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South East — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (South East)UK national medianvs national
Information technology directors £95,391 £90,081 +5.9%
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £85,122 £90,000 -5.4%
Specialist medical practitioners £78,811 £88,997 -11.4%
Train and tram drivers £76,715 £76,176 +0.7%
Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £76,511 £69,996 +9.3%
Rail transport operatives £69,191 £56,925 +21.5%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £67,902 £59,593 +13.9%
Head teachers and principals £67,377 £70,977 -5.1%
Human resource managers and directors £63,289 £54,474 +16.2%
Sales accounts and business development managers £60,881 £56,021 +8.7%
IT project managers £60,219 £58,016 +3.8%
Business and financial project management professionals £58,958 £57,874 +1.9%
IT managers £58,877 £55,502 +6.1%
Financial managers and directors £56,396 £65,336 -13.7%
Electrical engineers £56,004 £59,930 -6.6%
Production managers and directors in construction £55,996 £54,947 +1.9%
Health services and public health managers and directors £55,567 £55,879 -0.6%
IT quality and testing professionals £55,001 £44,973 +22.3%
Purchasing managers and directors £54,694 £56,779 -3.7%
Civil engineers £54,499 £50,602 +7.7%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £54,173 £47,985 +12.9%
Research and development (R&D) managers £53,364 £54,857 -2.7%
Programmers and software development professionals £52,671 £55,587 -5.2%
Management consultants and business analysts £52,489 £51,729 +1.5%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £52,308 £48,171 +8.6%
Chartered and certified accountants £52,294 £45,538 +14.8%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £51,847 £52,885 -2.0%
Quality control and planning engineers £51,647 £42,511 +21.5%
Health and safety managers and officers £51,581 £44,551 +15.8%
Solicitors and lawyers £51,226 £53,314 -3.9%
Chartered surveyors £50,719 £45,673 +11.0%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £50,238 £52,451 -4.2%
Rail construction and maintenance operatives £50,016 £44,445 +12.5%
Marketing and commercial managers £49,265 £50,589 -2.6%
Road construction operatives £48,930 £38,315 +27.7%
Managers in logistics £48,495 £45,104 +7.5%
Mechanical engineers £48,248 £50,594 -4.6%
Electronics engineers £48,108 £51,973 -7.4%
Generalist medical practitioners £47,915 £51,756 -7.4%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £47,773 £47,969 -0.4%
Environment professionals £47,737 £41,555 +14.9%
Taxation experts £47,086 £46,280 +1.7%
Architects £47,056 £45,625 +3.1%
Special needs education teaching professionals £46,945 £40,363 +16.3%
Production and process engineers £46,884 £47,711 -1.7%
Paramedics £46,309 £50,294 -7.9%
Rail travel assistants £45,499 £45,240 +0.6%
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £45,436 £41,166 +10.4%
Web design professionals £45,245 £46,639 -3.0%
Property, housing and estate managers £44,851 £41,115 +9.1%
Steel erectors £44,819 £34,782 +28.9%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £44,778 £41,706 +7.4%
Construction and building trades supervisors £44,774 £45,000 -0.5%
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. £44,674 £43,382 +3.0%
IT network professionals £44,205 £48,294 -8.5%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £43,813 £37,809 +15.9%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £43,267 £40,661 +6.4%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £43,158 £44,793 -3.7%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £42,777 £45,269 -5.5%
Secondary education teaching professionals £42,600 £44,246 -3.7%
Electricians and electrical fitters £42,431 £39,187 +8.3%
Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out £42,398 £38,584 +9.9%
Managers in transport and distribution £42,218 £46,734 -9.7%
Crane drivers £41,819 £46,392 -9.9%
Business and related research professionals £41,663 £39,941 +4.3%
Financial accounts managers £41,620 £45,162 -7.8%
Education advisers and school inspectors £41,537 £41,535 +0.0%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £41,313 £41,111 +0.5%
Information technology trainers £41,302 £36,621 +12.8%
Specialist nurses £41,140 £41,095 +0.1%
Social workers £41,026 £42,708 -3.9%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £40,839 £40,002 +2.1%
Nurse practitioners £40,689 £41,392 -1.7%
Education managers £40,643 £45,043 -9.8%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £39,896 £47,776 -16.5%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £39,753 £40,775 -2.5%
