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REGIONAL PAY

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Salaries in the South West

Median earnings across 244 published roles in this region.

REGIONAL MEDIAN

£32,683

Annual gross, 2025

ROLES IN REGION

244

Published roles with regional data

MONTHLY MEDIAN

£2,498

UK tax records, March 2026

YOY CHANGE

+5.2%

vs March 2025

EMPLOYED IN REGION

2.75m

Workforce survey, 2024

DATA QUALITY

✓ Verified

Based on 3 statistical sources

Pay distribution across roles in the South West

From the lowest paid quartile of roles to the highest, against the UK median.

In the South West, the top 25% of role medians sits at £41,071, the regional median is £32,683, and the bottom 25% is £27,970.

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Regional pay distribution, 2025
MeasureValue
Top 25%£41,071
Regional median£32,683
Bottom 25%£27,970

All roles in the South West

244 published roles with data, sorted by median salary.

All published roles in the South West, sorted by median salary

  1. Marketing, sales and advertising directors

    £74,712mean £85,608
  2. Cyber security professionals

    £73,291mean £75,393
  3. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

    £66,327mean £67,209
  4. Head teachers and principals

    £65,735mean £75,302
  5. Senior police officers

    £64,975mean £62,814
  6. Public relations and communications directors

    £61,957mean £70,358
  7. Research and development (R&D) managers

    £59,333mean £61,162
  8. Sales accounts and business development managers

    £55,579mean £56,529
  9. Civil engineers

    £55,472mean £57,430
  10. Electrical engineers

    £54,986mean £52,606
  11. Health care practice managers

    £54,592mean £51,486
  12. Optometrists

    £53,939mean £54,960
  13. Business and financial project management professionals

    £53,765mean £56,926
  14. Aerospace engineers

    £52,697mean £59,164
  15. Human resource managers and directors

    £52,370mean £59,179
  16. Mechanical engineers

    £51,657mean £49,389
  17. Programmers and software development professionals

    £51,631mean £55,065
  18. Generalist medical practitioners

    £50,300mean £51,140
  19. Production managers and directors in construction

    £50,000mean £54,602
  20. Purchasing managers and directors

    £49,504mean £55,247
  21. Solicitors and lawyers

    £49,297mean £50,724
  22. Engineering project managers and project engineers

    £48,988mean £52,509
  23. Financial managers and directors

    £48,756
  24. IT project managers

    £48,673mean £50,768
  25. Engineering technicians

    £48,621mean £49,597
  26. Production managers and directors in manufacturing

    £48,113mean £56,520
  27. Police officers (sergeant and below)

    £47,712mean £45,416
  28. Production and process engineers

    £47,354mean £44,249
  29. IT managers

    £47,276mean £53,194
  30. Health services and public health managers and directors

    £47,125mean £53,837
  31. Management consultants and business analysts

    £46,884mean £48,573
  32. Medical radiographers

    £46,738mean £44,723
  33. Electronics engineers

    £46,312mean £50,000
  34. Quality assurance and regulatory professionals

    £46,254mean £51,877
  35. Higher education teaching professionals

    £46,228mean £46,915
  36. Biochemists and biomedical scientists

    £45,849mean £44,097
  37. Construction project managers and related professionals

    £45,582mean £48,574
  38. Aircraft maintenance and related trades

    £45,135mean £46,705
  39. Finance and investment analysts and advisers

    £44,600mean £50,074
  40. Road construction operatives

    £44,133mean £45,389
  41. Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.

    £43,914mean £41,205
  42. Business sales executives

    £43,701mean £48,733
  43. Chartered and certified accountants

    £43,412mean £43,105
  44. Pharmacists

    £43,397mean £40,804
  45. Pipe fitters

    £43,022mean £50,176
  46. Engineering professionals n.e.c.

    £42,883mean £48,921
  47. Secondary education teaching professionals

    £42,660mean £41,001
  48. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.

