Salaries in West Midlands (2024/25)

Regional average

£36,539

National average

Top 10 highest-paid roles in West Midlands

Lowest-paid roles in West Midlands

All roles in West Midlands

100 published roles with data, sorted by median salary.

RoleMedianMean
Marketing, sales and advertising directors£73,921£85,741
Barristers and judges£66,134£63,464
Financial managers and directors£65,699£76,001
Head teachers and principals£65,291£63,431
Senior police officers£64,568£65,098
Production managers and directors in construction£59,572£67,280
Taxation experts£56,778£57,000
Civil engineers£56,186£56,039
Clinical psychologists£55,525£55,275
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£55,442£59,217
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£53,721£58,660
Human resource managers and directors£52,671£57,149
Sales accounts and business development managers£51,561£58,660
Business and financial project management professionals£50,530£52,240
Engineering professionals n.e.c.£48,744£50,527
IT managers£48,575£51,536
Chartered surveyors£47,630£45,371
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£47,616£56,858
Programmers and software development professionals£46,796£50,803
Higher education teaching professionals£46,213£44,091
Engineering project managers and project engineers£45,533£44,315
Aerospace engineers£45,293£47,896
IT network professionals£44,894£45,731
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£43,714£42,892
Production managers and directors in manufacturing£43,487£51,399
Architects£42,903£44,553
Cyber security professionals£42,582£46,225
Police officers (sergeant and below)£42,181£42,673
Secondary education teaching professionals£41,839£40,007
Marketing and commercial managers£41,771£48,173
Other health professionals n.e.c.£41,004£39,810
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£40,388£41,296
Social workers£39,805£39,626
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)£39,484£38,331
Health and safety managers and officers£39,202£38,114
Mechanical engineers£38,233£44,516
Engineering technicians£38,231£38,361
Large goods vehicle drivers£38,203£38,211
Nurse practitioners£38,117£38,222
Managers in storage and warehousing£37,879£38,084
Environment professionals£37,703£40,674
Electricians and electrical fitters£37,424£38,894
Property, housing and estate managers£37,112£48,171
Quality control and planning engineers£36,733£38,546
IT operations technicians£36,730£35,851
Financial accounts managers£36,673£42,557
Primary education teaching professionals£36,254£36,149
Public services associate professionals£35,792£34,818
Public relations professionals£35,629£34,535
Production and process engineers£35,506£39,985
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£34,907£35,471
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£34,543£34,844
Finance and investment analysts and advisers£34,523£37,071
Data analysts£34,387£34,416
Midwifery nurses£34,056£34,963
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£34,009£39,755
Medical radiographers£33,797£33,625
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers£33,436£35,678
Project support officers£33,369£32,477
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists£33,300£36,573
Biochemists and biomedical scientists£32,995£31,293
Other nursing professionals£32,848£31,919
Estimators, valuers and assessors£32,728£36,052
IT user support technicians£32,359£36,160
Business sales executives£32,175£34,444
Database administrators and web content technicians£31,737£34,319
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£30,927£31,683
Carpenters and joiners£30,870£30,261
Legal associate professionals£30,640£33,722
Other vocational and industrial trainers£30,014£31,657
Physical scientists£29,809£32,606
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers£29,490£29,891
Human resources and industrial relations officers£29,481£33,622
Business associate professionals n.e.c.£28,906£32,233
Marketing associate professionals£27,875£29,543
Teachers of English as a foreign language£27,613£27,968
Security guards and related occupations£27,565£27,203
Bus and coach drivers£27,264£27,043
Interior designers£26,727£29,475
Estate agents and auctioneers£25,959£25,331
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£25,808£25,281
Youth and community workers£25,241£25,110
Warehouse operatives£25,122£25,379
Chefs£25,081£24,770
Laboratory technicians£25,000£25,177
Conservation professionals£24,983£26,587
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£24,803£25,016
Veterinary nurses£23,847£24,910
Higher level teaching assistants£22,211£21,416
Customer service occupations n.e.c.£22,190£21,108
Pharmaceutical technicians£21,753£21,628
Senior care workers£21,726£23,201
Early education and childcare assistants£19,523£20,099
Care workers and home carers£18,996£19,962
Receptionists£16,915£16,598
Teaching assistants£16,819£16,356
Early education and childcare practitioners£15,209£16,137
Hairdressers and barbers£14,580£15,120
Sales and retail assistants£13,613£15,183
Cleaners and domestics£8,747£10,422