Management Accountant · UK · 2026
Management Accountant salary in the UK
Management accountants produce the internal numbers a business runs on — budgets, month-end management accounts, variance analysis and cost control. In the UK the role is closely tied to the CIMA qualification and exists in almost every mid-sized and large company. This guide also covers Accountant roles — titles UK official statistics class within the same occupation.
The ladder
| Level | Range | Lower end | Median | Upper end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | £25,000 | £29,500 | £44,500 | |
| Mid | £40,500 | £47,500 | £71,500 | |
| Senior | £53,500 | £63,000 | £94,500 | |
| Lead | £69,500 | £82,000 | £123,000 |
About these figures: the medians are ONS ASHE 2025 figures for the UK, aligned to the “Chartered and certified accountants” occupation (SOC 2421), with the role's occupation-level pay differential applied. The lower and upper ends, and the junior-to-lead steps, are modelled from those medians with fixed ratios rather than measured separately. Inside Morganson, the salary check also blends in live salaries from employers' own job ads.
By region vs the UK median
| London | £61,500 | +29% |
|---|---|---|
| South East England | £51,500 | +8% |
| North West England | £46,000 | −3% |
| Yorkshire | £43,000 | −9% |
| Scotland | £46,000 | −3% |
A mid-level management accountant in the UK earns a median of £47,500, and London leads that by 29%. The senior median is 2.1× the junior one, and the top of the ladder reaches £123,000 — a level about one in ten lead roles passes.
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