Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 735,628 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	730,166	99.26 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,257	0.58 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,205	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,147 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 61,302 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,041	60,846
Contract	105	455

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

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

12,810

Up 39.7% vs last year

Average salary

£43,925.00

Up 3.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 33.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£495.00

Up 3.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 21.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£450.00

Down 11.6% 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
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	19	£136,665.00	£150,000.00	£163,335.00
Client Partner	57	£79,695.00	£90,925.00	£102,155.00
Tax Director	169	£74,285.00	£82,710.00	£91,135.00
Actuarial	53	£74,200.00	£80,375.00	£86,545.00
Group Financial Controller	118	£74,050.00	£78,615.00	£83,180.00
Pricing Manager	33	£74,200.00	£78,010.00	£81,820.00
Commercial Director	63	£68,765.00	£75,470.00	£82,175.00
Senior Audit Manager	80	£69,775.00	£74,115.00	£78,450.00
Internal Audit Manager	35	£66,315.00	£71,160.00	£76,010.00
Financial Director	15	£61,865.00	£70,415.00	£78,965.00
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	2,110	£61,050.00	£64,750.00	£68,450.00
Tax Manager	1,511	£56,745.00	£61,755.00	£66,770.00
ACA	93	£55,165.00	£60,690.00	£66,215.00
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	249	£56,115.00	£59,175.00	£62,250.00
Cost Controller	182	£53,185.00	£58,940.00	£64,685.00
Group Accountant	277	£55,170.00	£58,925.00	£62,670.00
Fund Accounting	22	£55,680.00	£58,635.00	£61,585.00
Audit Manager	624	£54,285.00	£58,550.00	£62,815.00
Finance Business Partner	1,245	£55,870.00	£58,520.00	£61,165.00
Tax	4,850	£49,615.00	£54,775.00	£59,935.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
Tax Consultant	30	£49,955.00	£54,480.00	£59,000.00
Financial Accountant	1,280	£51,245.00	£54,210.00	£57,180.00
Treasury Accountant	4	£53,250.00	£54,000.00	£54,750.00
Property Accountant	78	£50,385.00	£53,830.00	£57,270.00
Senior Auditor	43	£50,725.00	£53,290.00	£55,855.00
CIMA	11	£49,485.00	£53,165.00	£56,860.00
Tax Advisor	111	£48,485.00	£52,950.00	£57,420.00
Assistant Financial Controller	19	£49,450.00	£52,300.00	£55,150.00
Project Accountant	457	£49,905.00	£52,150.00	£54,400.00
Qualified Accountant	480	£47,585.00	£51,230.00	£54,880.00
Cost Accounting	54	£48,520.00	£50,755.00	£52,980.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£47,875.00	£49,610.00	£51,345.00
Systems Accountant	90	£45,495.00	£48,860.00	£52,230.00
Tax Accountant	421	£44,490.00	£48,805.00	£53,120.00
Tax Accounting	421	£44,490.00	£48,805.00	£53,120.00
Senior Management Accountant	532	£45,915.00	£48,790.00	£51,665.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£42,500.00	£48,750.00	£55,000.00
Audit	4,652	£45,165.00	£48,745.00	£52,320.00
VAT	568	£43,800.00	£47,650.00	£51,500.00
Payroll Manager	666	£45,140.00	£47,610.00	£50,075.00
Asset Finance	26	£44,770.00	£47,250.00	£49,730.00
ACCA	79	£42,835.00	£46,660.00	£50,480.00
Accounts Controller	18	£43,625.00	£46,135.00	£48,645.00
Auditor	329	£43,315.00	£46,080.00	£48,840.00
Company Accountant	103	£42,005.00	£45,740.00	£49,465.00
Fraud	352	£43,895.00	£44,715.00	£45,540.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Tax Assistant	230	£40,855.00	£44,205.00	£47,545.00
Chartered Accountant	150	£40,330.00	£44,050.00	£47,770.00
Audit Senior	1,088	£39,700.00	£43,320.00	£46,945.00
Accounts Payable Manager	50	£40,670.00	£42,615.00	£44,565.00
Management Accountant	10,377	£38,750.00	£41,745.00	£44,740.00
Accounts Manager	10,286	£38,735.00	£41,730.00	£44,720.00
Senior Accountant	2,780	£37,695.00	£41,125.00	£44,565.00
Accounts Senior	2,754	£37,695.00	£41,115.00	£44,550.00
Commercial Accountant	509	£35,830.00	£40,210.00	£44,595.00
Practice Accountant	1,550	£36,285.00	£39,775.00	£43,275.00
Accountant	31,144	£36,815.00	£39,565.00	£42,320.00
Accounting	31,144	£36,815.00	£39,565.00	£42,320.00
Service Charge Accountant	62	£35,625.00	£39,265.00	£42,905.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	59	£34,920.00	£38,300.00	£41,680.00
Payroll Specialist	228	£35,870.00	£38,060.00	£40,245.00
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	3,589	£34,330.00	£36,235.00	£38,145.00
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	414	£32,875.00	£35,170.00	£37,465.00
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	1,013	£29,630.00	£31,910.00	£34,185.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Accounts Receivable	313	£29,710.00	£31,245.00	£32,780.00
Legal Cashier	339	£28,770.00	£30,925.00	£33,065.00
Accounts Payable	938	£29,525.00	£30,765.00	£32,000.00
AAT	97	£27,605.00	£30,230.00	£32,850.00
Accounting Assistant	3,011	£28,510.00	£30,015.00	£31,525.00
Assistant Accountant	3,009	£28,515.00	£30,015.00	£31,520.00
Accounts Assistant	3,007	£28,505.00	£30,010.00	£31,515.00
Payroll Assistant	183	£28,725.00	£29,900.00	£31,080.00
Sales Ledger	299	£28,475.00	£29,650.00	£30,825.00
Accounting Technician	126	£28,945.00	£29,620.00	£30,300.00
Payroll Administrator	681	£28,255.00	£29,595.00	£30,940.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Credit Controller	1,566	£28,330.00	£29,355.00	£30,375.00
Accounting Coordinator	99	£28,345.00	£29,255.00	£30,155.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	94	£27,345.00	£28,660.00	£29,970.00
Accounting Clerk	99	£27,895.00	£28,650.00	£29,405.00
Finance Graduate	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	103	£27,455.00	£28,235.00	£29,020.00
Purchase Ledger	1,066	£26,735.00	£27,725.00	£28,725.00
Accounts Administrator	342	£26,695.00	£27,565.00	£28,430.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	315	£26,365.00	£27,325.00	£28,280.00
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