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Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists Salary (UK)
A Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £32,418. Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 3572, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists is £32,418 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 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#233
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£6,605
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
35%
of UK occupations
At £32,418, a Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists ranks #233 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £6,605 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.
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 25th percentile | £28,749 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £32,418 |
| Mean (average) | £37,472 |
| 75th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 14,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | £41,244 | +£8,826 |
| South East | £38,969 | +£6,551 |
| West Midlands | £29,946 | −£2,472 |
| North West | £29,740 | −£2,678 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £26,150 | −£6,268 |
| East Midlands | £22,824 | −£9,594 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists (SOC 2020 code 3572) in the UK is £32,418, 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 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 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 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists salary above the UK average?
- A Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists earns a median of £32,418, which is below by £6,605 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 35% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #233 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 232 occupations pay more and 126 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £41,244 in Scotland. Regional medians for 6 regions are listed on this page; regions where ONS suppressed the cell are not shown.
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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.