Average Salaries - Find the average salary in your industry

Below is a list of average salaries as of the end of 2008 / start of 2009

Source: Based on Office for National Statistics, Nov 2007 (with current inflation, growth trends added)

Accountants £37,820
Air travel assistants £22, 367
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers £64,674
Architects £38,599
Authors and writers £23,703
Biological scientists and biochemists £36,778
Bricklayers and masons £22,898
Broadcasting professionals £46,800
Brokers £94,293
Building and civil engineering technicians £27,391
Bus and coach drivers £20,067
Business and related associates £28,768
Butchers and meat cutters £18,120
Buyers and purchasing officers £29,879
Call centre agents £14,189
Careers advisors £24,407
Caretakers £16,673
Carpenters £23,944
Chefs and cooks £15,240
Chemical operatives £27,678
Civil service administrative officers £16,947
Civil service executive officers £21,950
Clergy £20,977
Collector salespersons and credit agents £16,494
Communication operators £22,383
Company secretaries £16,465
Construction trades £24,662
Credit Controllers £18,794
Customer care occupations £13,355
Dancers and choreographers £36,294
Database clerks £14,912
Dentists £31,747
Designers (commercial products and clothing) £29,028
Directors and chief executives £232,530
Driving instructors £25,385
Education officers and school inspectors £34,376
Electrical/electronics technicians £28,243
Electricians and electrical fitters £27,900
Engineering professionals £36,296
Engineering technicians £29,688
Engineers (computer) £27,984
Engineers (design and development) £37,240
Engineers (electrical) £38,916
Engineers (mechanical) £37,792
Engineers (planning and quality control) £32,315
Engineers (production and process) £34,243
Engineers (telecommunications) £28,084
Engineers (TV, video and audio) £29,027
Environmental health officers £22,687
Environment protection officers £24,459
Estate agents and auctioneers £27,902
Estimators, valuers and assessors £29,166
Farmers £18,172
Filing clerks £16,192
Finance and investment analysts £47,588
Financial and accountant technicians £44,384
Financial managers and chartered secretaries £78,481
Fire, ambulance and prison officers (senior) £44,790
Firefighters £25,863
Floorers and wall tilers £21,280
Food, drink and tobacco processors £19,382
Forestry workers £18,442
Fork-life truck drivers £18,934
Furniture makers and craft woodworkers £18,246
Garage managers and proprietors £31,987
Gardeners and groundsmen £17,589
Glass and ceramics makers and decorators £19,872
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters £19,388
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, gem workers £22,242
Goods handling and storage £17,790
Graphic designers £23,993
Hand craft occupations £17,669
Housing and welfare officers £20,068
Importers, exporters £20,952
Industrial Cleaning process occupations £16,612
Insurance underwriters £34,577
IT operations technicians £29,954
IT strategy and planning professionals £48,787
IT user support technicians £25,917
Journalists £31,256
Laboratory technicians £21,239
Laborers in building and woodworking £19,249
Laborers in other construction trades £19,499
Lawyers, judges and coroners £55,049
Legal associate professionals £29,001
Legal professionals £53,449
Legal secretaries £18,689
Local government officers (senior) £44,755
Lorry Drivers £23,909
Leisure and travel service £15,284
Librarians £20,967
Library assistants £10,749
Lines repairers and cable joiners £31,902
Local government clerical officers £17,737
Management accountants £37,868
Management counsultants and economists £47,517
Mangers and owners in other areas £39,930
Managers (advertising and PR) £48,258
Managers (construction) £43,744
Managers (customer care) £36,805
Managers (environment and conservation) £35,152
Managers (healthcare practice) £25,729
Managers (hospital and health service) £38,372
Managers (hotel and accomodation) £27,468
Managers (leisure and sports) £27,017
Managers (marketing and sales) £54,029
Managers (mining and energy) £58,802
Managers (pharmacy) £38,714
Managers (production and works) £43,569
