Managers, directors and senior officials

Median full-time salary in this group: £60,000 a year. 42 occupations, highest median first.

Corporate managers and directors

Median £67,499

• Information technology directors 1137
  £98,127
• Marketing, sales and advertising directors 1132
  £96,393
• Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport 1140
  £95,898
• Chief executives and senior officials 1111
  £95,516
• Functional managers and directors n.e.c. 1139
  £84,439
• Financial managers and directors 1131
  £80,000
• Public relations and communications directors 1133
  £79,560
• Senior police officers 1162
  £70,573
• Production managers and directors in mining and energy 1123
  £64,765
• Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services 1163
  £63,684
• Health services and public health managers and directors 1171
  £63,574
• Human resource managers and directors 1136
  £61,445
• Production managers and directors in construction 1122
  £59,994
• Production managers and directors in manufacturing 1121
  £59,695
• Purchasing managers and directors 1134
  £59,192
• Charitable organisation managers and directors 1135
  £54,834
• Social services managers and directors 1172
  £49,460
• Managers and directors in retail and wholesale 1150
  £39,123
• Elected officers and representatives 1112
  x
• Officers in armed forces 1161
  x

Other managers and proprietors

Median £43,132

• Directors in consultancy services 1258
  £87,192
• Managers and directors in the creative industries 1255
  £61,634
• Waste disposal and environmental services managers 1254
  £57,820
• Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. 1259
  £53,429
• Managers in transport and distribution 1241
  £50,265
• Managers in logistics 1243
  £50,163
• Garage managers and proprietors 1252
  £48,903
• Publicans and managers of licensed premises 1223
  £46,124
• Property, housing and estate managers 1251
  £46,068
• Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors 1232
  £44,438
• Hire services managers and proprietors 1257
  £42,498
• Health care practice managers 1231
  £41,884
• Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture 1211
  £39,185
• Managers in storage and warehousing 1242
  £39,034
• Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services 1212
  £38,726
• Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors 1221
  £35,933
• Leisure and sports managers 1224
  £34,749
• Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors 1222
  £33,972
• Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors 1253
  £30,811
• Travel agency managers and proprietors 1225
  x
• Early education and childcare services proprietors 1233
  x
• Betting shop and gambling establishment managers 1256
  x

Other groups

• Professional occupations£50,683
• Associate professional occupations£40,000
• Administrative and secretarial occupations£31,918
• Skilled trades occupations£37,419
• Caring, leisure and other service occupations£28,497
• Sales and customer service occupations£28,276
• Process, plant and machine operatives£34,936
• Elementary occupations£29,135

Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.