What are the highest-paying jobs in Yorkshire and The Humber?

Of the 231 occupations ONS publishes a Yorkshire and The Humber median for, the highest median gross annual pay is £84,472 for Head teachers and principals (SOC 2321). 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 Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber, never estimated.

How many occupations have Yorkshire and The Humber salary data?

ONS published an unsuppressed Yorkshire and The Humber median for 231 occupations this period. They range from £19,385 (Teaching assistants) up to £84,472 (Head teachers and principals).

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Highest-Paying Jobs in Yorkshire and The Humber

In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best-paid occupation ONS publishes is Head teachers and principals at a median of £84,472 gross per year. This page ranks all 231 Yorkshire and The Humber occupations with real ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data (ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3).

Quick answer

The highest-paying job in Yorkshire and The Humber (of the 231 occupations with published data) is Head teachers and principals at £84,472 median gross annual pay. The lowest published is Teaching assistants at £19,385. Real ONS figures for full-time employees, April 2025 — ASHE 2025 provisional, April 2025 reference period, ONS, OGL v3. For the all-occupations average, see the average salary in Yorkshire and The Humber page.

Top 25 highest-paying jobs in Yorkshire and The Humber

#	Occupation	Median (annual)	vs UK median
1	Head teachers and principals	£84,472	+£12,280 (+17.0%)
2	Specialist medical practitioners	£82,545	−£10,302 (−11.1%)
3	Information technology directors	£79,830	−£11,841 (−12.9%)
4	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,818	−£14,317 (−15.2%)
5	Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport	£79,220	−£4,227 (−5.1%)
6	Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£2,481 (+4.1%)
7	Generalist medical practitioners	£62,536	+£7,042 (+12.7%)
8	Purchasing managers and directors	£61,219	+£3,214 (+5.5%)
9	Solicitors and lawyers	£59,921	+£2,944 (+5.2%)
10	Financial managers and directors	£58,876	−£17,571 (−23.0%)
11	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£57,182	+£10,911 (+23.6%)
12	Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£8,016 (+16.5%)
13	Health services and public health managers and directors	£55,668	−£5,905 (−9.6%)
14	Higher education teaching professionals	£55,149	+£2,314 (+4.4%)
15	Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£217 (+0.4%)
16	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£54,279	−£6,009 (−10.0%)
17	Rail transport operatives	£54,167	−£2,921 (−5.1%)
18	Production managers and directors in construction	£53,398	−£2,623 (−4.7%)
19	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£52,945	−£22,766 (−30.1%)
20	Business and financial project management professionals	£52,448	−£7,386 (−12.3%)
21	Research and development (R&D) managers	£51,903	−£3,616 (−6.5%)
22	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£51,203	−£7,437 (−12.7%)
23	IT project managers	£51,108	−£7,265 (−12.4%)
24	Human resource managers and directors	£50,387	−£7,142 (−12.4%)
25	IT managers	£50,249	−£6,189 (−11.0%)

“vs UK median” compares each occupation’s Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber

Occupation	Median (annual)	vs UK median
Teaching assistants	£19,385	−£1,854 (−8.7%)
Waiters and waitresses	£19,603	−£3,333 (−14.5%)
Educational support assistants	£21,058	−£390 (−1.8%)
Legal secretaries	£21,495	−£5,473 (−20.3%)
Kitchen and catering assistants	£21,572	−£1,314 (−5.7%)

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Yorkshire and The Humber salary by job — full ranked list (231)

