Information technology professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £44,805 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.3% on last year
£4,921 a month About £3,734 a month after tax 64 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 £38,808 in 2021 to £59,048 in 2026 (+52%); 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 | £24,701 | £30,923 | £38,808 | £52,798 | x |
| 2022 | £21,353 | £29,770 | £42,630 | £60,211 | x |
| 2023 | £23,490 | £31,814 | £44,948 | £63,535 | x |
| 2024 | £29,031 | £38,694 | £52,267 | £71,044 | x |
| 2025 | £29,793 | £40,554 | £54,525 | £74,871 | x |
| 2026 | £32,091 | £44,569 | £59,048 | £77,228 | 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 £59,048 a year and half earn more. That is 44% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £44,569 and £77,228; one in ten earns less than £32,091.
Ranked by median, it is number 31 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,734 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,590 in Scotland.
The median for men is £62,108 and for women £53,275, a gap of 14% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £32,091 | £2,674 |
| 20th | £41,510 | £3,459 |
| 25th (P25) | £44,569 | £3,714 |
| 30th | £46,825 | £3,902 |
| 40th | £52,274 | £4,356 |
| Median (50th) | £59,048 | £4,921 |
| 60th | £65,352 | £5,446 |
| 70th | £72,722 | £6,060 |
| 75th (P75) | £77,228 | £6,436 |
| 80th | £83,541 | £6,962 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £62,108 | £69,793 | 49 |
| Women | £53,275 | £54,707 | 16 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £44,805 | £3,734 |
| Scotland | £43,074 | £3,590 |
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 £59,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 44 job titles to SOC 2139 Information technology professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Account manager
- AI consultant
- Application management analyst
- Business consultant
- Communications consultant
- Computer consultant
- Computer technical consultant
- Computing consultant
- Consultant
- Data consultant
- Devops engineer
- Digital consultant
- Digital transformation consultant
- Education online webmaster
- Information technology consultant
- Internet consultant
- Internet engineer
- IT account manager
- IT business consultant
- IT consultant
- IT contractor
- IT engineer
- IT management consultant
- IT planner
- Managing consultant
- Online facilitator
- Sap consultant
- Technical account manager
- Technical business consultant
- Technical consultant
- Technical evangelist
- Technical support consultant
- Technology consultant
- Technology evangelist
- Telecommunications consultant
- Telecommunications planner
- Telecoms consultant
- Web communications executive
- Web consultant
- Web manager
- Web master
- Web site manager
- Webmaster
- Website 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.