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East — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (East)UK national medianvs national
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £83,444 £64,322 +29.7%
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £81,143 £90,000 -9.8%
Specialist medical practitioners £79,305 £88,997 -10.9%
Train and tram drivers £75,608 £76,176 -0.7%
Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £69,486 £69,996 -0.7%
Head teachers and principals £66,126 £70,977 -6.8%
Senior police officers £65,326 £66,514 -1.8%
Marketing and commercial managers £62,752 £50,589 +24.0%
Electrical engineers £61,766 £59,930 +3.1%
Programmers and software development professionals £60,203 £55,587 +8.3%
Public relations and communications directors £60,131 £72,020 -16.5%
Electronics engineers £58,657 £51,973 +12.9%
Production and process engineers £56,302 £47,711 +18.0%
Business and financial project management professionals £55,820 £57,874 -3.5%
Research and development (R&D) managers £55,128 £54,857 +0.5%
Human resource managers and directors £54,912 £54,474 +0.8%
Management consultants and business analysts £54,867 £51,729 +6.1%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £54,211 £45,269 +19.8%
Rail construction and maintenance operatives £54,210 £44,445 +22.0%
Production managers and directors in construction £53,874 £54,947 -2.0%
Paramedics £53,786 £50,294 +6.9%
Medical radiographers £53,607 £44,324 +20.9%
IT managers £53,172 £55,502 -4.2%
IT network professionals £52,712 £48,294 +9.1%
Sales accounts and business development managers £52,437 £56,021 -6.4%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £52,272 £59,593 -12.3%
Generalist medical practitioners £52,066 £51,756 +0.6%
Mechanical engineers £51,905 £50,594 +2.6%
Building and civil engineering technicians £51,160 £36,912 +38.6%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £51,144 £52,885 -3.3%
Financial managers and directors £50,540 £65,336 -22.6%
IT quality and testing professionals £50,490 £44,973 +12.3%
Cyber security professionals £50,328 £54,816 -8.2%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £50,123 £47,985 +4.5%
Quality control and planning engineers £48,510 £42,511 +14.1%
Solicitors and lawyers £46,606 £53,314 -12.6%
Construction and building trades supervisors £46,037 £45,000 +2.3%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £45,248 £44,793 +1.0%
Managers in logistics £45,185 £45,104 +0.2%
Specialist nurses £45,027 £41,095 +9.6%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £44,993 £41,706 +7.9%
Environmental health professionals £44,879 £40,044 +12.1%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £44,643 £34,848 +28.1%
Aerospace engineers £44,607 £55,817 -20.1%
Engineering technicians £44,402 £44,330 +0.2%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £44,336 £47,776 -7.2%
Crane drivers £43,705 £46,392 -5.8%
Construction project managers and related professionals £43,467 £45,613 -4.7%
Groundworkers £43,426 £37,849 +14.7%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £43,221 £47,969 -9.9%
Secondary education teaching professionals £43,001 £44,246 -2.8%
Children's nurses £42,765 £34,173 +25.1%
Financial accounts managers £42,274 £45,162 -6.4%
Conservation professionals £41,860 £37,949 +10.3%
Managers in transport and distribution £41,429 £46,734 -11.4%
Social workers £40,836 £42,708 -4.4%
IT project managers £40,818 £58,016 -29.6%
Large goods vehicle drivers £40,611 £39,141 +3.8%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £40,501 £37,809 +7.1%
Physiotherapists £40,256 £37,917 +6.2%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,031 £40,002 +0.1%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £40,020 £41,111 -2.7%
Business and related research professionals £39,891 £39,941 -0.1%
Higher education teaching professionals £39,876 £46,494 -14.2%
Primary education teaching professionals £39,822 £42,031 -5.3%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £39,570 £38,033 +4.0%
Health and safety managers and officers £39,035 £44,551 -12.4%
Welding trades £38,814 £34,742 +11.7%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £38,697 £40,775 -5.1%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £38,467 £40,661 -5.4%
Environment professionals £37,807 £41,555 -9.0%
Nurse practitioners £37,763 £41,392 -8.8%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £37,763 £36,560 +3.3%
Electricians and electrical fitters £37,539 £39,187 -4.2%
Planning, process and production technicians £37,283 £36,062 +3.4%
Midwifery nurses £37,234 £39,327 -5.3%
Floorers and wall tilers £37,089 £32,663 +13.6%
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £36,953 £41,166 -10.2%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £36,948 £36,006 +2.6%
IT user support technicians £36,808 £34,314 +7.3%
Plastics process operatives £36,743 £29,644 +23.9%
Routine inspectors and testers £36,585 £33,982 +7.7%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £36,512 £36,563 -0.1%
Water and sewerage plant operatives £36,450 £39,057 -6.7%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £36,282 £34,475 +5.2%
Newspaper and periodical editors £36,095 £41,583 -13.2%
Speech and language therapists £35,957 £35,002 +2.7%
Interior designers £35,908 £34,962 +2.7%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £35,836 £35,394 +1.2%
Communication operators £35,811 £34,934 +2.5%
Data analysts £35,643 £38,107 -6.5%
Property, housing and estate managers £35,195 £41,115 -14.4%
Customer service supervisors £35,127 £34,033 +3.2%
Occupational therapists £35,101 £37,201 -5.6%
Mining and quarry workers and related operatives £34,952 £38,301 -8.7%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £34,786 £30,429 +14.3%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,475 £32,060 +7.5%
Managers in storage and warehousing £34,471 £36,620 -5.9%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £34,411 £33,236 +3.5%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £34,330 £34,378 -0.1%
