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UK Salary by Occupation (ONS ASHE 2025)

Median gross annual pay for full-time employees across hundreds of 4-digit SOC 2020 occupations in the UK, from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025, with the 10th–90th percentile spread and per-region medians. The standard headline a “{occupation} salary” search expects.

359 occupations · Office for National Statistics · Open Government Licence v3.0

Key figures

359
Occupations
4-digit SOC 2020
£99,944
Highest median
Chief executives and senior officials
£21,239
Lowest median
Teaching assistants
Median FT pay
Measure
gross annual, GBP

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This dataset is available as machine-readable JSON — including provenance, columns, key figures and a verbatim sample of rows — and as a spreadsheet-ready CSV sample, for researchers, journalists and AI assistants. Every figure traces to the source below.

Methodology

Figures are the ONS-published median gross annual pay for full-time employees from the ASHE “Full-Time” sheet (Table 14.7a; regional medians from Table 15 (4).7a). ONS suppresses small/unreliable cells (CV > 20%) for disclosure control — those are excluded, never interpolated. Every figure is a real ONS estimate; none is averaged across occupations or estimated.

How this snapshot is prepared & verified

  1. Source. Retrieved from Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) (Office for National Statistics), the official publisher, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Reference period: ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period.
  2. Verbatim capture. Every figure shown here is copied from, or computed directly from, that snapshot — nothing is estimated, rounded away or hand-entered.
  3. Verification. Column values are checked against the published source before release, and the licence and attribution are preserved exactly as issued.
  4. Re-publication. The snapshot is exposed as a citable page plus JSON and CSV downloads so it stays independently verifiable and quotable.

The JSON summary and CSV export contain a verbatim sample of the snapshot with full provenance. The complete dataset is available from the original source linked above.

Sample rows

A verbatim sample from the verified snapshot. Full data is in the JSON summary and on the source page.

socCodeoccupationmedianAnnualp90Annual
1111Chief executives and senior officials99,944
1132Marketing, sales and advertising directors94,135
2212Specialist medical practitioners92,847168,980
1137Information technology directors91,671
1140Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport83,447
3511Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers82,746
1131Financial managers and directors76,447
8231Train and tram drivers76,327

Provenance

Source:
Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
Publisher:
Office for National Statistics
Coverage:
United Kingdom — 4-digit SOC 2020 occupations, full-time employees
As of:
ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period

Source: Office for National Statistics — Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) (Table 14.7a (occupation 4-digit SOC) + Table 15 (4).7a (region by occupation), Full-Time sheet). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Re-published by GeraJobs at https://gerajobs.com/data/uk-salary-by-occupation.

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