    £42,525mean £47,284
  49. Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers

    £42,442mean £42,761
  50. Business and related research professionals

    £42,422mean £44,625
  51. Nurse practitioners

    £42,091mean £42,164
  52. Fire service officers (watch manager and below)

    £41,989mean £41,544
  53. Health and safety managers and officers

    £41,843mean £47,959
  54. Biological scientists

    £41,582mean £43,712
  55. Marketing and commercial managers

    £41,418mean £43,103
  56. Chartered surveyors

    £41,245mean £42,595
  57. Social workers

    £41,199mean £38,619
  58. IT network professionals

    £41,030mean £45,199
  59. Water and sewerage plant operatives

    £40,975mean £44,748
  60. Financial accounts managers

    £40,898mean £44,339
  61. Fork-lift truck drivers

    £40,846mean £45,678
  62. Rail travel assistants

    £40,845mean £41,365
  63. Quantity surveyors

    £40,730mean £45,525
  64. Managers in transport and distribution

    £40,729mean £42,763
  65. IT quality and testing professionals

    £40,583mean £44,122
  66. Construction and building trades supervisors

    £40,443mean £43,346
  67. Scaffolders, stagers and riggers

    £40,429mean £41,337
  68. Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors

    £40,183mean £43,239
  69. Large goods vehicle drivers

    £39,568mean £39,044
  70. Specialist nurses

    £39,217mean £37,041
  71. Information technology professionals n.e.c.

    £38,616mean £38,579
  72. Clinical psychologists

    £38,565mean £47,682
  73. Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture

    £38,504mean £40,456
  74. Other health professionals n.e.c.

    £38,278
  75. Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors

    £38,154mean £42,246
  76. Groundworkers

    £38,140mean £39,862
  77. Routine inspectors and testers

    £38,119mean £40,819
  78. Public services associate professionals

    £38,001mean £41,104
  79. Primary education teaching professionals

    £37,841mean £36,203
  80. Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale

    £37,807mean £41,470
  81. Property, housing and estate managers

    £37,697mean £42,399
  82. Veterinarians

    £37,527mean £38,890
  83. Managers in logistics

    £37,408mean £40,742
  84. Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers

    £37,383mean £35,867
  85. Waste disposal and environmental services managers

    £37,135mean £37,876
  86. Newspaper and periodical editors

    £36,979mean £40,385
  87. Metal machining setters and setter-operators

    £36,938mean £36,456
  88. Quality control and planning engineers

    £36,790mean £38,340
  89. Physiotherapists

    £36,678mean £36,280
  90. Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians

    £36,670mean £35,560
  91. Other nursing professionals

    £36,503mean £35,816
  92. Carpenters and joiners

    £36,481mean £47,074
  93. Electricians and electrical fitters

    £36,270mean £34,355
  94. Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.

    £35,857mean £36,035
  95. Special needs education teaching professionals

    £35,787mean £37,690
  96. Buyers and procurement officers

    £35,703mean £37,203
  97. CAD, drawing and architectural technicians

    £35,682mean £35,423
  98. Managers in storage and warehousing

    £35,428mean £35,090
  99. Occupational therapists

    £35,247mean £32,354
  100. Insurance underwriters

    £35,197mean £37,391
  101. Planning, process and production technicians

    £35,096mean £37,381
  102. Further education teaching professionals

    £34,859mean £32,297
  103. Database administrators and web content technicians

    £34,716mean £33,321
  104. Transport and distribution clerks and assistants

    £34,648mean £32,942
  105. Farmers

    £34,604mean £36,188
  106. Architects

    £34,355mean £36,459
  107. Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers

    £34,198mean £36,630
  108. Office managers

    £34,001mean £35,022
  109. Probation officers

    £33,991mean £33,855
  110. Metal working production and maintenance fitters

    £33,932mean £36,735
  111. Data analysts

    £33,928mean £34,448
  112. Stonemasons and related trades

    £33,888mean £34,021
  113. Managers and directors in retail and wholesale

    £33,817mean £37,456
  114. Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.

