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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 851,290 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	845,233	99.29 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,727	0.56 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,330	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 16,371 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 70,941 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	16,254	70,436
Contract	116	504

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 July.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Accounting Jobs

Permanent Accounting Jobs

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

11,344

Down 23.1% vs last year

Average salary

£41,955.00

Down 4.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Accounting Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Down 17.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£610.00

Up 24.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 117.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£560.00

Up 6.5% 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
August 2026	11,344
July 2026	16,408
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

The Highest Paying Accounting Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Financial Officer	40	£122,340.00	£134,915.00	£147,490.00
Actuarial	68	£82,795.00	£88,515.00	£94,240.00
Tax Director	334	£77,300.00	£87,450.00	£97,600.00
Client Partner	77	£69,675.00	£84,745.00	£99,810.00
Commercial Director	117	£76,240.00	£82,845.00	£89,455.00
Financial Director	21	£72,165.00	£81,965.00	£91,760.00
Group Financial Controller	208	£75,610.00	£80,680.00	£85,750.00
Pricing Manager	45	£75,040.00	£79,520.00	£83,990.00
Senior Audit Manager	121	£69,795.00	£75,050.00	£80,305.00
Internal Audit Manager	26	£64,120.00	£67,365.00	£70,605.00
Financial Investigator	4	£60,315.00	£66,225.00	£72,125.00
Financial Controller	3,619	£60,250.00	£64,425.00	£68,605.00
Senior Internal Auditor	25	£61,765.00	£63,515.00	£65,265.00
Tax Manager	2,599	£55,950.00	£61,515.00	£67,090.00
Finance Business Partner	1,423	£56,750.00	£59,485.00	£62,215.00
Fraud Manager	24	£58,390.00	£58,390.00	£58,390.00
Internal Audit	340	£55,670.00	£58,285.00	£60,900.00
Audit Manager	951	£53,805.00	£58,050.00	£62,295.00
ACA	181	£52,825.00	£57,130.00	£61,435.00
Fund Accounting	31	£54,435.00	£57,120.00	£59,805.00
Head of Accounts	14	£52,970.00	£57,065.00	£61,155.00
Cost Controller	171	£52,170.00	£56,775.00	£61,375.00
Group Accountant	347	£52,850.00	£56,435.00	£60,020.00
Tax Consultant	29	£50,830.00	£54,915.00	£59,000.00
Project Accountant	387	£51,310.00	£54,425.00	£57,540.00
Financial Accountant	1,793	£51,140.00	£54,330.00	£57,530.00
Property Accountant	124	£49,645.00	£53,570.00	£57,500.00
Tax	8,474	£48,080.00	£53,375.00	£58,660.00
Senior Management Accountant	807	£49,010.00	£52,720.00	£56,430.00
Senior Auditor	62	£50,265.00	£52,690.00	£55,120.00
Treasury Accountant	11	£49,940.00	£51,440.00	£52,940.00
Systems Accountant	152	£48,285.00	£51,310.00	£54,330.00
Tax Advisor	119	£46,265.00	£50,710.00	£55,155.00
Assistant Financial Controller	16	£47,250.00	£50,600.00	£53,950.00
Financial Consultant	4	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Cost Accounting	78	£46,710.00	£49,820.00	£52,925.00
Audit	7,512	£46,045.00	£49,610.00	£53,175.00
Compliance Auditor	86	£44,500.00	£49,500.00	£54,500.00
Qualified Accountant	795	£45,735.00	£49,190.00	£52,650.00
Tax Accounting	1,065	£44,475.00	£48,980.00	£53,485.00
Tax Accountant	1,070	£44,450.00	£48,975.00	£53,495.00
