Highest Paying Jobs in the UK

The top-paying occupations in the United Kingdom ranked by median annual salary. Source: ONS ASHE 2025 provisional.

#OccupationMedian Salary
1Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers£107,712
2Information technology directors£90,081
3Marketing, sales and advertising directors£90,000
4Chief executives and senior officials£89,835
5Specialist medical practitioners£88,997
6Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport£80,518
7Train and tram drivers£76,176
8Directors in consultancy services£73,453
9Public relations and communications directors£72,020
10Head teachers and principals£70,977
11Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£69,996
12Senior police officers£66,514
13Financial managers and directors£65,336
14Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£64,322
15Production managers and directors in mining and energy£63,241
16Electrical engineers£59,930
17IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£59,593
18IT project managers£58,016
19Business and financial project management professionals£57,874
20Rail transport operatives£56,925
21Purchasing managers and directors£56,779
22Sales accounts and business development managers£56,021
23Health services and public health managers and directors£55,879
24Aerospace engineers£55,817
25Programmers and software development professionals£55,587
26IT managers£55,502
27Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£55,106
28Production managers and directors in construction£54,947
29Research and development (R&D) managers£54,857
30Cyber security professionals£54,816
31Human resource managers and directors£54,474
32Solicitors and lawyers£53,314
33Financial and accounting technicians£53,265
34Physical scientists£53,142
35Production managers and directors in manufacturing£52,885
36Engineering project managers and project engineers£52,451
37Electronics engineers£51,973
38Quantity surveyors£51,950
39Generalist medical practitioners£51,756
40Management consultants and business analysts£51,729
41Actuaries, economists and statisticians£51,520
42Brokers£51,026
43Managers and directors in the creative industries£50,868
44Civil engineers£50,602
45Mechanical engineers£50,594
46Marketing and commercial managers£50,589
47Information technology professionals n.e.c.£50,459
48Paramedics£50,294
49Waste disposal and environmental services managers£48,927
50IT network professionals£48,294
51Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£48,171
52Engineering professionals n.e.c.£47,985
53Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£47,969
54Finance and investment analysts and advisers£47,776
55Production and process engineers£47,711
56Pharmacists£47,508
57Managers in transport and distribution£46,734
58Web design professionals£46,639
59Higher education teaching professionals£46,494
60Crane drivers£46,392
61Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£46,356
62Taxation experts£46,280
63Clinical psychologists£45,954
64Chartered surveyors£45,673
65Architects£45,625
66Construction project managers and related professionals£45,613
67Chartered and certified accountants£45,538
68Veterinarians£45,362
69Biochemists and biomedical scientists£45,269
70Rail travel assistants£45,240
71Financial accounts managers£45,162
72Social services managers and directors£45,155
73Managers in logistics£45,104
74Education managers£45,043
75Construction and building trades supervisors£45,000
76IT quality and testing professionals£44,973
77Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£44,793
78Aircraft maintenance and related trades£44,704
79Health and safety managers and officers£44,551
80Rail construction and maintenance operatives£44,445
81Engineering technicians£44,330
82Medical radiographers£44,324
83Secondary education teaching professionals£44,246
84Biological scientists£43,781
85Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£43,382
86Social workers£42,708
87Pipe fitters£42,580
88Quality control and planning engineers£42,511
89Other researchers, unspecified discipline£42,463
90Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters£42,169
91Primary education teaching professionals£42,031
92Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.£41,706
93Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£41,592
94Newspaper and periodical editors£41,583
95Environment professionals£41,555
96Education advisers and school inspectors£41,535
97Nurse practitioners£41,392
98Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers£41,166
99Property, housing and estate managers£41,115
100Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£41,111