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UK Average Earnings in 2023 for Professional Occupations

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Last Reviewed: 28th February 2023

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Document: Employee earnings in the UK: 2022

Employment Category: Professional occupations

This page contains the average salaries for Professional occupations in the United Kingdom in 2023 as extracted from the "Employee earnings in the UK: 2022" 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 2023 and 2022 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.

Average Salary Year

The ONS moved the occupation coding to Standard Occupation Classification 2020 from 2010. This means estimates for earnings in April 2021 on a SOC 2020 basis represent a break in the ASHE time series. Estimates will not be directly comparable with estimates for earnings on a SOC 2010 basis and, as such, should not be used in direct comparison with each other. As such we have left redifened slaries that are not comparitable as blank and therefore no salary example or salary increase/decrease percentage will be shown.

Salary average earning metrics were affected by changes in composition of the workforce and the impact of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough) during the coronavirus pandemic period, as such salary fluctations and comparison between years lacks certainty therefore we encourage users to focus on long-term trends in average salaries rather than year-on-year changes shown.

2022 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2022 to 30th Jun 2023OccupationPay Differance2023 Annual Salary 1st Jul 2023 to 30th Jun 2024
£ 36,838.00 Chemical scientists 0.00 % £ 36,838.00
£ 33,477.00 Biological scientists 0.00 % £ 33,477.00
£ 43,376.00 Biochemists and biomedical scientists 0.00 % £ 43,376.00
£ 43,257.00 Physical scientists 0.00 % £ 43,257.00
£ 34,418.00 Social and humanities scientists 0.00 % £ 34,418.00
£ 41,417.00 Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 41,417.00
£ 44,341.00 Civil engineers 0.00 % £ 44,341.00
£ 41,098.00 Mechanical engineers 0.00 % £ 41,098.00
£ 50,487.00 Electrical engineers 0.00 % £ 50,487.00
£ 49,087.00 Electronics engineers 0.00 % £ 49,087.00
£ 41,426.00 Production and process engineers 0.00 % £ 41,426.00
£ 42,906.00 Aerospace engineers 0.00 % £ 42,906.00
£ 45,808.00 Engineering project managers and project engineers 0.00 % £ 45,808.00
£ 42,362.00 Engineering professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 42,362.00
£ 48,940.00 IT project managers 0.00 % £ 48,940.00
£ 49,645.00 IT managers 0.00 % £ 49,645.00
£ 50,396.00 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers 0.00 % £ 50,396.00
£ 45,508.00 Programmers and software development professionals 0.00 % £ 45,508.00
£ 45,593.00 Cyber security professionals 0.00 % £ 45,593.00
£ 42,986.00 IT quality and testing professionals 0.00 % £ 42,986.00
£ 39,539.00 IT network professionals 0.00 % £ 39,539.00
£ 42,670.00 Information technology professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 42,670.00
£ 38,732.00 Web design professionals 0.00 % £ 38,732.00
£ 36,375.00 Conservation professionals 0.00 % £ 36,375.00
£ 32,926.00 Environment professionals 0.00 % £ 32,926.00
£ 50,027.00 Research and development (R&D) managers 0.00 % £ 50,027.00
£ 38,129.00 Other researchers, unspecified discipline 0.00 % £ 38,129.00
£ 43,514.00 Generalist medical practitioners 0.00 % £ 43,514.00
£ 68,614.00 Specialist medical practitioners 0.00 % £ 68,614.00
£ 39,379.00 Physiotherapists 0.00 % £ 39,379.00
£ 34,249.00 Occupational therapists 0.00 % £ 34,249.00
£ 35,932.00 Speech and language therapists 0.00 % £ 35,932.00
£ 35,661.00 Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists 0.00 % £ 35,661.00
