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Highest-Paying Jobs in London

In London, the best-paid occupation ONS publishes is Chief executives and senior officials at a median of £126,978 gross per year. This page ranks all 241 London occupations with real ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).

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The highest-paying job in London (of the 241 occupations with published data) is Chief executives and senior officials at £126,978 median gross annual pay. The lowest published is Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants at £23,237. Real ONS figures for full-time employees, April 2025ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3. For the all-occupations average, see the average salary in London page.

Top 25 highest-paying jobs in London

#OccupationMedian (annual)vs UK median
1Chief executives and senior officials£126,978+£27,034 (+27.0%)
2Financial managers and directors£115,535+£39,088 (+51.1%)
3Marketing, sales and advertising directors£114,014+£19,879 (+21.1%)
4Information technology directors£108,053+£16,382 (+17.9%)
5Specialist medical practitioners£87,119−£5,728 (−6.2%)
6Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£87,053+£11,342 (+15.0%)
7Public relations and communications directors£81,653+£8,766 (+12.0%)
8Production managers and directors in manufacturing£81,382+£22,742 (+38.8%)
9Train and tram drivers£78,536+£2,209 (+2.9%)
10Solicitors and lawyers£78,034+£21,057 (+37.0%)
11Programmers and software development professionals£75,296+£18,382 (+32.3%)
12IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£74,574+£14,286 (+23.7%)
13Health services and public health managers and directors£72,239+£10,666 (+17.3%)
14Business and financial project management professionals£70,006+£10,172 (+17.0%)
15Purchasing managers and directors£69,059+£11,054 (+19.1%)
16IT project managers£68,865+£10,492 (+18.0%)
17Human resource managers and directors£68,739+£11,210 (+19.5%)
18Actuaries, economists and statisticians£68,595+£15,253 (+28.6%)
19IT managers£66,998+£10,560 (+18.7%)
20Sales accounts and business development managers£66,711+£9,086 (+15.8%)
21Finance and investment analysts and advisers£64,672+£14,342 (+28.5%)
22Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£64,607+£285 (+0.4%)
23Production managers and directors in construction£64,179+£8,158 (+14.6%)
24Rail transport operatives£63,796+£6,708 (+11.8%)
25Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£63,398+£5,057 (+8.7%)

“vs UK median” compares each occupation’s London median with the same occupation’s UK-wide median — both are real ONS published figures; the difference is simple arithmetic, never a model.

Lowest-paid published occupations in London

OccupationMedian (annual)vs UK median
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£23,237−£546 (−2.3%)
Hairdressers and barbers£23,658−£621 (−2.6%)
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£23,886+£555 (+2.4%)
Cooks£24,151−£77 (−0.3%)
Bricklayers£24,404−£8,626 (−26.1%)

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London salary by job — full ranked list (241)

