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🇺🇰 United Kingdom · SOC 2020 · April 2025 provisional

Salaries by occupation— every job

Official wage statistics for all 396 SOC 2020 occupations in United Kingdom, published by UK Office for National Statistics (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Table 14 — 2025 provisional). Sorted alphabetically. Looking for government pay grades? See the United Kingdom federal pay tables.

OccupationCodeMedian
Actuaries, economists and statisticians2433£53,342
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors2494£48,977
Aerospace engineers2126£55,839
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.5119£30,062
Air transport operatives8233£34,700
Air travel assistants6213£28,738
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers5225£41,166
Aircraft maintenance and related trades5234£45,779
Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers3511£82,746
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)6132£33,465
Animal care services occupations n.e.c.6129£25,067
Architects2451£47,143
Archivists and curators2472£34,237
Artists3411£47,763
Arts officers, producers and directors3416£45,534
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)8141£28,620
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)8142£31,919
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.8149£27,962
Authors, writers and translators3412£39,459
Bakers and flour confectioners5432£29,117
Bank and post office clerks4123£30,265
Bar and catering supervisors9261£26,019
Bar staff9265£23,182
Barristers and judges2411£50,915
Beauticians and related occupations6222£24,124
Betting shop and gambling establishment managers1256£31,961
Biochemists and biomedical scientists2113£47,892
Biological scientists2112£45,382
Boat and ship builders and repairers5235£33,896
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks4122£31,560
Bricklayers5313£33,030
Brokers3531£56,689
Building and civil engineering technicians3114£37,229
Bus and coach drivers8212£36,340
Business and financial project management professionals2440£59,834
Business and related research professionals2434£41,128
Business associate professionals n.e.c.3549£35,209
Business sales executives3552£37,924
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.2439£58,341
Butchers5431£28,859
Buyers and procurement officers3551£37,306
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians3120£35,221
Call and contact centre occupations7211£27,035
Care escorts6137£28,216
Care workers and home carers6135£27,468
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists3572£32,418
Caretakers6232£28,950
Carpenters and joiners5316£34,014
Catering and bar managers5436£29,789
Chartered and certified accountants2421£50,062
Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants2452£36,457
Chartered surveyors2454£46,184
Chefs5434£30,010
Chemical and related process operatives8113£33,959
Chemical scientists2111£39,983
Chief executives and senior officials1111£99,944
Child and early years officers3222£31,001
Childminders6114£24,278
Children's nurses2236£41,963
Civil engineers2121£51,366
Cleaners and domestics9223£24,130
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors6240£28,605
Clergy2463£31,183
Clinical psychologists2225£58,366
Clothing, fashion and accessories designers3422£36,848
Coffee shop workers9266£21,598
Collector salespersons and credit agents7121£46,222
Communication operators7213£36,415
Community nurses2232£40,897
Company secretaries and administrators4214£45,661
Complementary health associate professionals3214£27,888
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers5244£34,237
Conservation professionals2151£40,083
Construction and building trades n.e.c.5319£34,822
Construction and building trades supervisors5330£45,021
Construction operatives n.e.c.8159£32,446
Construction project managers and related professionals2455£47,665
Cooks5435£24,228
Counsellors3224£31,124
Crane drivers8221£46,463
Credit controllers4121£28,532
Customer service managers4143£37,535
Customer service occupations n.e.c.7219£27,848
Customer service supervisors7220£35,723
Cyber security professionals2135£54,647
Data analysts3544£38,572
Data entry administrators4152£28,316
Database administrators and web content technicians3133£37,995
Debt, rent and other cash collectors7122£29,097
Delivery drivers and couriers8214£27,854
Delivery operatives9253£28,749
Dental nurses6133£25,742
Design occupations n.e.c.3429£39,779
Directors in consultancy services1258£104,017
Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport1140£83,447
Dispensing opticians3211£28,543
Driving instructors8215£60,487
Early education and childcare assistants6111£24,742
Early education and childcare practitioners3232£23,717
Early education and childcare services managers2324£30,140
Education advisers and school inspectors2323£44,549
Education managers2322£46,581
Educational support assistants6113£21,448
Elected officers and representatives1112£37,420
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.5249£48,571
Electrical and electronics technicians3112£35,126
Electrical engineers2123£60,303
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers5246£41,662
Electricians and electrical fitters5241£39,647
Electronics engineers2124£52,518
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.9219£26,631
Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.9229£25,780
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.9129£28,591
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.9139£29,619
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.9259£35,863
Elementary storage supervisors9251£31,010
Energy plant operatives8133£57,264
Engineering professionals n.e.c.2129£48,776
Engineering project managers and project engineers2127£53,064
Engineering technicians3113£44,843
Environment professionals2152£43,362
Environmental health professionals2483£41,725
Estate agents and auctioneers3555£30,648
Estimators, valuers and assessors3541£39,634
Events managers and organisers3557£32,163
Farm workers9111£30,101
Farmers5111£35,295
Finance and investment analysts and advisers2422£50,330
Finance officers4124£31,943
Financial accounts managers3534£48,980
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.4129£28,996
Financial and accounting technicians3533£60,575