    £33,642mean £38,605
  115. Environment professionals

    £33,471mean £35,332
  116. Vehicle body builders and repairers

    £32,992mean £38,822
  117. Boat and ship builders and repairers

    £32,720mean £35,303
  118. Social and humanities scientists

    £32,610mean £35,704
  119. National government administrative occupations

    £32,547mean £32,096
  120. Police community support officers

    £32,333mean £32,866
  121. Environmental health professionals

    £32,301mean £37,427
  122. Printers

    £32,258mean £34,900
  123. Housing officers

    £32,234mean £35,938
  124. Midwifery nurses

    £32,171mean £34,236
  125. Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.

    £32,163mean £32,869
  126. Office supervisors

    £32,068mean £32,093
  127. Inspectors of standards and regulations

    £32,043mean £34,971
  128. Paper and wood machine operatives

    £31,862mean £33,120
  129. Construction operatives n.e.c.

    £31,830mean £31,164
  130. Customer service supervisors

    £31,772mean £31,358
  131. Precision instrument makers and repairers

    £31,730mean £32,193
  132. Security system installers and repairers

    £31,652mean £36,058
  133. Business associate professionals n.e.c.

    £31,596mean £37,002
  134. Electrical and electronics technicians

    £31,540mean £35,549
  135. IT operations technicians

    £31,512mean £38,013
  136. Therapy professionals n.e.c.

    £31,365mean £29,094
  137. Bus and coach drivers

    £31,329mean £29,169
  138. Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists

    £31,316mean £35,756
  139. Leisure and sports managers

    £31,142mean £37,210
  140. IT user support technicians

    £31,031mean £32,337
  141. Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.

    £30,977mean £31,879
  142. Customer service managers

    £30,957mean £34,051
  143. Prison service officers (below principal officer)

    £30,843mean £30,190
  144. Other vocational and industrial trainers

    £30,653mean £31,051
  145. Community nurses

    £30,643mean £30,177
  146. Clergy

    £30,638mean £29,796
  147. Interior designers

    £30,624mean £32,581
  148. Project support officers

    £30,577mean £31,244
  149. Houseparents and residential wardens

    £30,317mean £28,337
  150. Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters

    £30,296mean £31,234
  151. Production, factory and assembly supervisors

    £30,281mean £30,749
  152. Estimators, valuers and assessors

    £30,122mean £32,124
  153. Human resources and industrial relations officers

    £30,078mean £33,982
  154. Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters

    £29,922mean £31,413
  155. Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.

    £29,792mean £29,980
  156. Advertising accounts managers and creative directors

    £29,762mean £33,074
  157. Child and early years officers

    £29,660mean £30,775
  158. Gardeners and landscape gardeners

    £29,575mean £30,738
  159. Sales related occupations n.e.c.

    £29,516mean £30,381
  160. Catering and bar managers

    £29,456mean £31,160
  161. Medical and dental technicians

    £29,435mean £29,783
  162. Welding trades

    £29,134mean £31,414
  163. Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers

    £29,084mean £29,094
  164. Security guards and related occupations

    £28,952mean £27,806
  165. Farm workers

    £28,933mean £29,641
  166. Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.

    £28,804mean £28,423
  167. Butchers

    £28,761mean £30,222
  168. Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors

    £28,674mean £26,898
  169. Bakers and flour confectioners

    £28,618mean £30,874
  170. Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters

    £28,607mean £31,377
  171. Vehicle paint technicians

    £28,533mean £27,229
  172. Speech and language therapists

    £28,526mean £31,178
  173. Roofers, roof tilers and slaters

    £28,251mean £31,386
  174. Events managers and organisers

    £28,119mean £27,427
  175. Welfare professionals n.e.c.

    £28,029mean £32,116
  176. Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.

    £27,850mean £28,107
  177. Marketing associate professionals

    £27,575mean £32,242
  178. Other psychologists

    £27,496mean £29,044
  179. Elementary storage supervisors

    £27,443mean £29,262
  180. Youth work professionals

    £27,437mean £28,602
  181. Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants

    £27,281mean £27,082
  182. Dispensing opticians

    £27,265mean £25,110
  183. Warehouse operatives

    £27,162mean £26,396
  184. Sheet metal workers

    £26,949mean £28,360
  185. Road transport drivers n.e.c.

