Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £44,688 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +0.4% on last year
£4,904 a month About £3,724 a month after tax 86 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 £49,567 in 2021 to £58,847 in 2026 (+19%); 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 | £30,175 | £37,647 | £49,567 | £59,387 | x |
| 2022 | £30,814 | £38,363 | £48,497 | £57,302 | x |
| 2023 | £31,768 | £41,169 | £53,258 | £62,483 | x |
| 2024 | £34,065 | £43,175 | £56,611 | £69,190 | x |
| 2025 | £35,513 | £45,016 | £58,604 | £68,545 | x |
| 2026 | £36,675 | £46,496 | £58,847 | £70,516 | 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 £58,847 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 £46,496 and £70,516; one in ten earns less than £36,675.
Ranked by median, it is number 32 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,724 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,580 in Scotland.
The median for men is £62,652 and for women £56,377, a gap of 10% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £36,675 | £3,056 |
| 20th | £43,570 | £3,631 |
| 25th (P25) | £46,496 | £3,875 |
| 30th | £49,669 | £4,139 |
| 40th | £54,021 | £4,502 |
| Median (50th) | £58,847 | £4,904 |
| 60th | £63,267 | £5,272 |
| 70th | £66,851 | £5,571 |
| 75th (P75) | £70,516 | £5,876 |
| 80th | £74,554 | £6,213 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £62,652 | £62,968 | 46 |
| Women | £56,377 | £56,185 | 40 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £44,688 | £3,724 |
| Scotland | £42,962 | £3,580 |
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 77 job titles to SOC 2439 Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- A
- A1
- A2
- Accounting group manager
- Additional registrar
- Area officer
- Arts administrator
- Assistant private secretary
- Assistant secretary
- Band 1
- Band 2
- Band 2c
- Band f
- Band g
- C1
- C2
- C3
- Chief executive officer
- Chief group officer
- Civil servant
- Committee officer
- Conflict adviser
- Constituency assistant
- Constituency caseworker
- Constituency officer
- Constituency support officer
- Consul
- Consular officer
- D1
- D2
- D3
- D4
- Digital policy analyst
- Divisional officer
- Governance officer
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade a
- Information compliance officer
- Information manager
- Parliamentary assistant
- Payband 4
- Policy adviser
- Policy advocate
- Policy and research coordinator
- Policy manager
- Policy officer
- Political adviser
- Political agent
- Political assistant
- Political consultant
- Politician's assistant
- Principal
- Principal committee officer
- Principal heritage and culture officer
- Principal officer
- Principal private secretary
- Private secretary
- Public protection manager
- RBDM
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- Regeneration manager
- Regional director
- Registrar
- Registrar of births deaths marriages and civil partnerships
- Registrar of births, deaths and marriages
- Registrar of deeds
- Registrar of marriages
- Registration officer
- Senior regeneration officer
- Senior registration administrator
- Senior registration executive
- Service manager
- SRA1
- SRA2
- SRE
- Superintendent registrar
- Third secretary
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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.