Financial managers and directors1131£76,447
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)3313£44,033
Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.9119£26,737
Fishmongers and poultry dressers5433£25,394
Fitness and wellbeing instructors3433£27,273
Floorers and wall tilers5322£32,861
Florists5443£23,713
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives8111£28,243
Footwear and leather working trades5412£25,357
Fork-lift truck drivers8222£31,279
Functional managers and directors n.e.c.1139£75,711
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers5442£33,078
Further education teaching professionals2312£42,218
Gardeners and landscape gardeners5113£28,539
Generalist medical practitioners2211£55,494
Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers5441£28,936
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters5317£29,436
Graphic and multimedia designers2142£32,510
Groundsmen and greenkeepers5114£28,288
Groundworkers9121£37,925
Hairdressers and barbers6221£24,279
Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors1253£29,715
Head teachers and principals2321£72,192
Health and safety managers and officers3582£46,444
Health associate professionals n.e.c.3219£30,575
Health care practice managers1231£42,559
Health services and public health managers and directors1171£61,573
Higher education teaching professionals2311£52,835
Higher level teaching assistants3231£25,434
Hire services managers and proprietors1257£31,626
Horticultural trades5112£27,262
Hospital porters9262£29,409
Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors1221£36,419
Housekeepers and related occupations6231£25,335
Houseparents and residential wardens6134£31,871
Housing officers3223£34,688
Human resource managers and directors1136£57,529
Human resources administrative occupations4136£26,851
Human resources and industrial relations officers3571£35,194
Importers and exporters3542£34,757
Industrial cleaning process occupations9131£27,306
Information technology directors1137£91,671
Information technology professionals n.e.c.2139£54,107
Information technology trainers3573£38,981
Inspectors of standards and regulations3581£38,963
Insurance underwriters3532£41,610
Interior designers3421£36,485
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers2133£60,288
IT managers2132£56,438
IT network professionals2137£48,907
IT operations technicians3131£35,259
IT project managers2131£58,373
IT quality and testing professionals2136£47,118
IT user support technicians3132£35,128
Kitchen and catering assistants9263£22,886
Laboratory technicians3111£28,210
Large goods vehicle drivers8211£39,905
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers9224£23,331
Legal associate professionals3520£34,662
Legal professionals n.e.c.2419£35,507
Legal secretaries4212£26,968
Leisure and sports managers1224£36,026
Leisure and theme park attendants9267£22,294
Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.6219£26,656
Librarians2471£38,068
Library clerks and assistants4135£28,134
Local government administrative occupations4112£30,886
Management consultants and business analysts2431£53,295
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale1150£38,447
Managers and directors in the creative industries1255£54,772
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture1211£38,182
Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services1212£33,011
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.1259£46,271
Managers in logistics1243£46,143
Managers in storage and warehousing1242£37,470
Managers in transport and distribution1241£47,504
Marine and waterways transport operatives8232£39,358
Market and street traders and assistants7124£27,726
Marketing and commercial managers2432£53,703
Marketing associate professionals3554£33,412
Marketing, sales and advertising directors1132£94,135
Mechanical engineers2122£51,110
Medical and dental technicians3213£29,931
Medical radiographers2254£48,439
Medical secretaries4211£26,958
Mental health nurses2235£42,692
Merchandisers3553£32,155
Metal machining setters and setter-operators5221£35,718
Metal making and treating process operatives8115£32,871
Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations5212£37,058
Metal working machine operatives8120£31,500
Metal working production and maintenance fitters5223£40,760
Midwifery nurses2231£46,990
Mining and quarry workers and related operatives8132£38,301
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.8229£37,864
Musicians3415£46,591
Nannies and au pairs6116£38,447
National government administrative occupations4111£33,000
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.2119£43,384
Newspaper and periodical editors2491£42,451
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters2492£44,534
Nurse practitioners2234£46,069
Nursery education teaching professionals2315£37,593
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants6131£29,084
Occupational therapists2222£44,040
Office managers4141£38,630
Office supervisors4142£33,174
Officers of non-governmental organisations4113£31,008
Optometrists2252£51,030
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.4159£28,294
Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.8239£35,670
Other educational professionals n.e.c2329£39,114
Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.9269£25,344
Other health professionals n.e.c.2259£42,079
Other nursing professionals2237£42,300
Other psychologists2226£40,456
Other researchers, unspecified discipline2162£44,580
Other skilled trades n.e.c.5449£29,340
Other vocational and industrial trainers3574£36,357
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers9132£26,152
Painters and decorators5323£32,763
Paper and wood machine operatives8131£30,360
Paramedics2255£53,818
Parking and civil enforcement occupations6312£29,559
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants4132£30,269
Personal assistants and other secretaries4215£34,954
Pest control officers6121£28,323
Pharmaceutical technicians3212£31,044
Pharmacists2251£53,772
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants7114£23,783
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators3417£32,643
Physical scientists2114£55,518
Physiotherapists2221£43,532
Pipe fitters5214£42,580
Planning, process and production technicians3116£36,895
