Highest Paying Finance Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Finance Jobs Summary

There have been 216,600 listed Finance Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	210,062	96.98 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,394	2.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,144	0.99 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,165 new Finance Jobs posted each week, or 18,050 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,039	17,505
Contract	125	544

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

The busiest month for new contract Finance Jobs is February, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Finance Jobs

Permanent Finance Jobs

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

7,519

Up 162.0% vs last year

Average salary

£49,820.00

Down 4.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Finance Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

100

Up 50.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£545.00

Up 1.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

Down 3.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£545.00

Down 4.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Finance Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
March 2026	7,519
February 2026	5,831
January 2026	5,864
December 2025	2,806
November 2025	2,384
October 2025	3,308
September 2025	4,103
August 2025	2,865
July 2025	2,526
June 2025	1,026
May 2025	940
April 2025	1,267

The Highest Paying Finance Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Financial Officer	27	£99,185.00	£109,870.00	£120,555.00
Oracle Payroll	5	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
Head of Compliance	7	£74,600.00	£77,620.00	£80,640.00
Senior Finance Manager	98	£71,260.00	£75,670.00	£80,080.00
Insurance Manager	44	£64,975.00	£72,415.00	£79,855.00
Finance Systems Manager	21	£65,330.00	£69,010.00	£72,690.00
Risk Manager	1,053	£63,955.00	£68,590.00	£73,215.00
Property Underwriter	10	£55,000.00	£67,500.00	£80,000.00
Commercial Finance Manager	114	£63,200.00	£66,505.00	£69,805.00
Finance Controller	59	£61,910.00	£66,010.00	£70,105.00
Asset Management	1,139	£61,325.00	£65,480.00	£69,630.00
Asset Manager	1,176	£60,690.00	£65,130.00	£69,570.00
Financial Planner	243	£55,630.00	£64,245.00	£72,860.00
Senior Underwriter	22	£59,170.00	£63,905.00	£68,645.00
Commercial Finance	334	£57,330.00	£61,310.00	£65,295.00
Financial Planning Analyst	2	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Senior Financial Analyst	8	£56,110.00	£56,690.00	£57,265.00
Financial Reporting Accountant	60	£53,930.00	£55,945.00	£57,950.00
Equity Release Advisor	2	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Finance Manager	2,955	£51,575.00	£54,820.00	£58,065.00
Compliance Manager	665	£51,410.00	£54,545.00	£57,680.00
Financial Analyst	55	£52,225.00	£54,455.00	£56,680.00
Risk Consultant	12	£48,750.00	£52,625.00	£56,500.00
Underwriter	431	£47,935.00	£52,250.00	£56,575.00
Commercial Finance Analyst	14	£51,665.00	£52,085.00	£52,500.00
Underwriting	424	£47,315.00	£51,480.00	£55,650.00
Insurance Account Executive	48	£46,010.00	£51,085.00	£56,160.00
Financial Planning Manager	21	£48,665.00	£50,940.00	£53,215.00
Financial Advisor	164	£45,665.00	£50,525.00	£55,395.00
Loss Adjuster	107	£46,235.00	£50,275.00	£54,310.00
Broker Manager	2	£47,500.00	£50,000.00	£52,500.00
Commercial Underwriter	56	£45,005.00	£48,770.00	£52,535.00
Insurance	3,134	£43,745.00	£48,335.00	£52,915.00
Asset Management Officer	11	£46,340.00	£48,090.00	£49,850.00
Quality Compliance Manager	8	£44,090.00	£46,215.00	£48,340.00
Financial Assistant	58	£42,915.00	£45,610.00	£48,315.00
Compliance	24,525	£42,175.00	£44,070.00	£45,965.00
Warranty Manager	2	£42,500.00	£43,750.00	£45,000.00
Claims Manager	33	£37,390.00	£39,930.00	£42,465.00
Assistant Finance Manager	24	£36,650.00	£39,400.00	£42,160.00
Underwriting Assistant	13	£35,710.00	£39,085.00	£42,460.00
Compliance Officer	191	£36,325.00	£38,730.00	£41,135.00
Senior Claims Handler	15	£33,335.00	£38,035.00	£42,725.00
Claims	1,768	£35,235.00	£38,015.00	£40,790.00
Engagement Manager	13	£35,815.00	£37,535.00	£39,240.00
Independent Financial Advisor	547	£29,035.00	£37,200.00	£45,365.00
Personal Lines	43	£32,550.00	£36,775.00	£41,000.00
Permit Officer	10	£35,000.00	£36,665.00	£38,325.00
Insurance Broker	154	£32,400.00	£36,320.00	£40,245.00
Financial Services Professional	76	£25,230.00	£35,000.00	£44,765.00
Compliance Assistant	6	£31,000.00	£33,125.00	£35,250.00
Financial Planning Assistant	2	£32,500.00	£33,000.00	£33,500.00
Commercial Claims Handler	16	£29,210.00	£32,610.00	£36,000.00
Claims Assessor	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Finance Officer	237	£30,915.00	£32,495.00	£34,060.00
Insurance Advisor	14	£29,650.00	£32,460.00	£35,265.00
Claims Technician	138	£30,920.00	£32,170.00	£33,420.00
Insurance Claims	33	£28,695.00	£32,010.00	£35,330.00
Trust Officer	8	£31,050.00	£31,890.00	£32,725.00
Business Assistant	19	£30,145.00	£31,530.00	£32,910.00
Compliance Coordinator	35	£28,855.00	£30,505.00	£32,160.00
Finance Assistant	833	£28,270.00	£29,715.00	£31,165.00
Insurance Claims Handler	6	£26,000.00	£29,165.00	£32,335.00
Claims Handler	312	£26,955.00	£29,045.00	£31,145.00
Collections Advisor	2	£28,025.00	£28,775.00	£29,525.00
Claims Administrator	4	£26,600.00	£27,450.00	£28,275.00
Claims Advisor	2	£26,100.00	£26,100.00	£26,100.00
Finance Clerk	10	£25,585.00	£26,085.00	£26,600.00