Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 740,371 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	734,897	99.26 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,269	0.58 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,205	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,238 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 61,698 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,132	61,241
Contract	105	456

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

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: March 2026

Jobs listed

25,356

Up 155.1% vs last year

Average salary

£45,970.00

Up 8.6% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

Down 20.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£485.00

Up 1.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

Up 42.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£550.00

Up 6.2% 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
March 2026	25,356
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
April 2025	3,498

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	19	£136,665.00	£150,000.00	£163,335.00
Client Partner	62	£80,480.00	£91,780.00	£103,075.00
Tax Director	169	£74,285.00	£82,710.00	£91,135.00
Actuarial	58	£73,850.00	£79,825.00	£85,805.00
Group Financial Controller	118	£74,050.00	£78,615.00	£83,180.00
Pricing Manager	33	£74,200.00	£78,010.00	£81,820.00
Commercial Director	63	£68,765.00	£75,470.00	£82,175.00
Senior Audit Manager	80	£69,775.00	£74,115.00	£78,450.00
Internal Audit Manager	35	£66,315.00	£71,160.00	£76,010.00
Financial Director	15	£61,865.00	£70,415.00	£78,965.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Head of Accounts	10	£63,625.00	£65,875.00	£68,125.00
Financial Controller	2,180	£61,575.00	£65,155.00	£68,730.00
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Tax Manager	1,519	£56,840.00	£61,985.00	£67,130.00
ACA	96	£55,300.00	£60,850.00	£66,400.00
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
Internal Audit	251	£56,455.00	£59,495.00	£62,550.00
Audit Manager	711	£55,125.00	£59,360.00	£63,600.00
Group Accountant	285	£54,940.00	£58,685.00	£62,420.00
Fund Accounting	22	£55,680.00	£58,635.00	£61,585.00
Finance Business Partner	1,273	£55,800.00	£58,450.00	£61,100.00
Cost Controller	183	£53,025.00	£58,260.00	£63,485.00
Tax	5,038	£49,770.00	£54,805.00	£59,840.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Tax Consultant	30	£49,955.00	£54,480.00	£59,000.00
Financial Accountant	1,306	£51,300.00	£54,295.00	£57,300.00
Treasury Accountant	4	£53,250.00	£54,000.00	£54,750.00
Property Accountant	78	£50,385.00	£53,830.00	£57,270.00
Senior Auditor	43	£50,725.00	£53,290.00	£55,855.00
Tax Advisor	111	£48,485.00	£52,950.00	£57,420.00
Assistant Financial Controller	19	£49,450.00	£52,300.00	£55,150.00
Project Accountant	457	£49,905.00	£52,150.00	£54,400.00
Qualified Accountant	484	£47,510.00	£51,175.00	£54,835.00
Cost Accounting	54	£48,520.00	£50,755.00	£52,980.00
CIMA	25	£47,690.00	£50,650.00	£53,610.00
Tax Accountant	494	£46,140.00	£50,450.00	£54,755.00
Tax Accounting	494	£46,140.00	£50,450.00	£54,755.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£47,875.00	£49,610.00	£51,345.00
Audit	4,957	£45,365.00	£48,915.00	£52,470.00
Systems Accountant	90	£45,495.00	£48,860.00	£52,230.00
Senior Management Accountant	538	£45,920.00	£48,785.00	£51,645.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£42,500.00	£48,750.00	£55,000.00
Payroll Manager	674	£45,130.00	£47,610.00	£50,085.00
VAT	575	£43,630.00	£47,365.00	£51,095.00
Asset Finance	29	£44,520.00	£47,270.00	£50,025.00
ACCA	118	£43,185.00	£47,095.00	£51,005.00
Auditor	329	£43,570.00	£46,345.00	£49,115.00
Accounts Controller	18	£43,625.00	£46,135.00	£48,645.00
Company Accountant	103	£42,005.00	£45,740.00	£49,465.00
Fraud	352	£43,895.00	£44,715.00	£45,540.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Tax Assistant	238	£40,875.00	£44,225.00	£47,570.00
Chartered Accountant	150	£40,330.00	£44,050.00	£47,770.00
Audit Senior	1,176	£39,975.00	£43,905.00	£47,835.00
Accounts Payable Manager	53	£40,580.00	£42,545.00	£44,515.00
Management Accountant	10,821	£39,150.00	£42,285.00	£45,415.00
Accounts Manager	10,730	£39,135.00	£42,265.00	£45,390.00
Senior Accountant	2,860	£37,890.00	£41,395.00	£44,910.00
Accounts Senior	2,866	£37,885.00	£41,385.00	£44,890.00
Commercial Accountant	526	£36,585.00	£40,860.00	£45,140.00
Practice Accountant	1,646	£36,910.00	£40,550.00	£44,195.00
Accountant	31,913	£37,250.00	£39,995.00	£42,740.00
Accounting	31,913	£37,250.00	£39,995.00	£42,740.00
Service Charge Accountant	62	£35,625.00	£39,265.00	£42,905.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	59	£34,920.00	£38,300.00	£41,680.00
Payroll Specialist	228	£35,870.00	£38,060.00	£40,245.00
Payroll	3,626	£34,890.00	£36,830.00	£38,775.00
Credit Control Supervisor	4	£33,750.00	£36,690.00	£39,625.00
Credit Control Manager	24	£35,310.00	£36,615.00	£37,915.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	16	£33,000.00	£35,665.00	£38,335.00
Senior Credit Controller	39	£33,565.00	£35,245.00	£36,920.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	13	£32,915.00	£34,915.00	£36,915.00
Assistant Management Accountant	432	£32,630.00	£34,915.00	£37,195.00
Quality Auditor	12	£33,930.00	£34,680.00	£35,430.00
Billing Manager	4	£32,500.00	£34,625.00	£36,750.00
Payroll Supervisor	16	£31,585.00	£34,315.00	£37,040.00
Billing Analyst	2	£32,500.00	£33,750.00	£35,000.00
Fraud Investigator	3	£32,875.00	£33,315.00	£33,750.00
Bookkeeper	1,108	£29,890.00	£32,125.00	£34,350.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Accounts Receivable	319	£29,740.00	£31,290.00	£32,830.00
Legal Cashier	343	£28,775.00	£30,920.00	£33,055.00
Accounts Payable	951	£29,515.00	£30,820.00	£32,125.00
AAT	97	£27,605.00	£30,230.00	£32,850.00
Assistant Accountant	3,057	£28,540.00	£30,080.00	£31,620.00
Accounts Assistant	3,055	£28,535.00	£30,075.00	£31,615.00
Accounting Assistant	3,054	£28,530.00	£30,070.00	£31,615.00
Payroll Assistant	186	£28,715.00	£29,910.00	£31,105.00
Payroll Administrator	689	£28,530.00	£29,815.00	£31,100.00
Credit Controller	1,592	£28,575.00	£29,650.00	£30,720.00
Sales Ledger	303	£28,475.00	£29,650.00	£30,830.00
Accounting Technician	126	£28,945.00	£29,620.00	£30,300.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounting Coordinator	101	£28,530.00	£29,440.00	£30,345.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	94	£27,345.00	£28,660.00	£29,970.00
Accounting Clerk	99	£27,895.00	£28,650.00	£29,405.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	105	£27,630.00	£28,415.00	£29,200.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,071	£26,865.00	£27,885.00	£28,910.00
Accounts Administrator	353	£26,840.00	£27,740.00	£28,640.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	318	£26,355.00	£27,315.00	£28,280.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	4	£22,500.00	£25,500.00	£28,500.00
Trainee Accountant	93	£24,065.00	£25,490.00	£26,915.00