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 2015
1	Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	£118,886
2	Chief executives and senior officials	£98,029
3	Brokers	£92,293
4	Air traffic controllers	£90,207
5	Marketing and sales directors	£78,736
6	Legal professionals n.e.c.	£77,171
7	Medical practitioners	£74,043
8	Financial managers and directors	£72,479
9	Information technology and telecommunications directors	£70,914
10	Advertising and public relations directors	£70,914
11	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£63,614
12	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£57,357
13	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£56,836
14	Human resource managers and directors	£55,271
15	Senior professionals of educational establishments	£55,271
16	Purchasing managers and directors	£54,229
17	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£54,229
18	Dental practitioners	£53,707
19	Train and tram drivers	£53,707
20	Barristers and judges	£53,707
21	IT project and programme managers	£52,143
22	Taxation experts	£52,143
23	Business and financial project management professionals	£52,143
24	Higher education teaching professionals	£52,143
25	Research and development managers	£51,100
26	Solicitors	£50,579
27	IT specialist managers	£50,057
28	Production managers and directors in construction	£49,536
29	Physical scientists	£49,014
30	Sales accounts and business development managers	£49,014
31	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£48,493
32	Management consultants and business analysts	£48,493
33	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	£47,971
34	Mechanical engineers	£47,450
35	Financial and accounting technicians	£47,450
36	Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers	£47,450
37	Electronics engineers	£45,886
38	Electrical engineers	£45,886
39	Pipe fitters	£45,364
40	Rail transport operatives	£45,364
41	Architects	£45,364
42	Quantity surveyors	£44,843
43	Elected officers and representatives	£44,843
44	Chartered and certified accountants	£44,321
45	Dancers and choreographers	£44,321
46	Insurance underwriters	£44,321
47	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	£43,279
48	Financial accounts managers	£43,279
49	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	£43,279
50	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	£43,279

£118,886

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Average annual salary UK 2015 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£98,029

Chief executives and senior officials

Average annual salary UK 2015 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£92,293

Brokers

Average annual salary UK 2015 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

£90,207

Air traffic controllers

Average annual salary UK 2015 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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