    £26,922mean £25,604
  186. Painters and decorators

    £26,843mean £28,271
  187. Food, drink and tobacco process operatives

    £26,734mean £27,395
  188. Delivery operatives

    £26,726mean £25,123
  189. Legal secretaries

    £26,712mean £23,891
  190. Steel erectors

    £26,702mean £30,043
  191. Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.

    £26,481mean £25,467
  192. Credit controllers

    £26,460mean £28,225
  193. Groundsmen and greenkeepers

    £26,407mean £27,129
  194. Refuse and salvage occupations

    £26,375mean £27,186
  195. Travel agents

    £26,271mean £28,454
  196. Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks

    £26,234mean £25,854
  197. Children's nurses

    £25,882mean £30,276
  198. Stock control clerks and assistants

    £25,876mean £27,544
  199. Sales administrators

    £25,853mean £25,945
  200. Senior care workers

    £25,753mean £24,561
  201. Records clerks and assistants

    £25,618mean £25,427
  202. Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale

    £24,989mean £24,568
  203. Debt, rent and other cash collectors

    £24,820mean £24,717
  204. Nursing auxiliaries and assistants

    £24,695mean £23,839
  205. Youth and community workers

    £24,657mean £26,117
  206. Bar and catering supervisors

    £24,588mean £24,063
  207. Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers

    £24,538mean £24,968
  208. School secretaries

    £24,538mean £24,539
  209. Estate agents and auctioneers

    £24,532mean £25,650
  210. Quality assurance technicians

    £24,385mean £26,828
  211. Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.

    £24,334mean £27,555
  212. Human resources administrative occupations

    £24,326mean £22,061
  213. Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.

    £24,190mean £23,242
  214. Chefs

    £24,183mean £24,466
  215. Local government administrative occupations

    £24,092mean £23,241
  216. Animal care services occupations n.e.c.

    £24,046mean £22,455
  217. Delivery drivers and couriers

    £23,629mean £22,350
  218. Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.

    £23,012mean £22,431
  219. Sewing machinists

    £22,938mean £23,573
  220. Counsellors

    £22,826mean £25,170
  221. Vehicle valeters and cleaners

    £22,678mean £23,645
  222. Early education and childcare services managers

    £22,265mean £22,250
  223. Customer service occupations n.e.c.

    £22,186mean £20,634
  224. Medical secretaries

    £22,045mean £19,756
  225. Care workers and home carers

    £21,975mean £21,210
  226. Other administrative occupations n.e.c.

    £21,829mean £21,756
  227. Dental nurses

    £21,207mean £21,060
  228. Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors

    £21,086mean £23,092
  229. Pharmaceutical technicians

    £21,082mean £22,750
  230. Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants

    £20,569mean £20,002
  231. Personal assistants and other secretaries

    £20,516mean £20,467
  232. Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers

    £20,116mean £21,627
  233. Health associate professionals n.e.c.

    £18,258mean £19,808
  234. Early education and childcare practitioners

    £17,817mean £18,821
  235. Receptionists

    £17,482mean £17,833
  236. Horticultural trades

    £17,334mean £20,241
  237. Educational support assistants

    £16,938mean £18,646
  238. Teaching assistants

    £15,458mean £15,416
  239. Sales and retail assistants

    £14,278mean £15,930
  240. Retail cashiers and check-out operators

    £13,203mean £14,435
  241. Cleaners and domestics

    £11,791mean £13,276
  242. Care escorts

    £10,326mean £10,362
  243. Kitchen and catering assistants

    £9,411mean £11,036
  244. School midday and crossing patrol occupations

    £4,111mean £5,239

Top sectors by employment in the South West

Of the 2.75m people employed in this region.

Human health and social work activities14.3%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles13.6%
Accommodation and food service activities10.2%
Professional, scientific and technical activities8.5%
Education8.2%

How these figures are sourced

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