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South West — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (South West)UK national medianvs national
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £74,712 £90,000 -17.0%
Cyber security professionals £73,291 £54,816 +33.7%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £66,327 £59,593 +11.3%
Head teachers and principals £65,735 £70,977 -7.4%
Senior police officers £64,975 £66,514 -2.3%
Research and development (R&D) managers £59,333 £54,857 +8.2%
Sales accounts and business development managers £55,579 £56,021 -0.8%
Civil engineers £55,472 £50,602 +9.6%
Electrical engineers £54,986 £59,930 -8.2%
Health care practice managers £54,592 £38,941 +40.2%
Business and financial project management professionals £53,765 £57,874 -7.1%
Human resource managers and directors £52,370 £54,474 -3.9%
Mechanical engineers £51,657 £50,594 +2.1%
Programmers and software development professionals £51,631 £55,587 -7.1%
Production managers and directors in construction £50,000 £54,947 -9.0%
Purchasing managers and directors £49,504 £56,779 -12.8%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £48,988 £52,451 -6.6%
Financial managers and directors £48,756 £65,336 -25.4%
Engineering technicians £48,621 £44,330 +9.7%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £48,113 £52,885 -9.0%
Production and process engineers £47,354 £47,711 -0.7%
IT managers £47,276 £55,502 -14.8%
Health services and public health managers and directors £47,125 £55,879 -15.7%
Management consultants and business analysts £46,884 £51,729 -9.4%
Medical radiographers £46,738 £44,324 +5.4%
Electronics engineers £46,312 £51,973 -10.9%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £46,254 £47,969 -3.6%
Higher education teaching professionals £46,228 £46,494 -0.6%
Construction project managers and related professionals £45,582 £45,613 -0.1%
Aircraft maintenance and related trades £45,135 £44,704 +1.0%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £44,600 £47,776 -6.6%
Road construction operatives £44,133 £38,315 +15.2%
Business sales executives £43,701 £36,498 +19.7%
Chartered and certified accountants £43,412 £45,538 -4.7%
Pharmacists £43,397 £47,508 -8.7%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £42,883 £47,985 -10.6%
Secondary education teaching professionals £42,660 £44,246 -3.6%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £42,525 £48,171 -11.7%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £42,442 £41,111 +3.2%
Business and related research professionals £42,422 £39,941 +6.2%
Nurse practitioners £42,091 £41,392 +1.7%
Health and safety managers and officers £41,843 £44,551 -6.1%
Biological scientists £41,582 £43,781 -5.0%
Marketing and commercial managers £41,418 £50,589 -18.1%
Chartered surveyors £41,245 £45,673 -9.7%
Social workers £41,199 £42,708 -3.5%
Water and sewerage plant operatives £40,975 £39,057 +4.9%
Financial accounts managers £40,898 £45,162 -9.4%
Fork-lift truck drivers £40,846 £31,016 +31.7%
Managers in transport and distribution £40,729 £46,734 -12.8%
IT quality and testing professionals £40,583 £44,973 -9.8%
Construction and building trades supervisors £40,443 £45,000 -10.1%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £40,183 £44,793 -10.3%
Large goods vehicle drivers £39,568 £39,141 +1.1%
Specialist nurses £39,217 £41,095 -4.6%
Clinical psychologists £38,565 £45,954 -16.1%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £38,278 £38,033 +0.6%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £38,154 £40,661 -6.2%
Groundworkers £38,140 £37,849 +0.8%
Routine inspectors and testers £38,119 £33,982 +12.2%
Public services associate professionals £38,001 £38,454 -1.2%
Primary education teaching professionals £37,841 £42,031 -10.0%
Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale £37,807 £35,083 +7.8%
Managers in logistics £37,408 £45,104 -17.1%
Newspaper and periodical editors £36,979 £41,583 -11.1%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £36,938 £35,394 +4.4%
Quality control and planning engineers £36,790 £42,511 -13.5%
Physiotherapists £36,678 £37,917 -3.3%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £36,670 £36,560 +0.3%
Other nursing professionals £36,503 £36,775 -0.7%
Carpenters and joiners £36,481 £33,797 +7.9%
Electricians and electrical fitters £36,270 £39,187 -7.4%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £35,857 £36,408 -1.5%
Special needs education teaching professionals £35,787 £40,363 -11.3%
Buyers and procurement officers £35,703 £36,230 -1.5%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £35,682 £34,465 +3.5%
Managers in storage and warehousing £35,428 £36,620 -3.3%
Planning, process and production technicians £35,096 £36,062 -2.7%
Database administrators and web content technicians £34,716 £36,015 -3.6%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,648 £32,060 +8.1%
Farmers £34,604 £32,728 +5.7%
Office managers £34,001 £35,000 -2.9%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £33,932 £40,002 -15.2%
Data analysts £33,928 £38,107 -11.0%
Stonemasons and related trades £33,888 £33,938 -0.1%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £33,817 £36,006 -6.1%
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. £33,642 £41,706 -19.3%
Environment professionals £33,471 £41,555 -19.5%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £32,992 £34,848 -5.3%
Boat and ship builders and repairers £32,720 £32,600 +0.4%
Social and humanities scientists £32,610 £38,591 -15.5%
National government administrative occupations £32,547 £31,363 +3.8%
Environmental health professionals £32,301 £40,044 -19.3%
Printers £32,258 £31,367 +2.8%
Housing officers £32,234 £32,542 -0.9%