Carpenters and joiners £34,244 £33,797 +1.3%
Clothing, fashion and accessories designers £34,159 £36,731 -7.0%
Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations £33,893 £37,035 -8.5%
Security guards and related occupations £33,569 £30,819 +8.9%
Business sales executives £33,543 £36,498 -8.1%
Special needs education teaching professionals £33,382 £40,363 -17.3%
Buyers and procurement officers £32,998 £36,230 -8.9%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £32,863 £33,012 -0.5%
Project support officers £32,740 £34,207 -4.3%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £32,682 £33,035 -1.1%
Office supervisors £32,627 £32,265 +1.1%
Process operatives n.e.c. £32,392 £30,843 +5.0%
Bus and coach drivers £32,346 £33,947 -4.7%
Housing officers £32,342 £32,542 -0.6%
Chemical and related process operatives £32,244 £33,531 -3.8%
Community nurses £32,145 £33,764 -4.8%
Elementary storage supervisors £32,046 £30,480 +5.1%
Painters and decorators £31,686 £30,889 +2.6%
Office managers £31,632 £35,000 -9.6%
Clergy £31,449 £30,655 +2.6%
IT operations technicians £31,316 £34,656 -9.6%
Sheet metal workers £31,282 £31,920 -2.0%
Database administrators and web content technicians £31,124 £36,015 -13.6%
Vehicle paint technicians £31,050 £34,531 -10.1%
National government administrative occupations £30,602 £31,363 -2.4%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £30,304 £34,465 -12.1%
Marketing associate professionals £30,127 £30,479 -1.2%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £30,114 £29,761 +1.2%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £30,016 £26,112 +15.0%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £29,974 £31,750 -5.6%
Stock control clerks and assistants £29,611 £28,851 +2.6%
Fork-lift truck drivers £29,558 £31,016 -4.7%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £29,079 £30,237 -3.8%
Credit controllers £29,064 £26,981 +7.7%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £28,947 £36,408 -20.5%
Laboratory technicians £28,870 £26,861 +7.5%
Social and humanities scientists £28,838 £38,591 -25.3%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £28,805 £28,241 +2.0%
Butchers £28,738 £27,929 +2.9%
Senior care workers £28,687 £27,417 +4.6%
Paper and wood machine operatives £28,633 £29,640 -3.4%
Hospital porters £28,613 £27,988 +2.2%
Travel agents £28,453 £26,426 +7.7%
Parking and civil enforcement occupations £28,315 £27,766 +2.0%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £28,123 £29,329 -4.1%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £28,109 £31,041 -9.4%
Estate agents and auctioneers £28,066 £26,988 +4.0%
Child and early years officers £28,063 £29,347 -4.4%
Air transport operatives £27,939 £32,376 -13.7%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £27,917 £27,267 +2.4%
Warehouse operatives £27,651 £26,574 +4.1%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £27,522 £27,519 +0.0%
Metal making and treating process operatives £27,467 £31,893 -13.9%
Printing machine assistants £27,353 £29,657 -7.8%
Records clerks and assistants £27,343 £26,312 +3.9%
Quality assurance technicians £27,324 £33,242 -17.8%
Sales related occupations n.e.c. £27,231 £28,870 -5.7%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £27,191 £27,676 -1.8%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £27,163 £27,057 +0.4%
Footwear and leather working trades £26,997 £25,116 +7.5%
Pharmaceutical technicians £26,840 £28,381 -5.4%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £26,802 £27,743 -3.4%
Legal associate professionals £26,581 £32,438 -18.1%
Veterinary nurses £26,528 £26,666 -0.5%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £26,341 £28,725 -8.3%
Delivery drivers and couriers £25,812 £24,627 +4.8%
Medical and dental technicians £25,343 £29,119 -13.0%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £25,251 £24,438 +3.3%
Refuse and salvage occupations £25,121 £27,576 -8.9%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £25,068 £26,640 -5.9%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £25,030 £24,761 +1.1%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £25,000 £25,936 -3.6%
Data entry administrators £24,932 £26,534 -6.0%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £24,926 £26,975 -7.6%
Animal care services occupations n.e.c. £24,781 £23,345 +6.2%
Youth and community workers £24,699 £27,711 -10.9%
Print finishing and binding workers £24,657 £25,296 -2.5%
Therapy professionals n.e.c. £24,517 £32,287 -24.1%
Sales administrators £24,491 £27,132 -9.7%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £24,383 £27,454 -11.2%
Bank and post office clerks £24,096 £27,671 -12.9%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £24,094 £28,600 -15.8%
Chefs £24,083 £26,531 -9.2%
Medical secretaries £24,074 £24,071 +0.0%
Legal secretaries £23,116 £24,263 -4.7%
Air travel assistants £23,040 £28,808 -20.0%
School secretaries £22,803 £22,155 +2.9%
Care workers and home carers £22,390 £21,487 +4.2%
Dental nurses £22,098 £22,615 -2.3%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £21,704 £23,385 -7.2%
Other nursing professionals £20,972 £36,775 -43.0%
Bakers and flour confectioners £20,594 £26,983 -23.7%
Beauticians and related occupations £20,314 £15,009 +35.3%
Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. £19,839 £26,173 -24.2%
Higher level teaching assistants £18,891 £22,050 -14.3%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £18,278 £17,993 +1.6%
Library clerks and assistants £17,953 £18,659 -3.8%
Receptionists £17,488 £18,152 -3.7%
Educational support assistants £16,861 £17,086 -1.3%
Early education and childcare practitioners £16,048 £19,516 -17.8%
Teaching assistants £15,988 £18,024 -11.3%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £15,892 £14,018 +13.4%
Sales and retail assistants £15,065 £14,491 +4.0%
Cleaners and domestics £10,656 £11,852 -10.1%
Kitchen and catering assistants £9,512 £11,840 -19.7%

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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