Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 753,426 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	747,921	99.27 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,293	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,212	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,489 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 62,786 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,383	62,327
Contract	105	458

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

25,701

Up 158.6% vs last year

Average salary

£45,950.00

Up 8.5% 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	25,701
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
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	72	£81,480.00	£93,430.00	£105,375.00
Tax Director	217	£74,590.00	£83,040.00	£91,485.00
Actuarial	58	£73,850.00	£79,825.00	£85,805.00
Group Financial Controller	134	£73,870.00	£78,730.00	£83,595.00
Commercial Director	65	£70,570.00	£77,920.00	£85,265.00
Pricing Manager	39	£73,440.00	£77,295.00	£81,150.00
Senior Audit Manager	87	£69,885.00	£74,240.00	£78,590.00
Internal Audit Manager	40	£65,775.00	£70,470.00	£75,165.00
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	2,401	£61,880.00	£65,570.00	£69,255.00
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	1,777	£57,115.00	£62,275.00	£67,440.00
ACA	111	£55,575.00	£60,925.00	£66,270.00
Internal Audit	269	£57,695.00	£60,810.00	£63,940.00
Fund Accounting	25	£57,235.00	£60,530.00	£63,820.00
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
Audit Manager	782	£55,195.00	£59,385.00	£63,575.00
Group Accountant	308	£55,240.00	£59,050.00	£62,850.00
Finance Business Partner	1,354	£56,080.00	£58,705.00	£61,320.00
Cost Controller	189	£53,015.00	£57,550.00	£62,070.00
Tax	5,825	£50,050.00	£55,290.00	£60,525.00
Financial Accountant	1,416	£52,000.00	£55,055.00	£58,120.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Property Accountant	95	£51,005.00	£54,420.00	£57,830.00
Treasury Accountant	4	£53,250.00	£54,000.00	£54,750.00
Tax Consultant	34	£49,145.00	£53,905.00	£58,665.00
Senior Auditor	47	£51,340.00	£53,785.00	£56,230.00
Assistant Financial Controller	19	£49,450.00	£52,300.00	£55,150.00
Tax Advisor	117	£47,030.00	£51,975.00	£56,920.00
Qualified Accountant	546	£47,555.00	£51,290.00	£55,030.00
Cost Accounting	58	£49,020.00	£51,285.00	£53,545.00
Project Accountant	472	£48,565.00	£51,020.00	£53,485.00
Tax Accountant	706	£45,910.00	£50,195.00	£54,480.00
Tax Accounting	706	£45,910.00	£50,195.00	£54,480.00
Senior Management Accountant	567	£46,585.00	£49,645.00	£52,705.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£47,875.00	£49,610.00	£51,345.00
Systems Accountant	96	£46,270.00	£49,425.00	£52,580.00
Audit	5,638	£45,315.00	£48,920.00	£52,530.00
VAT	635	£44,050.00	£47,840.00	£51,635.00
Asset Finance	34	£43,365.00	£47,690.00	£52,020.00
Payroll Manager	727	£44,890.00	£47,375.00	£49,865.00
CIMA	52	£45,100.00	£47,320.00	£49,540.00
ACCA	326	£42,655.00	£46,745.00	£50,840.00
Auditor	356	£43,415.00	£46,295.00	£49,165.00
Accounts Controller	22	£43,440.00	£46,175.00	£48,915.00
Company Accountant	109	£42,050.00	£45,670.00	£49,285.00
Tax Assistant	252	£41,175.00	£44,635.00	£48,090.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Chartered Accountant	160	£40,305.00	£44,025.00	£47,750.00
Audit Senior	1,466	£39,795.00	£43,725.00	£47,650.00
Fraud	388	£42,650.00	£43,445.00	£44,240.00
Management Accountant	11,457	£39,545.00	£42,990.00	£46,425.00
Accounts Manager	11,408	£39,450.00	£42,855.00	£46,260.00
Accounts Payable Manager	61	£40,940.00	£42,835.00	£44,735.00
Practice Accountant	2,015	£37,790.00	£41,940.00	£46,090.00
Accounts Senior	3,232	£38,105.00	£41,555.00	£45,015.00
Senior Accountant	3,279	£37,945.00	£41,425.00	£44,910.00
Commercial Accountant	553	£37,030.00	£41,030.00	£45,040.00
Accountant	34,101	£37,215.00	£40,100.00	£42,980.00
Accounting	34,101	£37,215.00	£40,100.00	£42,980.00
Billing Manager	6	£36,250.00	£39,815.00	£43,375.00
Service Charge Accountant	64	£35,315.00	£39,090.00	£42,865.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	65	£34,935.00	£38,165.00	£41,395.00
Payroll Specialist	243	£35,885.00	£37,975.00	£40,065.00
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
Payroll	3,834	£34,580.00	£36,455.00	£38,330.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	16	£33,000.00	£35,665.00	£38,335.00
Senior Credit Controller	45	£33,470.00	£35,270.00	£37,065.00
Assistant Management Accountant	461	£32,745.00	£35,030.00	£37,315.00
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	26	£31,150.00	£33,690.00	£36,225.00
Fraud Investigator	3	£32,875.00	£33,315.00	£33,750.00
Bookkeeper	1,201	£30,575.00	£32,885.00	£35,190.00
Accounts Receivable	328	£30,130.00	£31,725.00	£33,315.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Legal Cashier	340	£29,485.00	£31,655.00	£33,820.00
Accounts Payable	989	£29,825.00	£31,165.00	£32,510.00
AAT	99	£27,645.00	£30,430.00	£33,215.00
Accounting Coordinator	106	£28,695.00	£30,060.00	£31,415.00
Assistant Accountant	3,144	£28,480.00	£30,035.00	£31,585.00
Accounting Assistant	3,141	£28,470.00	£30,025.00	£31,580.00
Accounts Assistant	3,142	£28,475.00	£30,025.00	£31,580.00
Payroll Administrator	717	£28,630.00	£29,875.00	£31,125.00
Accounting Technician	125	£29,485.00	£29,850.00	£30,215.00
Payroll Assistant	192	£28,665.00	£29,840.00	£31,010.00
Credit Controller	1,640	£28,740.00	£29,810.00	£30,875.00
Sales Ledger	307	£28,500.00	£29,720.00	£30,940.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	98	£27,460.00	£28,735.00	£30,005.00
Accounting Clerk	97	£27,935.00	£28,635.00	£29,335.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	114	£27,800.00	£28,605.00	£29,410.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,121	£27,070.00	£28,065.00	£29,070.00
Accounts Administrator	368	£26,980.00	£27,895.00	£28,805.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	329	£26,545.00	£27,470.00	£28,390.00
Trainee Accountant	93	£24,065.00	£25,490.00	£26,915.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00