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The 25 best-paid occupations in the UK by median full-time salary, from £99,944 for chief executives and senior officials.
ONS data, April 2025 (provisional) · full-time employees · checked 8 October 2026
Job Median salary Typical range Take-home a month Chief executives and senior officials £99,944 £63,161 to £151,903 £5,710 Marketing, sales and advertising directors £94,135 £65,527 to £134,962 £5,430 Specialist medical practitioners £92,847 £67,335 to £136,100 £5,367 Information technology directors £91,671 £69,515 to £119,408 £5,311 Financial managers and directors £76,447 £50,000 to £120,417 £4,575 Train and tram drivers £76,327 £68,924 to £83,129 £4,569 Head teachers and principals £72,192 £59,307 to £83,623 £4,369 Health services and public health managers and directors £61,573 £48,613 to £80,002 £3,856 Financial and accounting technicians £60,575 £36,907 to £76,303 £3,808 Electrical engineers £60,303 £43,003 to £73,899 £3,794 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £60,288 £45,860 to £81,932 £3,794 Business and financial project management professionals £59,834 £46,399 to £77,568 £3,772 Production managers and directors in manufacturing £58,640 £42,885 to £85,000 £3,714 IT project managers £58,373 £41,423 to £74,823 £3,701 Purchasing managers and directors £58,005 £44,801 to £82,749 £3,683 Sales accounts and business development managers £57,625 £43,049 to £79,598 £3,665 Human resource managers and directors £57,529 £43,676 to £78,677 £3,660 Solicitors and lawyers £56,977 £42,015 to £77,509 £3,634 Programmers and software development professionals £56,914 £42,289 to £75,794 £3,631 IT managers £56,438 £44,372 to £73,901 £3,608 Production managers and directors in construction £56,021 £42,575 to £70,710 £3,587 Research and development (R&D) managers £55,519 £44,101 to £75,207 £3,563 Generalist medical practitioners £55,494 £43,727 to £68,946 £3,562 Cyber security professionals £54,647 £42,761 to £71,808 £3,521 Paramedics £53,818 £45,499 to £60,860 £3,481
These are medians for full-time employees, so they show what a typical person in the job earns, not the very top of the range. Many of these jobs need years of experience or professional qualifications.
Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14, April 2025 (provisional) . Figures cover full-time employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than a year. Self-employed people are not included. Only occupations with at least 20,000 full-time jobs and a reliable ONS estimate are listed. See every job .
