Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 763,799 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	758,227	99.27 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,348	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,224	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,688 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 63,650 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,580	63,185
Contract	107	464

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	23	£130,970.00	£144,375.00	£157,780.00
Client Partner	77	£81,750.00	£93,580.00	£105,405.00
Tax Director	249	£74,845.00	£83,440.00	£92,030.00
Actuarial	58	£73,850.00	£79,825.00	£85,805.00
Group Financial Controller	148	£74,105.00	£78,865.00	£83,620.00
Commercial Director	79	£70,665.00	£77,375.00	£84,085.00
Pricing Manager	45	£72,330.00	£76,300.00	£80,275.00
Senior Audit Manager	97	£70,010.00	£74,360.00	£78,705.00
Internal Audit Manager	44	£65,805.00	£70,555.00	£75,300.00
Financial Director	17	£61,555.00	£69,095.00	£76,640.00
Financial Controller	2,608	£63,165.00	£66,825.00	£70,485.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
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	1,974	£56,705.00	£61,875.00	£67,055.00
ACA	123	£55,395.00	£60,675.00	£65,955.00
Internal Audit	280	£56,740.00	£59,970.00	£63,210.00
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
Fund Accounting	27	£56,190.00	£59,385.00	£62,570.00
Group Accountant	323	£55,340.00	£59,135.00	£62,925.00
Audit Manager	846	£54,550.00	£58,880.00	£63,215.00
Finance Business Partner	1,439	£55,980.00	£58,715.00	£61,445.00
Cost Controller	193	£53,445.00	£58,330.00	£63,205.00
Tax	6,560	£49,845.00	£55,035.00	£60,215.00
Financial Accountant	1,524	£51,900.00	£54,960.00	£58,025.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Property Accountant	99	£51,090.00	£54,490.00	£57,885.00
Tax Consultant	35	£49,485.00	£54,160.00	£58,835.00
Senior Auditor	51	£51,385.00	£53,810.00	£56,235.00
Project Accountant	485	£49,800.00	£52,375.00	£54,960.00
Assistant Financial Controller	19	£49,450.00	£52,300.00	£55,150.00
Treasury Accountant	6	£51,125.00	£52,250.00	£53,375.00
Tax Advisor	127	£47,335.00	£52,165.00	£57,000.00
Qualified Accountant	603	£47,565.00	£51,260.00	£54,960.00
Cost Accounting	63	£48,810.00	£51,130.00	£53,445.00
Tax Accountant	806	£45,920.00	£50,325.00	£54,725.00
Tax Accounting	806	£45,920.00	£50,325.00	£54,725.00
Compliance Auditor	16	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Senior Management Accountant	630	£46,675.00	£49,645.00	£52,615.00
Audit	5,993	£45,825.00	£49,475.00	£53,120.00
Dealership Accountant	33	£47,390.00	£49,285.00	£51,180.00
Systems Accountant	104	£46,020.00	£49,265.00	£52,505.00
Payroll Manager	745	£45,270.00	£47,770.00	£50,275.00
VAT	734	£43,485.00	£47,515.00	£51,540.00
CIMA	52	£45,100.00	£47,320.00	£49,540.00
Asset Finance	37	£43,115.00	£47,230.00	£51,355.00
ACCA	333	£42,655.00	£46,745.00	£50,840.00
Auditor	387	£43,750.00	£46,600.00	£49,450.00
Company Accountant	111	£42,390.00	£46,070.00	£49,740.00
Accounts Controller	27	£43,125.00	£45,730.00	£48,330.00
Tax Assistant	297	£41,295.00	£44,705.00	£48,115.00
Chartered Accountant	178	£40,280.00	£44,005.00	£47,725.00
Audit Senior	1,596	£39,925.00	£43,835.00	£47,750.00
Fraud	441	£42,605.00	£43,520.00	£44,430.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Accounts Payable Manager	68	£40,970.00	£42,895.00	£44,815.00
Management Accountant	12,116	£39,055.00	£42,255.00	£45,450.00
Accounts Manager	11,974	£39,035.00	£42,230.00	£45,425.00
Senior Accountant	3,504	£37,865.00	£41,430.00	£45,000.00
Accounts Senior	3,448	£37,865.00	£41,420.00	£44,980.00
Commercial Accountant	595	£36,980.00	£41,055.00	£45,140.00
Practice Accountant	2,182	£37,100.00	£41,045.00	£44,995.00
Accountant	35,766	£37,205.00	£40,040.00	£42,875.00
Accounting	35,766	£37,205.00	£40,040.00	£42,875.00
Service Charge Accountant	66	£36,265.00	£39,840.00	£43,415.00
Billing Manager	6	£36,250.00	£39,815.00	£43,375.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	73	£34,765.00	£38,055.00	£41,355.00
Payroll Specialist	252	£35,855.00	£37,995.00	£40,130.00
Credit Control Manager	30	£35,980.00	£37,455.00	£38,930.00
Payroll	3,975	£34,890.00	£36,785.00	£38,680.00
Credit Control Supervisor	4	£33,750.00	£36,690.00	£39,625.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	16	£33,000.00	£35,665.00	£38,335.00
Senior Credit Controller	47	£33,465.00	£35,195.00	£36,930.00
Assistant Management Accountant	479	£32,815.00	£35,155.00	£37,490.00
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	29	£31,150.00	£33,690.00	£36,225.00
Fraud Investigator	3	£32,875.00	£33,315.00	£33,750.00
Bookkeeper	1,261	£30,390.00	£32,675.00	£34,950.00
Accounts Receivable	345	£30,155.00	£31,765.00	£33,370.00
Legal Cashier	367	£29,365.00	£31,535.00	£33,695.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£27,000.00	£31,000.00	£35,000.00
Accounts Payable	1,014	£29,610.00	£30,990.00	£32,370.00
Payroll Clerk	13	£28,795.00	£30,770.00	£32,750.00
AAT	104	£27,660.00	£30,460.00	£33,260.00
Assistant Accountant	3,175	£28,575.00	£30,210.00	£31,845.00
Accounts Assistant	3,173	£28,570.00	£30,205.00	£31,840.00
Accounting Assistant	3,172	£28,565.00	£30,200.00	£31,840.00
Payroll Administrator	744	£28,660.00	£29,960.00	£31,260.00
Accounting Technician	128	£29,485.00	£29,830.00	£30,175.00
Credit Controller	1,706	£28,680.00	£29,815.00	£30,950.00
Accounting Coordinator	113	£28,560.00	£29,770.00	£30,970.00
Payroll Assistant	196	£28,470.00	£29,625.00	£30,785.00
Sales Ledger	314	£28,450.00	£29,570.00	£30,685.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	101	£27,440.00	£28,720.00	£29,995.00
Accounting Clerk	97	£27,935.00	£28,635.00	£29,335.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	117	£27,780.00	£28,605.00	£29,425.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,148	£27,110.00	£28,105.00	£29,115.00
Accounts Administrator	367	£27,020.00	£27,905.00	£28,785.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	342	£26,450.00	£27,410.00	£28,370.00
Trainee Accountant	98	£24,515.00	£25,980.00	£27,445.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00