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East Midlands — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

Occupations with published median salary data for East Midlands, sorted high to low. ONS suppresses occupations with small regional samples.

Job titleMedian salary (East Midlands)UK national medianvs national
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £76,175 £90,000 -15.4%
Information technology directors £71,620 £90,081 -20.5%
Head teachers and principals £60,776 £70,977 -14.4%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £58,303 £52,451 +11.2%
Generalist medical practitioners £55,331 £51,756 +6.9%
Research and development (R&D) managers £54,739 £54,857 -0.2%
Business and financial project management professionals £50,926 £57,874 -12.0%
Production managers and directors in construction £50,059 £54,947 -8.9%
Production managers and directors in mining and energy £50,015 £63,241 -20.9%
IT network professionals £49,974 £48,294 +3.5%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £49,892 £59,593 -16.3%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £49,634 £52,885 -6.1%
Sales accounts and business development managers £49,330 £56,021 -11.9%
Taxation experts £49,293 £46,280 +6.5%
IT managers £49,070 £55,502 -11.6%
Programmers and software development professionals £48,744 £55,587 -12.3%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £48,099 £41,592 +15.6%
Social services managers and directors £47,940 £45,155 +6.2%
Construction and building trades supervisors £47,592 £45,000 +5.8%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £47,546 £40,661 +16.9%
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers £46,265 £40,797 +13.4%
Managers in transport and distribution £46,067 £46,734 -1.4%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £45,966 £48,171 -4.6%
Human resource managers and directors £45,493 £54,474 -16.5%
Information technology professionals n.e.c. £45,428 £50,459 -10.0%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £45,218 £41,111 +10.0%
Solicitors and lawyers £45,139 £53,314 -15.3%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £44,195 £47,985 -7.9%
Managers in logistics £43,251 £45,104 -4.1%
Higher education teaching professionals £43,173 £46,494 -7.1%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £42,689 £47,969 -11.0%
Management consultants and business analysts £42,642 £51,729 -17.6%
Quality control and planning engineers £42,591 £42,511 +0.2%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £42,502 £45,269 -6.1%
Chartered and certified accountants £42,485 £45,538 -6.7%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £42,397 £44,793 -5.3%
Vehicle paint technicians £42,323 £34,531 +22.6%
Water and sewerage plant operatives £42,262 £39,057 +8.2%
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors £42,254 £46,356 -8.8%
Secondary education teaching professionals £42,199 £44,246 -4.6%
Rail construction and maintenance operatives £42,059 £44,445 -5.4%
Paramedics £41,649 £50,294 -17.2%
Buyers and procurement officers £41,631 £36,230 +14.9%
Health and safety managers and officers £40,866 £44,551 -8.3%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,852 £40,002 +2.1%
Large goods vehicle drivers £40,551 £39,141 +3.6%
Engineering technicians £40,198 £44,330 -9.3%
Construction project managers and related professionals £39,868 £45,613 -12.6%
Electricians and electrical fitters £39,842 £39,187 +1.7%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £39,777 £35,092 +13.4%
Inspectors of standards and regulations £39,566 £37,236 +6.3%
Production and process engineers £39,073 £47,711 -18.1%
Financial accounts managers £38,590 £45,162 -14.6%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £38,258 £40,775 -6.2%
IT quality and testing professionals £38,181 £44,973 -15.1%
Business and related research professionals £38,114 £39,941 -4.6%
Chartered surveyors £38,033 £45,673 -16.7%
Property, housing and estate managers £38,012 £41,115 -7.5%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £37,885 £36,563 +3.6%
Groundworkers £37,664 £37,849 -0.5%
Crane drivers £37,514 £46,392 -19.1%
Managers in storage and warehousing £37,115 £36,620 +1.4%
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £37,111 £41,166 -9.9%
Social workers £37,044 £42,708 -13.3%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £37,012 £36,006 +2.8%
Nurse practitioners £36,869 £41,392 -10.9%
Business sales executives £36,360 £36,498 -0.4%
Specialist nurses £35,957 £41,095 -12.5%
Project support officers £35,800 £34,207 +4.7%
Primary education teaching professionals £35,470 £42,031 -15.6%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £35,387 £35,394 -0.0%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £35,322 £34,465 +2.5%
Other nursing professionals £35,117 £36,775 -4.5%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £35,084 £31,750 +10.5%
Travel agents £35,068 £26,426 +32.7%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £34,906 £33,236 +5.0%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £34,820 £30,429 +14.4%
Welding trades £34,793 £34,742 +0.1%
Legal associate professionals £34,766 £32,438 +7.2%
Customer service supervisors £34,418 £34,033 +1.1%
Community nurses £34,298 £33,764 +1.6%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £34,205 £34,475 -0.8%
Medical radiographers £34,167 £44,324 -22.9%
Managers and directors in the creative industries £33,914 £50,868 -33.3%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £33,804 £36,560 -7.5%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £33,783 £37,809 -10.6%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £33,517 £38,033 -11.9%
Early education and childcare services managers £33,201 £28,511 +16.4%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £32,889 £33,012 -0.4%
Environment professionals £32,677 £41,555 -21.4%
Office supervisors £32,622 £32,265 +1.1%
Hire services managers and proprietors £32,302 £31,763 +1.7%
Police community support officers £32,281 £35,189 -8.3%
Sheet metal workers £32,251 £31,920 +1.0%
Midwifery nurses £32,112 £39,327 -18.3%
Office managers £32,087 £35,000 -8.3%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £32,049 £41,706 -23.2%
