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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 836,235 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	830,244	99.28 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,667	0.56 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,324	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 16,081 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 69,686 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	15,965	69,186
Contract	115	499

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	63	£83,595.00	£88,970.00	£94,345.00
Client Partner	79	£71,380.00	£85,885.00	£100,385.00
Tax Director	327	£75,750.00	£85,835.00	£95,915.00
Commercial Director	106	£76,545.00	£84,035.00	£91,520.00
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	43	£74,915.00	£79,770.00	£84,615.00
Senior Audit Manager	123	£70,495.00	£75,275.00	£80,050.00
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	3,450	£60,925.00	£64,935.00	£68,950.00
Tax Manager	2,522	£56,115.00	£62,000.00	£67,890.00
Senior Internal Auditor	23	£59,815.00	£61,815.00	£63,815.00
Finance Business Partner	1,423	£57,230.00	£59,975.00	£62,710.00
Internal Audit	338	£56,045.00	£58,730.00	£61,415.00
Fraud Manager	24	£58,390.00	£58,390.00	£58,390.00
Audit Manager	942	£53,485.00	£57,910.00	£62,340.00
Fund Accounting	31	£54,435.00	£57,120.00	£59,805.00
ACA	175	£52,525.00	£57,005.00	£61,485.00
Cost Controller	179	£52,165.00	£56,725.00	£61,285.00
Group Accountant	343	£52,870.00	£56,585.00	£60,290.00
Head of Accounts	12	£51,875.00	£56,125.00	£60,375.00
Financial Accountant	1,711	£51,610.00	£54,865.00	£58,130.00
Tax Consultant	31	£50,460.00	£54,785.00	£59,110.00
Property Accountant	114	£49,740.00	£53,650.00	£57,555.00
Tax	8,255	£47,920.00	£53,185.00	£58,445.00
Project Accountant	401	£50,145.00	£53,085.00	£56,025.00
Senior Auditor	57	£49,915.00	£52,215.00	£54,510.00
Senior Management Accountant	775	£48,835.00	£52,130.00	£55,425.00
Systems Accountant	149	£48,915.00	£51,920.00	£54,925.00
Treasury Accountant	11	£49,940.00	£51,440.00	£52,940.00
Tax Advisor	120	£46,575.00	£51,280.00	£55,985.00
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	70	£46,435.00	£49,615.00	£52,795.00
Audit	7,295	£45,940.00	£49,390.00	£52,845.00
Compliance Auditor	82	£44,335.00	£49,335.00	£54,335.00
CIMA	50	£47,635.00	£48,925.00	£50,215.00
Qualified Accountant	740	£45,355.00	£48,870.00	£52,390.00
Tax Accountant	1,031	£43,870.00	£48,520.00	£53,160.00
Tax Accounting	1,031	£43,870.00	£48,520.00	£53,160.00
Auditor	503	£44,970.00	£47,935.00	£50,895.00
Payroll Manager	836	£45,690.00	£47,915.00	£50,140.00
Asset Finance	52	£39,240.00	£46,565.00	£53,895.00
Taxation	15	£43,830.00	£46,565.00	£49,295.00
VAT	1,051	£42,320.00	£46,245.00	£50,165.00
Chartered Accountant	239	£42,585.00	£46,135.00	£49,680.00
Company Accountant	106	£42,240.00	£46,025.00	£49,805.00
Dealership Accountant	38	£44,085.00	£45,955.00	£47,835.00
Tax Assistant	366	£41,100.00	£45,810.00	£50,515.00
ACCA	408	£41,115.00	£45,460.00	£49,805.00
Audit Senior	1,974	£41,270.00	£45,160.00	£49,050.00
Management Accountant	14,568	£40,725.00	£44,090.00	£47,455.00
Accounts Manager	14,762	£40,705.00	£44,060.00	£47,420.00
Accounts Controller	44	£41,305.00	£43,635.00	£45,965.00
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	4,240	£38,940.00	£42,820.00	£46,690.00
Accounts Senior	4,255	£38,935.00	£42,795.00	£46,645.00
Commercial Accountant	735	£38,225.00	£42,750.00	£47,280.00
Accounts Payable Manager	78	£40,590.00	£42,600.00	£44,605.00
Payroll Consultant	8	£36,875.00	£42,190.00	£47,500.00
Accountant	42,887	£38,735.00	£41,835.00	£44,935.00
Accounting	42,887	£38,735.00	£41,835.00	£44,935.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	17	£40,000.00	£41,665.00	£43,335.00
Practice Accountant	3,192	£37,395.00	£41,565.00	£45,730.00
Pricing Analyst	10	£37,250.00	£41,405.00	£45,565.00
Service Charge Accountant	68	£36,555.00	£40,200.00	£43,850.00
Credit Control Manager	29	£37,975.00	£39,965.00	£41,955.00
Fraud	732	£37,360.00	£38,420.00	£39,475.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	114	£33,595.00	£37,070.00	£40,540.00
Payroll Specialist	293	£34,865.00	£36,935.00	£39,005.00
Payroll	4,786	£34,420.00	£36,350.00	£38,275.00
Assistant Management Accountant	571	£33,315.00	£35,800.00	£38,280.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	15	£33,315.00	£35,500.00	£37,690.00
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	39	£32,975.00	£33,655.00	£34,345.00
Legal Cashier	382	£30,910.00	£32,945.00	£34,975.00
Bookkeeper	1,646	£30,250.00	£32,605.00	£34,950.00
Accounts Receivable	456	£30,685.00	£32,370.00	£34,055.00
Accounts Payable	1,257	£30,350.00	£31,880.00	£33,410.00
AAT	160	£28,395.00	£31,625.00	£34,865.00
Accounting Technician	112	£29,960.00	£30,950.00	£31,945.00
Credit Controller	1,951	£29,360.00	£30,640.00	£31,920.00
Payroll Assistant	246	£28,985.00	£30,625.00	£32,270.00
Assistant Accountant	3,424	£28,805.00	£30,585.00	£32,355.00
Accounting Assistant	3,420	£28,795.00	£30,575.00	£32,350.00
Accounts Assistant	3,421	£28,800.00	£30,575.00	£32,350.00
Fraud Investigator	10	£29,025.00	£30,265.00	£31,500.00
Payroll Clerk	54	£28,490.00	£29,970.00	£31,455.00
Sales Ledger	466	£28,725.00	£29,965.00	£31,210.00
Payroll Administrator	922	£28,375.00	£29,795.00	£31,215.00
Accounting Coordinator	130	£28,440.00	£29,725.00	£31,010.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounting Clerk	98	£28,320.00	£29,260.00	£30,200.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	126	£27,870.00	£28,985.00	£30,100.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	133	£27,810.00	£28,880.00	£29,950.00
Purchase Ledger	1,281	£27,635.00	£28,705.00	£29,780.00
Accounts Administrator	503	£27,320.00	£28,385.00	£29,450.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	374	£27,255.00	£28,305.00	£29,355.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Trainee Accountant	93	£25,775.00	£27,470.00	£29,160.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00