#	Occupation	Median (annual)	vs UK
1	Head teachers and principals	£84,472	+17.0%
2	Specialist medical practitioners	£82,545	−11.1%
3	Information technology directors	£79,830	−12.9%
4	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,818	−15.2%
5	Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport	£79,220	−5.1%
6	Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+4.1%
7	Generalist medical practitioners	£62,536	+12.7%
8	Purchasing managers and directors	£61,219	+5.5%
9	Solicitors and lawyers	£59,921	+5.2%
10	Financial managers and directors	£58,876	−23.0%
11	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£57,182	+23.6%
12	Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+16.5%
13	Health services and public health managers and directors	£55,668	−9.6%
14	Higher education teaching professionals	£55,149	+4.4%
15	Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+0.4%
16	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£54,279	−10.0%
17	Rail transport operatives	£54,167	−5.1%
18	Production managers and directors in construction	£53,398	−4.7%
19	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£52,945	−30.1%
20	Business and financial project management professionals	£52,448	−12.3%
21	Research and development (R&D) managers	£51,903	−6.5%
22	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£51,203	−12.7%
23	IT project managers	£51,108	−12.4%
24	Human resource managers and directors	£50,387	−12.4%
25	IT managers	£50,249	−11.0%
26	Engineering project managers and project engineers	£49,765	−6.2%
27	Sales accounts and business development managers	£49,488	−14.1%
28	Specialist nurses	£49,153	+8.9%
29	Managers in transport and distribution	£49,127	+3.4%
30	Pharmacists	£48,886	−9.1%
31	Civil engineers	£48,751	−5.1%
32	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	£47,982	−4.2%
33	Programmers and software development professionals	£47,908	−15.8%
34	Mechanical engineers	£47,885	−6.3%
35	Midwifery nurses	£47,120	+0.3%
36	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	£46,742	−7.1%
37	Financial accounts managers	£46,042	−6.0%
38	IT network professionals	£45,816	−6.3%
39	Nurse practitioners	£45,157	−2.0%
40	Paramedics	£44,704	−16.9%
41	Health and safety managers and officers	£44,623	−3.9%
42	Management consultants and business analysts	£44,339	−16.8%
43	Production and process engineers	£44,070	−8.1%
44	Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors	£44,034	−2.5%
45	Secondary education teaching professionals	£43,550	−8.6%
46	Rail construction and maintenance operatives	£43,525	−6.2%
47	Vehicle paint technicians	£42,258	+22.4%
48	CAD, drawing and architectural technicians	£42,218	+19.9%
49	Property, housing and estate managers	£42,173	−2.7%
50	Electricians and electrical fitters	£41,757	+5.3%
51	Primary education teaching professionals	£41,488	−9.7%
52	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£41,428	−15.1%
53	Social workers	£40,966	−8.0%
54	Clinical psychologists	£40,920	−29.9%
55	Physiotherapists	£40,635	−6.7%
56	Road construction operatives	£40,464	+4.2%
57	Business and related research professionals	£40,417	−1.7%
58	Medical radiographers	£40,384	−16.6%
59	Planning, process and production technicians	£40,097	+8.7%
60	Quality control and planning engineers	£40,033	−8.2%
61	Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators	£39,928	+22.3%
62	Metal working production and maintenance fitters	£39,827	−2.3%
63	Engineering technicians	£39,790	−11.3%
64	Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.	£39,676	+9.9%
65	Estimators, valuers and assessors	£39,599	−0.1%
66	Occupational therapists	£39,570	−10.1%
67	Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers	£39,423	−5.4%
68	Large goods vehicle drivers	£39,142	−1.9%
69	Mental health nurses	£39,104	−8.4%
70	Other nursing professionals	£39,071	−7.6%
71	Other health professionals n.e.c.	£38,941	−7.5%
72	Inspectors of standards and regulations	£38,875	−0.2%
73	Public services associate professionals	£38,826	−1.8%
74	Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations	£38,506	+3.9%
75	Telecoms and related network installers and repairers	£37,851	−5.4%
76	Leisure and sports managers	£37,826	+5.0%
77	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£37,689	−21.3%
78	Customer service managers	£37,466	−0.2%
79	Conservation professionals	£37,345	−6.8%
80	Elementary storage supervisors	£37,232	+20.1%
