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Yorkshire and The Humber — Salaries by Occupation (2025)

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional)

Occupations with published median salary data for Yorkshire and The Humber, sorted high to low. ONS suppresses occupations with small regional samples.

Job titleMedian salary (Yorkshire and The Humber)UK national medianvs national
Specialist medical practitioners £87,240 £88,997 -2.0%
Head teachers and principals £82,282 £70,977 +15.9%
Marketing, sales and advertising directors £79,606 £90,000 -11.5%
Financial and accounting technicians £63,056 £53,265 +18.4%
Generalist medical practitioners £61,026 £51,756 +17.9%
Purchasing managers and directors £60,189 £56,779 +6.0%
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c. £56,587 £48,171 +17.5%
Solicitors and lawyers £54,992 £53,314 +3.1%
Cyber security professionals £54,864 £54,816 +0.1%
Rail transport operatives £54,167 £56,925 -4.8%
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers £53,806 £59,593 -9.7%
Health services and public health managers and directors £52,783 £55,879 -5.5%
Business and financial project management professionals £52,022 £57,874 -10.1%
IT project managers £51,108 £58,016 -11.9%
Financial managers and directors £50,891 £65,336 -22.1%
Production managers and directors in construction £50,602 £54,947 -7.9%
IT managers £50,585 £55,502 -8.9%
Functional managers and directors n.e.c. £49,069 £69,996 -29.9%
Sales accounts and business development managers £48,877 £56,021 -12.8%
Engineering project managers and project engineers £48,838 £52,451 -6.9%
Human resource managers and directors £48,675 £54,474 -10.6%
Civil engineers £48,160 £50,602 -4.8%
Specialist nurses £47,290 £41,095 +15.1%
Managers in transport and distribution £47,196 £46,734 +1.0%
Production managers and directors in manufacturing £47,050 £52,885 -11.0%
Programmers and software development professionals £46,594 £55,587 -16.2%
Higher education teaching professionals £46,120 £46,494 -0.8%
Production and process engineers £44,070 £47,711 -7.6%
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £43,852 £44,793 -2.1%
Rail construction and maintenance operatives £43,525 £44,445 -2.1%
Management consultants and business analysts £43,136 £51,729 -16.6%
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals £43,117 £47,969 -10.1%
Finance and investment analysts and advisers £42,285 £47,776 -11.5%
Vehicle paint technicians £42,258 £34,531 +22.4%
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians £42,218 £34,465 +22.5%
Property, housing and estate managers £42,128 £41,115 +2.5%
Electricians and electrical fitters £41,620 £39,187 +6.2%
Health and safety managers and officers £41,485 £44,551 -6.9%
Nurse practitioners £41,478 £41,392 +0.2%
Engineering professionals n.e.c. £41,411 £47,985 -13.7%
Financial accounts managers £41,288 £45,162 -8.6%
Paramedics £41,199 £50,294 -18.1%
Road construction operatives £40,464 £38,315 +5.6%
Primary education teaching professionals £40,071 £42,031 -4.7%
Quality control and planning engineers £40,033 £42,511 -5.8%
Planning, process and production technicians £39,729 £36,062 +10.2%
Engineering technicians £39,716 £44,330 -10.4%
Secondary education teaching professionals £39,352 £44,246 -11.1%
Estimators, valuers and assessors £38,867 £37,809 +2.8%
Inspectors of standards and regulations £38,692 £37,236 +3.9%
Public services associate professionals £38,682 £38,454 +0.6%
Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations £38,506 £37,035 +4.0%
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £38,361 £41,111 -6.7%
Large goods vehicle drivers £38,316 £39,141 -2.1%
Physiotherapists £38,288 £37,917 +1.0%
Social workers £38,170 £42,708 -10.6%
Metal working production and maintenance fitters £37,849 £40,002 -5.4%
Biochemists and biomedical scientists £37,377 £45,269 -17.4%
Clinical psychologists £37,361 £45,954 -18.7%
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £37,314 £39,652 -5.9%
Other health professionals n.e.c. £37,094 £38,033 -2.5%
Business and related research professionals £37,054 £39,941 -7.2%
Occupational therapists £37,014 £37,201 -0.5%
Fire service officers (watch manager and below) £37,007 £40,775 -9.2%
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. £36,576 £41,592 -12.1%
Other nursing professionals £36,483 £36,775 -0.8%
Metal machining setters and setter-operators £36,476 £35,394 +3.1%
Chemical and related process operatives £36,347 £33,531 +8.4%
Mental health nurses £36,122 £40,028 -9.8%
Floorers and wall tilers £36,002 £32,663 +10.2%
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c. £35,147 £34,475 +1.9%
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. £35,080 £36,408 -3.6%
Vehicle body builders and repairers £34,988 £34,848 +0.4%
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers £34,985 £30,328 +15.4%
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters £34,924 £30,961 +12.8%
Actuaries, economists and statisticians £34,867 £51,520 -32.3%
Production, factory and assembly supervisors £34,589 £35,092 -1.4%
Business sales executives £34,522 £36,498 -5.4%
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers £34,516 £36,563 -5.6%
Managers in storage and warehousing £34,427 £36,620 -6.0%
Elementary storage supervisors £34,379 £30,480 +12.8%
Speech and language therapists £33,853 £35,002 -3.3%
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians £33,788 £36,560 -7.6%
Office managers £33,785 £35,000 -3.5%
Social services managers and directors £33,769 £45,155 -25.2%
Groundworkers £33,757 £37,849 -10.8%
IT operations technicians £33,401 £34,656 -3.6%
