Highest Paying Finance Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Finance Jobs Summary

There have been 213,115 listed Finance Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	206,624	96.95 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	4,356	2.04 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,135	1.00 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 4,098 new Finance Jobs posted each week, or 17,760 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,973	17,219
Contract	124	540

The busiest month for new permanent Finance Jobs in the UK is January, 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: February 2026

Jobs listed

5,831

Up 135.9% vs last year

Average salary

£49,995.00

Down 5.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Finance Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

115

Up 77.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£525.00

Down 2.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Down 5.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£580.00

Up 1.7% 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
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
March 2025	1,523

The Highest Paying Finance Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Financial Officer	27	£94,185.00	£104,315.00	£114,445.00
Oracle Payroll	5	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
Head of Compliance	10	£74,565.00	£77,580.00	£80,590.00
Senior Finance Manager	95	£69,480.00	£73,340.00	£77,200.00
Insurance Manager	46	£65,230.00	£72,550.00	£79,870.00
Property Underwriter	8	£57,500.00	£72,500.00	£87,500.00
Risk Manager	1,073	£63,440.00	£67,945.00	£72,450.00
Asset Management	1,055	£63,320.00	£67,840.00	£72,355.00
Asset Manager	1,092	£62,685.00	£67,490.00	£72,290.00
Finance Controller	41	£62,925.00	£67,200.00	£71,465.00
Commercial Finance Manager	107	£63,430.00	£66,630.00	£69,825.00
Finance Systems Manager	19	£62,890.00	£66,555.00	£70,220.00
Financial Planner	208	£55,790.00	£64,680.00	£73,575.00
Senior Underwriter	22	£59,170.00	£63,905.00	£68,645.00
Commercial Finance	285	£57,395.00	£61,345.00	£65,300.00
Financial Planning Manager	12	£57,000.00	£60,565.00	£64,125.00
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	46	£53,615.00	£55,195.00	£56,775.00
Equity Release Advisor	2	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Finance Manager	2,618	£51,265.00	£54,610.00	£57,955.00
Underwriter	403	£49,760.00	£54,505.00	£59,250.00
Financial Analyst	52	£51,450.00	£53,900.00	£56,350.00
Underwriting	396	£49,130.00	£53,735.00	£58,340.00
Risk Consultant	12	£48,750.00	£52,625.00	£56,500.00
Compliance Manager	581	£49,340.00	£52,225.00	£55,110.00
Commercial Finance Analyst	14	£51,665.00	£52,085.00	£52,500.00
Financial Advisor	146	£46,145.00	£50,510.00	£54,880.00
Insurance Account Executive	48	£44,090.00	£49,450.00	£54,810.00
Loss Adjuster	53	£45,830.00	£49,025.00	£52,205.00
Commercial Underwriter	61	£44,705.00	£48,590.00	£52,470.00
Insurance	2,939	£44,010.00	£48,570.00	£53,125.00
Quality Compliance Manager	8	£44,090.00	£46,215.00	£48,340.00
Compliance	23,623	£42,190.00	£44,130.00	£46,065.00
Financial Assistant	60	£41,440.00	£44,115.00	£46,795.00
Warranty Manager	2	£42,500.00	£43,750.00	£45,000.00
Compliance Officer	176	£37,365.00	£39,925.00	£42,480.00
Assistant Finance Manager	19	£36,550.00	£39,475.00	£42,410.00
Underwriting Assistant	13	£35,710.00	£39,085.00	£42,460.00
Claims Manager	31	£36,115.00	£38,595.00	£41,065.00
Senior Claims Handler	15	£33,335.00	£38,035.00	£42,725.00
Independent Financial Advisor	514	£29,590.00	£37,550.00	£45,510.00
Engagement Manager	13	£35,815.00	£37,535.00	£39,240.00
Personal Lines	21	£32,915.00	£37,290.00	£41,665.00
Claims	1,583	£34,815.00	£37,170.00	£39,520.00
Insurance Broker	131	£33,495.00	£36,970.00	£40,445.00
Permit Officer	10	£35,000.00	£36,665.00	£38,325.00
Financial Services Professional	68	£25,280.00	£35,645.00	£46,010.00
Compliance Assistant	4	£34,000.00	£35,250.00	£36,500.00
Financial Planning Assistant	2	£32,500.00	£33,000.00	£33,500.00
Commercial Claims Handler	14	£29,165.00	£32,585.00	£36,000.00
Claims Assessor	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Finance Officer	212	£30,660.00	£32,235.00	£33,790.00
Claims Technician	140	£31,095.00	£32,210.00	£33,320.00
Trust Officer	8	£31,050.00	£31,890.00	£32,725.00
Insurance Claims	31	£28,195.00	£31,190.00	£34,185.00
Business Assistant	17	£29,755.00	£31,110.00	£32,460.00
Compliance Coordinator	35	£28,855.00	£30,505.00	£32,160.00
Warranty Advisor	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Finance Assistant	775	£28,065.00	£29,400.00	£30,735.00
Claims Handler	276	£26,910.00	£29,165.00	£31,420.00
Insurance Claims Handler	6	£26,000.00	£29,165.00	£32,335.00
Collections Advisor	2	£28,025.00	£28,775.00	£29,525.00
Insurance Advisor	12	£26,975.00	£28,690.00	£30,400.00
Finance Clerk	2	£28,500.00	£28,500.00	£28,500.00
Claims Administrator	4	£26,600.00	£27,450.00	£28,275.00
Claims Advisor	2	£26,100.00	£26,100.00	£26,100.00