81	Business sales executives	£37,213	−1.9%
82	Authors, writers and translators	£37,103	−6.0%
83	Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.	£37,092	−15.7%
84	Fire service officers (watch manager and below)	£37,007	−16.0%
85	Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers	£36,768	+11.2%
86	Metal machining setters and setter-operators	£36,476	+2.1%
87	Chemical and related process operatives	£36,347	+7.0%
88	Community nurses	£36,128	−11.7%
89	Customer service supervisors	£36,008	+0.8%
90	Floorers and wall tilers	£36,002	+9.6%
91	Education managers	£35,903	−22.9%
92	Office managers	£35,830	−7.2%
93	Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.	£35,568	−6.1%
94	Managers in storage and warehousing	£35,220	−6.0%
95	Vehicle body builders and repairers	£34,988	+0.0%
96	Roofers, roof tilers and slaters	£34,924	+9.5%
97	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£34,867	−34.6%
98	Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£34,655	−9.9%
99	Production, factory and assembly supervisors	£34,589	−5.9%
100	Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers	£34,516	−8.9%
101	Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£34,321	−8.4%
102	Painters and decorators	£34,226	+4.5%
103	Bakers and flour confectioners	£33,930	+16.5%
104	Social services managers and directors	£33,920	−30.1%
105	Security guards and related occupations	£33,916	+0.2%
106	Groundworkers	£33,757	−11.0%
107	Other vocational and industrial trainers	£33,656	−7.4%
108	Road transport drivers n.e.c.	£33,373	+1.5%
109	Legal professionals n.e.c.	£33,100	−6.8%
110	Metal working machine operatives	£33,063	+5.0%
111	Printers	£32,949	−0.2%
112	Personal assistants and other secretaries	£32,770	−6.2%
113	Buyers and procurement officers	£32,740	−12.2%
114	Youth and community workers	£32,654	+0.0%
115	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£32,627	−14.5%
116	Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)	£32,606	−2.6%
117	Data analysts	£32,259	−16.4%
118	Housing officers	£31,744	−8.5%
119	Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants	£31,674	+4.6%
120	Construction operatives n.e.c.	£31,672	−2.4%
121	Pharmaceutical technicians	£31,592	+1.8%
122	Interior designers	£31,588	−13.4%
123	Database administrators and web content technicians	£31,484	−17.1%
124	Bus and coach drivers	£31,482	−13.4%
125	IT user support technicians	£31,366	−10.7%
126	Office supervisors	£31,260	−5.8%
127	Farmers	£31,097	−11.9%
128	Project support officers	£31,065	−13.1%
129	Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.	£31,011	+4.7%
130	Communication operators	£30,832	−15.3%
131	National government administrative occupations	£30,690	−7.0%
132	Carpenters and joiners	£30,656	−9.9%
133	Marketing associate professionals	£30,653	−8.3%
134	Public relations professionals	£30,547	−18.7%
135	Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.	£30,542	+4.4%
136	Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	£30,391	−4.1%
137	Child and early years officers	£30,348	−2.1%
138	Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers	£30,292	−4.4%
139	Sales administrators	£30,187	+5.0%
140	Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£29,873	−5.3%
141	Counsellors	£29,858	−4.1%
142	Paper and wood machine operatives	£29,810	−1.8%
143	Gardeners and landscape gardeners	£29,759	+4.3%
144	Parking and civil enforcement occupations	£29,722	+0.6%
145	Stock control clerks and assistants	£29,670	−1.1%
146	Printing machine assistants	£29,627	−1.0%
147	Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.	£29,264	−2.7%
148	Local government administrative occupations	£29,146	−5.6%
149	Business associate professionals n.e.c.	£29,143	−17.2%
150	Bricklayers	£29,135	−11.8%
151	Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers	£29,129	−8.5%
152	Data entry administrators	£29,076	+2.7%
153	Other skilled trades n.e.c.	£29,063	−0.9%
154	Food, drink and tobacco process operatives	£29,036	+2.8%
155	Metal making and treating process operatives	£28,956	−11.9%
156	Chefs	£28,939	−3.6%
157	Senior care workers	£28,849	−1.8%
158	Sales related occupations n.e.c.	£28,802	−8.5%
159	Human resources and industrial relations officers	£28,747	−18.3%
160	Vehicle valeters and cleaners	£28,648	+7.7%
161	Bank and post office clerks	£28,516	−5.8%
162	Finance officers	£28,465	−10.9%
163	Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.	£27,921	−3.7%
164	Warehouse operatives	£27,864	+0.1%