Midwifery nurses £32,171 £39,327 -18.2%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £32,163 £34,475 -6.7%
Office supervisors £32,068 £32,265 -0.6%
Inspectors of standards and regulations £32,043 £37,236 -13.9%
Paper and wood machine operatives £31,862 £29,640 +7.5%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £31,830 £30,237 +5.3%
Customer service supervisors £31,772 £34,033 -6.6%
Precision instrument makers and repairers £31,730 £37,031 -14.3%
Security system installers and repairers £31,652 £37,991 -16.7%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £31,596 £33,035 -4.4%
Electrical and electronics technicians £31,540 £35,018 -9.9%
IT operations technicians £31,512 £34,656 -9.1%
Bus and coach drivers £31,329 £33,947 -7.7%
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists £31,316 £38,230 -18.1%
Leisure and sports managers £31,142 £33,342 -6.6%
IT user support technicians £31,031 £34,314 -9.6%
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. £30,977 £31,589 -1.9%
Customer service managers £30,957 £32,983 -6.1%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £30,653 £33,236 -7.8%
Community nurses £30,643 £33,764 -9.2%
Clergy £30,638 £30,655 -0.1%
Interior designers £30,624 £34,962 -12.4%
Project support officers £30,577 £34,207 -10.6%
Houseparents and residential wardens £30,317 £26,499 +14.4%
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £30,296 £30,429 -0.4%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £30,281 £35,092 -13.7%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £30,078 £33,012 -8.9%
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters £29,922 £42,169 -29.0%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £29,792 £26,975 +10.4%
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors £29,762 £46,356 -35.8%
Child and early years officers £29,660 £29,347 +1.1%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £29,575 £27,057 +9.3%
Sales related occupations n.e.c. £29,516 £28,870 +2.2%
Catering and bar managers £29,456 £27,888 +5.6%
Medical and dental technicians £29,435 £29,119 +1.1%
Welding trades £29,134 £34,742 -16.1%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £29,084 £29,761 -2.3%
Security guards and related occupations £28,952 £30,819 -6.1%
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. £28,804 £29,142 -1.2%
Butchers £28,761 £27,929 +3.0%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £28,674 £30,513 -6.0%
Bakers and flour confectioners £28,618 £26,983 +6.1%
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters £28,251 £30,961 -8.8%
Events managers and organisers £28,119 £29,101 -3.4%
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c. £27,850 £26,723 +4.2%
Marketing associate professionals £27,575 £30,479 -9.5%
Elementary storage supervisors £27,443 £30,480 -10.0%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £27,281 £29,329 -7.0%
Dispensing opticians £27,265 £27,645 -1.4%
Warehouse operatives £27,162 £26,574 +2.2%
Sheet metal workers £26,949 £31,920 -15.6%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £26,922 £28,725 -6.3%
Painters and decorators £26,843 £30,889 -13.1%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £26,734 £27,267 -2.0%
Delivery operatives £26,726 £25,541 +4.6%
Legal secretaries £26,712 £24,263 +10.1%
Steel erectors £26,702 £34,782 -23.2%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £26,481 £25,936 +2.1%
Credit controllers £26,460 £26,981 -1.9%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £26,407 £27,519 -4.0%
Refuse and salvage occupations £26,375 £27,576 -4.4%
Travel agents £26,271 £26,426 -0.6%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £26,234 £27,743 -5.4%
Stock control clerks and assistants £25,876 £28,851 -10.3%
Sales administrators £25,853 £27,132 -4.7%
Senior care workers £25,753 £27,417 -6.1%
Records clerks and assistants £25,618 £26,312 -2.6%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £24,989 £26,112 -4.3%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £24,695 £24,761 -0.3%
Youth and community workers £24,657 £27,711 -11.0%
Bar and catering supervisors £24,588 £22,552 +9.0%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £24,538 £25,087 -2.2%
Estate agents and auctioneers £24,532 £26,988 -9.1%
Human resources administrative occupations £24,326 £25,531 -4.7%
Chefs £24,183 £26,531 -8.9%
Local government administrative occupations £24,092 £27,642 -12.8%
Animal care services occupations n.e.c. £24,046 £23,345 +3.0%
Delivery drivers and couriers £23,629 £24,627 -4.1%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £23,012 £26,640 -13.6%
Sewing machinists £22,938 £22,767 +0.8%
Vehicle valeters and cleaners £22,678 £24,875 -8.8%
Early education and childcare services managers £22,265 £28,511 -21.9%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £22,186 £24,438 -9.2%
Medical secretaries £22,045 £24,071 -8.4%
Care workers and home carers £21,975 £21,487 +2.3%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £21,829 £23,385 -6.7%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £21,086 £24,931 -15.4%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £20,569 £17,993 +14.3%
Early education and childcare practitioners £17,817 £19,516 -8.7%
Receptionists £17,482 £18,152 -3.7%
Horticultural trades £17,334 £24,613 -29.6%
Educational support assistants £16,938 £17,086 -0.9%
Teaching assistants £15,458 £18,024 -14.2%
Sales and retail assistants £14,278 £14,491 -1.5%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £13,203 £14,018 -5.8%
Cleaners and domestics £11,791 £11,852 -0.5%
Kitchen and catering assistants £9,411 £11,840 -20.5%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £4,111 £4,263 -3.6%

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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