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West Midlands — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

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

Job titleMedian salary (West Midlands)UK national medianvs national
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £79,812 £90,000 -11.3%
Barristers and judges £68,676 £34,253 +100.5%
Train and tram drivers £67,428 £76,176 -11.5%
Managers and directors in the creative industries £66,195 £50,868 +30.1%
Rail transport operatives £63,779 £56,925 +12.0%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £62,074 £59,593 +4.2%
Research and development (R&D) managers £61,923 £54,857 +12.9%
Generalist medical practitioners £59,169 £51,756 +14.3%
Taxation experts £57,822 £46,280 +24.9%
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. £57,568 £55,106 +4.5%
Business and financial project management professionals £57,264 £57,874 -1.1%
Civil engineers £56,066 £50,602 +10.8%
Production managers and directors in construction £54,525 £54,947 -0.8%
Sales accounts and business development managers £54,240 £56,021 -3.2%
Financial managers and directors £52,149 £65,336 -20.2%
Marketing and commercial managers £51,700 £50,589 +2.2%
Clinical psychologists £51,685 £45,954 +12.5%
Human resource managers and directors £51,662 £54,474 -5.2%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £51,569 £52,451 -1.7%
IT managers £49,994 £55,502 -9.9%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £49,480 £47,969 +3.1%
Web design professionals £49,277 £46,639 +5.7%
Pharmacists £48,404 £47,508 +1.9%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £48,401 £47,985 +0.9%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £48,224 £52,885 -8.8%
Programmers and software development professionals £47,744 £55,587 -14.1%
Paramedics £46,960 £50,294 -6.6%
IT network professionals £46,850 £48,294 -3.0%
Architects £46,362 £45,625 +1.6%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £46,300 £44,793 +3.4%
Managers in transport and distribution £46,243 £46,734 -1.1%
Construction and building trades supervisors £45,544 £45,000 +1.2%
Management consultants and business analysts £45,139 £51,729 -12.7%
Mechanical engineers £44,874 £50,594 -11.3%
Health and safety managers and officers £44,749 £44,551 +0.4%
Secondary education teaching professionals £44,680 £44,246 +1.0%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £44,386 £41,592 +6.7%
Solicitors and lawyers £44,221 £53,314 -17.1%
Data analysts £44,172 £38,107 +15.9%
Road construction operatives £43,753 £38,315 +14.2%
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £43,743 £40,661 +7.6%
Higher education teaching professionals £43,442 £46,494 -6.6%
Construction project managers and related professionals £43,264 £45,613 -5.1%
Newspaper and periodical editors £43,100 £41,583 +3.6%
Managers in logistics £42,656 £45,104 -5.4%
Specialist nurses £42,477 £41,095 +3.4%
Production and process engineers £42,476 £47,711 -11.0%
Nurse practitioners £42,256 £41,392 +2.1%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £42,065 £38,033 +10.6%
Environment professionals £41,746 £41,555 +0.5%
Medical radiographers £41,494 £44,324 -6.4%
Quality control and planning engineers £41,023 £42,511 -3.5%
Social workers £40,415 £42,708 -5.4%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £40,294 £47,776 -15.7%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £40,266 £39,652 +1.5%
Environmental health professionals £40,134 £40,044 +0.2%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £40,118 £48,171 -16.7%
Electricians and electrical fitters £39,921 £39,187 +1.9%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £39,871 £40,775 -2.2%
Public relations professionals £39,852 £36,336 +9.7%
Buyers and procurement officers £39,705 £36,230 +9.6%
Primary education teaching professionals £39,525 £42,031 -6.0%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £39,300 £41,111 -4.4%
Large goods vehicle drivers £39,285 £39,141 +0.4%
Property, housing and estate managers £38,954 £41,115 -5.3%
Managers in storage and warehousing £38,814 £36,620 +6.0%
Groundworkers £38,406 £37,849 +1.5%
Routine inspectors and testers £37,589 £33,982 +10.6%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £37,560 £36,560 +2.7%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £37,464 £45,269 -17.2%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £37,315 £40,002 -6.7%
IT operations technicians £37,293 £34,656 +7.6%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £37,082 £36,006 +3.0%
Planning, process and production technicians £36,829 £36,062 +2.1%
Occupational therapists £36,591 £37,201 -1.6%
Other nursing professionals £36,551 £36,775 -0.6%
Engineering technicians £36,453 £44,330 -17.8%
Business and related research professionals £36,183 £39,941 -9.4%
Insurance underwriters £36,171 £38,666 -6.5%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £35,709 £36,408 -1.9%
Leisure and sports managers £35,634 £33,342 +6.9%
Financial accounts managers £35,609 £45,162 -21.2%
Security system installers and repairers £35,154 £37,991 -7.5%
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £34,827 £32,060 +8.6%
Bricklayers £34,722 £32,480 +6.9%
Business sales executives £34,710 £36,498 -4.9%
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture £34,662 £34,976 -0.9%
Welding trades £34,493 £34,742 -0.7%
Project support officers £34,402 £34,207 +0.6%
Special needs education teaching professionals £34,398 £40,363 -14.8%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £34,185 £34,848 -1.9%
Public services associate professionals £33,926 £38,454 -11.8%
Podiatrists £33,909 £35,920 -5.6%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £33,565 £34,475 -2.6%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £33,542 £36,563 -8.3%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £33,434 £37,809 -11.6%
IT user support technicians £33,313 £34,314 -2.9%
