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ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (London)UK national medianvs national
Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers £123,796 £107,712 +14.9%
Chief executives and senior officials £119,981 £89,835 +33.6%
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £111,935 £90,000 +24.4%
Financial managers and directors £107,433 £65,336 +64.4%
Information technology directors £105,290 £90,081 +16.9%
Specialist medical practitioners £86,528 £88,997 -2.8%
Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £85,735 £69,996 +22.5%
Public relations and communications directors £81,699 £72,020 +13.4%
Train and tram drivers £77,889 £76,176 +2.2%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £76,710 £52,885 +45.1%
Solicitors and lawyers £75,537 £53,314 +41.7%
Programmers and software development professionals £74,284 £55,587 +33.6%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £73,857 £59,593 +23.9%
Head teachers and principals £71,111 £70,977 +0.2%
Purchasing managers and directors £71,098 £56,779 +25.2%
IT project managers £68,827 £58,016 +18.6%
Business and financial project management professionals £67,915 £57,874 +17.3%
Health services and public health managers and directors £67,220 £55,879 +20.3%
Human resource managers and directors £66,725 £54,474 +22.5%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians £66,364 £51,520 +28.8%
Sales accounts and business development managers £66,116 £56,021 +18.0%
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £64,607 £64,322 +0.4%
IT managers £64,357 £55,502 +16.0%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £63,994 £47,776 +33.9%
Rail transport operatives £63,796 £56,925 +12.1%
Production managers and directors in construction £63,194 £54,947 +15.0%
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. £62,648 £55,106 +13.7%
Chartered and certified accountants £61,747 £45,538 +35.6%
Financial accounts managers £60,989 £45,162 +35.0%
Management consultants and business analysts £60,628 £51,729 +17.2%
Cyber security professionals £59,590 £54,816 +8.7%
Marketing and commercial managers £59,163 £50,589 +16.9%
Aircraft maintenance and related trades £58,808 £44,704 +31.5%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £58,669 £47,969 +22.3%
Information technology professionals n.e.c. £58,330 £50,459 +15.6%
Paramedics £58,071 £50,294 +15.5%
Production and process engineers £57,855 £47,711 +21.3%
Mechanical engineers £57,850 £50,594 +14.3%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £56,791 £47,985 +18.4%
Health and safety managers and officers £56,361 £44,551 +26.5%
Managers and directors in the creative industries £55,545 £50,868 +9.2%
IT network professionals £55,408 £48,294 +14.7%
Research and development (R&D) managers £54,843 £54,857 -0.0%
Chartered surveyors £54,780 £45,673 +19.9%
Pharmacists £54,282 £47,508 +14.3%
Engineering technicians £53,822 £44,330 +21.4%
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors £52,834 £46,356 +14.0%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £52,767 £36,408 +44.9%
Electronics engineers £52,268 £51,973 +0.6%
Generalist medical practitioners £51,973 £51,756 +0.4%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £51,946 £45,269 +14.7%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £51,916 £48,171 +7.8%
Newspaper and periodical editors £51,847 £41,583 +24.7%
Civil engineers £51,769 £50,602 +2.3%
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters £51,548 £42,169 +22.2%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £51,507 £41,592 +23.8%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £51,007 £41,111 +24.1%
Nurse practitioners £50,746 £41,392 +22.6%
Specialist nurses £50,477 £41,095 +22.8%
Occupational therapists £50,032 £37,201 +34.5%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £49,992 £40,775 +22.6%
Veterinarians £49,971 £45,362 +10.2%
Rail travel assistants £49,471 £45,240 +9.4%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £49,379 £44,793 +10.2%
Higher education teaching professionals £48,841 £46,494 +5.0%
Other researchers, unspecified discipline £48,721 £42,463 +14.7%
Secondary education teaching professionals £48,408 £44,246 +9.4%
Education managers £48,178 £45,043 +7.0%
Architects £47,936 £45,625 +5.1%
