This page contains the average salaries for Professional occupations in the United Kingdom in 2019 as extracted from the "Employee earnings in the UK: 2018" document published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). If you are not sure which occupation group your occupation is listed in pleave view our list of occupations allocated to each group by the Office of National Statistics
Below you will find details of the average salary as detailed in the ONS report for 2019 and 2018 with details of the percentage change in average salary and a supporting salary calculation so you can see what the take home pay for each occupation listed under "Professional Occupations" would be. Please note that some occupations may have no average salaries defined for specific years, this occurs when insufficient data is recorded via the survey or when occupations categories are redefined.
The avergae salary data is based on the the Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE) which uses a 1% sample of employee jobs, drawn from HM Revenue and Customs Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records.
| 2018 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2018 to 30th Jun 2019 | Occupation | Pay Differance | 2019 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2019 to 30th Jun 2020 |
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| £ 42,549.00 | Chemical scientists | -24.45 % | £ 32,145.00 |
| £ 31,693.00 | Biological scientists | 21.56 % | £ 38,526.00 |
| £ 32,145.00 | Biochemists and biomedical scientists | 35.65 % | £ 43,605.00 |
| £ 38,526.00 | Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. | -0.75 % | £ 38,236.00 |
| £ 43,605.00 | Civil engineers | -5.71 % | £ 41,117.00 |
| £ 32,033.00 | Mechanical engineers | 28.30 % | £ 41,099.00 |
| £ 38,236.00 | Electrical engineers | 29.91 % | £ 49,674.00 |
| £ 41,117.00 | Aerospace engineers | 3.20 % | £ 42,434.00 |
| £ 41,099.00 | Engineering project managers and project engineers | -1.10 % | £ 40,647.00 |
| £ 49,674.00 | Engineering professionals n.e.c. | -13.72 % | £ 42,857.00 |
| £ 44,383.00 | IT business analysts, architects and systems designers | 7.71 % | £ 47,807.00 |
| £ 42,434.00 | Programmers and software development professionals | 13.24 % | £ 48,051.00 |
| £ 40,647.00 | Cyber security professionals | 17.96 % | £ 47,948.00 |
| £ 42,857.00 | IT quality and testing professionals | 0.30 % | £ 42,984.00 |
| £ 47,807.00 | IT network professionals | -33.06 % | £ 32,000.00 |
| £ 48,051.00 | Information technology professionals n.e.c. | -11.61 % | £ 42,473.00 |
| £ 47,948.00 | Web design professionals | -30.67 % | £ 33,243.00 |
| £ 42,984.00 | Graphic and multimedia designers | -19.10 % | £ 34,774.00 |
| £ 42,473.00 | Generalist medical practitioners | 69.56 % | £ 72,019.00 |
| £ 33,243.00 | Specialist medical practitioners | 28.54 % | £ 42,732.00 |
| £ 45,770.00 | Physiotherapists | -29.39 % | £ 32,319.00 |
| £ 37,601.00 | Occupational therapists | -18.49 % | £ 30,650.00 |
| £ 38,069.00 | Therapy professionals n.e.c. | -15.23 % | £ 32,271.00 |
| £ 35,618.00 | Midwifery nurses | -6.67 % | £ 33,242.00 |
| £ 34,874.00 | Higher education teaching professionals | 42.98 % | £ 49,862.00 |
| £ 32,319.00 | Further education teaching professionals | 13.55 % | £ 36,699.00 |
| £ 30,650.00 | Primary education teaching professionals | 28.15 % | £ 39,279.00 |
| £ 30,215.00 | Nursery education teaching professionals | 18.08 % | £ 35,677.00 |
| £ 32,271.00 | Special needs education teaching professionals | 10.93 % | £ 35,798.00 |
| £ 33,242.00 | Teachers of English as a foreign language | 61.65 % | £ 53,735.00 |
| £ 49,862.00 | Teaching professionals n.e.c. | -47.67 % | £ 26,091.00 |
| £ 39,279.00 | Legal professionals n.e.c. | 90.18 % | £ 74,701.00 |
| £ 35,677.00 | Chartered and certified accountants | 8.77 % | £ 38,805.00 |
| £ 35,798.00 | Taxation experts | 16.47 % | £ 41,695.00 |
| £ 74,701.00 | Management consultants and business analysts | -45.13 % | £ 40,987.00 |
| £ 38,805.00 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians | 14.80 % | £ 44,548.00 |
| £ 41,695.00 | Business and related research professionals | -11.22 % | £ 37,015.00 |
| £ 35,224.00 | Architects | -24.11 % | £ 26,732.00 |
| £ 44,548.00 | Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants | -39.23 % | £ 27,071.00 |
| £ 37,015.00 | Social workers | -0.18 % | £ 36,950.00 |
| £ 34,853.00 | Probation officers | 24.94 % | £ 43,545.00 |
| £ 33,969.00 | Clergy | 6.92 % | £ 36,320.00 |
| £ 26,601.00 | Librarians | 28.06 % | £ 34,064.00 |
| £ 30,746.00 | Archivists and curators | 11.13 % | £ 34,168.00 |