	£41,265.00	£44,235.00
Accounting	38,316	£38,305.00	£41,265.00	£44,235.00
Practice Accountant	2,640	£37,200.00	£41,185.00	£45,160.00
Service Charge Accountant	58	£36,615.00	£39,925.00	£43,240.00
Credit Control Manager	33	£38,050.00	£39,705.00	£41,355.00
Fraud	601	£38,845.00	£39,565.00	£40,280.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	19	£37,250.00	£39,250.00	£41,250.00
Payroll Specialist	285	£35,125.00	£37,235.00	£39,345.00
Payroll	4,281	£35,245.00	£37,210.00	£39,165.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	87	£33,600.00	£37,035.00	£40,475.00
Credit Control Supervisor	6	£34,000.00	£36,375.00	£38,750.00
Assistant Management Accountant	468	£33,480.00	£35,750.00	£38,020.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	15	£33,315.00	£35,500.00	£37,690.00
Senior Credit Controller	49	£33,430.00	£35,210.00	£36,995.00
Quality Auditor	15	£33,945.00	£34,845.00	£35,745.00
Payroll Supervisor	31	£31,790.00	£34,615.00	£37,440.00
Fraud Investigator	3	£32,875.00	£33,315.00	£33,750.00
Bookkeeper	1,394	£29,975.00	£32,330.00	£34,690.00
Accounts Receivable	403	£30,450.00	£32,160.00	£33,865.00
Legal Cashier	378	£29,945.00	£31,980.00	£34,010.00
AAT	126	£28,300.00	£31,700.00	£35,110.00
Accounts Payable	1,084	£29,925.00	£31,435.00	£32,945.00
Payroll Assistant	232	£29,255.00	£30,665.00	£32,080.00
Accounting Technician	120	£30,185.00	£30,575.00	£30,960.00
Assistant Accountant	3,039	£28,805.00	£30,570.00	£32,330.00
Accounts Assistant	3,036	£28,800.00	£30,565.00	£32,325.00
Accounting Assistant	3,035	£28,795.00	£30,560.00	£32,325.00
Credit Controller	1,802	£28,940.00	£30,185.00	£31,425.00
Payroll Clerk	33	£28,525.00	£29,920.00	£31,320.00
Payroll Administrator	775	£28,435.00	£29,735.00	£31,040.00
Accounting Coordinator	126	£28,275.00	£29,525.00	£30,770.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Sales Ledger	342	£28,415.00	£29,465.00	£30,515.00
Accounting Clerk	94	£28,420.00	£29,355.00	£30,285.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	110	£27,985.00	£28,975.00	£29,960.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	100	£27,455.00	£28,625.00	£29,800.00
Purchase Ledger	1,137	£27,435.00	£28,440.00	£29,450.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	351	£26,975.00	£28,010.00	£29,050.00
Accounts Administrator	398	£26,940.00	£27,810.00	£28,685.00
Trainee Accountant	91	£25,545.00	£27,195.00	£28,845.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00