Social services managers and directors £47,284 £45,155 +4.7%
Security system installers and repairers £47,280 £37,991 +24.5%
Midwifery nurses £47,144 £39,327 +19.9%
Social workers £46,435 £42,708 +8.7%
Primary education teaching professionals £46,393 £42,031 +10.4%
Construction project managers and related professionals £45,373 £45,613 -0.5%
Business and related research professionals £45,269 £39,941 +13.3%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £45,076 £40,002 +12.7%
Arts officers, producers and directors £45,073 £39,643 +13.7%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £44,474 £36,560 +21.6%
Property, housing and estate managers £44,453 £41,115 +8.1%
Social and humanities scientists £44,415 £38,591 +15.1%
Quality control and planning engineers £44,410 £42,511 +4.5%
Bus and coach drivers £44,375 £33,947 +30.7%
Other nursing professionals £43,897 £36,775 +19.4%
Community nurses £43,729 £33,764 +29.5%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £43,710 £38,033 +14.9%
Environment professionals £43,703 £41,555 +5.2%
Clothing, fashion and accessories designers £43,602 £36,731 +18.7%
Rail construction and maintenance operatives £43,505 £44,445 -2.1%
Mental health nurses £43,240 £40,028 +8.0%
Medical radiographers £43,084 £44,324 -2.8%
Data analysts £42,850 £38,107 +12.4%
Design occupations n.e.c. £42,837 £37,017 +15.7%
Children's nurses £42,431 £34,173 +24.2%
IT user support technicians £42,418 £34,314 +23.6%
Office managers £42,368 £35,000 +21.1%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £42,346 £36,563 +15.8%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £42,303 £33,035 +28.1%
Speech and language therapists £41,894 £35,002 +19.7%
Public services associate professionals £41,631 £38,454 +8.3%
Large goods vehicle drivers £41,474 £39,141 +6.0%
Welfare professionals n.e.c. £41,399 £33,269 +24.4%
Buyers and procurement officers £41,248 £36,230 +13.9%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £41,118 £39,652 +3.7%
Personal assistants and other secretaries £41,039 £25,233 +62.6%
Business sales executives £41,028 £36,498 +12.4%
Customer service managers £40,646 £32,983 +23.2%
Graphic and multimedia designers £40,433 £31,236 +29.4%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £40,340 £36,006 +12.0%
Database administrators and web content technicians £40,110 £36,015 +11.4%
Project support officers £39,898 £34,207 +16.6%
Managers in logistics £39,872 £45,104 -11.6%
Authors, writers and translators £39,872 £36,865 +8.2%
Health care practice managers £39,493 £38,941 +1.4%
Electricians and electrical fitters £39,267 £39,187 +0.2%
Legal associate professionals £39,053 £32,438 +20.4%
Managers in storage and warehousing £38,912 £36,620 +6.3%
National government administrative occupations £38,780 £31,363 +23.6%
Public relations professionals £38,331 £36,336 +5.5%
Physiotherapists £38,173 £37,917 +0.7%
Building and civil engineering technicians £38,042 £36,912 +3.1%
Carpenters and joiners £37,899 £33,797 +12.1%
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. £37,557 £43,382 -13.4%
IT operations technicians £37,550 £34,656 +8.4%
Communication operators £37,445 £34,934 +7.2%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £37,427 £34,475 +8.6%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £37,312 £27,454 +35.9%
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics) £37,048 £31,516 +17.6%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £36,959 £33,012 +12.0%
Office supervisors £36,892 £32,265 +14.3%
Police community support officers £36,346 £35,189 +3.3%
Housing officers £36,319 £32,542 +11.6%
Events managers and organisers £36,202 £29,101 +24.4%
Therapy professionals n.e.c. £36,063 £32,287 +11.7%
Quality assurance technicians £35,890 £33,242 +8.0%
Air transport operatives £35,791 £32,376 +10.5%
Catering and bar managers £35,567 £27,888 +27.5%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £35,566 £33,236 +7.0%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £35,469 £29,761 +19.2%
Leisure and sports managers £35,460 £33,342 +6.4%
Child and early years officers £35,398 £29,347 +20.6%
Archivists and curators £35,317 £33,096 +6.7%
Air travel assistants £35,227 £28,808 +22.3%
Marketing associate professionals £35,000 £30,479 +14.8%
Security guards and related occupations £34,950 £30,819 +13.4%
Legal secretaries £34,459 £24,263 +42.0%