Marine and waterways transport operatives £39,685 £39,405 +0.7%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £39,597 £36,563 +8.3%
Large goods vehicle drivers £39,535 £39,141 +1.0%
Midwifery nurses £39,429 £39,327 +0.3%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £39,290 £34,465 +14.0%
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. £39,285 £31,589 +24.4%
Bricklayers £39,171 £32,480 +20.6%
Higher education teaching professionals £39,131 £46,494 -15.8%
Welding trades £39,122 £34,742 +12.6%
Plasterers £38,992 £33,789 +15.4%
Brokers £38,903 £51,026 -23.8%
Environmental health professionals £38,875 £40,044 -2.9%
Metal making and treating process operatives £38,818 £31,893 +21.7%
Other nursing professionals £38,804 £36,775 +5.5%
Primary education teaching professionals £38,792 £42,031 -7.7%
Customer service managers £38,467 £32,983 +16.6%
Managers in storage and warehousing £38,277 £36,620 +4.5%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £38,276 £36,006 +6.3%
Engineering technicians £37,906 £44,330 -14.5%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £37,904 £36,560 +3.7%
Public services associate professionals £37,719 £38,454 -1.9%
Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale £37,683 £35,083 +7.4%
Medical radiographers £37,639 £44,324 -15.1%
Design occupations n.e.c. £37,366 £37,017 +0.9%
Groundworkers £37,276 £37,849 -1.5%
Newspaper and periodical editors £37,025 £41,583 -11.0%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £36,967 £36,408 +1.5%
Construction project managers and related professionals £36,909 £45,613 -19.1%
Business sales executives £36,710 £36,498 +0.6%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £36,504 £35,394 +3.1%
National government administrative occupations £36,296 £31,363 +15.7%
Occupational therapists £36,279 £37,201 -2.5%
Customer service supervisors £36,109 £34,033 +6.1%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £35,958 £41,592 -13.5%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £35,794 £34,475 +3.8%
Police community support officers £35,784 £35,189 +1.7%
Physiotherapists £35,686 £37,917 -5.9%
Air transport operatives £35,533 £32,376 +9.8%
Housing officers £35,382 £32,542 +8.7%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £35,289 £33,236 +6.2%
Database administrators and web content technicians £34,995 £36,015 -2.8%
Carpenters and joiners £34,819 £33,797 +3.0%
Conservation professionals £34,801 £37,949 -8.3%
IT user support technicians £34,736 £34,314 +1.2%
Office managers £34,713 £35,000 -0.8%
Planning, process and production technicians £34,571 £36,062 -4.1%
Plastics process operatives £34,528 £29,644 +16.5%
Data analysts £34,490 £38,107 -9.5%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,360 £32,060 +7.2%
Further education teaching professionals £34,319 £38,642 -11.2%
Mental health nurses £34,094 £40,028 -14.8%
Security guards and related occupations £34,071 £30,819 +10.6%
Bus and coach drivers £34,023 £33,947 +0.2%
Fork-lift truck drivers £33,998 £31,016 +9.6%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £33,921 £33,012 +2.8%
Office supervisors £33,874 £32,265 +5.0%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £33,770 £33,035 +2.2%
Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants £33,672 £34,951 -3.7%
Buyers and procurement officers £33,652 £36,230 -7.1%
Printing machine assistants £33,648 £29,657 +13.5%
Routine inspectors and testers £33,202 £33,982 -2.3%
IT operations technicians £32,952 £34,656 -4.9%
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators £32,538 £30,396 +7.0%
Communication operators £32,229 £34,934 -7.7%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £32,032 £30,237 +5.9%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £31,946 £34,848 -8.3%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £31,935 £34,378 -7.1%
Painters and decorators £31,920 £30,889 +3.3%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £31,903 £38,033 -16.1%
Electrical and electronics technicians £31,695 £35,018 -9.5%
Quality assurance technicians £31,347 £33,242 -5.7%
Project support officers £31,216 £34,207 -8.7%
Elementary storage supervisors £31,131 £30,480 +2.1%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £30,664 £35,092 -12.6%
Clergy £30,655 £30,655 +0.0%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £30,573 £29,761 +2.7%
Graphic and multimedia designers £30,521 £31,236 -2.3%
Marketing associate professionals £30,363 £30,479 -0.4%
Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c. £30,348 £32,066 -5.4%
Speech and language therapists £30,257 £35,002 -13.6%
