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 2020
1	Chief executives and senior officials	£104,286
2	Advertising and public relations directors	£88,643
3	Marketing and sales directors	£82,907
4	Information technology and telecommunications directors	£82,907
5	Financial managers and directors	£79,257
6	Medical practitioners	£75,086
7	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£66,743
8	IT project and programme managers	£62,050
9	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£61,529
10	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£58,400
11	Purchasing managers and directors	£57,879
12	Human resource managers and directors	£57,357
13	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£57,357
14	IT specialist managers	£55,793
15	Research and development managers	£54,229
16	Electrical engineers	£52,143
17	Production managers and directors in construction	£51,621
18	Electronics engineers	£50,579
19	Programmers and software development professionals	£50,579
20	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	£48,493
21	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	£47,971
22	Physical scientists	£47,971
23	Mechanical engineers	£47,971
24	Civil engineers	£46,929
25	Elected officers and representatives	£46,407
26	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£46,407
27	Design and development engineers	£45,886
28	Shopkeepers and proprietors – wholesale and retail	£45,364
29	Property, housing and estate managers	£44,843
30	Production and process engineers	£44,843
31	Psychologists	£44,321
32	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	£43,800
33	Biological scientists and biochemists	£42,236
34	Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	£41,714
35	Health care practice managers	£41,193
36	Chemical scientists	£40,671
37	Environment professionals	£40,671
38	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	£40,150
39	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	£38,064
40	Garage managers and proprietors	£37,543
41	Leisure and sports managers	£36,500
42	Travel agency managers and proprietors	£36,500
43	Social and humanities scientists	£34,936
44	Web design and development professionals	£33,893
45	Conservation professionals	£33,893
46	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services	£31,807
47	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	£30,764
48	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	£30,243
49	Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	£27,114
50	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	£20,857

£104,286

Chief executives and senior officials

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£88,643

Advertising and public relations directors

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£82,907

Marketing and sales directors

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£82,907

Information technology and telecommunications directors

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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