#OccupationMedian (annual)vs UK
1Chief executives and senior officials£126,978+27.0%
2Financial managers and directors£115,535+51.1%
3Marketing, sales and advertising directors£114,014+21.1%
4Information technology directors£108,053+17.9%
5Specialist medical practitioners£87,119−6.2%
6Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£87,053+15.0%
7Public relations and communications directors£81,653+12.0%
8Production managers and directors in manufacturing£81,382+38.8%
9Train and tram drivers£78,536+2.9%
10Solicitors and lawyers£78,034+37.0%
11Programmers and software development professionals£75,296+32.3%
12IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£74,574+23.7%
13Health services and public health managers and directors£72,239+17.3%
14Business and financial project management professionals£70,006+17.0%
15Purchasing managers and directors£69,059+19.1%
16IT project managers£68,865+18.0%
17Human resource managers and directors£68,739+19.5%
18Actuaries, economists and statisticians£68,595+28.6%
19IT managers£66,998+18.7%
20Sales accounts and business development managers£66,711+15.8%
21Finance and investment analysts and advisers£64,672+28.5%
22Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£64,607+0.4%
23Production managers and directors in construction£64,179+14.6%
24Rail transport operatives£63,796+11.8%
25Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£63,398+8.7%
26Chartered and certified accountants£62,595+25.0%
27Financial accounts managers£61,549+25.7%
28Management consultants and business analysts£61,435+15.3%
29Paramedics£60,797+13.0%
30Marketing and commercial managers£60,658+13.0%
31Managers and directors in the creative industries£60,162+9.8%
32Cyber security professionals£59,590+9.0%
33Information technology professionals n.e.c.£59,585+10.1%
34Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£59,149+18.1%
35Clinical psychologists£58,943+1.0%
36Aircraft maintenance and related trades£58,808+28.5%
37Mechanical engineers£58,482+14.4%
38Engineering professionals n.e.c.£58,276+19.5%
39Production and process engineers£57,855+20.7%
40Pharmacists£56,451+5.0%
41Higher education teaching professionals£56,200+6.4%
42IT network professionals£55,835+14.2%
43Generalist medical practitioners£55,318−0.3%
44Research and development (R&D) managers£54,844−1.2%
45Chartered surveyors£54,780+18.6%
46Engineering technicians£54,713+22.0%
47Nurse practitioners£54,320+17.9%
48Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£54,055+10.4%
49IT quality and testing professionals£53,864+14.3%
50Speech and language therapists£53,859+18.3%
51Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£53,277+21.1%
52Specialist nurses£53,224+17.9%
53Civil engineers£52,970+3.1%
54Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters£52,708+18.4%
55Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.£52,636+39.0%
56Newspaper and periodical editors£52,518+23.7%
57Occupational therapists£52,474+19.2%
58Biochemists and biomedical scientists£52,191+9.0%
59Electronics engineers£52,030−0.9%
60Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£51,916+6.9%
61Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£51,909+24.6%
62Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£51,781+14.7%
63Primary education teaching professionals£51,394+11.9%
64Secondary education teaching professionals£50,955+7.0%
65Midwifery nurses£50,781+8.1%
66Fire service officers (watch manager and below)£49,992+13.5%
67Veterinarians£49,907−2.3%
68Rail travel assistants£49,471+7.4%
69Architects£49,292+4.6%
70Education managers£49,031+5.3%
71Other researchers, unspecified discipline£48,736+9.3%
72Community nurses£48,697+19.1%
73Arts officers, producers and directors£48,593+6.7%
74Social workers£48,443+8.7%
75Routine inspectors and testers£47,895+39.4%
76Quality control and planning engineers£47,855+9.8%
77Medical radiographers£47,855−1.2%
78Personal assistants and other secretaries£47,852+36.9%
79Office managers£47,297+22.4%
80Social services managers and directors£47,284−2.6%
81Other nursing professionals£47,282+11.8%
82Security system installers and repairers£47,280+21.2%
83Property, housing and estate managers£47,155+8.7%
84Business and related research professionals£46,926+14.1%
85Metal working production and maintenance fitters£46,849+14.9%
86Prison service officers (below principal officer)£46,673+13.0%
87Further education teaching professionals£46,569+10.3%
88Construction project managers and related professionals£46,308−2.8%
89Sales related occupations n.e.c.£46,178+46.7%
90Welfare professionals n.e.c.£46,031+13.4%
91Customer service managers£45,855+22.2%
92Social and humanities scientists£45,144+13.1%
93Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£45,117+20.4%
94Other health professionals n.e.c.£45,029+7.0%
95Bus and coach drivers£44,879+23.5%
96Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers£44,558+17.6%
97Education advisers and school inspectors£44,510−0.1%
98Special needs education teaching professionals£44,407−6.4%
99Inspectors of standards and regulations£44,267+13.6%
100Large goods vehicle drivers£44,183+10.7%
101Environment professionals£44,101+1.7%
102Design occupations n.e.c.£43,766+10.0%
103Children's nurses£43,749+4.3%
104Therapy professionals n.e.c.£43,635+16.1%
105Clothing, fashion and accessories designers£43,602+18.3%
106Rail construction and maintenance operatives£43,505−6.2%
107Business associate professionals n.e.c.£43,498+23.5%
108Mental health nurses£43,240+1.3%
109Production, factory and assembly supervisors£43,234+17.6%
110Data analysts£43,058+11.6%
111Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£42,458+10.4%
112IT user support technicians£42,402+20.7%
113Business sales executives£42,321+11.6%
114Buyers and procurement officers£41,664+11.7%
115Public services associate professionals£41,631+5.3%
116Computer system and equipment installers and servicers£41,591+21.5%
117Graphic and multimedia designers£41,410+27.4%
118National government administrative occupations£41,320+25.2%
119Travel agents£41,136+43.1%
120Telecoms and related network installers and repairers£41,118+2.8%
121Database administrators and web content technicians£41,034+8.0%
122Physiotherapists£40,970−5.9%
123Electricians and electrical fitters£40,864+3.1%
124Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£40,684−12.1%
125Project support officers£40,390+13.0%
126Authors, writers and translators£40,252+2.0%
127Air transport operatives£40,220+15.9%
128Managers in logistics£39,872−13.6%
129Other vocational and industrial trainers£39,807+9.5%
130Legal associate professionals£39,642+14.4%
131Human resources and industrial relations officers£39,539+12.3%
