Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 727,902 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	722,454	99.25 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,249	0.58 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,199	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 13,998 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 60,659 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	13,893	60,204
Contract	104	454

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

The busiest month for new contract Accounting Jobs is September, and the quietest month is March.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Accounting Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
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
March 2025	4,363

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	17	£137,000.00	£150,000.00	£163,000.00
Client Partner	55	£79,365.00	£90,540.00	£101,710.00
Tax Director	133	£74,665.00	£82,740.00	£90,815.00
Actuarial	41	£74,495.00	£80,880.00	£87,260.00
Group Financial Controller	102	£73,910.00	£78,415.00	£82,925.00
Pricing Manager	33	£74,200.00	£78,010.00	£81,820.00
Commercial Director	65	£69,460.00	£76,255.00	£83,045.00
Senior Audit Manager	75	£69,605.00	£73,855.00	£78,105.00
Internal Audit Manager	35	£66,315.00	£71,160.00	£76,010.00
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
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Financial Controller	1,976	£61,380.00	£64,915.00	£68,455.00
Financial Director	11	£56,800.00	£64,900.00	£73,000.00
Tax Manager	1,219	£56,590.00	£61,660.00	£66,730.00
ACA	85	£54,920.00	£60,645.00	£66,375.00
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	237	£56,100.00	£59,170.00	£62,250.00
Cost Controller	184	£53,525.00	£59,110.00	£64,685.00
Group Accountant	262	£55,280.00	£59,095.00	£62,900.00
Audit Manager	591	£54,790.00	£59,015.00	£63,250.00
Finance Business Partner	1,195	£56,360.00	£58,835.00	£61,305.00
Fund Accounting	22	£55,680.00	£58,635.00	£61,585.00
Treasury Accountant	2	£55,000.00	£55,750.00	£56,500.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Tax	4,241	£49,395.00	£54,405.00	£59,415.00
Tax Consultant	27	£50,030.00	£54,385.00	£58,735.00
Tax Advisor	111	£49,530.00	£54,070.00	£58,610.00
Financial Accountant	1,205	£50,655.00	£53,640.00	£56,635.00
Property Accountant	75	£50,100.00	£53,585.00	£57,075.00
Senior Auditor	43	£50,725.00	£53,290.00	£55,855.00
Assistant Financial Controller	17	£50,200.00	£53,175.00	£56,150.00
Project Accountant	469	£49,810.00	£51,890.00	£53,975.00
Qualified Accountant	457	£47,865.00	£51,480.00	£55,100.00
Cost Accounting	52	£48,405.00	£50,575.00	£52,745.00
Dealership Accountant	30	£47,495.00	£49,245.00	£50,990.00
Audit	4,460	£45,335.00	£48,875.00	£52,415.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£42,500.00	£48,750.00	£55,000.00
Tax Accountant	366	£44,375.00	£48,730.00	£53,090.00
Tax Accounting	366	£44,375.00	£48,730.00	£53,090.00
Senior Management Accountant	513	£45,620.00	£48,605.00	£51,590.00
CIMA	9	£45,475.00	£48,500.00	£51,540.00
Asset Finance	23	£45,770.00	£48,315.00	£50,855.00
Systems Accountant	80	£45,175.00	£48,255.00	£51,335.00
Payroll Manager	661	£45,160.00	£47,725.00	£50,290.00
ACCA	31	£43,820.00	£47,620.00	£51,415.00
VAT	526	£43,455.00	£47,075.00	£50,690.00
Company Accountant	98	£42,230.00	£45,985.00	£49,735.00
Auditor	319	£43,335.00	£45,980.00	£48,615.00
Fraud	323	£44,115.00	£44,960.00	£45,810.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Chartered Accountant	126	£40,285.00	£44,030.00	£47,775.00
Tax Assistant	183	£40,610.00	£43,930.00	£47,240.00
Audit Senior	1,004	£39,735.00	£43,365.00	£47,005.00
Accounts Payable Manager	48	£40,670.00	£42,545.00	£44,425.00
Management Accountant	10,069	£38,740.00	£41,775.00	£44,810.00
Accounts Manager	9,986	£38,725.00	£41,760.00	£44,785.00
Senior Accountant	2,623	£37,715.00	£41,235.00	£44,765.00
Accounts Senior	2,600	£37,715.00	£41,230.00	£44,750.00
Accounts Controller	16	£38,905.00	£41,105.00	£43,305.00
Commercial Accountant	471	£36,265.00	£40,855.00	£45,455.00
Practice Accountant	1,403	£36,190.00	£39,795.00	£43,400.00
Accountant	29,659	£36,910.00	£39,690.00	£42,475.00
Accounting	29,659	£36,910.00	£39,690.00	£42,475.00
Service Charge Accountant	60	£35,625.00	£39,265.00	£42,905.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	57	£35,370.00	£38,685.00	£42,005.00
Payroll Specialist	226	£35,945.00	£38,110.00	£40,270.00
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	3,520	£34,640.00	£36,545.00	£38,450.00
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
Assistant Management Accountant	405	£32,760.00	£34,985.00	£37,205.00
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	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	978	£29,660.00	£31,945.00	£34,225.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Accounts Receivable	307	£29,715.00	£31,210.00	£32,700.00
Accounts Payable	922	£29,475.00	£30,760.00	£32,050.00
AAT	94	£27,635.00	£30,520.00	£33,405.00
Legal Cashier	331	£28,405.00	£30,450.00	£32,485.00
Assistant Accountant	2,969	£28,740.00	£30,240.00	£31,745.00
Accounting Assistant	2,967	£28,730.00	£30,230.00	£31,735.00
Accounts Assistant	2,968	£28,735.00	£30,230.00	£31,735.00
Payroll Administrator	684	£28,440.00	£29,755.00	£31,070.00
Payroll Assistant	176	£28,505.00	£29,710.00	£30,920.00
Sales Ledger	285	£28,480.00	£29,645.00	£30,815.00
Accounting Technician	124	£28,945.00	£29,620.00	£30,300.00
Credit Controller	1,541	£28,480.00	£29,590.00	£30,700.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounting Coordinator	97	£28,345.00	£29,220.00	£30,095.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	94	£27,345.00	£28,660.00	£29,970.00
Accounting Clerk	97	£27,720.00	£28,475.00	£29,230.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	97	£27,530.00	£28,275.00	£29,020.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,038	£26,760.00	£27,755.00	£28,755.00
Accounts Administrator	346	£26,700.00	£27,590.00	£28,470.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	307	£26,360.00	£27,320.00	£28,275.00
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