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North West — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (North West)UK national medianvs national
Specialist medical practitioners £83,567 £88,997 -6.1%
Information technology directors £80,828 £90,081 -10.3%
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £79,816 £90,000 -11.3%
Head teachers and principals £74,657 £70,977 +5.2%
Senior police officers £63,614 £66,514 -4.4%
Electrical engineers £61,782 £59,930 +3.1%
Financial managers and directors £58,206 £65,336 -10.9%
Business and financial project management professionals £57,368 £57,874 -0.9%
IT managers £56,622 £55,502 +2.0%
Production managers and directors in mining and energy £55,896 £63,241 -11.6%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £55,767 £52,451 +6.3%
Crane drivers £53,511 £46,392 +15.3%
Rail transport operatives £53,103 £56,925 -6.7%
Health services and public health managers and directors £52,244 £55,879 -6.5%
Sales accounts and business development managers £52,074 £56,021 -7.0%
Cyber security professionals £51,954 £54,816 -5.2%
Research and development (R&D) managers £51,354 £54,857 -6.4%
Generalist medical practitioners £50,806 £51,756 -1.8%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £50,526 £59,593 -15.2%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £50,263 £47,969 +4.8%
Production managers and directors in construction £50,180 £54,947 -8.7%
Higher education teaching professionals £50,053 £46,494 +7.7%
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters £49,824 £42,169 +18.2%
IT quality and testing professionals £49,821 £44,973 +10.8%
Programmers and software development professionals £49,505 £55,587 -10.9%
Civil engineers £49,238 £50,602 -2.7%
Human resource managers and directors £49,067 £54,474 -9.9%
Construction project managers and related professionals £48,226 £45,613 +5.7%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £48,198 £52,885 -8.9%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £47,873 £47,985 -0.2%
Marketing and commercial managers £47,843 £50,589 -5.4%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £47,457 £45,269 +4.8%
Production and process engineers £47,043 £47,711 -1.4%
Education managers £46,856 £45,043 +4.0%
Medical radiographers £46,652 £44,324 +5.3%
Management consultants and business analysts £46,487 £51,729 -10.1%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians £46,155 £51,520 -10.4%
Rail travel assistants £46,149 £45,240 +2.0%
Veterinarians £45,577 £45,362 +0.5%
Specialist nurses £45,568 £41,095 +10.9%
Managers in transport and distribution £45,158 £46,734 -3.4%
Pharmacists £45,046 £47,508 -5.2%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £44,524 £44,793 -0.6%
Solicitors and lawyers £44,311 £53,314 -16.9%
Engineering technicians £43,858 £44,330 -1.1%
Secondary education teaching professionals £43,849 £44,246 -0.9%
Chartered surveyors £42,900 £45,673 -6.1%
Social workers £42,829 £42,708 +0.3%
IT network professionals £42,505 £48,294 -12.0%
Financial accounts managers £42,457 £45,162 -6.0%
Architects £42,283 £45,625 -7.3%
Construction and building trades supervisors £42,146 £45,000 -6.3%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £41,989 £41,592 +1.0%
Aircraft maintenance and related trades £41,981 £44,704 -6.1%
Property, housing and estate managers £41,846 £41,115 +1.8%
Security system installers and repairers £41,597 £37,991 +9.5%
Primary education teaching professionals £41,408 £42,031 -1.5%
Electricians and electrical fitters £41,401 £39,187 +5.6%
Quality control and planning engineers £41,205 £42,511 -3.1%
Nurse practitioners £41,159 £41,392 -0.6%
Further education teaching professionals £40,627 £38,642 +5.1%
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. £40,497 £55,106 -26.5%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £40,417 £47,776 -15.4%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,188 £40,002 +0.5%
Health and safety managers and officers £40,123 £44,551 -9.9%
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £40,063 £41,166 -2.7%
Authors, writers and translators £39,878 £36,865 +8.2%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £39,810 £41,111 -3.2%
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £39,798 £64,322 -38.1%
Welding trades £38,865 £34,742 +11.9%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £38,807 £38,033 +2.0%
