Managers in transport and distribution: salary in the UK
About £39,710 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5.5% on last year
£4,189 a month About £3,309 a month after tax 57 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £38,702 in 2021 to £50,265 in 2026 (+30%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £23,126 | £29,777 | £38,702 | £50,413 | x |
| 2022 | £25,239 | £31,902 | £40,796 | £51,908 | x |
| 2023 | £25,476 | £32,000 | £41,826 | £54,749 | x |
| 2024 | £30,000 | £35,130 | £44,915 | £57,113 | x |
| 2025 | £30,078 | £38,059 | £47,653 | £63,102 | x |
| 2026 | x | £41,275 | £50,265 | £66,521 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £50,265 a year and half earn more. That is 23% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £41,275 and £66,521.
Ranked by median, it is number 65 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,309 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,180 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £39,067 | £3,256 |
| 25th (P25) | £41,275 | £3,440 |
| 30th | £43,042 | £3,587 |
| 40th | £45,991 | £3,833 |
| Median (50th) | £50,265 | £4,189 |
| 60th | £55,276 | £4,606 |
| 70th | £63,106 | £5,259 |
| 75th (P75) | £66,521 | £5,543 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £50,762 | £57,280 | 44 |
| Women | x | £53,494 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £39,710 | £3,309 |
| Scotland | £38,156 | £3,180 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £50,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 70 job titles to SOC 1241 Managers in transport and distribution. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Airport manager
- Area manager
- Berthing manager
- Berthing master
- Branch manager
- Bus garage manager
- Cargo capacity manager
- Chartering manager
- Collections manager
- Crew manager
- Delivery manager
- Delivery office manager
- Depot manager
- Despatch manager
- Director
- Dispatch manager
- Distribution manager
- Distribution service manager
- District manager
- Divisional manager
- Dock master
- Docks manager
- Fleet manager
- Flight manager
- Flight operations manager
- Freight manager
- Harbour master
- Home delivery manager
- Mail centre manager
- Mail manager
- Manager
- Network and traffic manager
- Operations delivery manager
- Operations manager
- Owner
- Parcel delivery manager
- Pier master
- Pilot manager
- Port captain
- Port manager
- Port master
- Port operations manager
- Process manager
- Processing manager
- Production manager
- Quay master
- Removals manager
- Road transport manager
- Royal mail manager
- Royal mail operations manager
- Service manager
- Shift manager
- Ship owner
- Ship's husband
- Shipping manager
- Site manager
- Sorting office manager
- Station manager
- Station master
- Stationmaster
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- Taxi company owner
- Taxi service owner
- Terminal manager
- Traffic and network manager
- Traffic management manager
- Traffic manager
- Transport fleet manager
- Transport manager
- Transport operations manager
- Work area manager
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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.