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.8139£29,259
Plasterers5321£34,016
Plastics process operatives8114£32,644
Playworkers6117£21,128
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers5315£37,881
Podiatrists2256£47,699
Police community support officers6311£35,748
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers9211£31,677
Pre-press technicians5421£27,497
Precision instrument makers and repairers5224£40,062
Primary education teaching professionals2314£45,939
Print finishing and binding workers5423£27,315
Printers5422£33,019
Printing machine assistants8135£29,925
Prison service officers (below principal officer)3314£41,287
Probation officers2462£47,825
Process operatives n.e.c.8119£31,717
Production and process engineers2125£47,946
Production managers and directors in construction1122£56,021
Production managers and directors in manufacturing1121£58,640
Production managers and directors in mining and energy1123£63,241
Production, factory and assembly supervisors8160£36,777
Programmers and software development professionals2134£56,914
Project support officers3543£35,751
Property, housing and estate managers1251£43,365
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.3319£44,007
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists2224£47,971
Public relations and communications directors1133£72,887
Public relations professionals2493£37,563
Public services associate professionals3560£39,537
Publicans and managers of licensed premises1223£38,043
Purchasing managers and directors1134£58,005
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals2482£50,083
Quality assurance technicians3115£33,972
Quality control and planning engineers2481£43,592
Quantity surveyors2453£52,537
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers5236£64,322
Rail construction and maintenance operatives8153£46,403
Rail transport operatives8234£57,088
Rail travel assistants6214£46,062
Receptionists4216£24,678
Records clerks and assistants4131£28,656
Refuse and salvage occupations9225£27,857
Research and development (R&D) managers2161£55,519
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors1232£42,700
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors1222£31,692
Retail cashiers and check-out operators7112£24,622
Road construction operatives8152£38,833
Road transport drivers n.e.c.8219£32,892
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters5314£31,906
Roundspersons and van salespersons7123£27,401
Routine inspectors and testers8143£34,360
Sales accounts and business development managers3556£57,625
Sales administrators4151£28,745
Sales and retail assistants7111£25,056
Sales related occupations n.e.c.7129£31,480
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale7132£29,172
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers8151£41,548
School midday and crossing patrol occupations9232£21,678
School secretaries4213£26,463
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.3119£36,102
Secondary education teaching professionals2313£47,632
Security guards and related occupations9231£33,832
Security system installers and repairers5245£39,002
Senior care workers6136£29,381
Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services1163£72,167
Senior police officers1162£66,690
Sewing machinists8146£24,813
Sheet metal workers5211£32,207
Shelf fillers9241£24,896
Ship and hovercraft officers3512£57,388
Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale7131£36,304
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors5250£45,150
Social and humanities scientists2115£39,899
Social services managers and directors1172£48,549
Social workers2461£44,550
Solicitors and lawyers2412£56,977
Special needs education teaching professionals2316£47,432
Specialist medical practitioners2212£92,847
Specialist nurses2233£45,140
Speech and language therapists2223£45,511
Sports and leisure assistants6211£26,934
Sports coaches, instructors and officials3432£30,108
Steel erectors5311£35,824
Stock control clerks and assistants4133£29,991
Stonemasons and related trades5312£33,938
Street cleaners9222£27,633
Tailors and dressmakers5413£25,212
Taxation experts2423£49,850
Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs8213£26,783
Teachers of English as a foreign language2317£37,514
Teaching assistants6112£21,239
Teaching professionals n.e.c.2319£34,396
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers5242£39,998
Telephone salespersons7113£30,495
Telephonists7212£31,568
Textile process operatives8112£27,915
Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.5419£26,573
Therapy professionals n.e.c.2229£37,599
Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out5222£39,902
Train and tram drivers8231£76,327
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants4134£33,508
Travel agency managers and proprietors1225£35,105
Travel agents6212£28,746
TV, video and audio servicers and repairers5243£36,436
Typists and related keyboard occupations4217£27,170
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters8145£30,500
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants6138£30,894
Upholsterers5411£27,909
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers7115£31,851
Vehicle body builders and repairers5232£34,999
Vehicle paint technicians5233£34,531
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians5231£37,458
Vehicle valeters and cleaners9226£26,598
Veterinarians2240£51,058
Veterinary nurses3240£28,893
Visual merchandisers and related occupations7125£25,845
Waiters and waitresses9264£22,936
Warehouse operatives9252£27,832
Waste disposal and environmental services managers1254£49,763
Water and sewerage plant operatives8134£39,690
Web design professionals2141£48,629
Weighers, graders and sorters8144£30,918
Welding trades5213£35,344
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.3229£30,087
Welfare professionals n.e.c.2469£40,594
Window cleaners9221£29,185
Youth and community workers3221£32,654
Youth work professionals2464£36,620
Source: UK Office for National StatisticsAnnual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Table 14 — 2025 provisional · Reference period April 2025 provisional · Retrieved 2026-06-11. · License: Open Government Licence v3.0. Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs (employees on adult rates, pay unaffected by absence). Excludes self-employed.