What are the best paid jobs?

We use official government big data sources to look at the 50 jobs that pay the most in the UK.

#	Occupation	Average Annual Earnings 2022
1	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	£83,429
2	Specialist medical practitioners	£68,307
3	Financial managers and directors	£66,743
4	Managers in transport and distribution	£65,179
5	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£63,614
6	Charitable organisation managers and directors	£62,050
7	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£61,529
8	Generalist medical practitioners	£60,486
9	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£59,964
10	Information technology professionals n.e.c.	£59,443
11	Purchasing managers and directors	£55,793
12	IT quality and testing professionals	£55,793
13	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£54,750
14	Electrical engineers	£54,229
15	Human resource managers and directors	£53,186
16	Programmers and software development professionals	£53,186
17	Cyber security professionals	£52,664
18	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£52,143
19	Physical scientists	£51,621
20	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£50,579
21	Engineering project managers and project engineers	£50,057
22	Civil engineers	£49,014
23	Mechanical engineers	£49,014
24	Aerospace engineers	£48,493
25	Production managers and directors in construction	£47,971
26	Property, housing and estate managers	£47,971
27	IT network professionals	£45,364
28	Electronics engineers	£44,843
29	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£44,843
30	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£43,800
31	Managers and directors in the creative industries	£43,279
32	Web design professionals	£43,279
33	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£41,714
34	Garage managers and proprietors	£41,714
35	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£41,714
36	Chemical scientists	£39,629
37	Biological scientists	£39,629
38	Public relations and communications directors	£39,107
39	Leisure and sports managers and proprietors	£38,064
40	Graphic and multimedia designers	£36,500
41	Managers in storage and warehousing	£35,457
42	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	£31,286
43	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	£30,243
44	Travel agency managers and proprietors	£27,114
45	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	£24,507

£83,429

Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.

Average annual salary UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£68,307

Specialist medical practitioners

Average annual salary UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£66,743

Financial managers and directors

Average annual salary UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£65,179

Managers in transport and distribution

Average annual salary UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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