Financial adviser: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Finance and investment analysts and advisers (SOC 2422)
About £41,842 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +6.6% on last year
£4,495 a month About £3,487 a month after tax 183 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 £36,208 in 2021 to £53,940 in 2026 (+49%); 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 | £22,611 | £28,367 | £36,208 | £49,537 | x |
| 2022 | £22,370 | £28,742 | £37,853 | £50,866 | x |
| 2023 | £25,123 | £32,556 | £41,058 | £55,541 | x |
| 2024 | £27,007 | £34,368 | £45,896 | £62,116 | x |
| 2025 | £28,198 | £36,889 | £50,578 | £71,112 | x |
| 2026 | £29,743 | £39,666 | £53,940 | £75,790 | 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 £53,940 a year and half earn more. That is 32% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £39,666 and £75,790; one in ten earns less than £29,743.
Ranked by median, it is number 48 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£71,475) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,487 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,351 in Scotland.
The median for men is £54,722 and for women £51,850, a gap of 5% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £29,743 | £2,479 |
| 20th | £36,401 | £3,033 |
| 25th (P25) | £39,666 | £3,306 |
| 30th | £42,072 | £3,506 |
| 40th | £47,840 | £3,987 |
| Median (50th) | £53,940 | £4,495 |
| 60th | £60,578 | £5,048 |
| 70th | £70,508 | £5,876 |
| 75th (P75) | £75,790 | £6,316 |
| 80th | £83,299 | £6,942 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £54,722 | £77,494 | 111 |
| Women | £51,850 | £62,100 | 72 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £41,842 | £3,487 |
| Scotland | £40,213 | £3,351 |
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 £54,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 87 job titles to SOC 2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Account executive
- Accounting analyst
- Analyst
- Associate
- Bank associate
- Banking associate
- Banking consultant
- Business finance partner
- Chartered financial planner
- Client executive
- Collateral analyst
- Consultant
- Corporate actions analyst
- Credit analyst
- Credit research analyst
- Credit risk analyst
- Employee benefit consultant
- Equity analyst
- Equity research analyst
- Finance adviser
- Finance agent
- Finance analyst
- Finance associate
- Finance business partner
- Finance consultant
- Finance partner
- Finance systems analyst
- Financial adviser
- Financial agent
- Financial analyst
- Financial consultant
- Financial loans adviser
- Financial planner
- Financial planning adviser
- Financial planning consultant
- Financial planning officer
- Financial service adviser
- Financial services adviser
- Financial services consultant
- Financier
- Health care consultant
- IFA
- Independent financial adviser
- Insurance analyst
- Insurance associate
- Insurance consultant
- Interviewer
- Investment adviser
- Investment analyst
- Investment assistant
- Investment banking analyst
- Investment banking associate
- Investment consultant
- Investment counsellor
- Investment officer
- Investment operations analyst
- Money agent
- Mortgage adviser
- Mortgage agent
- Mortgage and protection adviser
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- Mortgage and protection consultant
- Mortgage arranger
- Mortgage consultant
- Mortgage specialist
- Paraplanner
- Pension adviser
- Pension consultant
- Pension manager
- Pensions adviser
- Pensions consultant
- Pensions inspector
- Pensions manager
- Pensions technical consultant
- Personal wealth adviser
- Pricing analyst
- Private investor
- Product control analyst
- Sales associate
- Schemes officer
- Structurer
- Technical adviser
- Technical consultant
- Treasury analyst
- Venture capitalist
- Wealth management adviser
- Wealth management consultant
- Wealth 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.