IT operations technicians £38,695 £34,656 +11.7%
Occupational therapists £38,479 £37,201 +3.4%
Public services associate professionals £38,403 £38,454 -0.1%
Business and related research professionals £38,029 £39,941 -4.8%
Planning, process and production technicians £37,927 £36,062 +5.2%
Interior designers £37,803 £34,962 +8.1%
Design occupations n.e.c. £37,628 £37,017 +1.7%
Large goods vehicle drivers £37,616 £39,141 -3.9%
Water and sewerage plant operatives £37,534 £39,057 -3.9%
Physiotherapists £37,481 £37,917 -1.1%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £37,466 £37,809 -0.9%
Buyers and procurement officers £37,048 £36,230 +2.3%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £36,885 £40,661 -9.3%
Other nursing professionals £36,591 £36,775 -0.5%
Podiatrists £36,426 £35,920 +1.4%
Midwifery nurses £36,397 £39,327 -7.5%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £36,138 £39,652 -8.9%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £36,105 £36,408 -0.8%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £35,942 £36,560 -1.7%
Managers in storage and warehousing £35,612 £36,620 -2.8%
Conservation professionals £35,533 £37,949 -6.4%
Customer service supervisors £35,300 £34,033 +3.7%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £34,784 £35,092 -0.9%
Publicans and managers of licensed premises £34,753 £37,427 -7.1%
Travel agency managers and proprietors £34,581 £34,505 +0.2%
Health care practice managers £34,522 £38,941 -11.3%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £34,434 £33,236 +3.6%
Police community support officers £34,431 £35,189 -2.2%
Insurance underwriters £34,271 £38,666 -11.4%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £34,235 £34,475 -0.7%
Quality assurance technicians £34,177 £33,242 +2.8%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £34,177 £36,563 -6.5%
Office managers £34,111 £35,000 -2.5%
Mining and quarry workers and related operatives £34,080 £38,301 -11.0%
Chemical and related process operatives £33,890 £33,531 +1.1%
Speech and language therapists £33,871 £35,002 -3.2%
Data analysts £33,871 £38,107 -11.1%
Business sales executives £33,658 £36,498 -7.8%
Project support officers £33,578 £34,207 -1.8%
Carpenters and joiners £33,346 £33,797 -1.3%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £33,341 £36,006 -7.4%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £33,166 £31,750 +4.5%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £32,985 £35,394 -6.8%
IT user support technicians £32,959 £34,314 -3.9%
Community nurses £32,628 £33,764 -3.4%
Housing officers £32,543 £32,542 +0.0%
Bus and coach drivers £32,308 £33,947 -4.8%
Floorers and wall tilers £32,220 £32,663 -1.4%
Houseparents and residential wardens £32,072 £26,499 +21.0%
National government administrative occupations £31,848 £31,363 +1.5%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £31,828 £34,465 -7.7%
Road construction operatives £31,450 £38,315 -17.9%
Graphic and multimedia designers £31,333 £31,236 +0.3%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £31,333 £34,848 -10.1%
Textile process operatives £31,321 £25,572 +22.5%
Office supervisors £31,278 £32,265 -3.1%
Customer service managers £30,625 £32,983 -7.1%
Clergy £30,558 £30,655 -0.3%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £30,397 £34,378 -11.6%
Elementary storage supervisors £30,352 £30,480 -0.4%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £30,001 £28,600 +4.9%
Legal associate professionals £29,909 £32,438 -7.8%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £29,834 £32,060 -6.9%
Bank and post office clerks £29,743 £27,671 +7.5%
Fork-lift truck drivers £29,736 £31,016 -4.1%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £29,715 £33,012 -10.0%
Air transport operatives £29,435 £32,376 -9.1%
Other psychologists £29,182 £34,250 -14.8%
Routine inspectors and testers £28,945 £33,982 -14.8%
Mental health nurses £28,913 £40,028 -27.8%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £28,793 £29,761 -3.3%
Debt, rent and other cash collectors £28,764 £27,454 +4.8%
Stock control clerks and assistants £28,762 £28,851 -0.3%
Security guards and related occupations £28,753 £30,819 -6.7%
Butchers £28,711 £27,929 +2.8%
Metal making and treating process operatives £28,685 £31,893 -10.1%
Groundworkers £28,452 £37,849 -24.8%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £28,255 £26,640 +6.1%
