Here are the best paid jobs in the British finance industry

Everyone knows that one of the best ways to earn a lot of money is to go into finance.

Within finance, like all other professions, certain jobs pay better than others. So what is the best job if you want to make the most money?

New data from salary benchmarking site Emolument can shed a bit of light on that question.

Emolument compared the salaries of analysts and managing directors in a variety of different finance jobs, and put the results together for us.

Generally speaking, the salaries of entry-level analysts are pretty similar across the board, averaging around £55,000 ($85,000) for the jobs surveyed. By the time finance workers have reached managing director however, there are some big differences in pay.

So have a look at the most lucrative jobs in what is perhaps the most lucrative career possible. All figures are the average earned by employees at the level of managing director, and were provided by Emolument.