Education managers £33,361 £45,043 -25.9%
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £33,275 £36,006 -7.6%
Customer service supervisors £33,271 £34,033 -2.2%
Printers £32,949 £31,367 +5.0%
Welding trades £32,947 £34,742 -5.2%
Buyers and procurement officers £32,619 £36,230 -10.0%
Metal working machine operatives £32,004 £31,344 +2.1%
Legal professionals n.e.c. £31,465 £33,822 -7.0%
Customer service managers £31,395 £32,983 -4.8%
Data analysts £31,193 £38,107 -18.1%
Other vocational and industrial trainers £31,122 £33,236 -6.4%
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants £30,999 £29,329 +5.7%
Construction operatives n.e.c. £30,830 £30,237 +2.0%
Community nurses £30,762 £33,764 -8.9%
Road transport drivers n.e.c. £30,736 £28,725 +7.0%
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. £30,676 £28,600 +7.3%
National government administrative occupations £30,593 £31,363 -2.5%
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c. £30,542 £29,142 +4.8%
Office supervisors £30,526 £32,265 -5.4%
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors £30,391 £30,513 -0.4%
Carpenters and joiners £30,324 £33,797 -10.3%
Bus and coach drivers £30,256 £33,947 -10.9%
IT user support technicians £30,153 £34,314 -12.1%
Sales administrators £29,911 £27,132 +10.2%
Authors, writers and translators £29,867 £36,865 -19.0%
Paper and wood machine operatives £29,810 £29,640 +0.6%
Project support officers £29,706 £34,207 -13.2%
Housing officers £29,153 £32,542 -10.4%
Bricklayers £29,135 £32,480 -10.3%
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers £29,129 £31,750 -8.3%
Counsellors £29,117 £27,082 +7.5%
Marketing associate professionals £28,887 £30,479 -5.2%
Local government administrative occupations £28,823 £27,642 +4.3%
Stock control clerks and assistants £28,713 £28,851 -0.5%
Pharmaceutical technicians £28,677 £28,381 +1.0%
Data entry administrators £28,469 £26,534 +7.3%
Parking and civil enforcement occupations £28,466 £27,766 +2.5%
Bank and post office clerks £28,259 £27,671 +2.1%
Metal making and treating process operatives £28,076 £31,893 -12.0%
Human resources and industrial relations officers £27,977 £33,012 -15.3%
Youth and community workers £27,950 £27,711 +0.9%
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers £27,528 £29,761 -7.5%
Security guards and related occupations £27,519 £30,819 -10.7%
Legal associate professionals £27,467 £32,438 -15.3%
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters £27,340 £42,169 -35.2%
Printing machine assistants £27,189 £29,657 -8.3%
Air transport operatives £26,802 £32,376 -17.2%
Senior care workers £26,771 £27,417 -2.4%
Warehouse operatives £26,692 £26,574 +0.4%
Graphic and multimedia designers £26,428 £31,236 -15.4%
Fork-lift truck drivers £26,384 £31,016 -14.9%
Telephone salespersons £26,342 £26,944 -2.2%
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c. £26,318 £26,723 -1.5%
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c. £26,193 £26,975 -2.9%
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors £26,086 £24,931 +4.6%
Catering and bar managers £26,041 £27,888 -6.6%
Refuse and salvage occupations £26,021 £27,576 -5.6%
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives £25,873 £27,267 -5.1%
Call and contact centre occupations £25,867 £25,440 +1.7%
Library clerks and assistants £25,831 £18,659 +38.4%
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks £25,692 £27,743 -7.4%
Gardeners and landscape gardeners £25,677 £27,057 -5.1%
Street cleaners £25,661 £26,330 -2.5%
Laboratory technicians £25,580 £26,861 -4.8%
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £25,501 £26,112 -2.3%
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £25,453 £28,623 -11.1%
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products) £25,442 £28,241 -9.9%
Footwear and leather working trades £25,260 £25,116 +0.6%
Business associate professionals n.e.c. £25,183 £33,035 -23.8%
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c. £25,097 £26,640 -5.8%
Records clerks and assistants £24,600 £26,312 -6.5%
Textile process operatives £24,386 £25,572 -4.6%
Delivery drivers and couriers £24,344 £24,627 -1.1%
Customer service occupations n.e.c. £23,793 £24,438 -2.6%
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants £23,781 £24,761 -4.0%
Animal care services occupations n.e.c. £23,700 £23,345 +1.5%
Medical secretaries £23,303 £24,071 -3.2%
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. £23,197 £27,676 -16.2%
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers £23,146 £25,087 -7.7%
Dental nurses £23,075 £22,615 +2.0%
Chefs £23,042 £26,531 -13.2%
Other administrative occupations n.e.c. £22,527 £23,385 -3.7%
Credit controllers £22,492 £26,981 -16.6%
Nannies and au pairs £21,871 £22,955 -4.7%
Sewing machinists £21,268 £22,767 -6.6%
Travel agents £21,205 £26,426 -19.8%
Care workers and home carers £21,001 £21,487 -2.3%
Bar and catering supervisors £20,059 £22,552 -11.1%
Early education and childcare assistants £20,044 £19,165 +4.6%
Legal secretaries £19,704 £24,263 -18.8%
Delivery operatives £19,696 £25,541 -22.9%
Cooks £19,373 £17,885 +8.3%
Educational support assistants £17,485 £17,086 +2.3%
Retail cashiers and check-out operators £17,362 £14,018 +23.9%
Teaching assistants £17,293 £18,024 -4.1%
Receptionists £16,958 £18,152 -6.6%
Sales and retail assistants £14,657 £14,491 +1.1%
Care escorts £14,451 £12,175 +18.7%
Kitchen and catering assistants £11,988 £11,840 +1.2%
Cleaners and domestics £11,319 £11,852 -4.5%
School midday and crossing patrol occupations £4,311 £4,263 +1.1%

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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