Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 745,155 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	739,673	99.26 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,275	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,207	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,330 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 62,096 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,224	61,639
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

25,701

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	67	£83,270.00	£95,810.00	£108,350.00
Tax Director	190	£73,870.00	£82,390.00	£90,905.00
Actuarial	58	£73,850.00	£79,825.00	£85,805.00
Group Financial Controller	124	£74,130.00	£78,835.00	£83,540.00
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	85	£69,975.00	£74,285.00	£78,590.00
Internal Audit Manager	38	£66,775.00	£71,330.00	£75,885.00
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	2,261	£61,510.00	£65,200.00	£68,885.00
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	1,614	£57,095.00	£62,225.00	£67,355.00
ACA	103	£55,275.00	£60,660.00	£66,045.00
Fund Accounting	25	£57,235.00	£60,530.00	£63,820.00
Internal Audit	263	£57,495.00	£60,495.00	£63,510.00
Audit Manager	738	£55,885.00	£59,985.00	£64,090.00
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
Group Accountant	293	£55,570.00	£59,335.00	£63,095.00
Cost Controller	187	£53,430.00	£58,420.00	£63,395.00
Finance Business Partner	1,306	£55,735.00	£58,380.00	£61,015.00
Tax	5,417	£49,880.00	£55,105.00	£60,330.00
Tax Consultant	31	£50,515.00	£54,925.00	£59,335.00
Property Accountant	87	£51,155.00	£54,600.00	£58,050.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Financial Accountant	1,357	£51,560.00	£54,485.00	£57,420.00
Treasury Accountant	4	£53,250.00	£54,000.00	£54,750.00
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	113	£47,585.00	£52,185.00	£56,790.00
Qualified Accountant	514	£48,555.00	£52,125.00	£55,695.00
Cost Accounting	58	£49,020.00	£51,285.00	£53,545.00
Project Accountant	474	£48,760.00	£51,215.00	£53,680.00
Tax Accountant	581	£45,660.00	£50,025.00	£54,400.00
Tax Accounting	581	£45,660.00	£50,025.00	£54,400.00
Systems Accountant	98	£46,810.00	£49,920.00	£53,025.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£47,875.00	£49,610.00	£51,345.00
Senior Management Accountant	560	£46,155.00	£49,035.00	£51,920.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£42,500.00	£48,750.00	£55,000.00
Payroll Manager	698	£46,265.00	£48,735.00	£51,210.00
Audit	5,199	£44,975.00	£48,635.00	£52,290.00
VAT	612	£44,130.00	£47,765.00	£51,400.00
Asset Finance	29	£44,520.00	£47,270.00	£50,025.00
ACCA	188	£42,655.00	£46,745.00	£50,840.00
Accounts Controller	20	£43,440.00	£46,280.00	£49,120.00
Company Accountant	109	£42,050.00	£45,670.00	£49,285.00
Auditor	341	£42,525.00	£45,490.00	£48,450.00
Tax Assistant	245	£41,250.00	£44,750.00	£48,245.00
CIMA	37	£42,270.00	£44,490.00	£46,705.00
Chartered Accountant	156	£40,930.00	£44,340.00	£47,750.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Audit Senior	1,278	£39,595.00	£43,525.00	£47,460.00
Management Accountant	11,054	£39,975.00	£43,255.00	£46,530.00
Accounts Manager	10,963	£39,960.00	£43,235.00	£46,510.00
Fraud	368	£42,185.00	£42,915.00	£43,645.00
Accounts Payable Manager	57	£40,770.00	£42,670.00	£44,565.00
Practice Accountant	1,777	£37,960.00	£42,465.00	£46,975.00
Senior Accountant	3,034	£37,705.00	£41,240.00	£44,780.00
Accounts Senior	3,007	£37,705.00	£41,230.00	£44,760.00
Commercial Accountant	530	£36,720.00	£40,875.00	£45,035.00
Accountant	32,717	£37,460.00	£40,375.00	£43,295.00
Accounting	32,717	£37,460.00	£40,375.00	£43,295.00
Service Charge Accountant	64	£35,315.00	£39,090.00	£42,865.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	63	£35,275.00	£38,545.00	£41,815.00
Payroll Specialist	238	£36,200.00	£38,195.00	£40,185.00
Payroll	3,734	£35,045.00	£36,950.00	£38,855.00
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	43	£33,610.00	£35,385.00	£37,150.00
Assistant Management Accountant	434	£32,505.00	£34,920.00	£37,335.00
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 Manager	4	£32,500.00	£34,625.00	£36,750.00
Payroll Supervisor	20	£31,440.00	£33,990.00	£36,530.00
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	1,170	£30,700.00	£32,830.00	£34,960.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Accounts Receivable	325	£29,955.00	£31,535.00	£33,110.00
Legal Cashier	343	£28,950.00	£31,050.00	£33,140.00
Accounts Payable	970	£29,620.00	£30,940.00	£32,260.00
AAT	99	£27,645.00	£30,430.00	£33,215.00
Assistant Accountant	3,070	£28,500.00	£30,140.00	£31,780.00
Accounting Assistant	3,067	£28,495.00	£30,135.00	£31,775.00
Accounts Assistant	3,068	£28,500.00	£30,135.00	£31,775.00
Accounting Coordinator	103	£28,695.00	£30,060.00	£31,415.00
Credit Controller	1,615	£28,785.00	£29,925.00	£31,060.00
Payroll Assistant	188	£28,710.00	£29,900.00	£31,085.00
Sales Ledger	309	£28,600.00	£29,875.00	£31,150.00
Accounting Technician	129	£29,180.00	£29,840.00	£30,505.00
Payroll Administrator	707	£28,525.00	£29,765.00	£31,015.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	94	£27,345.00	£28,660.00	£29,970.00
Accounting Clerk	97	£27,935.00	£28,635.00	£29,335.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	111	£27,480.00	£28,285.00	£29,090.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,098	£26,955.00	£27,970.00	£28,995.00
Accounts Administrator	355	£26,870.00	£27,810.00	£28,745.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	327	£26,505.00	£27,425.00	£28,350.00
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