132Public relations professionals£39,496+5.1%
133Health care practice managers£39,493−7.2%
134Managers in storage and warehousing£39,379+5.1%
135Legal secretaries£38,764+43.7%
136Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£38,574+6.8%
137Child and early years officers£38,563+24.4%
138Building and civil engineering technicians£38,396+3.1%
139Office supervisors£38,368+15.7%
140Events managers and organisers£38,247+18.9%
141Carpenters and joiners£38,011+11.8%
142Communication operators£37,734+3.6%
143IT operations technicians£37,550+6.5%
144Youth and community workers£37,337+14.3%
145Debt, rent and other cash collectors£37,312+28.2%
146Security guards and related occupations£37,285+10.2%
147Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)£37,048+10.7%
148Housing officers£36,986+6.6%
149Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers£36,947+16.6%
150Marketing associate professionals£36,870+10.3%
151Leisure and sports managers£36,865+2.3%
152Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.£36,816+27.0%
153Archivists and curators£36,655+7.1%
154Road transport drivers n.e.c.£36,645+11.4%
155Finance officers£36,613+14.6%
156Interior designers£36,554+0.2%
157Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£36,484+15.6%
158Police community support officers£36,346+1.7%
159Catering and bar managers£36,170+21.4%
160Quality assurance technicians£35,890+5.6%
161Construction operatives n.e.c.£35,187+8.4%
162Sales administrators£34,990+21.7%
163Groundsmen and greenkeepers£34,840+23.2%
164Stock control clerks and assistants£34,696+15.7%
165Printers£34,662+5.0%
166Early education and childcare services managers£34,550+14.6%
167CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£34,534−2.0%
168Construction and building trades n.e.c.£34,524−0.9%
169Transport and distribution clerks and assistants£34,487+2.9%
170Bank and post office clerks£34,447+13.8%
171Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£34,414−19.4%
172Bakers and flour confectioners£34,409+18.2%
173Gardeners and landscape gardeners£34,406+20.6%
174Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants£34,334+13.4%
175Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£34,322+8.3%
176Records clerks and assistants£34,197+19.3%
177Chefs£34,120+13.7%
178Other administrative occupations n.e.c.£33,939+20.0%
179Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£33,730+12.1%
180Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters£33,509+13.8%
181Medical and dental technicians£33,227+11.0%
182Metal machining setters and setter-operators£33,123−7.3%
183Laboratory technicians£32,732+16.0%
184Nursing auxiliaries and assistants£32,518+11.8%
185Credit controllers£32,478+13.8%
186Pharmaceutical technicians£32,459+4.6%
187Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale£32,393+11.0%
188Caretakers£32,298+11.6%
189Medical secretaries£32,008+18.7%
190Metal working machine operatives£31,860+1.1%
191Clergy£31,815+2.0%
192Counsellors£31,610+1.6%
193Hospital porters£31,533+7.2%
194Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants£31,375+1.6%
195Higher level teaching assistants£31,143+22.4%
196Bar and catering supervisors£31,043+19.3%
197Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.£30,944+8.2%
198Customer service occupations n.e.c.£30,809+10.6%
199Delivery operatives£30,681+6.7%
200School secretaries£30,582+15.6%
201Senior care workers£30,580+4.1%
202Delivery drivers and couriers£30,574+9.8%
203Warehouse operatives£30,059+8.0%
204Street cleaners£29,829+7.9%
205Butchers£29,725+3.0%
206Library clerks and assistants£29,254+4.0%
207Animal care services occupations n.e.c.£29,120+16.2%
208Parking and civil enforcement occupations£29,013−1.8%
209Food, drink and tobacco process operatives£28,798+2.0%
210Early education and childcare assistants£28,709+16.0%
211Care workers and home carers£28,413+3.4%
212Human resources administrative occupations£28,290+5.4%
213Call and contact centre occupations£28,266+4.6%
214Housekeepers and related occupations£28,118+11.0%
215Data entry administrators£28,079−0.8%
216Industrial cleaning process occupations£28,056+2.7%
217Cleaners and domestics£27,812+15.3%
218Receptionists£27,703+12.3%
219Sales and retail assistants£27,637+10.3%
220Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers£27,619+5.6%
221Paper and wood machine operatives£27,546−9.3%
222Retail cashiers and check-out operators£27,116+10.1%
223Kitchen and catering assistants£27,096+18.4%
224Refuse and salvage occupations£27,090−2.8%
225Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.£26,914−3.7%
226Waiters and waitresses£26,686+16.3%
227Elementary storage supervisors£26,256−15.3%
228Horticultural trades£26,250−3.7%
229Sewing machinists£25,698+3.6%
230Visual merchandisers and related occupations£25,475−1.4%
231Early education and childcare practitioners£25,413+7.2%
232Veterinary nurses£25,279−12.5%
233Sports and leisure assistants£24,760−8.1%
234Educational support assistants£24,590+14.6%
235Teaching assistants£24,488+15.3%
236Coffee shop workers£24,465+13.3%
237Bricklayers£24,404−26.1%
238Cooks£24,151−0.3%
239Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers£23,886+2.4%
240Hairdressers and barbers£23,658−2.6%
241Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants£23,237−2.3%

Only occupations ONS published an unsuppressed London median for are listed. Suppressed cells (small or unreliable samples) are omitted, never estimated.

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Salaries in London — frequently asked questions

What are the highest-paying jobs in London?
Of the 241 occupations ONS publishes a London median for, the highest median gross annual pay is £126,978 for Chief executives and senior officials (SOC 1111). These are real ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings figures for full-time employees (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).
Is this London salary data real or estimated?
Real. Every figure is a published ONS regional median gross annual pay for full-time employees in the April 2025 ASHE reference period. ONS suppresses small or unreliable regional cells for disclosure control — those occupations are simply not listed for London, never estimated.
How many occupations have London salary data?
ONS published an unsuppressed London median for 241 occupations this period. They range from £23,237 (Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants) up to £126,978 (Chief executives and senior officials).

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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.

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