Officers in armed forces: salary in the UK
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Officers in armed forces in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Senior Officers in Protective Services (SOC 116) has a median of £70,473 a year.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 59 job titles to SOC 1161 Officers in armed forces. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Adjutant
- Adjutant-general
- Admiral
- Admiral of the fleet
- Aide-de-camp
- Air chief marshal
- Air commodore
- Air marshal
- Air vice marshal
- Air-marshal
- Army officer
- Bomb disposal officer
- Brigadier
- Captain
- Chaplain
- Colonel
- Colonel-commandant
- Commandant
- Commander
- Commanding officer
- Commissioned officer
- Commodore
- Director
- Field marshal
- Field-marshal
- Flag officer
- Flight-lieutenant
- Flying officer
- General
- General staff officer
- Group captain
- Lieutenant
- Lieutenant-colonel
- Lieutenant-commander
- Lieutenant-general
- Major
- Major-general
- Marshal of the raf
- Marshal of the royal air force
- Medical officer
- Midshipman
- Officer
- Officer cadet
- Pilot officer
- Quartermaster-general
- Raf officer
- Rear-admiral
- Royal air force officer
- Royal marines commando officer
- Royal marines officer
- Royal naval officer
- Royal navy officer
- Ship's captain
- Squadron leader
- Squadron-leader
- Sub-lieutenant
- Superintendent
- Vice-admiral
- Wing commander
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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.