Sales administrators £34,242 £27,132 +26.2%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £34,173 £27,519 +24.2%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,157 £32,060 +6.5%
Metal working machine operatives £34,117 £31,344 +8.8%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £34,006 £27,057 +25.7%
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators £33,804 £30,396 +11.2%
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £33,509 £28,623 +17.1%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £33,481 £30,237 +10.7%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £33,272 £29,329 +13.4%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £33,217 £27,743 +19.7%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £33,178 £26,640 +24.5%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £33,123 £35,394 -6.4%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £32,676 £30,513 +7.1%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £32,376 £28,725 +12.7%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £32,290 £25,936 +24.5%
Stock control clerks and assistants £32,242 £28,851 +11.8%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £32,134 £40,661 -21.0%
Credit controllers £31,828 £26,981 +18.0%
Clergy £31,644 £30,655 +3.2%
Early education and childcare services managers £31,262 £28,511 +9.6%
Laboratory technicians £31,088 £26,861 +15.7%
Records clerks and assistants £31,088 £26,312 +18.2%
Hospital porters £31,071 £27,988 +11.0%
Medical secretaries £30,995 £24,071 +28.8%
Chefs £30,928 £26,531 +16.6%
Medical and dental technicians £30,916 £29,119 +6.2%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £30,901 £24,931 +23.9%
Pharmaceutical technicians £30,740 £28,381 +8.3%
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists £30,710 £30,045 +2.2%
Youth and community workers £30,484 £27,711 +10.0%
Caretakers £30,181 £25,147 +20.0%
Delivery operatives £30,165 £25,541 +18.1%
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants £30,088 £27,020 +11.4%
Street cleaners £29,829 £26,330 +13.3%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £29,673 £26,112 +13.6%
Bank and post office clerks £29,282 £27,671 +5.8%
Parking and civil enforcement occupations £29,013 £27,766 +4.5%
Senior care workers £28,857 £27,417 +5.3%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £28,619 £23,385 +22.4%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £28,327 £24,761 +14.4%
Barristers and judges £28,113 £34,253 -17.9%
Industrial cleaning process occupations £28,056 £26,236 +6.9%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £28,011 £24,438 +14.6%
Data entry administrators £27,567 £26,534 +3.9%
Paper and wood machine operatives £27,546 £29,640 -7.1%
Warehouse operatives £27,461 £26,574 +3.3%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £27,451 £27,267 +0.7%
Bar and catering supervisors £27,288 £22,552 +21.0%
Higher level teaching assistants £27,275 £22,050 +23.7%
Human resources administrative occupations £27,163 £25,531 +6.4%
Delivery drivers and couriers £26,743 £24,627 +8.6%
Elementary storage supervisors £26,643 £30,480 -12.6%
Visual merchandisers and related occupations £25,327 £25,488 -0.6%
Veterinary nurses £25,057 £26,666 -6.0%
Bricklayers £24,404 £32,480 -24.9%
Horticultural trades £24,397 £24,613 -0.9%
Call and contact centre occupations £24,014 £25,440 -5.6%
Early education and childcare assistants £23,104 £19,165 +20.6%
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers £22,860 £20,464 +11.7%
Teaching assistants £21,070 £18,024 +16.9%
Receptionists £20,943 £18,152 +15.4%
Care workers and home carers £20,635 £21,487 -4.0%
Dental nurses £20,540 £22,615 -9.2%
Housekeepers and related occupations £20,047 £16,618 +20.6%
Educational support assistants £19,423 £17,086 +13.7%
Early education and childcare practitioners £18,799 £19,516 -3.7%
Waiters and waitresses £15,734 £10,000 +57.3%
Sales and retail assistants £15,417 £14,491 +6.4%
Kitchen and catering assistants £14,974 £11,840 +26.5%
Cleaners and domestics £14,750 £11,852 +24.5%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £14,524 £14,018 +3.6%
Shelf fillers £14,343 £15,809 -9.3%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £5,711 £4,263 +34.0%

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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