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Human resource managers and directors Salary (UK)
A Human resource managers and directors in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £57,529, with most pay between £43,676–£78,677 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 1136, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Human resource managers and directors is £57,529 gross per year (typical range £43,676–£78,677). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Human resource managers and directors pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#26
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
+£18,506
above the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
93%
of UK occupations
At £57,529, a Human resource managers and directors ranks #26 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — above by £18,506 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.
Human resource managers and directors pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £32,714 |
| 25th percentile | £43,676 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £57,529 |
| Mean (average) | £69,039 |
| 75th percentile | £78,677 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 152,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Human resource managers and directors salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £68,739 | +£11,210 |
| South East | £64,623 | +£7,094 |
| East | £57,209 | −£320 |
| South West | £54,642 | −£2,887 |
| West Midlands | £53,085 | −£4,444 |
| Scotland | £50,412 | −£7,117 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £50,387 | −£7,142 |
| North West | £49,553 | −£7,976 |
| Wales | £47,231 | −£10,298 |
| East Midlands | £46,110 | −£11,419 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Human resource managers and directors salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Human resource managers and directors earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Human resource managers and directors (SOC 2020 code 1136) in the UK is £57,529, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Most pay falls in the £43,676–£78,677 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Human resource managers and directors 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 Human resource managers and directors salary above the UK average?
- A Human resource managers and directors earns a median of £57,529, which is above by £18,506 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 93% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Human resource managers and directors pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #26 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 25 occupations pay more and 333 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Human resource managers and directors earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £68,739 in London. Regional medians for 10 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.