Communication operators £31,686 £34,934 -9.3%
Telephone salespersons £31,685 £26,944 +17.6%
IT user support technicians £31,587 £34,314 -7.9%
Data analysts £30,950 £38,107 -18.8%
Floorers and wall tilers £30,905 £32,663 -5.4%
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) £30,476 £31,516 -3.3%
Bricklayers £30,428 £32,480 -6.3%
Housing officers £30,420 £32,542 -6.5%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £30,287 £29,761 +1.8%
Bakers and flour confectioners £30,274 £26,983 +12.2%
Marketing associate professionals £30,148 £30,479 -1.1%
Elementary storage supervisors £29,858 £30,480 -2.0%
Public relations professionals £29,802 £36,336 -18.0%
Occupational therapists £29,782 £37,201 -19.9%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £29,684 £30,237 -1.8%
National government administrative occupations £29,592 £31,363 -5.6%
Catering and bar managers £29,567 £27,888 +6.0%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £29,409 £32,060 -8.3%
Other skilled trades n.e.c. £29,391 £26,800 +9.7%
Metal working machine operatives £29,370 £31,344 -6.3%
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £29,109 £28,623 +1.7%
Youth and community workers £29,092 £27,711 +5.0%
Carpenters and joiners £28,888 £33,797 -14.5%
Routine inspectors and testers £28,854 £33,982 -15.1%
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c. £28,765 £26,723 +7.6%
Chemical and related process operatives £28,756 £33,531 -14.2%
Stock control clerks and assistants £28,452 £28,851 -1.4%
Painters and decorators £28,289 £30,889 -8.4%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £28,277 £28,725 -1.6%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £28,243 £26,975 +4.7%
Bus and coach drivers £28,200 £33,947 -16.9%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £27,975 £28,600 -2.2%
Industrial cleaning process occupations £27,650 £26,236 +5.4%
Street cleaners £27,623 £26,330 +4.9%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £27,521 £27,267 +0.9%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £27,514 £27,676 -0.6%
Security guards and related occupations £27,507 £30,819 -10.7%
Paper and wood machine operatives £27,498 £29,640 -7.2%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £27,476 £34,848 -21.2%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £27,162 £27,454 -1.1%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £26,947 £28,241 -4.6%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £26,765 £26,112 +2.5%
Database administrators and web content technicians £26,437 £36,015 -26.6%
Graphic and multimedia designers £26,391 £31,236 -15.5%
Call and contact centre occupations £26,114 £25,440 +2.6%
Legal professionals n.e.c. £25,999 £33,822 -23.1%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £25,769 £26,640 -3.3%
Vehicle valeters and cleaners £25,749 £24,875 +3.5%
Metal making and treating process operatives £25,747 £31,893 -19.3%
Pharmaceutical technicians £25,743 £28,381 -9.3%
Butchers £25,689 £27,929 -8.0%
Fork-lift truck drivers £25,685 £31,016 -17.2%
Warehouse operatives £25,664 £26,574 -3.4%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £25,646 £25,087 +2.2%
Child and early years officers £25,470 £29,347 -13.2%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £25,356 £29,329 -13.5%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £25,248 £27,519 -8.3%
Senior care workers £25,219 £27,417 -8.0%
Sales administrators £25,214 £27,132 -7.1%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £25,187 £27,743 -9.2%
Delivery operatives £25,018 £25,541 -2.0%
Laboratory technicians £25,012 £26,861 -6.9%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £24,908 £24,761 +0.6%
Upholsterers £24,676 £26,966 -8.5%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £24,596 £27,057 -9.1%
Refuse and salvage occupations £24,457 £27,576 -11.3%
Arts officers, producers and directors £24,360 £39,643 -38.6%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £24,084 £24,438 -1.4%
Medical secretaries £24,071 £24,071 +0.0%
Textile process operatives £23,930 £25,572 -6.4%
Human resources administrative occupations £23,848 £25,531 -6.6%
Data entry administrators £23,839 £26,534 -10.2%
Delivery drivers and couriers £23,828 £24,627 -3.2%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £23,790 £25,936 -8.3%
Records clerks and assistants £23,770 £26,312 -9.7%
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers £23,524 £30,328 -22.4%
Chefs £23,315 £26,531 -12.1%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £22,958 £24,931 -7.9%
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. £22,826 £23,005 -0.8%
Caretakers £22,809 £25,147 -9.3%
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists £22,797 £30,045 -24.1%
Footwear and leather working trades £22,023 £25,116 -12.3%
Beauticians and related occupations £21,126 £15,009 +40.8%
School secretaries £20,946 £22,155 -5.5%
Care workers and home carers £20,806 £21,487 -3.2%
Personal assistants and other secretaries £20,266 £25,233 -19.7%
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers £20,265 £20,464 -1.0%
Sewing machinists £20,188 £22,767 -11.3%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £20,178 £23,385 -13.7%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £20,077 £17,993 +11.6%
Teaching assistants £18,523 £18,024 +2.8%
Bar and catering supervisors £17,872 £22,552 -20.8%
Receptionists £17,377 £18,152 -4.3%
Higher level teaching assistants £17,257 £22,050 -21.7%
Early education and childcare practitioners £16,458 £19,516 -15.7%
Educational support assistants £15,598 £17,086 -8.7%
Sales and retail assistants £14,531 £14,491 +0.3%
Coffee shop workers £14,149 £12,170 +16.3%
Kitchen and catering assistants £13,303 £11,840 +12.4%
Cleaners and domestics £10,992 £11,852 -7.3%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £4,030 £4,263 -5.5%

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Figures are gross annual pay before tax, for reference only. Source: ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) (Table 15, work-based region).

Data: ONS ASHE Table 14/15, 2025 provisional · Page built 2026-07-18