Ship and hovercraft officers: salary in the UK
About £44,172 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time
£4,830 a month About £3,681 a month after tax
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 £50,865 in 2023 to £57,956 in 2026 (+14%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +17% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £50,865 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | x | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £57,956 | 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 £57,956 a year and half earn more. That is 42% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 36 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,681 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,539 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | £53,801 | £4,483 |
| Median (50th) | £57,956 | £4,830 |
| 60th | x | x |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £57,956 | £62,479 | x |
| Women | x | x | : |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £44,172 | £3,681 |
| Scotland | £42,463 | £3,539 |
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 £58,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 82 job titles to SOC 3512 Ship and hovercraft officers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assistant engineer
- Barge captain
- Barge master
- Cadet
- Canal pilot
- Captain
- Chief engineer
- Chief marine engineer
- Chief mate
- Chief officer
- Commander
- Commodore
- Coxswain
- Deck officer
- Dock pilot
- Dredger captain
- Dynamic positioning operator
- Electrical engineer
- Electrical officer
- Electronics officer
- Engineer
- Engineer officer
- Engineering officer
- Ferry captain
- First engineer
- First mate
- First officer
- Flight engineer
- Fourth mate
- Harbour pilot
- Hovercraft pilot
- Hydraulic engineer
- Lighter captain
- Marine engineer
- Marine pilot
- Marine salvage officer
- Marine superintendent
- Master
- Master mariner
- Master of lightship
- Mate
- Merchant navy deck officer
- Merchant navy officer
- Midshipman
- Navigating officer
- Navigator
- Officer
- Oil rig skipper
- Petty officer
- Pilot
- Pilot superintendent
- Purser
- Radio officer
- Refrigerating engineer
- Refrigeration engineer
- Refrigeration officer
- Relieving officer
- River pilot
- Sea-going engineer
- Second engineer
Show all 82 titles
- Second mate
- Second officer
- Ship master
- Ship's captain
- Ship's engineer
- Ship's officer
- Ship's purser
- Ships master
- Skipper
- Superintendent of pilots
- Third engineer
- Third mate
- Third officer
- Trinity house officer
- Tug captain
- Tug engineer
- Tug master
- Tug mate
- Tug skipper
- Yacht captain
- Yacht master
- Yacht skipper
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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.