Professional occupations

Median full-time salary in this group: £50,683 a year. 97 occupations, highest median first.

Science, research, engineering and technology professionals

Median £54,513

• IT business analysts, architects and systems designers 2133
  £64,326
• Electrical engineers 2123
  £63,136
• Programmers and software development professionals 2134
  £59,863
• IT project managers 2131
  £59,647
• Aerospace engineers 2126
  £59,529
• Information technology professionals n.e.c. 2139
  £59,048
• IT managers 2132
  £58,086
• Research and development (R&D) managers 2161
  £57,455
• IT network professionals 2137
  £56,591
• Cyber security professionals 2135
  £55,373
• Engineering project managers and project engineers 2127
  £53,959
• Mechanical engineers 2122
  £52,527
• Civil engineers 2121
  £52,456
• Physical scientists 2114
  £52,044
• Web design professionals 2141
  £50,963
• Engineering professionals n.e.c. 2129
  £50,307
• Biochemists and biomedical scientists 2113
  £49,121
• Biological scientists 2112
  £49,001
• Production and process engineers 2125
  £48,700
• Environment professionals 2152
  £46,042
• Social and humanities scientists 2115
  £45,837
• Other researchers, unspecified discipline 2162
  £45,522
• IT quality and testing professionals 2136
  £45,165
• Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. 2119
  £44,644
• Chemical scientists 2111
  £42,153
• Graphic and multimedia designers 2142
  £35,703
• Electronics engineers 2124
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• Conservation professionals 2151
  x

Health professionals

Median £47,984

• Specialist medical practitioners 2212
  £108,281
• Generalist medical practitioners 2211
  £59,325
• Pharmacists 2251
  £55,410
• Clinical psychologists 2225
  £53,164
• Paramedics 2255
  £52,875
• Veterinarians 2240
  £51,113
• Medical radiographers 2254
  £49,713
• Nurse practitioners 2234
  £47,673
• Midwifery nurses 2231
  £47,552
• Specialist nurses 2233
  £46,580
• Physiotherapists 2221
  £46,303
• Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists 2224
  £45,512
• Other nursing professionals 2237
  £44,601
• Mental health nurses 2235
  £43,902
• Occupational therapists 2222
  £43,823
• Other health professionals n.e.c. 2259
  £43,317
• Community nurses 2232
  £42,504
• Children's nurses 2236
  £41,799
• Speech and language therapists 2223
  £40,499
• Other psychologists 2226
  £40,394
• Therapy professionals n.e.c. 2229
  £36,422
• Optometrists 2252
  x
• Dental practitioners 2253
  x
• Podiatrists 2256
  x

Teaching and other educational professionals

Median £49,233

• Head teachers and principals 2321
  £73,110
• Higher education teaching professionals 2311
  £53,159
• Secondary education teaching professionals 2313
  £49,492
• Special needs education teaching professionals 2316
  £49,335
• Education managers 2322
  £48,633
• Primary education teaching professionals 2314
  £47,207
• Education advisers and school inspectors 2323
  £46,994
• Further education teaching professionals 2312
  £43,938
• Other educational professionals n.e.c 2329
  £37,646
• Teaching professionals n.e.c. 2319
  £35,290
• Nursery education teaching professionals 2315
  £33,452
• Early education and childcare services managers 2324
  £33,136
• Teachers of English as a foreign language 2317
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Business, media and public service professionals

Median £51,601

• Business and financial project management professionals 2440
  £63,046
• Actuaries, economists and statisticians 2433
  £60,263
• Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. 2439
  £58,847
• Solicitors and lawyers 2412
  £57,198
• Management consultants and business analysts 2431
  £56,203
• Barristers and judges 2411
  £55,412
• Marketing and commercial managers 2432
  £55,215
• Finance and investment analysts and advisers 2422
  £53,940
• Quantity surveyors 2453
  £52,492
• Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 2482
  £52,073
• Chartered and certified accountants 2421
  £50,745
• Taxation experts 2423
  £50,355
• Advertising accounts managers and creative directors 2494
  £50,121
• Construction project managers and related professionals 2455
  £49,319
• Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters 2492
  £48,153
• Chartered surveyors 2454
  £48,087
• Architects 2451
  £47,665
• Social workers 2461
  £45,912
• Welfare professionals n.e.c. 2469
  £45,656
• Quality control and planning engineers 2481
  £45,127
• Environmental health professionals 2483
  £44,907
• Newspaper and periodical editors 2491
  £44,792
• Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants 2452
  £43,307
• Business and related research professionals 2434
  £42,561
• Public relations professionals 2493
  £40,043
• Legal professionals n.e.c. 2419
  £40,000
• Librarians 2471
  £38,857
• Archivists and curators 2472
  £38,000
• Clergy 2463
  £32,569
• Professional/Chartered company secretaries 2435
  x
• Probation officers 2462
  x
• Youth work professionals 2464
  x

Other groups

• Managers, directors and senior officials£60,000
• 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.