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Barristers and judges Salary (UK)

A Barristers and judges in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £50,915. Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 2411, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).

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The median UK salary for a Barristers and judges is £50,915 gross per year. This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.

How Barristers and judges pay ranks in the UK

National rank

#53

of 359 ONS occupations

vs UK average

+£11,892

above the £39,023 occupation mean

Out-earns

85%

of UK occupations

At £50,915, a Barristers and judges ranks #53 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — above by £11,892 the £39,023 average and the £35,863 midpoint occupation. Rank and averages are plain arithmetic over the published ONS ASHE medians — nothing is modelled.

Barristers and judges pay distribution (UK)

StatisticGross annual pay
10th percentileSuppressed by ONS
25th percentile£30,085
Median (50th percentile)£50,915
Mean (average)£56,773
75th percentileSuppressed by ONS
90th percentileSuppressed by ONS

Based on an estimated 18,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.

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Barristers and judges salary by UK region

RegionMedian (annual)vs UK median
West Midlands£73,570+£22,655

Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.

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Barristers and judges salary — frequently asked questions

How much does a Barristers and judges earn in the UK?
The median gross annual pay for a Barristers and judges (SOC 2020 code 2411) in the UK is £50,915, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). ONS suppressed the percentile range for this occupation under its disclosure-control rules, so only the median is published.
Is the Barristers and judges salary figure real or estimated?
It is a real published ONS estimate — the median gross annual pay for full-time employees in the April 2025 ASHE reference period. No number on this page is modelled, interpolated, or mixed with survey panels. Cells that ONS suppressed for reliability are omitted, never guessed.
Is a Barristers and judges salary above the UK average?
A Barristers and judges earns a median of £50,915, which is above by £11,892 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 85% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
Where does Barristers and judges pay rank among UK occupations?
It ranks #53 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 52 occupations pay more and 306 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
Where does a Barristers and judges earn the most in the UK?
Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £73,570 in West Midlands. Regional medians for 1 region are listed on this page; regions where ONS suppressed the cell are not shown.

Related

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. Figures are Median gross annual pay (GBP), full-time employees, April 2025 reference period (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Released 2025-10-23, corrected 2025-12-19. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). No figure is modelled or interpolated.

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