Managers (property, housing and land) £40,678
Managers (purchasing managers) £49,148
Managers (quality assurance) £37,228
Managers (recycling and refuse disposal) £32,597
Managers (research and development) £54,950
Managers (residential and day care) £26,302
Managers (restaurant and catering) £21,229
Managers (retail and wholesale) £26,378
Managers (security) £33,668
Managers (storage and warehouse) £28,484
Managers (travel) £24,604
Managers (transport and distribution) £37,533
Marketing associate professionals £26,096
Mechanics £22,543
Metal working machine operatives £21,613
Midwives £25,586
Mobile machine drivers and operatives £20,444
Non-governmental organisation officers £18,727
Nurses £23,044
Occupational therapists £23,778
Office clerks £16,192
Office managers £32,300
Officials of special interest organisations £37,624
Opticians £27,522
Painters and decorators £20,887
Paper and wood machine operatives £21,469
Paramedics £21,720
Pensions and insurance clerks £19,555
Personnel and industrial relations managers £49,717
Pest control officers £19,058
Pharmacists and pharmacologists £30,839
Photographers and projectionists £23,967
Physicists, geologists and meteorologists £43,009
Physiotherapists £23,153
Plant and machine operatives £20,710
Plasterers £21,545
Plumbers £25,485
Police officers £36,021
Postal office workers, couriers £19,486
Precision instrument makers £24,735
Printers £25,813
Printing machine minders and assistants £22,576
Prison service officers £23,324
Probation officers £24,522
Process operatives £23,408
Protective service associates £26,263
Psychologists £35,637
Publicans £19,399
Public relations officers £27,948
Public service administrators £26,416
Public service associate professionals £31,925
Quality assurance technicians £22,873
Quarry workers and related operatives £24,828
Rail construction and maintenance £29,783
Rail transport operatives £30,296
Rail travel assistants £23,044
Refuse and salvage occupations £17,806
Registrars of educational establishments £33,575
Researchers £27,953
Residential wardens £15,693
Road construction operatives £22,558
Road sweepers £17,792
Roofers and slaters £20,268
Roundsmen and van salespersons £18,900
Routine inspectors and testers £20,379
Routine laboratory testers £16,114
Rubber process operatives £22,994
Sales related occupations £17,860
Sales representatives £29,470
Scaffolders, tagers, riggers £28,773
School secretaries £12,850
Science and engineering technicians £24,946
Scientific researchers £35,076
Screen printers £17,302
Seafarers and boatmen £27,721
Secretaries £15,018
Security guards and related occupations £18,228
Security occupations (elementary) £10,779
Sheet metal workers £21,219
Ship and hovercraft officers £26,869
Smiths and forge workers £21,598
Social services managers £32,622
Social workers £26,306
Software professionals £36,651
Speech and language therapists £24,945
Sports and fitness occupations £12,204
Statutory examiners £26,466
Stock control clerks £17,364
Surveyors (quantity) £35,518
Taxation experts £28,519
Taxi drivers and chauffers £13,921
Teachers £29,300
Teachers (further education) £24,906
Teachers (primary and nursery) £27,990
Teachers (secondary school) £31,340
Teachers (special needs education) £30,337
Teaching professionals (higher education) £33,898
Telephone salespersons £16,030
Telephonists £14,171
Textile process operatives £17,078
Textiles, garments and related trades £19,861
Therapists £23,483
Tool makers, fitters and markers-out £24,768
Town planners £39,108
Trading standards and plant inspectors £27,125
Traffic wardens £20,526
Train drivers £37,231
Trainers (vocational and industrial) £22,242
Transport and distribution clerks £21,296
Transport operatives £20,870
Travel agents £14,712
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters £17,270
Undertakers and mortuary assistants £16,219
Upholsterers £17,681
Van drivers £16,776
Vehicle body builders and repairers £22,236
Vehicle spray painters £22,103
Veterinarians £30,724
Wages clerks £17,885
Water and sewerage plant operatives £25,443
Welding trades £23,178
Window cleaners £14,399
Workplace hygeinists and safety officers £30,456
Youth and community workers £16,716