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Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Accounting is a critical function in every business, and skilled accounting professionals are in high demand in the UK job market. With the increasing complexity of financial regulations and the growing importance of data-driven decision making, the demand for accounting professionals with advanced skills and qualifications has risen significantly. As…

Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 790,656 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	784,868	99.27 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,530	0.57 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,258	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 15,205 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 65,888 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	15,093	65,405
Contract	111	482

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

14,232

Up 2.5% vs last year

Average salary

£45,870.00

Up 4.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 8.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Up 4.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

Up 73.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Down 0.8% 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
June 2026	14,232
May 2026	11,238
April 2026	24,156
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

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	21	£123,470.00	£136,040.00	£148,615.00
Client Partner	79	£77,155.00	£90,945.00	£104,730.00
Actuarial	59	£83,005.00	£89,530.00	£96,055.00
Tax Director	302	£77,175.00	£86,835.00	£96,495.00
Group Financial Controller	149	£74,955.00	£79,900.00	£84,850.00
Commercial Director	75	£70,120.00	£77,125.00	£84,125.00
Pricing Manager	45	£72,765.00	£76,645.00	£80,515.00
Senior Audit Manager	127	£72,120.00	£76,430.00	£80,740.00
Financial Director	14	£64,865.00	£73,415.00	£81,965.00
Internal Audit Manager	31	£67,500.00	£71,270.00	£75,030.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Financial Controller	2,905	£61,420.00	£65,490.00	£69,560.00
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Tax Manager	2,243	£56,690.00	£62,050.00	£67,415.00
Head of Accounts	10	£58,000.00	£61,065.00	£64,125.00
Senior Internal Auditor	24	£59,255.00	£60,800.00	£62,350.00
Internal Audit	339	£57,090.00	£59,800.00	£62,515.00
Finance Business Partner	1,448	£56,895.00	£59,575.00	£62,255.00
ACA	147	£54,210.00	£59,250.00	£64,290.00
Group Accountant	324	£55,325.00	£59,100.00	£62,870.00
Audit Manager	923	£54,835.00	£58,950.00	£63,075.00
Fund Accounting	35	£55,115.00	£57,990.00	£60,865.00
Cost Controller	165	£52,645.00	£57,600.00	£62,550.00
Tax Consultant	35	£51,285.00	£55,895.00	£60,500.00
Senior Auditor	60	£53,360.00	£55,455.00	£57,555.00
Financial Accountant	1,605	£52,265.00	£55,325.00	£58,405.00
Assistant Financial Controller	15	£51,050.00	£54,700.00	£58,350.00
Tax	7,485	£49,165.00	£54,360.00	£59,555.00
Project Accountant	407	£50,965.00	£53,635.00	£56,310.00
Property Accountant	109	£49,740.00	£52,970.00	£56,195.00
Systems Accountant	123	£49,195.00	£52,530.00	£55,860.00
Financial Consultant	4	£46,500.00	£51,750.00	£57,000.00
Treasury Accountant	11	£49,940.00	£51,440.00	£52,940.00
Tax Advisor	131	£46,145.00	£50,970.00	£55,800.00
Cost Accounting	67	£47,835.00	£50,765.00	£53,695.00
Senior Management Accountant	706	£47,530.00	£50,735.00	£53,940.00
Qualified Accountant	688	£46,800.00	£50,330.00	£53,860.00
Compliance Auditor	55	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Audit	6,677	£45,980.00	£49,525.00	£53,070.00
Dealership Accountant	30	£47,555.00	£49,415.00	£51,275.00