Interior designers £30,243 £34,962 -13.5%
Weighers, graders and sorters £29,972 £29,141 +2.9%
Metal working machine operatives £29,822 £31,344 -4.9%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £29,802 £30,513 -2.3%
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £29,588 £28,623 +3.4%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £29,577 £28,241 +4.7%
Veterinary nurses £29,542 £26,666 +10.8%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £29,529 £28,600 +3.2%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £29,462 £27,676 +6.5%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £29,400 £29,329 +0.2%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £29,344 £31,041 -5.5%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £29,101 £30,429 -4.4%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £28,987 £31,750 -8.7%
Stock control clerks and assistants £28,693 £28,851 -0.5%
Catering and bar managers £28,631 £27,888 +2.7%
Child and early years officers £28,566 £29,347 -2.7%
Local government administrative occupations £28,529 £27,642 +3.2%
Credit controllers £28,201 £26,981 +4.5%
Senior care workers £28,124 £27,417 +2.6%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £27,996 £27,519 +1.7%
Sales related occupations n.e.c. £27,587 £28,870 -4.4%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £27,258 £26,975 +1.0%
Warehouse operatives £27,203 £26,574 +2.4%
Chefs £27,113 £26,531 +2.2%
Boat and ship builders and repairers £27,046 £32,600 -17.0%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £27,031 £27,743 -2.6%
Sales administrators £26,857 £27,132 -1.0%
Laboratory technicians £26,800 £26,861 -0.2%
Bank and post office clerks £26,600 £27,671 -3.9%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £26,574 £25,936 +2.5%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £26,529 £28,725 -7.6%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £26,527 £27,267 -2.7%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £26,512 £24,931 +6.3%
Process operatives n.e.c. £26,457 £30,843 -14.2%
Refuse and salvage occupations £26,366 £27,576 -4.4%
Travel agents £26,213 £26,426 -0.8%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £26,213 £26,112 +0.4%
Horticultural trades £26,152 £24,613 +6.3%
Houseparents and residential wardens £26,134 £26,499 -1.4%
Youth and community workers £26,131 £27,711 -5.7%
Animal care services occupations n.e.c. £26,006 £23,345 +11.4%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £25,999 £27,057 -3.9%
Paper and wood machine operatives £25,929 £29,640 -12.5%
Medical secretaries £25,751 £24,071 +7.0%
Call and contact centre occupations £25,626 £25,440 +0.7%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £25,592 £26,640 -3.9%
Telephone salespersons £25,429 £26,944 -5.6%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £25,199 £25,087 +0.4%
Personal assistants and other secretaries £25,083 £25,233 -0.6%
Delivery drivers and couriers £24,980 £24,627 +1.4%
Air travel assistants £24,631 £28,808 -14.5%
Records clerks and assistants £24,627 £26,312 -6.4%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £24,532 £24,438 +0.4%
Nannies and au pairs £24,502 £22,955 +6.7%
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. £24,379 £23,005 +6.0%
Dental nurses £23,983 £22,615 +6.0%
Human resources administrative occupations £23,817 £25,531 -6.7%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £23,719 £24,761 -4.2%
Legal secretaries £23,386 £24,263 -3.6%
Caretakers £23,359 £25,147 -7.1%
Dispensing opticians £23,296 £27,645 -15.7%
Higher level teaching assistants £22,741 £22,050 +3.1%
Care workers and home carers £22,584 £21,487 +5.1%
Other skilled trades n.e.c. £22,091 £26,800 -17.6%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £21,541 £23,385 -7.9%
School secretaries £20,253 £22,155 -8.6%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £20,207 £17,993 +12.3%
Bar and catering supervisors £19,357 £22,552 -14.2%
Early education and childcare practitioners £19,270 £19,516 -1.3%
Early education and childcare assistants £19,191 £19,165 +0.1%
Receptionists £17,222 £18,152 -5.1%
Teaching assistants £16,505 £18,024 -8.4%
Educational support assistants £16,401 £17,086 -4.0%
Sales and retail assistants £15,246 £14,491 +5.2%
Cleaners and domestics £12,384 £11,852 +4.5%
Kitchen and catering assistants £11,286 £11,840 -4.7%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £10,726 £14,018 -23.5%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £3,432 £4,263 -19.5%

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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