ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TRADES N.E.C.▲ 65% /10yrBUSINESS, RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS N.E.C.▲ 60% /10yrFINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS▲ 55% /10yrASSEMBLERS (VEHICLES AND METAL GOODS)▼ 1% /10yrHIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS▲ 5% /10yrSOFTWARE ENGINEER£55,000▲ 38% /5yrCYBER SECURITY ANALYST£62,000▲ 35% /5yr
ONS ASHE 2025 · 412 occupations
UK Salary by Profession 2026
The median full-time salary for every UK profession, grouped by sector. Pick any job for its full pay percentiles, 11-year trend and gender pay gap.
Administrative occupations20 jobs
Bank and post office clerks£30,265Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£31,560Credit controllers£28,532Customer service managers£37,535Data entry administrators£28,316Finance officers£31,943Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.£28,996Human resources administrative occupations£26,851Library clerks and assistants£28,134Local government administrative occupations£30,886National government administrative occupations£33,000Office managers£38,630Office supervisors£33,174Officers of non-governmental organisations£31,008Other administrative occupations n.e.c.£28,294Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants£30,269Records clerks and assistants£28,656Sales administrators£28,745Stock control clerks and assistants£29,991Transport and distribution clerks and assistants£33,508
Business and public service associate professionals26 jobs
Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers£82,746Brokers£56,689Business associate professionals n.e.c.£35,209Business sales executives£37,924Buyers and procurement officers£37,306Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists£32,418Data analysts£38,572Estate agents and auctioneers£30,648Estimators, valuers and assessors£39,634Events managers and organisers£32,163Financial accounts managers£48,980Financial and accounting technicians£60,575Health and safety managers and officers£46,444Human resources and industrial relations officers£35,194Importers and exporters£34,757Information technology trainers£38,981Inspectors of standards and regulations£38,963Insurance underwriters£41,610Legal associate professionals£34,662Marketing associate professionals£33,412Merchandisers£32,155Other vocational and industrial trainers£36,357Project support officers£35,751Public services associate professionals£39,537Sales accounts and business development managers£57,625Ship and hovercraft officers—
Business, media and public service professionals32 jobs
Actuaries, economists and statisticians£53,342Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£48,977Architects£42,968Archivists and curators£34,237Barristers and judges£50,915Business and financial project management professionals£59,834Business and related research professionals£41,128Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£58,341Chartered and certified accountants£50,062Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants£36,457Chartered surveyors£46,184Clergy£31,183Construction project managers and related professionals£47,665Environmental health professionals£41,725Finance and investment analysts and advisers£50,330Legal professionals n.e.c.£77,582Librarians£38,068Management consultants and business analysts£53,295Marketing and commercial managers£53,703Newspaper and periodical editors£42,451Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters£44,534Probation officers—Professional/Chartered company secretaries—Public relations professionals£37,563Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£50,083Quality control and planning engineers£43,592Quantity surveyors£52,537Social workers£44,550Solicitors and lawyers£56,977Taxation experts£49,850Welfare professionals n.e.c.£40,594Youth work professionals£36,620
Caring personal service occupations16 jobs
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)£33,465Animal care services occupations n.e.c.£25,067Care escorts£12,175Care workers and home carers£27,468Childminders£24,278Dental nurses£25,742Early education and childcare assistants£24,742Educational support assistants£21,448Houseparents and residential wardens£31,871Nannies and au pairs£38,447Nursing auxiliaries and assistants£29,084Pest control officers£25,211Playworkers—Senior care workers£29,381Teaching assistants£21,239Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants£30,894
Community and civil enforcement occupations2 jobs
Corporate managers and directors20 jobs
Charitable organisation managers and directors—Chief executives and senior officials£99,944Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport£83,447Elected officers and representatives—Financial managers and directors£76,447Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£75,711Health services and public health managers and directors£61,573Human resource managers and directors£57,529Information technology directors£91,671Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£38,447Marketing, sales and advertising directors£94,135Officers in armed forces—Production managers and directors in construction£56,021Production managers and directors in manufacturing£58,640Production managers and directors in mining and energy£63,241Public relations and communications directors£72,887Purchasing managers and directors£58,005Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services—Senior police officers£55,518Social services managers and directors£48,549
Culture, media and sports occupations13 jobs
Actors, entertainers and presenters—Artists£47,763Arts officers, producers and directors£45,534Authors, writers and translators£39,459Clothing, fashion and accessories designers£36,848Dancers and choreographers—Design occupations n.e.c.£39,779Fitness and wellbeing instructors£27,273Interior designers£36,485Musicians£46,591Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators£32,643Sports coaches, instructors and officials£30,108Sports players—