CIMA	50	£47,635.00	£48,925.00	£50,215.00
Payroll Manager	870	£46,270.00	£48,440.00	£50,615.00
Auditor	503	£45,020.00	£47,915.00	£50,815.00
Taxation	21	£44,150.00	£47,015.00	£49,875.00
Asset Finance	49	£38,865.00	£46,890.00	£54,920.00
Tax Assistant	356	£41,470.00	£46,230.00	£50,990.00
Chartered Accountant	247	£42,615.00	£45,990.00	£49,360.00
Accounts Controller	53	£43,585.00	£45,890.00	£48,195.00
Company Accountant	101	£42,135.00	£45,885.00	£49,625.00
VAT	1,108	£42,160.00	£45,860.00	£49,560.00
Dealership Accountant	32	£43,670.00	£45,440.00	£47,215.00
ACCA	412	£40,940.00	£45,320.00	£49,700.00
Audit Senior	1,969	£40,940.00	£44,955.00	£48,965.00
Accounts Manager	15,198	£40,885.00	£44,270.00	£47,665.00
Management Accountant	15,155	£40,880.00	£44,255.00	£47,625.00
Accounts Payable Manager	76	£41,450.00	£43,510.00	£45,565.00
Credit Analyst	8	£43,375.00	£43,375.00	£43,375.00
Senior Accountant	4,323	£39,175.00	£43,285.00	£47,385.00
Accounts Senior	4,315	£39,150.00	£43,260.00	£47,365.00
Billing Manager	10	£40,085.00	£43,040.00	£46,000.00
Commercial Accountant	721	£38,610.00	£43,000.00	£47,390.00
Payroll Consultant	14	£37,100.00	£42,425.00	£47,750.00
Practice Accountant	3,445	£37,795.00	£41,990.00	£46,180.00
Accountant	43,881	£38,640.00	£41,800.00	£44,960.00
Accounting	43,881	£38,640.00	£41,800.00	£44,960.00
Accounts Receivable Manager	17	£40,000.00	£41,665.00	£43,335.00
Pricing Analyst	10	£37,250.00	£41,405.00	£45,565.00
Credit Control Manager	31	£38,965.00	£40,925.00	£42,885.00
Service Charge Accountant	77	£36,410.00	£40,050.00	£43,690.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	121	£33,920.00	£37,395.00	£40,870.00
Payroll Specialist	278	£35,020.00	£37,135.00	£39,245.00
Accounts Payable Supervisor	19	£34,650.00	£36,650.00	£38,650.00
Payroll	4,996	£34,700.00	£36,635.00	£38,565.00
Assistant Management Accountant	593	£33,445.00	£35,915.00	£38,385.00
Fraud	748	£34,800.00	£35,745.00	£36,690.00
Senior Credit Controller	41	£33,885.00	£35,630.00	£37,380.00
Payroll Supervisor	33	£32,625.00	£35,450.00	£38,270.00
Credit Control Supervisor	4	£33,000.00	£35,065.00	£37,125.00
Quality Auditor	41	£33,190.00	£33,945.00	£34,700.00
Legal Cashier	387	£31,095.00	£33,000.00	£34,900.00
Accounts Receivable	458	£30,925.00	£32,835.00	£34,735.00
Bookkeeper	1,679	£29,970.00	£32,270.00	£34,565.00
Accounts Payable	1,250	£30,440.00	£32,050.00	£33,670.00
AAT	163	£28,570.00	£31,830.00	£35,100.00
Accounting Technician	96	£30,500.00	£31,400.00	£32,300.00
Credit Controller	1,964	£29,450.00	£30,745.00	£32,040.00
Assistant Accountant	3,393	£28,885.00	£30,665.00	£32,440.00
Accounts Assistant	3,390	£28,880.00	£30,660.00	£32,435.00
Accounting Assistant	3,389	£28,875.00	£30,655.00	£32,435.00
Payroll Assistant	264	£28,910.00	£30,630.00	£32,350.00
Fraud Investigator	10	£29,025.00	£30,265.00	£31,500.00
Sales Ledger	511	£28,855.00	£30,065.00	£31,280.00
Payroll Clerk	60	£28,390.00	£29,785.00	£31,175.00
Payroll Administrator	992	£28,320.00	£29,740.00	£31,165.00
Accounting Coordinator	132	£28,325.00	£29,630.00	£30,925.00
Accounting Clerk	93	£28,695.00	£29,535.00	£30,375.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Accounts Payable Assistant	117	£28,040.00	£29,150.00	£30,265.00
Accounts Payable Clerk	128	£28,010.00	£29,005.00	£30,000.00
Purchase Ledger	1,321	£27,600.00	£28,660.00	£29,715.00
Accounts Administrator	523	£27,350.00	£28,385.00	£29,420.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	371	£27,240.00	£28,285.00	£29,325.00
Trainee Accountant	107	£25,970.00	£27,640.00	£29,300.00
Junior Accounts Assistant	6	£23,250.00	£25,125.00	£27,000.00