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The 50 occupations with the highest median full-time salary, from ONS figures for the tax year ending 5 April 2026. The 50 occupations whose median ONS didn't publish are left out.
# Occupation Median After tax a month
1 Specialist medical practitioners £108,281 £5,975 2 Information technology directors £98,127 £5,623 3 Marketing, sales and advertising directors £96,393 £5,539 4 Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport £95,898 £5,515 5 Chief executives and senior officials £95,516 £5,496 6 Directors in consultancy services £87,192 £5,094 7 Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £84,439 £4,961 8 Financial managers and directors £80,000 £4,746 9 Public relations and communications directors £79,560 £4,725 10 Train and tram drivers £74,376 £4,475 11 Head teachers and principals £73,110 £4,413 12 Senior police officers £70,573 £4,291 13 Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £68,372 £4,184 14 Production managers and directors in mining and energy £64,765 £4,010 15 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £64,326 £3,989 16 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services £63,684 £3,958 17 Health services and public health managers and directors £63,574 £3,953 18 Electrical engineers £63,136 £3,931 19 Business and financial project management professionals £63,046 £3,927 20 Managers and directors in the creative industries £61,634 £3,859 21 Human resource managers and directors £61,445 £3,850 22 Financial and accounting technicians £60,755 £3,816 23 Actuaries, economists and statisticians £60,263 £3,793 24 Production managers and directors in construction £59,994 £3,779 25 Programmers and software development professionals £59,863 £3,773 26 Production managers and directors in manufacturing £59,695 £3,765 27 IT project managers £59,647 £3,763 28 Aerospace engineers £59,529 £3,757 29 Generalist medical practitioners £59,325 £3,747 30 Purchasing managers and directors £59,192 £3,741 31 Information technology professionals n.e.c. £59,048 £3,734 32 Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. £58,847 £3,724 33 Sales accounts and business development managers £58,743 £3,719 34 Rail transport operatives £58,370 £3,701 35 IT managers £58,086 £3,687 36 Ship and hovercraft officers £57,956 £3,681 37 Waste disposal and environmental services managers £57,820 £3,674 38 Research and development (R&D) managers £57,455 £3,657 39 Solicitors and lawyers £57,198 £3,644 40 IT network professionals £56,591 £3,615 41 Management consultants and business analysts £56,203 £3,596 42 Barristers and judges £55,412 £3,558 43 Pharmacists £55,410 £3,558 44 Cyber security professionals £55,373 £3,556 45 Marketing and commercial managers £55,215 £3,549 46 Charitable organisation managers and directors £54,834 £3,530 47 Engineering project managers and project engineers £53,959 £3,488 48 Finance and investment analysts and advisers £53,940 £3,487 49 Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. £53,429 £3,462 50 Clinical psychologists £53,164 £3,449
Each occupation page has the full pay range, pay by year and official job titles. After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan.
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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.