Customer service occupations6 jobs
Elementary administration and service occupations26 jobs
Bar and catering supervisors£26,019Bar staff£23,182Cleaners and domestics£24,130Coffee shop workers£21,598Delivery operatives£28,749Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.£26,631Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.£25,780Elementary sales occupations n.e.c.—Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.—Elementary storage supervisors—Exam invigilators£1,902Hospital porters£29,409Kitchen and catering assistants£22,886Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£23,331Leisure and theme park attendants£22,294Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.£25,344Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers£31,677Refuse and salvage occupations£27,857School midday and crossing patrol occupations£21,678Security guards and related occupations£33,832Shelf fillers£17,538Street cleaners£27,633Vehicle valeters and cleaners£26,598Waiters and waitresses£22,936Warehouse operatives£27,832Window cleaners£29,185
Elementary trades and related occupations8 jobs
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.£28,591Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.£29,619Farm workers£30,101Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.£26,737Forestry and related workers—Groundworkers£37,925Industrial cleaning process occupations£27,306Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers£26,152
Health and social care associate professionals13 jobs
Child and early years officers£31,001Complementary health associate professionals£27,888Counsellors£31,124Dispensing opticians£28,543Early education and childcare practitioners£23,717Health associate professionals n.e.c.£30,575Higher level teaching assistants£25,434Housing officers£34,688Medical and dental technicians£29,931Pharmaceutical technicians£31,044Veterinary nurses£28,893Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£30,087Youth and community workers£32,654
Health professionals24 jobs
Children's nurses£41,963Clinical psychologists£58,366Community nurses£40,897Dental practitioners—Generalist medical practitioners£55,494Medical radiographers£48,439Mental health nurses£42,692Midwifery nurses£46,990Nurse practitioners£46,069Occupational therapists£44,040Optometrists£51,030Other health professionals n.e.c.£42,079Other nursing professionals£42,300Other psychologists£34,250Paramedics£53,818Pharmacists£53,772Physiotherapists£43,532Podiatrists£47,699Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists£47,971Specialist medical practitioners—Specialist nurses£45,140Speech and language therapists£45,511Therapy professionals n.e.c.£37,599Veterinarians£51,058
Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations11 jobs
Air travel assistants£28,738Beauticians and related occupations£24,124Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors—Caretakers£28,950Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors£28,605Hairdressers and barbers£24,279Housekeepers and related occupations£25,335Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.£26,656Rail travel assistants£46,062Sports and leisure assistants£26,934Travel agents£28,746
Other managers and proprietors22 jobs
Betting shop and gambling establishment managers£31,961Directors in consultancy services£73,453Early education and childcare services proprietors—Garage managers and proprietors—Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors£29,715Health care practice managers£42,559Hire services managers and proprietors£31,626Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors£36,419Leisure and sports managers£36,026Managers and directors in the creative industries£54,772Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture£38,182Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services£33,011Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£46,271Managers in logistics£46,143Managers in storage and warehousing£37,470Managers in transport and distribution£47,504Property, housing and estate managers£43,365Publicans and managers of licensed premises£38,043Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£42,700Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£31,692Travel agency managers and proprietors£35,105Waste disposal and environmental services managers£49,763
Process, plant and machine operatives25 jobs
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)£28,620Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)£31,919Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.£27,962Chemical and related process operatives£33,959Construction operatives n.e.c.£32,446Energy plant operatives—Food, drink and tobacco process operatives£28,243Metal making and treating process operatives£32,871Metal working machine operatives£31,500Mining and quarry workers and related operatives£38,301Paper and wood machine operatives£30,360Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.£29,259Plastics process operatives£32,644Printing machine assistants£29,925Process operatives n.e.c.£31,717Production, factory and assembly supervisors£36,777Rail construction and maintenance operatives£46,403Road construction operatives£38,833Routine inspectors and testers£34,360Scaffolders, stagers and riggers£41,548Sewing machinists£24,813Textile process operatives£27,915Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters£30,500Water and sewerage plant operatives£39,690Weighers, graders and sorters£30,918
Protective service occupations5 jobs
Sales occupations13 jobs
