Highest Paying Accounting Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Accounting Jobs Summary

There have been 729,746 listed Accounting Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	724,294	99.25 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,250	0.58 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,202	0.16 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,034 new Accounting Jobs posted each week, or 60,812 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	13,929	60,357
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	137	£74,695.00	£82,620.00	£90,545.00
Actuarial	41	£74,495.00	£80,880.00	£87,260.00
Group Financial Controller	107	£73,920.00	£78,405.00	£82,890.00
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 Director	13	£58,900.00	£67,425.00	£75,950.00
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
Financial Controller	1,999	£61,625.00	£65,175.00	£68,725.00
Fraud Manager	22	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Tax Manager	1,267	£56,760.00	£61,740.00	£66,720.00
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
Group Accountant	264	£55,280.00	£59,070.00	£62,850.00
Cost Controller	182	£53,185.00	£58,940.00	£64,685.00
Audit Manager	594	£54,725.00	£58,915.00	£63,115.00
Fund Accounting	22	£55,680.00	£58,635.00	£61,585.00
Finance Business Partner	1,197	£56,135.00	£58,625.00	£61,100.00
Treasury Accountant	2	£55,000.00	£55,750.00	£56,500.00
Tax	4,354	£49,720.00	£54,700.00	£59,680.00
Taxation	9	£52,500.00	£54,585.00	£56,665.00
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	1,219	£50,890.00	£53,890.00	£56,900.00
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	461	£49,810.00	£51,890.00	£53,975.00
Qualified Accountant	460	£47,645.00	£51,275.00	£54,900.00
Cost Accounting	52	£48,405.00	£50,575.00	£52,745.00
Dealership Accountant	31	£47,875.00	£49,610.00	£51,345.00
Systems Accountant	80	£45,645.00	£48,995.00	£52,345.00
Pricing Analyst	2	£42,500.00	£48,750.00	£55,000.00
Audit	4,488	£45,205.00	£48,735.00	£52,260.00
Tax Accountant	376	£44,355.00	£48,700.00	£53,050.00
Tax Accounting	376	£44,355.00	£48,700.00	£53,050.00
CIMA	9	£45,475.00	£48,500.00	£51,540.00
Asset Finance	23	£45,770.00	£48,315.00	£50,855.00
Senior Management Accountant	515	£45,290.00	£48,245.00	£51,200.00
VAT	528	£43,675.00	£47,350.00	£51,030.00
Payroll Manager	666	£44,705.00	£47,230.00	£49,750.00
ACCA	33	£42,955.00	£46,720.00	£50,480.00
Company Accountant	98	£42,230.00	£45,985.00	£49,735.00
Auditor	321	£43,140.00	£45,835.00	£48,520.00
Fraud	327	£44,090.00	£44,955.00	£45,825.00
Credit Analyst	6	£44,335.00	£44,335.00	£44,335.00
Tax Assistant	191	£40,635.00	£44,060.00	£47,475.00
Chartered Accountant	130	£40,275.00	£44,010.00	£47,740.00
Audit Senior	1,020	£39,705.00	£43,310.00	£46,920.00
Accounts Payable Manager	48	£40,670.00	£42,545.00	£44,425.00
Management Accountant	10,160	£38,835.00	£41,825.00	£44,815.00
Accounts Manager	10,089	£38,820.00	£41,810.00	£44,800.00
Accounts Controller	16	£38,905.00	£41,105.00	£43,305.00
Senior Accountant	2,635	£37,570.00	£41,055.00	£44,545.00
Accounts Senior	2,626	£37,535.00	£41,015.00	£44,500.00
Commercial Accountant	478	£36,110.00	£40,635.00	£45,175.00
Practice Accountant	1,430	£36,265.00	£39,850.00	£43,430.00
Accountant	29,939	£36,875.00	£39,635.00	£42,395.00
Accounting	29,939	£36,875.00	£39,635.00	£42,395.00
Service Charge Accountant	60	£35,625.00	£39,265.00	£42,905.00
Part-Qualified Accountant	59	£34,920.00	£38,300.00	£41,680.00
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	3,545	£34,580.00	£36,470.00	£38,360.00
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
Accounts Payable Supervisor	13	£32,915.00	£34,915.00	£36,915.00
Assistant Management Accountant	407	£32,625.00	£34,835.00	£37,045.00
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	984	£29,705.00	£32,005.00	£34,300.00
Payroll Clerk	11	£29,225.00	£31,690.00	£34,165.00
Accounts Receivable	310	£29,740.00	£31,255.00	£32,770.00
Accounts Payable	925	£29,465.00	£30,745.00	£32,025.00
AAT	94	£27,635.00	£30,520.00	£33,405.00
Legal Cashier	332	£28,395.00	£30,450.00	£32,495.00
Assistant Accountant	2,985	£28,715.00	£30,195.00	£31,675.00
Accounting Assistant	2,982	£28,705.00	£30,185.00	£31,660.00
Accounts Assistant	2,983	£28,710.00	£30,185.00	£31,660.00
Payroll Assistant	176	£28,720.00	£29,895.00	£31,075.00
Payroll Administrator	691	£28,455.00	£29,775.00	£31,100.00
Sales Ledger	287	£28,480.00	£29,655.00	£30,830.00
Accounting Technician	124	£28,945.00	£29,620.00	£30,300.00
Schools Finance Officer	2	£29,525.00	£29,525.00	£29,525.00
Credit Controller	1,546	£28,350.00	£29,445.00	£30,530.00
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	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	1,042	£26,760.00	£27,745.00	£28,740.00
Accounts Administrator	346	£26,700.00	£27,600.00	£28,500.00
Purchase Ledger Clerk	309	£26,350.00	£27,315.00	£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