Taxation experts: salary in the UK
About £39,763 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +1.1% on last year
£4,196 a month About £3,314 a month after tax 23 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 £44,171 in 2021 to £50,355 in 2026 (+14%); 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 | x | £34,836 | £44,171 | x | x |
| 2022 | £27,255 | £34,097 | £50,049 | x | x |
| 2023 | £30,553 | £35,189 | £48,889 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £37,814 | £49,493 | x | x |
| 2025 | £29,283 | £36,794 | £49,822 | x | x |
| 2026 | £31,701 | £35,814 | £50,355 | x | 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 £50,355 a year and half earn more. That is 23% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
One in ten earns less than £31,701.
Ranked by median, it is number 63 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£62,123) 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 £3,314 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,184 in Scotland.
The median for men is £57,645 and for women £48,653, a gap of 16% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £31,701 | £2,642 |
| 20th | £33,505 | £2,792 |
| 25th (P25) | £35,814 | £2,985 |
| 30th | £38,208 | £3,184 |
| 40th | £43,234 | £3,603 |
| Median (50th) | £50,355 | £4,196 |
| 60th | £60,320 | £5,027 |
| 70th | £65,930 | £5,494 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £57,645 | £65,453 | 13 |
| Women | £48,653 | £57,632 | 10 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £39,763 | £3,314 |
| Scotland | £38,206 | £3,184 |
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 34 job titles to SOC 2423 Taxation experts. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Compliance officer
- Criminal investigator
- District inspector
- Inspector
- Inspector of taxes
- Investigator
- Tax accountant
- Tax adviser
- Tax analyst
- Tax associate
- Tax consultant
- Tax director
- Tax inspector
- Tax manager
- Tax partner
- Tax practitioner
- Tax professional
- Tax senior
- Tax specialist
- Tax supervisor
- Tax technician
- Taxation accountant
- Taxation adviser
- Taxation consultant
- Taxation manager
- Taxation practitioner
- Taxation senior
- Taxation specialist
- Taxation supervisor
- Taxation technician
- Vat adviser
- Vat consultant
- Vat inspector
- Vat 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.