Collector salespersons and credit agents—Debt, rent and other cash collectors£29,097Market and street traders and assistants—Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£23,783Retail cashiers and check-out operators£24,622Roundspersons and van salespersons£27,401Sales and retail assistants£25,056Sales related occupations n.e.c.£31,480Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale£29,172Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale£36,304Telephone salespersons£30,495Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers£31,851Visual merchandisers and related occupations£25,845
Science, engineering and technology associate professionals11 jobs
Building and civil engineering technicians£37,229CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£35,221Database administrators and web content technicians£37,995Electrical and electronics technicians£35,126Engineering technicians£44,843IT operations technicians£35,259IT user support technicians£35,128Laboratory technicians£28,210Planning, process and production technicians£36,895Quality assurance technicians£33,972Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£36,102
Science, research, engineering and technology professionals28 jobs
Aerospace engineers£55,839Biochemists and biomedical scientists£47,892Biological scientists£45,382Chemical scientists£39,983Civil engineers£51,366Conservation professionals£40,083Cyber security professionals£54,647Electrical engineers£60,303Electronics engineers£52,518Engineering professionals n.e.c.£48,776Engineering project managers and project engineers£53,064Environment professionals£43,362Graphic and multimedia designers£32,510Information technology professionals n.e.c.£54,107IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£60,288IT managers£56,438IT network professionals£48,907IT project managers£58,373IT quality and testing professionals£47,118Mechanical engineers£51,110Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.£43,384Other researchers, unspecified discipline£44,580Physical scientists£55,518Production and process engineers£47,946Programmers and software development professionals£56,914Research and development (R&D) managers£55,519Social and humanities scientists£39,899Web design professionals£48,629
Secretarial and related occupations7 jobs
Skilled agricultural and related trades5 jobs
Skilled construction and building trades12 jobs
Bricklayers£33,030Carpenters and joiners£34,014Construction and building trades n.e.c.£34,822Construction and building trades supervisors£45,021Floorers and wall tilers£32,861Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters£29,436Painters and decorators£32,763Plasterers£34,016Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers£37,881Roofers, roof tilers and slaters£31,906Steel erectors£35,824Stonemasons and related trades£33,938
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades23 jobs
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers£41,166Aircraft maintenance and related trades£45,779Boat and ship builders and repairers£33,896Computer system and equipment installers and servicers£34,237Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£48,571Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£41,662Electricians and electrical fitters£39,647Metal machining setters and setter-operators£35,718Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations£37,058Metal working production and maintenance fitters£40,760Pipe fitters£42,580Precision instrument makers and repairers£40,062Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£64,322Security system installers and repairers£39,002Sheet metal workers£32,207Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£45,150Telecoms and related network installers and repairers£39,998Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out£39,902TV, video and audio servicers and repairers—Vehicle body builders and repairers£34,999Vehicle paint technicians£34,531Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£37,458Welding trades£35,344
Teaching and other educational professionals13 jobs
Early education and childcare services managers£30,140Education advisers and school inspectors£44,549Education managers£46,581Further education teaching professionals£42,218Head teachers and principals£72,192Higher education teaching professionals£52,835Nursery education teaching professionals£37,593Other educational professionals n.e.c£39,114Primary education teaching professionals£45,939Secondary education teaching professionals£47,632Special needs education teaching professionals£47,432Teachers of English as a foreign language£37,514Teaching professionals n.e.c.£34,396
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades17 jobs
Bakers and flour confectioners£29,117Butchers£28,859Catering and bar managers£29,789Chefs£30,010Cooks£24,228Fishmongers and poultry dressers£25,394Florists£23,713Footwear and leather working trades£25,357Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers£33,078Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers£28,936Other skilled trades n.e.c.£29,340Pre-press technicians£27,497Print finishing and binding workers£27,315Printers£33,019Tailors and dressmakers£25,212Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.£26,573Upholsterers£27,909
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives14 jobs
Air transport operatives£34,700Bus and coach drivers£36,340Crane drivers£46,463Delivery drivers and couriers£27,854Driving instructors—Fork-lift truck drivers£31,279Large goods vehicle drivers£39,905Marine and waterways transport operatives£39,358Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.£37,864Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.£35,670Rail transport operatives£57,088Road transport drivers n.e.c.£32,892Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs£26,783Train and tram drivers£76,327
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