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Routine inspectors and testers: salary in the UK

£33,348

About £27,530 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)

median salary a year, full-time, -3% on last year

£2,779 a month About £2,294 a month after tax 32 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 £26,375 in 2021 to £33,348 in 2026 (+26%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.

Figures by year
P10P25MedianP75P90
2021£17,639£20,647£26,375£32,571x
2022£19,607x£26,727xx
2023£22,033£25,525£30,746£39,655x
2024£23,128£26,410£32,198£40,457x
2025£24,827£28,161£34,364£44,010x
2026£25,462£28,804£33,348£42,203x

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 £33,348 a year and half earn more. That is 18% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).

The middle half earn between £28,804 and £42,203; one in ten earns less than £25,462.

Ranked by median, it is number 234 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.

At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,294 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,294 in Scotland.

The median for men is £35,514 and for women £30,338, a gap of 15% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.

Percentiles

PercentileAnnualMonthly
10th (P10)£25,462£2,122
20th£27,809£2,317
25th (P25)£28,804£2,400
30th£29,706£2,475
40th£31,341£2,612
Median (50th)£33,348£2,779
60th£35,867£2,989
70th£39,824£3,319
75th (P75)£42,203£3,517
80th£44,678£3,723
90th (P90)xx

Men and women

MedianMeanJobs (thousands)
Men£35,514£38,77923
Women£30,338£31,2999

Take-home pay at the median

Where you livePer yearPer month
England, Wales, NI£27,530£2,294
Scotland£27,531£2,294

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 £33,000

Job titles in this occupation

ONS codes these 378 job titles to SOC 8143 Routine inspectors and testers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.

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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.