£ 41,591.00 Clinical psychologists 0.00 % £ 41,591.00
£ 29,008.00 Therapy professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 29,008.00
£ 40,563.00 Midwifery nurses 0.00 % £ 40,563.00
£ 35,644.00 Community nurses 0.00 % £ 35,644.00
£ 41,562.00 Specialist nurses 0.00 % £ 41,562.00
£ 39,135.00 Nurse practitioners 0.00 % £ 39,135.00
£ 39,887.00 Mental health nurses 0.00 % £ 39,887.00
£ 35,492.00 Children's nurses 0.00 % £ 35,492.00
£ 36,327.00 Other nursing professionals 0.00 % £ 36,327.00
£ 44,489.00 Veterinarians 0.00 % £ 44,489.00
£ 44,583.00 Pharmacists 0.00 % £ 44,583.00
£ 42,848.00 Medical radiographers 0.00 % £ 42,848.00
£ 49,909.00 Paramedics 0.00 % £ 49,909.00
£ 33,586.00 Podiatrists 0.00 % £ 33,586.00
£ 39,121.00 Other health professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 39,121.00
£ 47,300.00 Higher education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 47,300.00
£ 38,281.00 Further education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 38,281.00
£ 41,722.00 Secondary education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 41,722.00
£ 38,219.00 Primary education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 38,219.00
£ 29,154.00 Nursery education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 29,154.00
£ 36,330.00 Special needs education teaching professionals 0.00 % £ 36,330.00
£ 29,396.00 Teachers of English as a foreign language 0.00 % £ 29,396.00
£ 30,320.00 Teaching professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 30,320.00
£ 66,686.00 Head teachers and principals 0.00 % £ 66,686.00
£ 40,440.00 Education managers 0.00 % £ 40,440.00
£ 34,837.00 Education advisers and school inspectors 0.00 % £ 34,837.00
£ 24,292.00 Early education and childcare services managers 0.00 % £ 24,292.00
£ 41,564.00 Other educational professionals n.e.c 0.00 % £ 41,564.00
£ 53,110.00 Barristers and judges 0.00 % £ 53,110.00
£ 48,580.00 Solicitors and lawyers 0.00 % £ 48,580.00
£ 30,957.00 Legal professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 30,957.00
£ 43,661.00 Chartered and certified accountants 0.00 % £ 43,661.00
£ 37,915.00 Finance and investment analysts and advisers 0.00 % £ 37,915.00
£ 49,916.00 Taxation experts 0.00 % £ 49,916.00
£ 43,888.00 Management consultants and business analysts 0.00 % £ 43,888.00
£ 46,747.00 Marketing and commercial managers 0.00 % £ 46,747.00
£ 43,283.00 Actuaries, economists and statisticians 0.00 % £ 43,283.00
£ 35,893.00 Business and related research professionals 0.00 % £ 35,893.00
£ 48,709.00 Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 48,709.00
£ 50,287.00 Business and financial project management professionals 0.00 % £ 50,287.00
£ 43,486.00 Architects 0.00 % £ 43,486.00
£ 33,948.00 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants 0.00 % £ 33,948.00
£ 46,605.00 Quantity surveyors 0.00 % £ 46,605.00
£ 39,920.00 Chartered surveyors 0.00 % £ 39,920.00
£ 39,421.00 Construction project managers and related professionals 0.00 % £ 39,421.00
£ 39,053.00 Social workers 0.00 % £ 39,053.00
£ 27,211.00 Clergy 0.00 % £ 27,211.00
£ 35,110.00 Youth work professionals 0.00 % £ 35,110.00
£ 29,717.00 Welfare professionals n.e.c. 0.00 % £ 29,717.00
£ 35,003.00 Librarians 0.00 % £ 35,003.00
£ 31,334.00 Archivists and curators 0.00 % £ 31,334.00
£ 40,332.00 Quality control and planning engineers 0.00 % £ 40,332.00
£ 44,547.00 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 0.00 % £ 44,547.00
£ 38,526.00 Environmental health professionals 0.00 % £ 38,526.00
£ 35,419.00 Newspaper and periodical editors 0.00 % £ 35,419.00
£ 36,122.00 Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters 0.00 % £ 36,122.00
£ 39,346.00 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors 0.00 % £ 39,346.00