Pay from ONS earnings data, 2025
Jobs paying over £70,000
25 job categories on this board where UK pay reaches £70,000. The figures are the official published ones, and this page is careful about the difference between what a job typically pays and what the best paid in it earn.
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Typically pays over £70,000
The median is at or above £70,000, so half the people doing this work earn more than the figure shown.
Business and project management
Chief executive jobs
£99,944
Median full-time pay across the UK
Commercial and sales
Sales and marketing director jobs
£94,135
Median full-time pay across the UK
Technology
IT director jobs
£91,671
Median full-time pay across the UK
Finance and accounting
Finance manager jobs
£76,447
Median full-time pay across the UK
Reaches £70,000 for the highest paid
The typical salary in these jobs is below £70,000. These are the figures for the best paid, with the median printed beside each one so you can see the distance between the two. Most people in these roles earn the smaller number.
Engineering and manufacturing
Production manager jobs
£78,602
What the top 30% earn. The median is £58,640.
Commercial and sales
Procurement manager jobs
£77,616
What the top 30% earn. The median is £58,005.
Technology
Solutions architect jobs
£76,726
What the top 30% earn. The median is £60,288.
Engineering and manufacturing
Quantity surveyor jobs
£74,965
What the top 20% earn. The median is £52,537.
Commercial and sales
Commercial manager jobs
£74,161
What the top 20% earn. The median is £53,703.
Commercial and sales
Business development manager jobs
£74,124
What the top 30% earn. The median is £57,625.
Technology
IT manager jobs
£73,901
What the top 25% earn. The median is £56,438.
Engineering and manufacturing
Electrical engineer jobs
£73,899
What the top 25% earn. The median is £60,303.
Business and project management
Project manager jobs
£73,645
What the top 30% earn. The median is £59,834.
Business and project management
HR manager jobs
£73,644
What the top 30% earn. The median is £57,529.
Finance and accounting
Chartered accountant jobs
£73,506
What the top 20% earn. The median is £50,062.
Finance and accounting
Accounting technician jobs
£72,109
What the top 30% earn. The median is £60,575.
Technology
Cyber security jobs
£71,808
What the top 25% earn. The median is £54,647.
Technology
Software developer jobs
£71,126
What the top 30% earn. The median is £56,914.
Finance and accounting
Actuary and economist jobs
£71,051
What the top 30% earn. The median is £53,342.
Business and project management
Management consultant jobs
£70,977
What the top 25% earn. The median is £53,295.
Engineering and manufacturing
Construction site manager jobs
£70,710
What the top 25% earn. The median is £56,021.
Technology
IT project manager jobs
£70,688
What the top 30% earn. The median is £58,373.
Finance and accounting
Finance analyst jobs
£70,665
What the top 25% earn. The median is £50,330.
Engineering and manufacturing
Engineering project manager jobs
£70,618
What the top 20% earn. The median is £53,064.
Business and project management
Research and development manager jobs
£70,407
What the top 30% earn. The median is £55,519.