165	Nursing auxiliaries and assistants	£27,856	−4.2%
166	Library clerks and assistants	£27,757	−1.3%
167	Medical and dental technicians	£27,745	−7.3%
168	Debt, rent and other cash collectors	£27,689	−4.8%
169	Legal associate professionals	£27,583	−20.4%
170	Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters	£27,340	−38.6%
171	Delivery drivers and couriers	£27,203	−2.3%
172	Delivery operatives	£27,164	−5.5%
173	Fork-lift truck drivers	£27,151	−13.2%
174	Graphic and multimedia designers	£26,985	−17.0%
175	Credit controllers	£26,912	−5.7%
176	Laboratory technicians	£26,829	−4.9%
177	Air transport operatives	£26,802	−22.8%
178	Catering and bar managers	£26,777	−10.1%
179	Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)	£26,738	−16.2%
180	Industrial cleaning process occupations	£26,718	−2.2%
181	Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£26,626	−4.4%
182	Caretakers	£26,608	−8.1%
183	Records clerks and assistants	£26,530	−7.4%
184	Care workers and home carers	£26,477	−3.6%
185	Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.	£26,421	−7.6%
186	Telephone salespersons	£26,405	−13.4%
187	Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors	£26,354	−7.9%
188	Call and contact centre occupations	£26,332	−2.6%
189	Medical secretaries	£26,266	−2.6%
190	Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale	£26,248	−10.0%
191	Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.	£26,193	−6.3%
192	Higher level teaching assistants	£26,173	+2.9%
193	Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists	£26,150	−19.3%
194	Refuse and salvage occupations	£26,141	−6.2%
195	Street cleaners	£26,085	−5.6%
196	Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters	£26,080	−11.4%
197	Other administrative occupations n.e.c.	£26,060	−7.9%
198	Print finishing and binding workers	£25,804	−5.5%
199	Travel agents	£25,761	−10.4%
200	Dental nurses	£25,665	−0.3%
201	Sports and leisure assistants	£25,521	−5.2%
202	Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)	£25,442	−11.1%
203	Footwear and leather working trades	£25,260	−0.4%
204	Early education and childcare services managers	£25,216	−16.3%
205	Groundsmen and greenkeepers	£25,172	−11.0%
206	Textile process operatives	£25,139	−9.9%
207	Butchers	£25,075	−13.1%
208	Sports coaches, instructors and officials	£24,932	−17.2%
209	Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.	£24,849	−6.7%
210	Sales and retail assistants	£24,682	−1.5%
211	Animal care services occupations n.e.c.	£24,401	−2.7%
212	Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers	£24,276	−7.2%
213	Hairdressers and barbers	£23,794	−2.0%
214	Early education and childcare practitioners	£23,710	+0.0%
215	Cleaners and domestics	£23,692	−1.8%
216	Receptionists	£23,627	−4.3%
217	Houseparents and residential wardens	£23,404	−26.6%
218	Retail cashiers and check-out operators	£23,285	−5.4%
219	Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	£23,197	−22.8%
220	Cooks	£23,149	−4.5%
221	Bar and catering supervisors	£23,126	−11.1%
222	Early education and childcare assistants	£22,776	−7.9%
223	Sewing machinists	£22,528	−9.2%
224	Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers	£22,100	−5.3%
225	Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants	£22,035	−7.3%
226	Shelf fillers	£21,851	−12.2%
227	Kitchen and catering assistants	£21,572	−5.7%
228	Legal secretaries	£21,495	−20.3%
229	Educational support assistants	£21,058	−1.8%
230	Waiters and waitresses	£19,603	−14.5%
231	Teaching assistants	£19,385	−8.7%

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

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Salaries in Yorkshire and The Humber — frequently asked questions

What are the highest-paying jobs in Yorkshire and The Humber?: Of the 231 occupations ONS publishes a Yorkshire and The Humber median for, the highest median gross annual pay is £84,472 for Head teachers and principals (SOC 2321). 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 Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber, never estimated.
How many occupations have Yorkshire and The Humber salary data?: ONS published an unsuppressed Yorkshire and The Humber median for 231 occupations this period. They range from £19,385 (Teaching assistants) up to £84,472 (Head teachers and principals).

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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.