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North East — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (North East)UK national medianvs national
Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers £72,472 £107,712 -32.7%
Information technology directors £72,018 £90,081 -20.1%
Head teachers and principals £71,526 £70,977 +0.8%
Rail transport operatives £61,477 £56,925 +8.0%
Research and development (R&D) managers £60,883 £54,857 +11.0%
Sales accounts and business development managers £57,895 £56,021 +3.3%
Construction project managers and related professionals £55,195 £45,613 +21.0%
IT managers £54,629 £55,502 -1.6%
Programmers and software development professionals £54,279 £55,587 -2.4%
Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £49,877 £69,996 -28.7%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £49,429 £59,593 -17.1%
Management consultants and business analysts £49,267 £51,729 -4.8%
Specialist nurses £48,666 £41,095 +18.4%
Rail travel assistants £47,622 £45,240 +5.3%
Managers in transport and distribution £45,905 £46,734 -1.8%
Medical radiographers £45,791 £44,324 +3.3%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £45,705 £47,985 -4.8%
Information technology professionals n.e.c. £45,159 £50,459 -10.5%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £45,000 £44,793 +0.5%
Education managers £44,615 £45,043 -1.0%
Secondary education teaching professionals £44,406 £44,246 +0.4%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £44,351 £40,775 +8.8%
Production and process engineers £44,220 £47,711 -7.3%
Quantity surveyors £43,588 £51,950 -16.1%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £43,164 £47,969 -10.0%
Engineering technicians £42,234 £44,330 -4.7%
Social workers £42,179 £42,708 -1.2%
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers £42,178 £40,797 +3.4%
Primary education teaching professionals £41,654 £42,031 -0.9%
Nurse practitioners £41,201 £41,392 -0.5%
Chartered surveyors £40,566 £45,673 -11.2%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,246 £40,002 +0.6%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £39,724 £34,465 +15.3%
Civil engineers £39,722 £50,602 -21.5%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £39,644 £39,652 -0.0%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £39,302 £36,408 +7.9%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £38,575 £41,111 -6.2%
Data analysts £38,225 £38,107 +0.3%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £37,952 £34,378 +10.4%
Architects £37,951 £45,625 -16.8%
Large goods vehicle drivers £37,083 £39,141 -5.3%
Quality control and planning engineers £36,813 £42,511 -13.4%
Other nursing professionals £36,385 £36,775 -1.1%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £36,191 £31,041 +16.6%
Public services associate professionals £35,330 £38,454 -8.1%
Routine inspectors and testers £35,220 £33,982 +3.6%
Carpenters and joiners £34,950 £33,797 +3.4%
Public relations professionals £34,923 £36,336 -3.9%
Occupational therapists £34,831 £37,201 -6.4%
Planning, process and production technicians £34,830 £36,062 -3.4%
Construction and building trades supervisors £34,453 £45,000 -23.4%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £34,414 £36,560 -5.9%
Groundworkers £34,408 £37,849 -9.1%
Plasterers £33,856 £33,789 +0.2%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £33,847 £35,394 -4.4%
Managers in storage and warehousing £33,772 £36,620 -7.8%
Business and related research professionals £33,678 £39,941 -15.7%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £33,470 £33,012 +1.4%
Therapy professionals n.e.c. £33,307 £32,287 +3.2%
Process operatives n.e.c. £33,202 £30,843 +7.6%
Parking and civil enforcement occupations £32,931 £27,766 +18.6%
Medical and dental technicians £32,774 £29,119 +12.6%
Painters and decorators £32,520 £30,889 +5.3%
IT operations technicians £32,460 £34,656 -6.3%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £32,157 £47,776 -32.7%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £31,744 £27,454 +15.6%
Community nurses £31,654 £33,764 -6.2%
Elementary storage supervisors £31,354 £30,480 +2.9%
Bus and coach drivers £31,248 £33,947 -8.0%
Office managers £31,102 £35,000 -11.1%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £30,414 £26,975 +12.7%
Marketing associate professionals £30,320 £30,479 -0.5%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £30,259 £36,006 -16.0%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £29,062 £28,725 +1.2%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £28,937 £28,600 +1.2%
Legal associate professionals £28,834 £32,438 -11.1%
Child and early years officers £28,660 £29,347 -2.3%
Police community support officers £28,653 £35,189 -18.6%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £28,605 £37,809 -24.3%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £28,568 £29,761 -4.0%
Senior care workers £28,456 £27,417 +3.8%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £28,245 £27,743 +1.8%
Sheet metal workers £28,152 £31,920 -11.8%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £27,906 £29,329 -4.9%
National government administrative occupations £27,724 £31,363 -11.6%
Pharmaceutical technicians £27,702 £28,381 -2.4%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £27,683 £33,236 -16.7%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £27,669 £27,267 +1.5%
Printing machine assistants £27,319 £29,657 -7.9%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £27,300 £41,706 -34.5%
Chefs £27,236 £26,531 +2.7%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £27,231 £33,035 -17.6%
Youth and community workers £27,160 £27,711 -2.0%
Stock control clerks and assistants £27,120 £28,851 -6.0%
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. £26,916 £31,589 -14.8%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £26,868 £26,640 +0.9%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £26,741 £27,519 -2.8%
Refuse and salvage occupations £26,624 £27,576 -3.5%
Other psychologists £26,497 £34,250 -22.6%
Laboratory technicians £26,317 £26,861 -2.0%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £26,176 £28,241 -7.3%
Catering and bar managers £26,045 £27,888 -6.6%
Warehouse operatives £26,006 £26,574 -2.1%
Records clerks and assistants £25,964 £26,312 -1.3%
Graphic and multimedia designers £25,946 £31,236 -16.9%
Finance officers £25,783 £28,610 -9.9%
Counsellors £25,763 £27,082 -4.9%
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. £25,715 £29,142 -11.8%
Housing officers £25,709 £32,542 -21.0%
Leisure and sports managers £25,662 £33,342 -23.0%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £25,411 £26,112 -2.7%
Sewing machinists £24,873 £22,767 +9.3%
Project support officers £24,743 £34,207 -27.7%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £24,680 £31,750 -22.3%
Metal working machine operatives £24,610 £31,344 -21.5%
Window cleaners £24,599 £25,002 -1.6%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £24,567 £25,936 -5.3%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £24,367 £32,060 -24.0%
Call and contact centre occupations £24,293 £25,440 -4.5%
Credit controllers £24,098 £26,981 -10.7%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £24,082 £24,438 -1.5%
Personal assistants and other secretaries £24,000 £25,233 -4.9%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £23,731 £25,087 -5.4%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £23,613 £23,385 +1.0%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £23,575 £24,761 -4.8%
Delivery drivers and couriers £23,431 £24,627 -4.9%
Medical secretaries £23,190 £24,071 -3.7%
Legal secretaries £22,537 £24,263 -7.1%
Dental nurses £22,225 £22,615 -1.7%
Early education and childcare practitioners £21,371 £19,516 +9.5%
Care workers and home carers £21,256 £21,487 -1.1%
Air travel assistants £20,878 £28,808 -27.5%
Cooks £20,553 £17,885 +14.9%
Data entry administrators £20,506 £26,534 -22.7%
Teaching assistants £20,256 £18,024 +12.4%
Early education and childcare assistants £18,185 £19,165 -5.1%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £17,573 £17,993 -2.3%
Receptionists £16,803 £18,152 -7.4%
Sales and retail assistants £14,015 £14,491 -3.3%
Cleaners and domestics £10,997 £11,852 -7.2%
Kitchen and catering assistants £10,408 £11,840 -12.1%

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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