Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 765,734 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	760,149	99.27 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,361	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,224	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,726 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 63,811 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,618	63,345
Contract	107	465

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 June.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

24,156

Up 106.2% vs last year

Average salary

£47,605.00

Up 11.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

Up 15.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 10.9% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

Up 32.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Down 1.0% 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
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
June 2025	8,397
May 2025	5,921

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	23	£130,970.00	£144,375.00	£157,780.00
Client Partner	77	£81,750.00	£93,580.00	£105,405.00
Actuarial	59	£78,910.00	£84,960.00	£91,015.00
Tax Director	251	£74,905.00	£83,485.00	£92,060.00
Group Financial Controller	150	£74,200.00	£78,975.00	£83,750.00
Commercial Director	79	£70,665.00	£77,375.00	£84,085.00
Pricing Manager	45	£72,330.00	£76,300.00	£80,275.00
Senior Audit Manager	97	£70,010.00	£74,360.00	£78,705.00
Internal Audit Manager	44	£65,805.00	£70,555.00	£75,300.00
Financial Director	17	£61,555.00	£69,095.00	£76,640.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Financial Controller	2,638	£61,860.00	£65,515.00	£69,170.00
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Head of Accounts	12	£61,900.00	£64,500.00	£67,100.00
Tax Manager	2,007	£55,985.00	£61,065.00	£66,150.00
ACA	126	£55,375.00	£60,670.00	£65,960.00
Senior Internal Auditor	18	£57,690.00	£59,670.00	£61,655.00
Financial Consultant	6	£54,500.00	£59,625.00	£64,750.00
Fund Accounting	27	£56,190.00	£59,385.00	£62,570.00
Internal Audit	280	£55,895.00	£59,205.00	£62,525.00
Group Accountant	325	£55,300.00	£59,110.00	£62,915.00
Cost Controller	192	£53,925.00	£58,735.00	£63,535.00
Finance Business Partner	1,453	£55,910.00	£58,620.00	£61,325.00
Audit Manager	858	£53,800.00	£58,170.00	£62,545.00
Financial Accountant	1,536	£51,875.00	£54,685.00	£57,510.00
Property Accountant	99	£51,090.00	£54,490.00	£57,885.00
Tax	6,643	£49,140.00	£54,235.00	£59,320.00
Tax Consultant	35	£49,485.00	£54,160.00	£58,835.00
Senior Auditor	51	£51,385.00	£53,810.00	£56,235.00
Assistant Financial Controller	19	£49,450.00	£52,300.00	£55,150.00
Treasury Accountant	6	£51,125.00	£52,250.00	£53,375.00
Tax Advisor	129	£47,395.00	£52,185.00	£56,985.00
Project Accountant	506	£49,675.00	£52,075.00	£54,480.00
Taxation	11	£49,625.00	£52,065.00	£54,500.00
Qualified Accountant	611	£47,560.00	£51,265.00	£54,970.00
Cost Accounting	63	£48,810.00	£51,130.00	£53,445.00
Compliance Auditor	22	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Tax Accountant	820	£45,485.00	£49,830.00	£54,180.00
Tax Accounting	820	£45,485.00	£49,830.00	£54,180.00
Senior Management Accountant	637	£46,495.00	£49,810.00	£53,130.00
Systems Accountant	110	£46,540.00	£49,490.00	£52,440.00
Dealership Accountant	33	£47,390.00	£49,285.00	£51,180.00
Audit	6,038	£44,810.00	£48,360.00	£51,915.00
Payroll Manager	746	£45,055.00	£47,595.00	£50,135.00
VAT	736	£43,440.00	£47,465.00	£51,490.00