Auditor	464	£46,175.00	£49,125.00	£52,075.00
CIMA	50	£47,635.00	£48,925.00	£50,215.00
Tax Accountant	878	£44,525.00	£48,815.00	£53,095.00
Tax Accounting	878	£44,525.00	£48,815.00	£53,095.00
Taxation	8	£46,165.00	£48,585.00	£51,000.00
Payroll Manager	786	£45,710.00	£48,210.00	£50,715.00
VAT	867	£43,890.00	£47,675.00	£51,465.00
Accounts Controller	29	£44,745.00	£46,895.00	£49,045.00
Company Accountant	119	£42,540.00	£46,290.00	£50,040.00
Chartered Accountant	207	£42,815.00	£46,075.00	£49,330.00
Tax Assistant	330	£41,270.00	£45,190.00	£49,100.00
ACCA	350	£40,835.00	£45,165.00	£49,490.00
Audit Senior	1,827	£40,815.00	£44,690.00	£48,565.00
Accounts Manager	12,587	£40,640.00	£43,945.00	£47,255.00
Management Accountant	12,682	£40,625.00	£43,940.00	£47,250.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Accounts Payable Manager	70	£40,970.00	£43,020.00	£45,065.00
Asset Finance	35	£37,645.00	£42,475.00	£47,320.00
Commercial Accountant	616	£38,010.00	£42,150.00	£46,300.00
Pricing Analyst	8	£37,165.00	£42,125.00	£47,085.00
Senior Accountant	3,856	£38,400.00	£42,050.00	£45,700.00
Accounts Senior	3,801	£38,390.00	£42,025.00	£45,670.00
Billing Manager	8	£38,125.00	£41,690.00	£45,250.00
Accountant	37,742	£38,405.00	£41,325.00	£44,250.00
Accounting	37,742	£38,405.00	£41,325.00	£44,250.00
Practice Accountant	2,496	£37,075.00	£41,125.00	£45,175.00
Fraud	585	£39,830.00	£40,615.00	£41,400.00
Service Charge Accountant	75	£36,845.00	£40,320.00	£43,795.00
Credit Control Manager	31	£38,140.00	£39,655.00	£41,165.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	19	£37,250.00	£39,250.00	£41,250.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	84	£34,280.00	£37,555.00	£40,840.00
Payroll Specialist	277	£35,355.00	£37,490.00	£39,615.00
Payroll	4,206	£35,015.00	£36,955.00	£38,890.00
Credit Control Supervisor	6	£34,000.00	£36,375.00	£38,750.00
Assistant Management Accountant	473	£33,555.00	£35,950.00	£38,345.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	15	£33,315.00	£35,500.00	£37,690.00
Senior Credit Controller	51	£33,630.00	£35,185.00	£36,745.00
Quality Auditor	12	£33,930.00	£34,680.00	£35,430.00
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	1,358	£30,090.00	£32,395.00	£34,700.00
Accounts Receivable	372	£30,645.00	£32,340.00	£34,035.00
Legal Cashier	380	£30,105.00	£32,150.00	£34,190.00
Accounts Payable	1,055	£30,095.00	£31,590.00	£33,090.00
AAT	107	£27,995.00	£31,225.00	£34,460.00
Assistant Accountant	3,010	£28,870.00	£30,565.00	£32,260.00
Accounting Assistant	3,007	£28,865.00	£30,560.00	£32,255.00
Accounts Assistant	3,008	£28,865.00	£30,560.00	£32,255.00
Payroll Assistant	228	£29,140.00	£30,405.00	£31,675.00
Accounting Technician	122	£30,000.00	£30,360.00	£30,715.00
Credit Controller	1,778	£29,030.00	£30,195.00	£31,355.00
Payroll Administrator	751	£28,530.00	£29,840.00	£31,155.00
Payroll Clerk	24	£28,280.00	£29,785.00	£31,290.00
Accounting Coordinator	120	£28,300.00	£29,575.00	£30,840.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Sales Ledger	318	£28,400.00	£29,450.00	£30,490.00
Accounting Clerk	96	£28,445.00	£29,280.00	£30,110.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	111	£27,920.00	£28,890.00	£29,855.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	93	£27,540.00	£28,700.00	£29,865.00
Purchase Ledger	1,114	£27,460.00	£28,465.00	£29,470.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Accounts Administrator	377	£26,985.00	£27,890.00	£28,800.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	331	£26,840.00	£27,825.00	£28,805.00
Trainee Accountant	85	£25,340.00	£27,070.00	£28,800.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00