Laboratory technicians £28,185 £26,861 +4.9%
Counsellors £28,179 £27,082 +4.1%
Pharmaceutical technicians £28,145 £28,381 -0.8%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £28,101 £33,035 -14.9%
Marketing associate professionals £28,013 £30,479 -8.1%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £27,867 £27,519 +1.3%
Paper and wood machine operatives £27,762 £29,640 -6.3%
Sales administrators £27,579 £27,132 +1.6%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £27,545 £30,429 -9.5%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £27,475 £27,057 +1.5%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £27,198 £28,725 -5.3%
Senior care workers £27,043 £27,417 -1.4%
Children's nurses £26,944 £34,173 -21.2%
Refuse and salvage occupations £26,929 £27,576 -2.3%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £26,923 £27,743 -3.0%
Sheet metal workers £26,863 £31,920 -15.8%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £26,777 £30,237 -11.4%
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. £26,751 £29,142 -8.2%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £26,746 £31,041 -13.8%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £26,703 £29,329 -9.0%
Legal professionals n.e.c. £26,600 £33,822 -21.4%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £26,531 £26,112 +1.6%
Sales related occupations n.e.c. £26,519 £28,870 -8.1%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £26,404 £26,975 -2.1%
Parking and civil enforcement occupations £26,403 £27,766 -4.9%
Youth and community workers £26,358 £27,711 -4.9%
Higher level teaching assistants £26,315 £22,050 +19.3%
Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. £26,295 £26,173 +0.5%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £26,075 £27,676 -5.8%
Chefs £26,000 £26,531 -2.0%
Data entry administrators £25,979 £26,534 -2.1%
Warehouse operatives £25,960 £26,574 -2.3%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £25,920 £27,267 -4.9%
Finance officers £25,895 £28,610 -9.5%
Call and contact centre occupations £25,750 £25,440 +1.2%
Health associate professionals n.e.c. £25,665 £25,017 +2.6%
Local government administrative occupations £25,646 £27,642 -7.2%
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c. £25,522 £26,723 -4.5%
Vehicle valeters and cleaners £24,979 £24,875 +0.4%
Travel agents £24,879 £26,426 -5.9%
Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c. £24,796 £25,688 -3.5%
Sewing machinists £24,772 £22,767 +8.8%
Human resources administrative occupations £24,754 £25,531 -3.0%
Print finishing and binding workers £24,680 £25,296 -2.4%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £24,641 £25,087 -1.8%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £24,400 £25,936 -5.9%
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants £24,299 £27,020 -10.1%
Vehicle paint technicians £24,256 £34,531 -29.8%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £24,165 £24,931 -3.1%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £24,140 £24,438 -1.2%
Delivery drivers and couriers £24,096 £24,627 -2.2%
Personal assistants and other secretaries £24,033 £25,233 -4.8%
Library clerks and assistants £23,954 £18,659 +28.4%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £23,915 £24,761 -3.4%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £23,878 £23,385 +2.1%
Street cleaners £23,267 £26,330 -11.6%
School secretaries £22,830 £22,155 +3.0%
Medical secretaries £22,110 £24,071 -8.1%
Early education and childcare assistants £21,714 £19,165 +13.3%
Dental nurses £21,641 £22,615 -4.3%
Care workers and home carers £20,439 £21,487 -4.9%
Early education and childcare practitioners £20,249 £19,516 +3.8%
Caretakers £19,962 £25,147 -20.6%
Teaching assistants £19,258 £18,024 +6.8%
Educational support assistants £19,031 £17,086 +11.4%
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers £18,955 £20,464 -7.4%
Receptionists £18,092 £18,152 -0.3%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £15,730 £17,993 -12.6%
Coffee shop workers £15,540 £12,170 +27.7%
Sales and retail assistants £14,443 £14,491 -0.3%
Kitchen and catering assistants £11,872 £11,840 +0.3%
Cleaners and domestics £11,461 £11,852 -3.3%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £4,511 £4,263 +5.8%

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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