CIMA	52	£45,100.00	£47,320.00	£49,540.00
Asset Finance	37	£43,115.00	£47,230.00	£51,355.00
Auditor	394	£43,810.00	£46,790.00	£49,775.00
ACCA	333	£42,655.00	£46,745.00	£50,840.00
Company Accountant	111	£42,390.00	£46,070.00	£49,740.00
Accounts Controller	27	£43,125.00	£45,730.00	£48,330.00
Audit Senior	1,613	£41,125.00	£44,950.00	£48,780.00
Chartered Accountant	180	£41,180.00	£44,620.00	£48,055.00
Tax Assistant	304	£40,770.00	£44,070.00	£47,370.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Management Accountant	12,226	£39,650.00	£42,935.00	£46,210.00
Accounts Manager	12,084	£39,635.00	£42,910.00	£46,185.00
Accounts Payable Manager	68	£40,970.00	£42,895.00	£44,815.00
Pricing Analyst	6	£36,750.00	£42,440.00	£48,125.00
Senior Accountant	3,536	£38,310.00	£41,910.00	£45,515.00
Accounts Senior	3,480	£38,310.00	£41,900.00	£45,490.00
Fraud	479	£41,025.00	£41,890.00	£42,760.00
Billing Manager	8	£38,125.00	£41,690.00	£45,250.00
Practice Accountant	2,214	£37,435.00	£41,365.00	£45,300.00
Commercial Accountant	599	£37,210.00	£41,240.00	£45,280.00
Accountant	36,119	£37,625.00	£40,350.00	£43,075.00
Accounting	36,119	£37,625.00	£40,350.00	£43,075.00
Service Charge Accountant	69	£37,055.00	£40,305.00	£43,560.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	73	£34,765.00	£38,055.00	£41,355.00
Payroll Specialist	252	£35,855.00	£37,995.00	£40,130.00
Credit Control Manager	30	£35,980.00	£37,455.00	£38,930.00
Credit Control Supervisor	4	£33,750.00	£36,690.00	£39,625.00
Payroll	3,993	£34,570.00	£36,400.00	£38,225.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	16	£33,000.00	£35,665.00	£38,335.00
Senior Credit Controller	47	£33,465.00	£35,195.00	£36,930.00
Assistant Management Accountant	482	£32,860.00	£35,175.00	£37,480.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	13	£32,915.00	£34,915.00	£36,915.00
Quality Auditor	12	£33,930.00	£34,680.00	£35,430.00
Billing Analyst	2	£32,500.00	£33,750.00	£35,000.00
Payroll Supervisor	29	£31,150.00	£33,690.00	£36,225.00
Fraud Investigator	3	£32,875.00	£33,315.00	£33,750.00
Bookkeeper	1,266	£30,735.00	£32,865.00	£34,990.00
Accounts Receivable	345	£30,155.00	£31,765.00	£33,370.00
Legal Cashier	373	£29,625.00	£31,750.00	£33,865.00
Accounts Payable	1,020	£29,340.00	£30,770.00	£32,200.00
Payroll Clerk	13	£28,795.00	£30,770.00	£32,750.00
AAT	104	£27,660.00	£30,460.00	£33,260.00
Assistant Accountant	3,189	£28,615.00	£30,180.00	£31,740.00
Accounts Assistant	3,187	£28,610.00	£30,175.00	£31,735.00
Accounting Assistant	3,186	£28,605.00	£30,170.00	£31,735.00
Payroll Administrator	747	£28,765.00	£30,155.00	£31,550.00
Payroll Assistant	203	£28,960.00	£30,045.00	£31,130.00
Accounting Technician	128	£29,485.00	£29,830.00	£30,175.00
Credit Controller	1,710	£28,595.00	£29,740.00	£30,880.00
Accounting Coordinator	116	£28,530.00	£29,695.00	£30,860.00
Sales Ledger	316	£28,460.00	£29,565.00	£30,665.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounting Clerk	97	£27,935.00	£28,635.00	£29,335.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	99	£27,325.00	£28,615.00	£29,905.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	117	£27,780.00	£28,605.00	£29,425.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Accounts Administrator	371	£27,080.00	£28,050.00	£29,020.00
Purchase Ledger	1,153	£26,980.00	£28,030.00	£29,090.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	342	£26,450.00	£27,410.00	£28,370.00
Trainee Accountant	100	£24,360.00	£25,825.00	£27,285.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00