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Highest-Paying Jobs by UK Region
Pick a region to see which occupations pay the most, ranked with real ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings figures (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Every median is a published estimate for full-time employees — nothing is modelled or estimated.
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GeraJobs ranks the best-paid jobs in each of the 11 UK regions ONS reports, using real median gross annual pay for full-time employees (April 2025, ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3). Choose a region below.
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| Region | Occupations covered | Top-paying job |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 266 | Chief executives and senior officials — £90,699 |
| South East | 260 | Information technology directors — £96,796 |
| East | 247 | Marketing, sales and advertising directors — £94,393 |
| Scotland | 247 | Specialist medical practitioners — £121,827 |
| London | 241 | Chief executives and senior officials — £126,978 |
| South West | 234 | Specialist medical practitioners — £98,216 |
| West Midlands | 233 | Marketing, sales and advertising directors — £82,029 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 231 | Head teachers and principals — £84,472 |
| East Midlands | 227 | Head teachers and principals — £78,202 |
| Wales | 200 | Head teachers and principals — £79,040 |
| North East | 174 | Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers — £72,472 |
“Occupations covered” counts only occupations ONS published an unsuppressed median for in that region.
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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). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). No figure is modelled or interpolated.