Midwifery nurses £33,307 £39,327 -15.3%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £33,180 £33,236 -0.2%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £33,042 £27,676 +19.4%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £33,025 £35,394 -6.7%
Graphic and multimedia designers £32,913 £31,236 +5.4%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £32,891 £33,012 -0.4%
Information technology trainers £32,803 £36,621 -10.4%
Carpenters and joiners £32,789 £33,797 -3.0%
Inspectors of standards and regulations £32,432 £37,236 -12.9%
Customer service managers £32,224 £32,983 -2.3%
Sheet metal workers £31,994 £31,920 +0.2%
Therapy professionals n.e.c. £31,783 £32,287 -1.6%
Quality assurance technicians £31,590 £33,242 -5.0%
National government administrative occupations £31,230 £31,363 -0.4%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £31,099 £31,750 -2.1%
Metal making and treating process operatives £30,940 £31,893 -3.0%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £30,839 £35,092 -12.1%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £30,674 £30,237 +1.4%
Community nurses £30,574 £33,764 -9.4%
Child and early years officers £30,558 £29,347 +4.1%
Elementary storage supervisors £30,473 £30,480 -0.0%
Legal professionals n.e.c. £30,447 £33,822 -10.0%
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. £30,266 £29,142 +3.9%
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists £30,175 £30,045 +0.4%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £30,044 £28,725 +4.6%
Interior designers £30,007 £34,962 -14.2%
Chemical and related process operatives £29,933 £33,531 -10.7%
Metal working machine operatives £29,841 £31,344 -4.8%
Customer service supervisors £29,715 £34,033 -12.7%
Process operatives n.e.c. £29,532 £30,843 -4.3%
Finance officers £29,378 £28,610 +2.7%
Marketing associate professionals £29,033 £30,479 -4.7%
Construction and building trades n.e.c. £28,985 £34,378 -15.7%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £28,883 £33,035 -12.6%
Office supervisors £28,787 £32,265 -10.8%
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £28,775 £28,623 +0.5%
Veterinary nurses £28,743 £26,666 +7.8%
Bus and coach drivers £28,715 £33,947 -15.4%
Refuse and salvage occupations £28,624 £27,576 +3.8%
Local government administrative occupations £28,538 £27,642 +3.2%
Groundsmen and greenkeepers £28,282 £27,519 +2.8%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £28,073 £28,241 -0.6%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £28,052 £27,267 +2.9%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £28,005 £29,329 -4.5%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £27,859 £29,761 -6.4%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £27,848 £27,743 +0.4%
Data entry administrators £27,725 £26,534 +4.5%
Stock control clerks and assistants £27,716 £28,851 -3.9%
Butchers £27,598 £27,929 -1.2%
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) £27,493 £31,041 -11.4%
Bank and post office clerks £27,481 £27,671 -0.7%
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters £27,184 £30,961 -12.2%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £26,962 £28,600 -5.7%
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c. £26,873 £25,936 +3.6%
Housing officers £26,858 £32,542 -17.5%
Youth and community workers £26,768 £27,711 -3.4%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £26,664 £30,513 -12.6%
Fork-lift truck drivers £26,624 £31,016 -14.2%
Records clerks and assistants £26,585 £26,312 +1.0%
Steel erectors £26,381 £34,782 -24.2%
Delivery operatives £26,381 £25,541 +3.3%
Warehouse operatives £26,238 £26,574 -1.3%
Credit controllers £26,232 £26,981 -2.8%
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers £26,042 £34,073 -23.6%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £25,807 £26,975 -4.3%
Senior care workers £25,737 £27,417 -6.1%
Chefs £25,542 £26,531 -3.7%
Telephone salespersons £25,409 £26,944 -5.7%
Human resources administrative occupations £25,335 £25,531 -0.8%
Sales administrators £25,165 £27,132 -7.2%
Delivery drivers and couriers £25,009 £24,627 +1.6%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £24,816 £25,087 -1.1%
Early education and childcare services managers £24,759 £28,511 -13.2%
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers £24,331 £30,328 -19.8%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £24,091 £26,640 -9.6%
Air transport operatives £23,772 £32,376 -26.6%
Laboratory technicians £23,755 £26,861 -11.6%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £23,591 £24,761 -4.7%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £23,488 £24,438 -3.9%
Dental nurses £23,472 £22,615 +3.8%
Plastics process operatives £23,410 £29,644 -21.0%
Printers £23,127 £31,367 -26.3%
Pharmaceutical technicians £23,018 £28,381 -18.9%
Legal secretaries £22,831 £24,263 -5.9%
Sewing machinists £22,706 £22,767 -0.3%
Houseparents and residential wardens £22,683 £26,499 -14.4%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £22,610 £26,112 -13.4%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £22,079 £23,385 -5.6%
Medical secretaries £22,021 £24,071 -8.5%
Higher level teaching assistants £21,759 £22,050 -1.3%
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers £20,351 £20,464 -0.6%
Care workers and home carers £20,001 £21,487 -6.9%
Bar and catering supervisors £19,826 £22,552 -12.1%
Beauticians and related occupations £19,792 £15,009 +31.9%
Housekeepers and related occupations £18,987 £16,618 +14.3%
Teaching assistants £18,939 £18,024 +5.1%
Educational support assistants £18,609 £17,086 +8.9%
Early education and childcare practitioners £18,397 £19,516 -5.7%
Receptionists £17,703 £18,152 -2.5%
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants £16,341 £17,993 -9.2%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £15,398 £14,018 +9.8%
Sales and retail assistants £14,582 £14,491 +0.6%
Kitchen and catering assistants £11,135 £11,840 -6.0%
Cleaners and domestics £9,744 £11,852 -17.8%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £3,823 £4,263 -10.3%

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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