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Human resources and industrial relations officers Salary (UK)
A Human resources and industrial relations officers in the UK earns a median gross annual pay of £35,194, with most pay between £29,116–£43,735 (25th–75th percentile). Real figures from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (SOC 3571, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Quick answer
The median UK salary for a Human resources and industrial relations officers is £35,194 gross per year (typical range £29,116–£43,735). This is a real ONS estimate for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3.
How Human resources and industrial relations officers pay ranks in the UK
National rank
#193
of 359 ONS occupations
vs UK average
−£3,829
below the £39,023 occupation mean
Out-earns
46%
of UK occupations
At £35,194, a Human resources and industrial relations officers ranks #193 of 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for — below by £3,829 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 resources and industrial relations officers pay distribution (UK)
| Statistic | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £25,306 |
| 25th percentile | £29,116 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £35,194 |
| Mean (average) | £40,029 |
| 75th percentile | £43,735 |
| 90th percentile | Suppressed by ONS |
Based on an estimated 116,000 UK jobs in this occupation. Cells ONS suppressed for reliability are marked “Suppressed by ONS” and never estimated.
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Human resources and industrial relations officers salary by UK region
| Region | Median (annual) | vs UK median |
|---|---|---|
| London | £39,539 | +£4,345 |
| Scotland | £36,372 | +£1,178 |
| North East | £35,843 | +£649 |
| South East | £35,149 | −£45 |
| West Midlands | £34,980 | −£214 |
| East | £34,857 | −£337 |
| East Midlands | £34,827 | −£367 |
| Wales | £34,439 | −£755 |
| South West | £30,603 | −£4,591 |
| North West | £30,325 | −£4,869 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £28,747 | −£6,447 |
Only UK regions ONS published for this occupation are shown; suppressed regional cells are omitted, never estimated.
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Human resources and industrial relations officers salary — frequently asked questions
- How much does a Human resources and industrial relations officers earn in the UK?
- The median gross annual pay for a Human resources and industrial relations officers (SOC 2020 code 3571) in the UK is £35,194, 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 £29,116–£43,735 range (25th to 75th percentile).
- Is the Human resources and industrial relations officers 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 resources and industrial relations officers salary above the UK average?
- A Human resources and industrial relations officers earns a median of £35,194, which is below by £3,829 the £39,023 average (mean) across all 359 occupations ONS publishes a full-time median for (midpoint occupation: £35,863). That out-earns roughly 46% of UK occupations. These are plain averages of the ONS ASHE medians — no figure is modelled.
- Where does Human resources and industrial relations officers pay rank among UK occupations?
- It ranks #193 of 359 occupations by median gross annual pay (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). 192 occupations pay more and 166 pay less. Ranking is a straight sort of the published medians; occupations ONS suppressed are not counted.
- Where does a Human resources and industrial relations officers earn the most in the UK?
- Of the UK regions ONS publishes for this occupation, the highest median is £39,539 in London. Regional medians for 11 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.